Rubin shows prototype MotoPad, promises 3D Google Maps
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Google VP Andy Rubin as part of his talk at D: Dive Into Mobile tonight showed off a prototype of Motorola's MotoPad.
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A2 Smart Pen
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Apen has unveiled the A2 Smart Pen that allows you to digitize and record writing and drawing on a standard paper. You can also connect the A2 to a Mac or Windows-powered computer for writing on images, Microsoft Office documents, or Outlook messages.
Russian police drop anti-piracy case against activists
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Russian authorities have quietly dropped software piracy charges that had been aimed at an environmental organization.
NPH to Host Video Game Awards
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If you need any proof that video games are now mainstream, consider this. Spike TV will air its 8th annual Video Game Awards live on Saturday, December 11, and the host will be Neil Patrick Harris.
Presenting the Battery-Boosting Virus
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I'm not talking about computer viruses here, but the biological kind. A team of researchers at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering and College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (still reading?)
Sennheiser Adidas Originals HD220 And CX310 Headphones
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Sennheiser and Adidas have joined together to launch two new co-branded headphones models, the Adidas Originals HD220 and CX310 headphones.
Verizon took $1.5 billion in bailouts despite denials
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Verizon reportedly received $1.5 billion in bailout aid during the financial crisis, according to a Washington Post report.
iOS 4.2 prevents some USB devices from working via Camera Connection Kit
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According to 9to5Mac, changes introduced in iOS 4.2 have caused Apple's Camera Connection Kit to become a lot less useful for iPad owners. As of iOS 4.2, the amount of electricity the iPad's 30-pin dock connector can put out has apparently been slashed from 100mA to 20mA.
ElectroHub Universal Wireless Charging
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The ElectroHub is a new wireless charging station, which is planned to make its debut at CES 2011. What makes the ElectroHub unique is that it doesn’t require the device to have a special case, but actually provides ElectroHub batteries, which come in both AA and AAA sizes.
Booq adds two new bags for 15″ MacBook Pro
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Booq have announced two late additions to their holiday line of Mac-oriented computer bags, both designed specifically for the 15" MacBook Pro: the messenger-style Cobra Courier M, and the sleeve-style Cobra Hardcase M.
iFan wind-powered charger juices up the iPhone for you
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There’s no dearth of mobile phone chargers out there, yet this new concept of a wind-powered charger seems utterly appealing. Yes, this isn’t the first of its kind, but it is perhaps the only one targeted for the iPhone, with its very distinctive name – the iFan.
Google makes the Nexus S official
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Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile The Nexus S has been a long time coming, and with all the leaks we’ve known just about everything about the phone.
Two new titles released by Ngmoco, Adventure Bay and Star Wars Imperial Academy
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Neil Young and his company Ngmoco are running out of time to get all twenty new freemium products out that were promised earlier this year, but it looks like they're going to make a run at it anyway. Over the past weekend, Ngmoco released two brand new freemium titles on the US App Store.
PlayStation controls appear in Android 2.3 SDK
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Shortly after Google released the Android 2.3 SDK, several developers have already noticed new code that appears to be related to buttons on Sony's PlayStation controllers.
Google launches a new ebookstore, should Amazon start worrying now?
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Section: Web, Downloads, Web 2.0 / Social Networking, Web Apps, Websites, Google Google has just strengthen its presence in the ebooks market as it launch the new Google eBookstore. Finally, Google has laid out its long-standing plan of collating ebook titles for several years now. The result?
Packard Bell’s Latest LCD Monitor
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Packard Bell hits back by bringing you their latest LCD monitor, the Viseo 191. This new 18.5-inch LED-backlit monitor delivers 1366 x 768 native resolution, 12,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 250 cd/m2 brightness and 5ms response time.
More Supply-Line Chatter Has iPad 2 Shipping In February
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Just a few weeks after suppliers were nailed down for iPad 2 components and a Q1 ship date more or less confirmed, Digitimes has heard from Foxconn that they will be called on to ship some 400k-600k iPad 2 units in February.
Giada D2301 Core i7-powered Nettop PC
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Giada is back with a new super-slim nettop PC called the Giada D2301. Measuring 9.1-inch x 6.9-inch x 2.2-inch, this mini computer is powered by either an Intel Core i3, Core i5, or Core i7 processor, a second generation nVidia ION graphics, a slot-loading disc drive (with DVD and Blu-Ray options)...
Patriot Memory Outs 16GB And 32GB LX Class 10 microSDHC Cards
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Patriot Memory has just added two new storage capacities to its LX Class 10 microSDHC card line-up by announcing the 16GB and 32GB models. Both of these cards meet the SD Associations Class 10 specifications, and promise to provide transfer speeds of at least 10MB/s.
D-Link ShareCenter Pulse NAS Storage
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D-Link has finally launched their new ShareCenter Pulse NAS Storage that can hold a couple of 3.5-inch SATA hard-drives.
iPad accounts for 8 percent of global mobile PC shipments
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Apple is the number one mobile PC manufacturer in North America and third overall in the world, according to published results from research company DisplaySearch.
Android 2.3 reportedly rolling out to current Nexus One users
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Section: Communications, Smartphones, Mobile Earlier today Google officially unveiled the Nexus S with Android 2.3, the Android 2.3 SDK and now it looks like current Nexus One users are already getting the Gingerbread update.
A Brand New Dreamcast Game From German Developers
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So you thought the Dreamcast was dead, huh? Not so fast! A German tech show, 3Sat, has an interview with a game developer who is putting together a whole new game, and it looks awesome.
Does Wikileaks Represent The End Of Internet History?
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Look at Matt Drudge, freaking out over Wikileaks‘ so-called “insurance policy” against Julian Assange’s arrest. READY TO LAUNCH “DOOMSDAY FILES,” Drudge screams. (Red font, too. All we need is a siren.gif and we’re in full meltdown mode.) And Doomsday for whom, exactly?
Thanko Presents AnyChair, Wonder Office Chair
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This is for those office workers who are the laziest. Those people you more than likely don’t want working for you (unless a nap break is in your plan, that’s cool!) In this chair is not only a super comfy situation, but an office bed as well.
Android 2.3 Gingerbread Complete Rundown on Android Community
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Want to know everything that’s in store for you when you eventually lay your hands on a device that’s got some tasty cookies in it? Perhaps you’d like a new and improved keyboard, a new text selection tool, and improved copy and paste?
