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LG E2290V Is The World’s Slimmest 21.5-inch LCD Monitor

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If you are searching for a thin LCD monitor, then check out the new LG E2290V, which is claimed to be the world’s slimmest LCD display. Measuring at just 7.2mm thick, the 21.5-inch LG E2290V features a full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) resolution and uses LED back-lit.

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Samsung sells 1 million Galaxy Tabs, vows 10-inch in 2011

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Samsung today said it had sold its first million Galaxy Tab slates in two months. The milestone came after it reached 600,000 in its first month and came mostly from Europe and the US, though 10 percent were from Samsung's South Korean home.

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Twitter Power and the Hobby Lobby

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Yesterday an old friend posted on Facebook: “XXX dislikes craft stores (and all stores for that matter) that say, “no nothing Hannukah in here – we are a Christian store. We only celebrate Christmas.” Nice.” How old is this friend?

Congress approves CALM act for consistent TV volume

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Legislation that would see the volume of TV commercials turned down to match that of regular programming was approved by Congress on Thursday. The next step of the so-called CALM Act, which stands for Commercial Advertising Loudness Mitigation, is to reach President Obama's desk for approval.

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NOOKcolor SDK for Developers Now Available

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So you were hangin around when they said “The next NOOK will be NOOKcolor!” and you were on the edge of your seat when they announced “Developer Support!” you’re really gonna jump for joy now – NOOK SDK v1 is available for download RIGHT THIS INSTANT.

Seagate Barracuda Green 5900.3 Series 1.5TB And 2TB SATA 6Gb/s HDDs

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Seagate is back with a new Barracuda Green 5900.3 series high-capacity and energy-efficient hard drive models. Available in 1.5TB and 2TB of storage capacities, both hard disk drives feature spindle speeds of 5900RPM.

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Mophie juice pack plus: more iPhone 4 battery life, less filling

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Many of us on the TUAW staff are big fans of the Mophie juice pack battery packs for iPhone, and now the company has come out with one that packs a lot of capacity into a case that's only 1 millimeter thicker than the skinny juice pack air. The juice pack plus for iPhone 4 ($99.95) comes with a...

Daily Gift: Postcards From Santa

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Every year, kids across the world mail out letters addressed to Santa head up to the North Pole, but how many kids receive a response from Santa? Could you imagine the look on a child's face when he finds a postcard from Santa in the mailbox addressed to him.

The Guardian announces subscription-based news app, is rumored Newsstand looming?

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AppleInsider reports that, on Thursday, The Guardian announced it will be replacing its current app with an all new version "soon."

Howard Stern, Apple in rumored $600M iTunes deal

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Oh, my. A short tweet from the Twitter account SIRI_STOCK suggests that Howard Stern and Apple are "on the verge" of a huge deal: "Howard Stern on the verge of signing $600 million 3 year agreement with Apple to host an Internet/TV/iTunes broadcast. $SIRI."

Apple Confirms no Trial Software or Demos in Mac App Store

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Apple has confirmed, over the course of Thursday night, that their upcoming Mac App Store will not feature demos, or any trial software for the applications therein. It’s a distinct step in the opposite direction that the Cupertino-based company has utilized in their App Store since its debut.

Gadgetell Giveaway: Enter to win a 7” Vizio portable LCD TV [Reminder Post]

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Section: Video, HDTV, Portable Video, Features, Originals As we mentioned in the original post a week earlier—we (along with Sam’s Club) are giving away a free 7” LCD TV from Vizio to one lucky reader.

The Incredible Shrinking Man

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When we heard about The Incredible Shrinking Man we thought this would reveal a little brother of The Incredible Hulk. We were almost right... Arne Hendriks, one of the crew members of our favorite Platform21, explains that The Incredible Shrinking Man is about anything but being big and strong.

Beijing Customs Hadoukened 10,000 Knockoff Phones And Watches Yesterday

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Did you feel a slight tremor in the Force yesterday? That was Chinese custom hitmen bringing the banhammer down on 10,000 knockoff phones and watches collected since 2009. Actually, the destruction was carried out by a hydraulic punch to disable, but also preserve the phone for recycling.

23-Year-Old Believed Behind One-Third of World’s Spam

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Meet Oleg Nikolaenko. You probably don't recognize his name, but odds are pretty good that you've received an e-mail from him at some point. The 23-year-old Russian man goes by the handle "Docent," and the FBI believes that he's behind roughly one-third of the world's spam.

Review: Intelligen Anti-Glare TV Filter

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Anti-glare maker Intelligen, who has traditionally made security screens for computers, laptops and desktops, and even iPads, under the ViewGuard brand has expanded into filters for widescreen TVs all the way up to 65″.

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Wikileaks Now Fighting Its DNS Provider. Some Coincidence, No?

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Another day, another bit of Wikileaks. It seems The Guardian slightly misunderstood the way the Internet works in claiming that Wikileaks had its domain name revoked by its hosts. Not quite. What seems to have happened is that its DNS server has stopped providing the DNS service.

Texas man claims Droid 2 exploded in his ear

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A Texas man claims his brand new Motorola Droid 2 exploded as he was having a phone conversation, leaving him with four stitches, the WFAA reported on Thursday. Aron Embry said his Droid 2's screen "burst outward," leaving the phone itself intact but ruining the screen.

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comScore: Android’s US share slowing, near even with iPhone

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Android growth in the US is still significant but may have slowed down at the start of the fall, according to new comScore data. Google's mobile OS climbed to 23.5 percent in October, or 6.5 percent more than July, but a more modest 2.1 percent over the past month.

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DARPA’s Transformer Project Should be Finished by 2015

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The Transformer project, or TX, from DARPA has been moving forward in its development stages pretty steadily. It wasn’t too long ago that we first reported about the project, and at the end of September we told you that DARPA was one step closer to making the Transformer project the real deal.

Google Buys $1.9 Billion Build in New York – Report

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Google seems to just be tossing the billions around, these days. The company was said to have offered $6 billion to be Groupon late last month, and now it has apparently purchased a 2.9 million square foot building on Eighth Ave in Manhattan.

Mac OS X 10.6.6 build 10J537 seeded, Mac App Store clarification says no demos

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Two items: last night Apple seeded another build of 10.6.6 (we reported a build had been sent back in November) and a Mac App Store statement from Apple has put the kibosh on any demo apps.

Live Nation releases free app

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Ticket seller Live Nation has released its very own iOS app on the App Store -- you can download it for free there right now.

Txtr ereader reportedly erased

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It seems the ereader market may be a little less crowded than we expected, with word that the German txtr device has been abandoned by parent company Txtr.

Pentax Swallows Paint and Robots, Vomits Camera

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Somebody at Pentax has just plain lost it. Here you see the forthcoming limited-edition K-r, a custom version of the regular 12 megapixel DSLR. It seems to have been built from eye-searingly bright children’s building blocks, and somebody has even wedged a robot-head into the hot-shoe.

Apple expands Motorola lawsuit to include 12 more patents

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Apple has quietly widened the scope of its ongoing countersuits against Motorola to include 12 more patents. The iPhone maker on Wednesday amended a Wisconsin lawsuit to accuse Motorola of infringing on 12 extra patents beyond the 12 that were already in play, most of which target Android.

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