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UMID M1 benchmarks: small & speedy

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While we grabbed not one but two hands-on demos with the UMID M1 MID at Mobile World Congress last month, we didn’t want to push our luck running benchmarks on the compact touchscreen handheld.

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TDK Trans-it Edge

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Charles Wood of Worrell Design has creatively designed the TDK Trans-it Edge USB flash drive concept. It comes with a hard metal around the softer interior to provide more protection. A blue LED will light up to inform you when the Trans-it-Edge is plugged in.

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TUAW @SXSW Interview: Pangea Software CEO Brian Greenstone

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Filed under: Gaming, Developer, iPhone, iPod touch, SXSWPangea Software have made some of the most successful and fun software for the Mac. Games like Cro-Mag Rally, Nanosaur and their most popular title, Bugdom, have propelled them into the upper echelon of Mac game developers.

Boxee remote app for iPhone and iPod Touch available on App Store

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Filed under: Software, iPhone, iPod touchWe've made no secret of our love for the Boxee media center. Its lovable interface works great from 2ft. to 20ft. and covers just about everything an HTPC should on both the Apple TV and Mac mini.

Sting Scorpion PC Casemod

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Modder Frenkie has designed this glow-in-the-dark case mod that features strips of circuit board and other extra bits to achieve its unique, scorpion-inspired look. Dubbed as Sting, the case features custom cut PCB boards pattern all over its body.

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Fujitsu’s Latest Lifebook With Exchangeable Cover

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Fujitsu has unveiled its new LifeBook A1120 laptop that comes with exchangeable covers. The notebook offers a 15.6-inch widescreen LCD with an integrated GMA 4500MHD graphics, Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 CPU, up to 4GB RAM, Mobile Intel GM45 Express Chipset, up to 250GB HDD, DVD SuperMulti Dual Layer...

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We found the chip inside the new iPod headphones…but is it DRM?

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You'd never guess it was there -- a tiny chip, barely a millimeter square, hidden inside the headphone module on the third-gen iPod shuffle.

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Dollar Teddy Bear

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Johnny Swing's Dollar teddy bear! "Cuddly consolation for a bear market: We're in love with this teddy bear, and it's not just because of the money." The bear is sewn entirely out of genuine U.S. dollar bills. No eyes, no mouth, just old dollar bills.

Quad-Core Toshiba X305-Q725 Notebook Reviewed

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So how does a hefty 17″ laptop from Toshiba—with a 2Ghz Core 2 Quad from Intel and a 1GB NVIDIA GeForce 9800M—hold up?

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Gateway TC7306u and TC7307u Notebook

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Gateway TC introduces the new series of laptops, including TC7306u black and burgundy TC7307u. They are basically the same except the colors. Each of them has a 6-cell battery and their prices from $ 649.99.

Poken: Tiny RFID thingies that share all your personal data with others

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I was on the SXSW Meatbus last night and I met a charming young lady from England, Renata, who introduced me to the Poken. Poken is a tiny USB key with an embedded RFID reader/transmitter.

Holy Cats! There is a DRM chip inside the iPod Shuffle earbuds!

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Ok. This is absolutely insane. J&R over at BBG dissected the iPod Shuffle’s tiny headphone control system and found an unidentified chip, a 8A83E3 that appears to be some sort of proprietary physical control that prevents unauthorized transmission of commands to the Shuffle without an...

Vista is the word for future versions of Windows

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Section: Computers, Software / ApplicationsSorry XP fans, Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 and all future versions of Windows will be little more than minor revisions of Vista, the OS everyone either loves or hates, with little middle ground in between.

Kyocera Jax and X-tc Mobile Phones for Virgin Mobile

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Virgin Mobile will be adding two new handset to their network really soon, the two new handsets includes the Kyocera Jax and the X-tc Mobile Phones.

Sunday Seconds

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Due to the erratic postings the last couple of days, I’m throwing an extra one in here today to try to catch up and maybe make up for there not being reviews for longer periods of time.

What happens to your online presence when you die in real life?

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So here’s a weird question for y’all: what happens when you die? More specifically, what happens to the “online version” of you? Will your World of Warcraft guild hold a funeral for you, one that’s promptly invaded by a bunch of rival faction jerks?

Death and the Internet addict

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Section: Communications, Email / IM, Gaming, Web, Web 2.0, WebsitesIf you actively use the Internet to socialize on social networking sites, participate in forums, blog, or play games, then you know that communication is key. In any sort of online game, death is the worst possible...

TUAW review: Sponge for Mac OS X

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Filed under: Software, Odds and ends, ReviewsI don't know about you, but I have a tendency to accumulate junk on my Macs.

Averatec D1133 All-In-One Desktop PC

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Here is the Averatec D1133 All-In-One Desktop PC that was unveiled recently from the company. The D1133 All-In-One PC features a 18.4-inch PC which goes under the model name D1133AD1E-1.

TEAC HD-1 HD Radio with iPod Docking Station

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TEAC has proudly unveiled their first HD radio which is dubbed as the Teac HD-1 HD Radio that features a iPod Docking Station. The HD-1 comes equipped with the capability to receive 2000 HD radio stations and over 1000 new FM HD2/3 channels.

Holy Cats! There is a DRM chip inside the iPod Shuffle earbuds! [Update]

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J&R over at BBG dissected the iPod Shuffle’s tiny headphone control system and found an unidentified chip, marked 8A83E3, that appears to be some sort of proprietary digital control that prevents unauthorized transmission of commands to the Shuffle without an official Apple adapter.

Talkcast reminder: 10 pm ET, live from SxSW

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Filed under: TUAW Business, PodcastsLast week's show was a treat, as we dove into the new hardware announcements and got to listen to both Dave and I confessing how wrong we were about the 5-USB-ported new Mac mini. You can download the show from Talkshoe or subscribe in iTunes.

Ersatz Wall-E

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From Something Awful's hilarious "Dress up as movie characters using shit from your room!" thread, MustelaFuro's fantastic Wall-E constructed from cereal boxes, spatulas, light bulb boxes, and other assorted crap.

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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 11 2009

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Apple stole headlines this week with a surprise update just seven days after refreshing their Mac line. The new 4GB iPod shuffle is even smaller than the original, using an in-line remote and VoiceOver spoken tracknames to get around the absence of a display.

Bluetooth MP3 Sunglasses

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Last month we featured a pair of Bluetooth Sunglasses but this new device combines both a MP3 player and Bluetooth connectivity, and for around than half the price of the other pair for the top memory.

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Why Pencil Sharpeners and Animals Should Never Mix

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I think it’s really hard to package pencil sharpeners in any organic form. Positioning the hole on the side calls for a hefty animal, while mimicking nature—placing the holes where they naturally occur—is just asking for it.

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