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Italy’s Newest Boutique School Of Design

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Architect Marc DiDomenico, the 2009 President of the American Institute of Architects Continental Europe, is overseeing The Florence Institute of Design International, a brand new "boutique" design school in Florence, Italy: Just opened in the historic center of Florence, a new international...

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iPhone app phones home to foil pirates

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Filed under: iPhone, App Store, Jailbreak/pwnageLike many iPhone developers, Ben Chatelain is frustrated to see cracked versions of his project, Full Screen Web Browser, showing up online. Following the usability suggestions of John Gruber, Ben has chosen to do something about it.

NASA’S Kepler Mission Blasts Off

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NASA's Kepler spacecraft launched into space from Cape Canaveral on Friday at 10:49 PM EST, beginning an ambitious mission to discover Earth-like planets around other stars, according to Space.com.

T-Mobile Adds Color Options for 5310 XpressMusic

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T-Mobile has added two new colors—White Aqua and White Silver—for the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic, according to Engadget Mobile. The handset is still available in red as well, and it's still available for free with a two-year contract from T-Mobile USA.

Morning tech deals highlights

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#8998; DSLR ndash; Pentax K2000 DSLR with 18-55mm lens, a flash, and a bag, for $400. Good starter pack. [Slickdeals] #8998; Mouse ndash; Kensington SlimBlade Media Mouse for $15, shipped. It's just a little slender mouse, but I think it looks quite nice.

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Geeky Gadgets Giveaway – Win A Core Case iPhone 3G, iPod Touch, iPod Nano Case

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In this weeks Geeky gadgets Giveaway we have some great prizes to give away to our readers, there are three prizes provided by the guys over at Core Cases.

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The CD Turns 30

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In recent years, the compact disc has, of course, begun showing its age. The format celebrated its 30th birthday over the weekend with a IEEE Milestone Award presented to Royal Philips Electronics for the company's role in the creation of the CD.

Illinois: Pluto is a Planet

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Illinois' state government has declared that Pluto is a planet, in an attempt to bypass the International Astronomical Union's 2006 ruling to reclassify the icy world as a member of the Kuiper belt, Discover reports.

8 Ft Rc Plane Runs on a Weed Wacker Motor

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DIY a giant RC plane using your Weed Wacker engine, Cool? Nickademuss shows us how to make an RC plane with an 8 foot wingspan out of corrugated plastic and a 25cc Weed Wacker engine. "I love Radio controlled airplanes and have built several kinds from balsa to this large scale plastic one.

LEGO Color Sensor

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If you need to add color sensing to your next LEGO project have a look at this RCX Input Mux & Color Sensor. Full schematics and circuit description is provided. "Color sensing depends on measuring the intensity of light at different wavelengths.

Leather Cases for the Kindle 2

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I bet a common objection to the Kindle 2 (or any e-book reader for that matter) is the classy feel. Something about a well-bound book seems more traditional, weighty, and significant.

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Car Seat Tray for Eating, Surfing While Driving

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The full name of this car-seat tray contains, like a fractal or a strand of DNA, the entirety of the product itself. Behold, the Portable Car Auto Seat Mount Tray Laptop Table Cup Holder.

SmartSwitch Gets Harder to Turn as Power Consumption Increases

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The SmartSwitch, from Peter Russo and Brendan Wypich at Stanford University, brings force-feedback to environmental gadgets. The idea is simple -- the switch knows how much power is being used in either your home or on the Grid in general.

AMD & Seagate demo SATA 6Gbps HDD

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Seagate and AMD will be demonstrating the world’s first SATA 6Gbps hard-drive today, theoretically offering twice the throughput of the existing SATA 3Gbps standard.

Maradin MLP pico-projectors promise high-res in 2010

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Pico-projectors are growing in popularity and number, but less impressive is their typical resolution and brightness.

iLuv i1155 8.4 Inch Portable Multimedia Player for your iPod and DVDs Review

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Video capable iPods have made portable media all the more accessible. Attempt to watch anything more than a short clip on one, though, and you’ll be wishing for glasses or, preferably, a larger screen.

Seagate and AMD showing off SATA 3.0 and 6Gbps hard drives

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SATA 3.0 is about to bring the goods - and fast. Seagate and AMD partnered together to demo just what the hopeful revision will be capable of with a prototype Barracuda drive and AMD chipset. If Seagate gets its way.

You’re probably paying too much for your cellphone

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A study is about to be released that says consumers are paying a hell of a lot more than they need to for cellphone access.

Green-House’s Compact USB Card Reader

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Here is one of the most compact USB card readers in the market today. The Green-House GH-CRMSD41K card reader supports SD, SHDC, MicroSD, MicroSDHC, MiniSD, and Memory Stick. The device measures at only 66.5mm x 23mm x 16mm and weights 18.6grams.

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USB Motion Skull

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Exhibit: Ritual Skull Circa 2009 Marked “Brandu” [?-2010] Materials: Plastic and electronic parts (pre-Quantum)This example of early 21st century religious accoutrement points to an odd sect of skull worshippers based both in modern Australasia/Japanese Republic and in the former...

Xbox 360 Elite being axed?

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Last week Fudzilla was reporting that Microsoft could be phasing out the Xbox 360 Elite in select markets while making it a limited edition model in NA and Europe. It all boils down to the current state of the economy.

Wii MotionPlus ‘hiccups’ could delay release

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Potentially bad news for those of us patiently awaiting Nintendo’s MotionPlus peripheral for the Wii – it might be delayed. According to IGN Wii’s Nintendo Voice Chat podcast, “Nintendo is internally struggling with Wii MotionPlus, trying to figure out a few hiccups.”

Atoms are, after all, the universal building block

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According to some, Intel is trying to focus its future business on their Atom processor, vying to get it included in anything that needs a CPU. Not servers, of course: Intel will keep pushing its Xeon CPUs for servers.

Asus G71Gx Support 12 GB RAM

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Asus G71Gx is the new model for the Asus G71 gaming laptop. Comes with a 17-inch display with WUXGA screen resolution, Asus G71Gx boast NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M graphics card with 1GB of dedicated video memory.

Buyer beware: There’s a lot of fees associated with that Street Fighter Visa debit card

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Sure, that Street Fighter IV-branded Visa pre-paid debit card looks cool—hey, it’s Ryu v. Ken!—but you’d better look at the fine print lest The Powers That Be nickel-and-dime you.

Design – Modern Fossils

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Here’s something very cool from artist Christopher Locke, a series of fossilized gadgets. The cool fossilized gadgets which the artist calls ‘Modern Fossils’ are made from concrete and there are some cool gadgets which have been fosilized, included an iPod, Nintendo Gameboy and a...

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