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Glide: an operating system for the web

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I’ve been opining for a while now that web-based applications and services are going to become more and more a part of our everyday computing experience. You can create documents, chat, even play Quake all from the comfort of your web browser.

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Change in Plans

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Weekend trip cancelled due to circumstances that are making my blood boil. Oh, and by the way, since I haven’t mentioned hockey in a couple of posts…Seeya Columbus! You played well, but we wanted it more.

Review: How much $ should you spend on a massage chair?

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You work long hours. You're getting old. Your shoulders are stiff, your back is sore from sitting all day or walking all day or exercising at the gym, or maybe just from sleeping. What you really need is a massage--like, ten times a day, at home where nobody can hear you snore or fart.

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Tantra chair, for people who love sex

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If you love sex but can't find the perfect furniture to do it on, get the Tantra Chair. The web site has a very graphic, NSFW guide on different positions you can try on it. It's $1199, but the things you'll experience on it are priceless.

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Orange offers inexpensive Vegas touchscreen phone

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Sometimes, all we need is the bare essentials and that’s precisely what Orange, the UK wireless provider, is offering with their Vegas phone. It’s small, inexpensive and provides a touchscreen on a device that normally wouldn’t have one. The Vegas has a 2.4-inch touch display.

Review: Seagate FreeAgent Theater HD Media Player Solution + 250GB FreeAgent Go and Dock

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Quick Version: In short, the FreeAgent Theater HD Media Player Solution from Seagate was made for a caveman if cavemen been around in 1999 when people actually used the DivX codec and only used Windows machines.

Game Boy Turns 20

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There are few things in this world that can make you feel quite so old as the birthday of a beloved gadget. Sure it seems like only yesterday, but the Game Boy--surely a Game Man by now--is celebrating its 20th birthday.

Android Netbook From Skynote

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An Android powered netbook is readying by Skynote, a Chinese company which make Skype headset. Running Android Os, Skynote Alpha 680 netbook is powered by a 533 MHz ARM11 processor, 128MB(up to 256MB) RAM and 1GB (up to 4GB) storage.

Gadgetell Review: The Monster Turbine In-Ear Speakers

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Section: Audio, Headphones, ReviewsWhat is it? The Monster Turbine in-ear speakers (otherwise known to regular mortals as in-ear headphones) designed by Monster’s head honcho, Noel Lee. What’s good There are lot of included ear tips with different sizes and shapes. If you’ve got two...

Valve’s Orange Box is $10 this weekend – best deal ever

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Why are you still here? Are you insane? You read the headline! Get over to Steam and buy, buy, buy! Half-Life 2 and its two episodes so far, the Lost Coast, Portal, and Team Fortress 2 for ten freaking dollars, are you kidding me? Come on!

Base Tent offers mobile access to Basecamp

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Filed under: Software, Internet, Internet Tools, iPhone, iPod touch, App ReviewI've been using 37signals' Basecamp to manage projects large and small for almost a year now. It's tremendously useful, and everyone I've shown it to falls in love.

Good idea, bad idea: Updating old games’ textures for great justice?

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Here’s an “interesting” debate that’ll help kill the remaining Friday hours. When you take an old game, upgrade its textures, increase its resolution, and, generally speaking, make it look “better,” do you lose something in the process?

Duracell USB Charger debuts

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Duracell announced today several new mobile gadgets that you can take on the road including the Duracell USB Charger and accessories for the Duracell My Pocket Charger. Now you won’t have any excuse for running out of iPod battery while in your car.

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Check out here, A amazing still video created for the new Philips CINEMA 21:9 TV."Created by Tribal ..(more...

Hot Chair On Chair Action: SFW (Kinda)

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"Check out what happens when Mr. Overstuffed decides to give a "full interview" to a hot colonial number named Tawny!" I thought "chair porn" was obscenely-priced fare from Herman Miller. I was wrong.

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Rest in Rice: My Poor, Dead iPhone (2007 to 2009)

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Last night I lost something very dear to me. While I was making my bed, my comforter bumped over a glass containing a tiny amount of water, which seeped right into my iPhone's weak spot — the dock connector.

Time Warner Cable: 44GB in a week qualifies as abuse

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Time Warner Cable might be backing away from its tiered pricing proposition, but that doesn’t mean they’re going to do it gracefully.

Verizon gets Samsung Smooth flip phone

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Verizon got the Samsung Smooth today without so much as a peep of lead up warning. This flip phone is pretty basic but if that’s all you need, then you might just be interested in what this handset has to offer.

Tiny Asus USB TV tuner turns your laptop into a PVR

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This Express TV stick thing could be pretty handy. Of course, there are other TV tuner solutions out there, but are any this portable and sport 4GB of storage? Great for catching up on network TV, and you can record right to your hard drive as well.

OQO: Model 2+ production “unlikely”

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Photo: Chippy Rumors that OQO canceled pre-orders for its Model 2+ ultramobile PC are untrue, according to the company, but it said an online vendor buildyourumpc.com did so after it could not commit to a shipping date.

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Samsung N310 Releases in Korea

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Samsung has rolled out the Samsung N310 for the South Korean market. The netbook comes with a standard specifications including a 1GB RAM, a 160GB hard drive, Wi-Fi connectivity, an Intel Atom processor, HSDPA and WiBRO support, a 1.3MP webcam and a 3-in-1 memory card reader.

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Conductive Ink For Your Skin

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The Skin Safe Conductive Ink is a body paint that conducts electricity. It is a non-toxic ink, which is able to transfer electricity after it is been painted on the bare skin. It was developed by Royal College of Art students Becky Pilditch, Matt Johnson, Isabel Lizardi and Bibi Nelson.

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Oddball Tech: Geocities is toast, watch the dead via the web, and sentient trains in Japan

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Section: Video, Content, Gadgets / Other, Lifestyle, Transportation Geocities to become a ghost town Yahoo announced on Thursday, April 23, 2009 that Geocities is going ka-put this year. I know what you’re thinking - Who the hell cares? Yep. The Internet is littered with old, old...

Media Cowboy DC-MC35ULI set-top box revealed

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Digital Cowboy announced their Media Cowboy DC-MC35ULI set-top box today that acts as media hub and more. It works with all sorts of media sources and is capable of playing most audio and video formats in 720p.

Introductory Post: New Blogger Kelly Guimont

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Filed under: TUAW BusinessHowdy! (That's a traditional greeting from Out West.) I'm a new blogger here on TUAW. I made an appearance here from Macworld 2008 when I demonstrated software on the show floor.

Contest: Show Your Best Talent, Win A Ton Of iPhone Apps

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Last week, we held an absolutely massive iPhone App Giveaway spree. Over a span of about 12 hours, we gave away hundreds and hundreds of promo codes across 50+ different iPhone applications. It was a blast, but all good things must come to an end - but it’s not over just yet.

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