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Cybook Opus Pocket eBook

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This is the Kindle 2 competitor that will fit in your pocket and has a built in PDF support. Weighing at just 5.3-ounces, the Cybook Opus from Bookeen provides a highest resolution of 200dpi with a 6-inch display, and a 1GB of flash memory to store Adobe ePub, PDF, HTML and text documents.

Developers invited to test iPhone 3.0 push notifications with Associated Press app

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Filed under: iPhone, SDK If you're a developer running the iPhone 3.0 beta, you may have gotten a special note in your email today -- and judging by the number of you who let us know about the news, there's plenty of those emails going around.

The interior design of ’70s Danish pornography

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A blogger has excerpted decor and fashion highlights from '70s Danish print pornography in such a way as to make them more-or-less safe for work. The above example is probably not the most illustrative of the collection, which is more lamps and furniture, but is too precious not to share.

Bookeen announces (possibly bad) ebook reader

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Ebook device Bookeen announced last week that they are going to be introducing a new device, the “Cybook Opus.” Intended as an alternative to the Kindle, the details are sketchy so far, but we know that they are trying to make a lighter, more portable device then the other devices on...

MECO plays “hide the home theater PC”

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The MECO home entertainment computer from Pearing Systems is not cheapmdash;custom configurations with Blu-ray, DVR, and full-blown audio solutions will run you into the thousands of dollarsmdash;but I appreciate their attempt at integration into home decor.

Nokia announces 3 new cell phones including the cheapest 3G phone available

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Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, SmartphonesToday, cell phone manufacturer Nokia announced three new cell phones, the 2730 classic, the 2720 fold, and the 7020.  The 2730 is the cheapest 3G cell phone to date.  Nokia 2730 classic Other than being the cheapest 3G...

OS X Screenshot software rundown

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I am quite satisfied with the built-in screenshot application in OS X, but if you are doing lots of screenshots on a regular basis you might want to upgrade to something more powerful. Here is a rundown of 12 screenshot utilities for the Mac.

Welcome, Wired. We call this land “Internet”

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Here's the problem with Wired: They think print matters. Background: Stephanie Clifford warns that Wired may be about to die. Ad sales are down 50%, putting it just above Power and Motoryacht at the bottom of Condé Nast's portfolio of magazines.

Review: A week with the Puget Mini

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Jon Bach, founder of boutique PC maker Puget Systems, is not always impressed by his suppliers' quality control. "The deeper that we get into the computer industry, the more cynical I become about it," Bach says. "There's so much hype, so little regard for what's best for the customer."

Stanford’s Free iPhone Coding Class Surpasses 1M Downloads

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About a month ago, Wired.com gave you a glimpse into the iPhone application programming course at Stanford University. We also noted the lectures were being videotaped and distributed free on the iTunes U educational channel.

Science: CHOP research muscles out AIDS

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Researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, who have been researching AIDS for almost a decade, have come up with a novel new way to fight the immunovirus.

Phone Round-up: Nokia N79, LG enV3 and more

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We have quite a bit of phone news for you today, so we had better jump right in. First, we got word that the Nokia N79 NAM would be arriving on June 2nd, according to a new rumor. But there was a lot to come from Nokia besides that tidbit.

Google suffers yet another outage

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Section: Web, GoogleAs we reported in our Twitter feed, Google users had to put up with yet another service interruption when Google News went down for about 2 hours this morning starting at 8:30am EDT.  Users from all over the world reported the outage.  Some got a “503 Server Error”...

Microsoft patents magic wand

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Microsoft has very wisely patented a magic wand, a patent that will come in handy if and when wizards emerge from Agartha and attempt to take over the world. Oh they’ll be within their legal rights to try to push us all around, but they won’t be able to use their magic wands.

Got an iPhone? You can start a band.

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When Malaysian wireless carrier Maxis went to go throw a big iPhone promo event in Penang, they decided to get some live entertainment. Being that it’s an iPhone event, what band would be better than one using nothing but iPhones as instruments?

NY Design Week 09: Orgreen + Artsee + a lot of plastic balls.

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A relatively quick and easy way to turn your Danish eyewear shop into a design destination? Locate it in the Meatpacking District, and fill it to a depth of 14" with plastic balls.

NEC Introduces First SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Controller

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The first USB 3.0 host controller is expected to spur the availability of USB 3.0 products. NEC Electronics has taken the first step towards general availability of devices based on USB 3.0, the next generation standard that is expected to offer a ten-fold speed increase over the current USB 2.0....

The Sims 3 leaked all over the Internet

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Looks like The Sims 3 has leaked, several days before its official release date. Big surprise, right? Like these things don’t happen all the time. It can be found where you usually find these things.

Pentax K-7 image and specs emerge

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Look what we’ve found: Specs and picture of the Pentax K-7. According to this forum post, the K-7 will have a PRIME II image engine with almost 100% view finder coverage, water and dust proof mag-alloy body.

BillMyParents.com – the online version of “Please, Mom, can I have it?”

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Section: Web, Websites Credit card companies cannot get cards to kids even though they would love to.  However, BillMyParents.com is kind of a bridge that may let kids use their parents’ credit cards indirectly.  How does it work?  The kid without a credit card goes to the...

T-Mobile pushes back Android 1.5 rollout

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T-Mobile on Monday said it will delay upgrading G1 phones to Android 1.5 by about a week. The carrier doesn't explain the setback other than to say it's only finalizing its build this week but, as a consequence, now expects all G1s to have the upgra...

Samsung i7500 to ship in July as the Galaxy

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Samsung's i7500 Android phone will bow first through a French carrier and under a new name. Bouygues Telecom today said it would carry the device rebadged as the Galaxy and expects to offer it in early July. Whether Bouygues' version will be any di...

BenQ C1020 and C1220 offer 16:9 video recording

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BenQ announced two new cameras today that aren’t at the top of the line, but offer more than you would expect. The C1020 and C1220 have the welcome addition of a 16:9 video recording mode to make for video capture that’s more suited to today’s TV viewing.

Drink Not Drunk by A/R studio

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Drink Not Drunk by A/R studio. Drink and drive safely glassware collection. Designer created two win..(more...

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