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Amazon opens up Kindle book gifting

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Amazon has announced that customers are now able to give Kindle books as gifts to anyone with an e-mail address. Customers can take advantage of the new program even if they, or the gift recipient, do not own a Kindle reader.

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NOOKcolor Unboxing and Hands-on

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Welcome to the official SlashGear NOOKcolor Unboxing and Hands-on. I received this lovely treat in the mail at about 9AM through FedEx – joyous day! You know the NOOKcolor from its first official coming out ceremony back on October 26th (2010).

iOS 4.2.1 jailbroken, compatible Cydia store ready

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Redmond Pie reports today that iOS 4.2.1 has been successfully jailbroken, and that a compatible version of Cydia will be available as soon as 4.2.1 reaches the public.

Google to scrub Street View Wi-Fi data in UK

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UK deputy information commissioner David Smith today said that Google had agreed to delete Wi-Fi data collected by its Street View cars. The search firm would purge the data in the next nine months and would avoid threatened legal action since the data remained in Google's hands.

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Daniel HeiBe Creates a PC Case Mod from Concrete

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For some, having a case mod that looks both artistically amazing and absolutely ridiculous at the same time is a life-long dream. For most of them, they get the tools and create their dream project, making it a reality.

Read Dead Redemption Soundtrack Available on Vinyl, Costs $15

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If you’ve spent any time with Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption, then you know that the soundtrack is exceptional. The music manages to capture the mood of the game through its entirety.

White iPhone 4 on Sale in China

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While those in the United States, and pretty much everywhere else, still try and deal with the fact that they still can’t have their very own iPhone 4 in white, it looks like a few digital retailers in China have been stockpiling white iPhone 4s.

Foxconn denies selling white iPhone parts

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Manufacturer Foxconn has denied selling white iPhone parts in a statement made through the Taiwanese stock exchange. Last August, we pointed out WhiteiPhone4Now, a website selling white iPhone conversion kits.

Sanyo intros four new portable projectors

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Sanyo has expanded its line of projectors with four new portable models geared for education and business use.

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What Actually Goes On In Your Microwave? Find Out In This Insane Video

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We all have microwaves, and we all use them from time to time, and we all are baffled now and again by how one spot on the nachos can be practically vaporizing while another is as cold as death.

A materials mystery: What the heck are “self-healing” cutting mats made from? And a possible alternative

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Last year Core77 forum moderator Timf posted, The other day one of my students asked me what a self healing cutting mat is made of. I have done a search and only found the mysterious phrase "made of a unique self healing composite material". Does anyone know what they are made of?

“Design in Marveland” Christmas pop-up shop and exhibition

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"Design in Marveland" is an exhibition and pop-up shop—coming to the streets of London in time for christmas—dedicated to the creative genius of children, as seen through the eyes of some of London's up and coming designers.

Rod Whitby of webOS Internals Details Roadmap for Preware 2.0

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Today WebOS Internals’ Rod Whitby sent a few words out in a speech at webOS Developer Day in NYC about webOS Homebrew development. All the way back to a million years ago, 2009, when the Palm Pre was released, to now, and looking ahead. Preware 2.0 Plans include the following: Instant On.

RIM Close to Bypassing Ban in India

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The security issues between Research in Motion and some countries around the world seem to be coming to a close, if a new report from the company is to be believed.

iBuyPower puts out liquid-cooled, six-core AMD gaming PC

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iBuyPower wrapped up the week with an AMD version of one of its more aggressive liquid-cooled PCs. The Mage XLC M1 uses a hands-off Asetek cooling system combined with AMD's six-core Phenom II X6.

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Companies, If Your CSRs Aren’t Empowered, You’re Doing It Wrong

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So you call a company with a problem, right? After navigating a series of voice prompts, you eventually get to a live person. You think, alright, great someone can help me.

John Biggs Vs. Four Loko (The Short Version)

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In the event that you don’t have time to watch the full hour recap of John’s “research study” into the potentially unnecessary banning of a ridiculously unnecessary beverage, I have provided this 1 minute 30 second recap that basically documents what went on.

Forget roll-over minutes, Cox will give you $20 for unused minutes

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Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile Meet Cox Wireless, an expansion of their broadband offerings. The company believes customers are underserved by the big wireless carriers and live in fear of surprise bills. Cox Wireless is being rolled out to Orange...

Flight Control HD now available on Steam for Mac

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Would-be air traffic controllers can now get their flight control fix on the Mac or PC. Flight Control HD, the addictive line drawing game that lets you drag aircraft to their landing zones with your finger on iOS, is now available on Steam for US$4.99.

Bringing back the Lichtsack

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Woe to those design objects that make a splash at the festivals, rack up some awards, and are then never seen, let alone purchased, by the majority of consumers.

Amazon Adds EA, Sega & Other Big Publishers To Its Downloadable Game Store

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Amazon has had a fairly big download-only indie video game store for a little while, but as of today has added several big name publishers to the service. “Big names?” Yes, the likes of EA, Sega, Ubisoft, and Atari.

POV’s Mobii TEGRA Froyo tablet looks surprisingly familiar

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Advent’s Vega tablet made a few headlines today after the 10-inch Android 2.2 slate went on sale and promptly sold out in two hours; now there’s another Tegra 2 based slate we’re curious about.

Real white iPhone 4s supposedly sold on Chinese grey market

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Website Giz-China has published photos of what appear to be genuine white iPhone 4s on sale in China. The boxes are marked with a label describing them as being "for internal use only," and certainly look more convincing than many of the knock-offs we see from that area.

Yahoo! releases Sketch-a-Search for iPad, update for iPhone

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Yahoo has released an iPad version of its popular iPhone Sketch-a-Search app. For those not familiar with the app, Sketch-a-Search lets users simply sketch a line around an area of the built-in Google map to find restaurants within the sketched area.

Razer Nostromo Gaming Keypad Is Not For the Office

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Using a regular ol’ office keyboard to play games on a PC is like using an office-chair to race in the Tour de France: it’ll get the job done, but it’s not pretty. What the dedicated MMORPGer really needs is the Nostromo from Razer, and co-designed by Belkin.

Advent Vega tablet ships, sells out immediately

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The 10-inch Advent Vega Android tablet that uses NVIDIA's Tegra 2 platform has been sold out within a few hours of being posted up for sale online. Both PC World and Currys webstores carried the new device for $400.

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