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GDC 2011: Sega demos Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing

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At the 2011 Game Developers Conference, Sega revealed that it has decided to port its Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing game to the iPhone and iPod touch (no iPad announcement yet, but presumably it's coming). Sega then handed us a demo of the game to try out. It was (surprise?)

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Demographic shift shrinks Firefox, iOS and Mac web share

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Net Applications said it was forced to rework its Internet market share figures on Tuesday after the CIA updated its Internet usage to better reflect worldwide computer use. The surge in Chinese users relative to the US meant that alternatives to Microsoft lost share in February.

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iPad Home Button Child Lock

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Next to duct tape, the binder clip has to be one of the more universal go-to items when improvising a short term solution to an interesting problem.

Pilots To Use iPads Instead Of Paper Charts

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After three months of testing, the Federal Aviation Administration has approved the use of iPads as an alternative to paper maps and charts for pilots. Currently the ruling only applies to private airline Executive Jet Management, but could potentially spread to others in the the future as well.

Bing Beating Yahoo Internationally for First Time

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I'm sure whether this qualifies as a good sign for Microsoft or a bad sign for Yahoo--the truth likely lies somewhere between the two. According to new numbers from StatCounter, Bing has managed to overtake Yahoo in global traffic numbers, for the first time, ever.

Matrox Extio F2208 KVM has a 1KM Range!

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If you need to shoot your video out to a computer really long way from your actual computer and still have control of that computer via the mouse and keyboard Matrox has a new KVM that has a crazy long range.

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MacBook Pro 15-inch Review (early 2011)

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Apple’s MacBook Pro refresh last week didn’t get a press event with huge fanfare, but it’s arguably the most important update to the notebook range in some time.

Mac OS X Lion features hidden tribute to Steve Jobs

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Apple's latest version of OS X Lion contains a plethora of new features that are being uncovered piece by piece now that the preview version is in the hands of developers. One little gem recently discovered is a new section in the finder called "All My Files".

Samsung Nexus S with Gingerbread Review

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Google's Nexus S smartphone has a lot of attractive features, but the one that attracts the most attention is the fact that this smartphone is the first to ship with the latest version of the Android smartphone operating system—version 2.3. Otherwise known as Gingerbread, this OS is said to...

Panasonic prices, dates HDTVs, 3D Blu-ray home theaters

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Panasonic has revealed prices for its range of 2011 HDTVs and home theater systems. At the same time, it has added two LCD LED TVs with the 37-inch TC-L37DT30 and 32-inch TC-L32DT30.

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Current iPad wiped from Best Buy retail inventory

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Signs that Apple might plan a very quick iPad 2 launch grew on Tuesday with a finding at Best Buy. At least one store has marked all current-generation 3G and Wi-Fi iPads as "deleted," or obsolete.

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Lenovo Shows Off Eye-Controlled Laptop

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Ugh, I'm sick and tired of using my hands to control my laptop. I mean, I never really leave my computer--how am I supposed to find time to eat a sandwich?

You Are Alone

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Prepping for Pwn2Own: Google Pays $14,000 for Finding Chrome Flaws

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Google has paid 9 researchers a total of $14,000 for finding vulnerabilities in its Chrome 9.0.597.107 browser, in preparation for next week’s Pwn2Own hacking contest. The outside researchers found 15 bugs, and Google identified four more.

Astrophysicist: Earth Worth ‘Three Thousand Trillion’ Pounds Sterling

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Here’s a silly science story for your Tuesday afternoon, as we sit here waiting patiently for Chelsea-Manchester United to begin. An astrophysicist has developed a formula that determines the monetary value of the universe’s planets.

In defence of the SuperDrive

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Echoing our own Michael Grothaus last year, MG Siegler hopes Apple drops the DVD drive from future Macs: "Just like the floppy disk before it, the optical disc will fade into irrelevance. And now you see why Apple has never included a Blu-ray drive in any of their machines."

Seagate ships pro-grade 3TB drive with XP support

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Introduced in the fall, Seagate has now began shipping its 3TB Barracuda XT internal hard drive. The highest capacity hard drive is rare in supporting legacy operating systems such as Windows XP, which can't normally support hard drive capacities higher than 2.1TB.

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Android to get in-app payments at Google I/O in May

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An e-mail received by developer Juraj Chrappa on Tuesday confirmed that Google's promised Android in-app payments should be live for everyone by May.

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Give Installation Designers some Love

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Hit up "Industrial Design" on Coroflot and you get 22,193 profiles. Hit "Exhibition Design" and the number drops to 1,707.

Craigslist Ad Looks For Undercover ‘Piracy Surveillance Investigator’

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You are the sword and shield of the party! In this case, the party is a California-based private investigator looking to bank a few dollars by fighting piracy. An ad recently popped up on Craigslist San Antonio looking for “piracy surveillance investigators.”

Samsung to complete the Galaxy Tab family during CTIA

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Section: Communications, Mobile, Computers, Mobile Computers Samsung has begun to send out invitations for an upcoming event that will take place during CTIA in Orlando. The CTIA event is scheduled for March 22nd and it seems like Samsung is going to be focusing on the Galaxy Tab family.

NAO: A Robot with a Heart Powered by Intel

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Intel and Aldebaran have collaborated to created NAO, a robot with a heart powered by Intel Atom. He’s teeny, the size of a large newborn baby: only 53cm in height, and weighs 4kg (Ok, about 21 inches and 9lbs).

Leaked Image Of Thunderbolt on White MacBook?

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Intel’s Light Peak lightening speed data transfer technology known as Thunderbolt debuted on the new Apple MacBook Pro line last week. With Apple’s special event only a day away, we won’t have to speculate for long whether Thunderbolt will be implemented on the iPad 2 as well.

Formula One’s Newest Innovation (Maybe): Artificial Rain

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The recently delayed Formula One season now begins at the end of the month, but the sport’s big boss-man, Bernie Ecclestone, the subject of a controversial new biography, has just the idea to take everything to the next level: artificial rain.

Former Apple employee convicted of money laundering, wire fraud

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Former Apple employee Paul Devine pleaded guilty to 23 charges of wire fraud, conspiracy and money laundering following his arrest last August. Devine, a global supply manager, was accused of accepting kickbacks from six Asian suppliers.

LG Optimus Pad priced at $700 at MobileCity

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Retailer MobileCity has just listed the 8.9-inch LG G-Slate tablet up for pre-order for $700. While no ship date is revealed, the device will be tied to T-Mobile and promises to cost $100 less than a retail price for the device.

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