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HBI SnorePro 600 Stops Your Sleepless Nights

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Every once in a while I go camping with some friends. I made the big mistake of neglecting to take ear plugs the first time we camped. I didn’t sleep. The snoring was off the charts. I was more than annoyed. And that was only one weekend.

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LeapFrog’s Summer Toy Preview: Zippity, Tag Junior, More

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It's almost New York Toy Fair time (that's coming up on President's Day weekend), but LeapFrog got a jump (yeah, I said it) on the competition by giving us a peek at toys to come.

Vinyl collection of Sega Genesis themes

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Oh man, remember the “Ultimate Genesis Collection” for Xbox 360 and PS3 that’s supposed to be here soon? Well if you preorder the Australian version (called the Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection) you can get a free limited-edition vinyl album of theme songs from some of the games.

Sleep Forever Pill

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See this deisgn - sleep forever pill!

Nikon Fabre Photo EX: Take microscopic DSLR photos

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Nikon's "Fabre Photo EX" is a relatively low-power stereoscopic microscope that makes up for any other shortcomings with its ability to mount a Nikon DSLR camera on its back for high-resolution imaging of microscopic bacterial fashion models.

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Coiled beeswax candle and holder is its own simple timer

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This elegantly unembellished candle holder allows you to draw up just as much candle as you choose, automatically extinguishing itself after the allotted time. Ever three inches provides about an hour of light, putting an entire beeswax coil in the 144-hour range. Refills are $27.

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Asus 1000HE: the first netbook with a truly usable keyboard

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Laptop Magazine has gotten a sneak peak at the new Asus Eee 1000HE and the new chiclet style keyboard is a great success, allowing the reviewer to rattle off over 83 words per minute, plucking gingerly down on the right shift key without a moment's retraining.

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LG Arena KM900 Smartphone is ready, Almost

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LG Arena KM900 is definitely in the works. As we see on the image above, LG Arena KM900 is almost ready to get to the touchscreen smartphone’s Arena.

Behold! The Mobius Circuit!

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For our circuit, we decided to make an LED chaser that would light up LEDs in sequence along the length of the Mobius strip.

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GPS locator watch for urban adventurous types

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The Lokate Emergency GPS Watch isn’t for everyone. The £295.00 ($426) purchase price and £14.95 per month subscription sees to that. Those that need this type of thing will probably pay the cost without flinching.

Sakshat $10 Laptop is not a Laptop and its not $10

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India finally unveils its so called $10 laptop. Apparently the device which dubbed as Sakshat is not a laptop at all but just a computing device with a 10 x 5-inch dimension without screen nor keyboard.

DTV Delay Act passes, switch-off date now June 12, 2009

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Folks, the DTV extension bill passed the House of Representatives. The switch to digital has been officially delayed for four months until June 12, 2009.

Sleepachu kawaii overload

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Ah, late Winter — that time when a young trainer’s fancy turns to a sleeping shock-mouse. Believe it or not, that’s actually the proverb in Japan, and is the mythical inspiration for the Sleeping Pikachu fest being held at Pokémon centers all over Nippon.

More LG Arena details leaked

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With all of the good stuff on the way in the coming months, it’s a bit hard to get excited about what looks to be a pan-for-pan iPhone clone. But if yesterday’s leak of the LG Arena KM900 got you all antsy in the pantsies, we’ve got some more details for you.

CrunchGear Podcast: Wednesday, February 4th

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We talk about multiple versions of Windows 7, obnoxious Twitter tweets, Google’s Latitude service, and, perhaps most importantly, waffles.

ATM hackers nicked $9 million in 30 minutes

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In a coordinated attack spanning 130 ATMs in 49 cities, a group of hackers managed to suck dry bank accounts totalling over $9 million, according to an admission by RBS Worldpay, a payment processing company that oversaw the accounts.

Toshiba TG01

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Toshiba has just announced their latest smartphone, the TG01(see the pic, Apple don't like this news). It features only a 9.9mm thick and use Windows Mobile 6.1 and Toshiba's own 3D user interface(see the video).

Whipped From Working Wednesday

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It seemed like a logical follow-up title to me! It wasn’t that long a day, but it surely kicked me in the teeth, as it were. I think I’m going to find something for dinner and try that soaking in the tub thing again in hopes that I’ll be able to move when I go to work tomorrow.

House OKs DTV Delay, Bill Goes to President Obama

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Get ready for summertime DTV transition. The House on Wednesday approved a bill to move the DTV transition from February 17 to June 12 by a vote of 264 to 158. The Senate approved the measure last week, so it now moves to President Obama, who is expected to sign the bill into law.

Washington Reacts to Passage of DTV Bill

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Barring a last-minute change of heart from President Obama, today's House vote means that the DTV transition is on track to move from February 17 to June 12.

Designing the Steelcase Leap desk chair

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What sort of engineering goes into designing a better office chair? SolidSmack talks to Steelcase about the four-year development of their Leap chair, involving various prototype chairs and eleven studies with hundreds of participants.

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Hitachi to roll out three new and very pricey high-end projectors

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Hitachi in Nippon today announced a new series of high-end projectors [JP], which will be available over here on February 23 (the company hasn’t said yet if the rest of the world will get the devices as well). And quality doesn’t come cheap.

News flash: mobile phone sales slump

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Big surprise: people aren’t buying mobile phones the way they used to. Vodaphone saw an 18% drop in handset sales.

Inexpensive iPhone and G1 stands

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Sometimes you just need a little doohickey to prop your phone up at a certain angle – nothing more, nothing less. Sure, you could use pencils and rubber bands but if you want more of an elegant, streamlined look and you have six dollars, then you have other options.

Vmedia: Clearly someone isn’t paying attention

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Hey, buddy! Need a miniature optical format for media? It’s small, it can hold 1 gigabyte, and it uses a mechanical playback system. Sounds great, right?

Deal: 20% Off All Orders @ Smarthome

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Got a Home Automation project that has been begging for some attention? Now is the perfect time to finish it up with 20% lower prices at Smarthome. Keep in mind that you can also snag lots of other home-related gadgets there too like Bose products, pet care and irresistible toys!

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