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Boxee forced to remove Hulu

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Filed under: Internet, Internet Tools, Apple TV As a boxee user/proselytizer, I am gutted over the latest news: Hulu will be removed from boxee as of Friday (February 20, 2009).

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DIY solar rechargeable batteries

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So there are already rechargeable batteries, and there are already solar-powered devices to charge batteries, but what if you could make a rechargeable battery that was completely self-contained, that all you had to do was put it in the window and let it charge?

Your iPhone Has Died of Dysentery: Oregon Trail coming for the iPhone

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It’s not that often I get giddy enough about a mobile game to write about it, yet it has somehow happened twice today.

Average age for first cell phone? Eight!

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Photo: Flickr I got my first cell phone at the ripe old age of 20. The year was 1999; the Roth IRA was taking the world by storm, a little show called Futurama set about to claw its way into popular culture, and the song “No Scrubs” by TLC was climbing the charts and had guys who thought they were...

Nvidia and Intel bicker over chipset licenses

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These jokers will never get along. They’re in court at the moment, arguing over whether an agreement made in 2004 applies today. Intel says that Nvidia is not licensed to create chipsets for Nehalem-based Intel products. Nvidia says that actually, they are licensed.

Canon brings the 20x Ultra-zoom 10MP SX1 IS to US

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Canon first introduced the 20X Ultra-zoom SX1 IS Powershot back at PhotoKina 2008. It was the company’s first compact digicam to honor its CMOS 10MPimage sensor but only made available to Europe markets.

The Dark Knight

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"You complete me!" I love this "The Dark Knight" poster!

Toy Fair 2009: Swinxs Gaming Hub

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Swinxs was one of the more interesting interactive gaming concepts that I saw on the floor of this year's Toy Fair. The device is a little green plastic box that serves as a play hub for kids. It supports up to ten players at a time--though it also features a single-player mode.

Slicer sled makes its own snow

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\ The Slicer by Ice Meister (!) is a sled for summer. Take its ice-block-forming trays from your freezer, clip them into the bottom, and frost some sod. $70 whole dollars mdash; you could buy a lot of ice with $70.

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Tracking the iPhone hype generator

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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Apple, iPhone, App Store Fortune's Apple 2.0 got a nice little graph up of just where and when the iPhone's hype machine went into overdrive.

Coinstar gobbles up Redbox

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Redbox, the wonderful dollar-a-day DVD rental kiosk company, is currently owned by a number of parties, including Coinstar and GetAMovie, a subsidiary of McDonalds. Coinstar, Redbox’s majority owner, announced last week that they’ll be buying up the remaining shares.

Tom Hanks to turn on Large Hadron Collider – yes, that Tom Hanks

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I’m a fan of the movement which venerates society’s unsung heroes. The nerds, if I’m honest: engineers, physicists, chemists. And thousands of nerds have labored for thousands of days to create the ultimate experimental setup, the Large Hadron Collider.

Dell Mini 10 coming in March, starting at $399

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Dell has officially engaged in some bean spilling on its Direct2Dell company blog in regards to the impending Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook. It’ll apparently be available for pre-order on QVC.com today (I can’t find it yet) and up on Dell.com next Thursday.

Apple Slows Down Mac Upgrades, In Sync With Economy

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Apple isn't going to roll out a revamped Mac desktop anytime soon because you wouldn't buy one anyway, analysts say.

MSI U115v Netbook Packs both Hard drive and SSD

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MSI releasing its MSI U115 netbook in Europe.MSI U115 netbook come with a 10.2-inch screen with a regular WSVGA resolution. Its graphic is handled by Intel GMA950 graphics chipset.

Simon Berg

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Wow, this T-SHIRT project by Simon Berg. If wear it, you will had nothing on. Cool or a bit awesome? And Simon Berg is a photographer, check out more, see his photo.

MWC 2009: Hands-on with the Obama Phone

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Bipartisan support is all well and good, but let's be honest with ourselves: How many of us would trade it for a cheap, unauthorized cell phone bearing the likeness of our Commander-in-Chief? If you raised your hand, boy does Mi-Fone have the handset for you.

Why this phone you’ve never heard of just won “Best Mobile Handset”

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Section: Communications, Cellphones, Email / IM, Mobile The BlackBerry Storm. Nokia E71. LG KS360. Any one of those hot new phones should have taken home the coveted “Best Mobile Handset” from this year’s GSMA in Barcelona. Alas, they all fell short of the...

Buzludzha, the abandoned UFO amphitheater of Bulgaria

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[Artificial Owl via MicroKhan]

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G1 Android Controlled Robotic Blimp Soars High

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The tilt sensors or the accelerometers on the HTC Android G1 phone aren't just for playing Super Monkey Ball. A team of do-it-yourself drone enthusiasts are channeling it to remotely control and access live video feeds from a robotic blimp.

Frozen Solid

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How little I knew this morning before I actually left the house…it’s stupid cold and raining/sleeting and just in general miserable. I love my job, I’m happy to be there (repeat as necessary).

Rinspeed’s iPhone-controlled concept EV looks unlikely

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This rather ridiculous concept car is more artist’s statement than art. The iChange is described as if it were some sort of upset to the entire auto industry.

iPhone Voice Recorder Travels Back in Time

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A new iPhone app enables users to record speech after it's already been said. That sounds impossible, but Epiphany is programmed quite cleverly. The moment you launch the app, it's already recording. But it doesn't store the recording until you tap the "Remember that!" button.

Sygic demos turn-by-turn GPS app at MWC09

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Filed under: Software, iPhone, App Store, SDK, Jailbreak/pwnage One of the most elusive and desired apps for iPhone is turn-by-turn GPS navigation. Just before the iPhone 3G hit the market, we heard that TomTom was developing a GPS navigator. To date, it hasn't shipped.

LG blacks out the Renoir, debuts it as the slightly improved KC910i

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With just about everyone in Barcelona coming out with 8-megapixel cameraphones this week, LG’s taking the opportunity to polish up the 8-megapixel handset they announced back in October, the LG Renoir, with a revised model called the LG KC910i.

AT&T’s Pantech Matrix Pro gets official

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The new Pantech Matrix Pro, previously reported as Pantech Duo 2, is now official with AT&T. The company has today announced the successor to Pantech Duo, adding a smaller but more feature-rich and upscale smartphone with a 2.4-inch display.

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