Cool material: For protection, try Deflexion
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Deflexion is pretty neat stuff; it's a textile from Dow Corning that incorporates silicone and provides impact protection.
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iPhone business alone worth more than all but 10 firms tip number-crunchers
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The number manglers over at Trefis have crunched the stats and decided that Apple’s iPhone – were it to be spun off as a separate business – would be worth more than all but ten companies on the planet.
iPhone as a company worth more than all but 10 companies in the world
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Once a company's worth gets into the stratospheric range that Apple now inhabits, financial analysts start to play with the numbers and find all sorts of fascinating things.
id Software: iPad power can beat Wii, some Xbox 360 games
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id Software co-founder John Carmack in a talk today characterized the iPad as having enough power to trump some modern consoles. He agreed with initial Rage HD players that the Apple tablet can produce better results than any Wii game and about a quarter of Xbox 360 titles.
GameStop: We’re Seeing Wii-like Levels Of Demand For Kinect
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Kinect hasn’t even been out for more than a few days now, but word is that it’s selling out at retailers across this great land of ours.
Synology DiskStation DS211 Review
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The Synology DiskStation DS211 isn’t the company’s first NAS to cross the SlashGear test bench, but it’s perhaps the most home-user focused model so far. A two-bay network-attached backup box, the DS211 also throws in DLNA media streaming duties and cross-platform compatibility.
Analyst says Apple is working on thinner CDMA-GSM iPad
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With speculation about suppliers for the 2nd generation iPad already flying about, we're also hearing that Apple is working on creating a "World iPad" that would contain both GSM and CDMA capabilities making it compatible with phone carriers around the world.
VIO updates POV.HD video system with new internals, 142° FOV
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VIO has introduced an update to its point-of-view video system, the POV.HD. The second-generation features the same overall form as its predecessor, but with several new components and additional functionality.
Razer updates ergonomic Nostromo gaming keypad
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Gaming peripherals maker Razer has just updated its Nostromo gaming keypad, co-developed with Belkin. The device is ergonomically designed and sports 16 programmable Hyperesponse buttons along with an eight-way directional thumb pad.
Cyborg’s Deadly R.A.T 7 Gaming Mouse
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The gamers of you out there will know that Cyborg make some pretty neat gaming peripherals and their gaming mice make a great impression to whichever gaming championships you take them to.
id Software Co-Founder Says iPad is More Powerful Than Wii
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There are a few people within the video game development world that when they speak about a particular console, no matter who manufactures it, you listen. One of those people happens to be John Carmack, co-founder of id Software.
Cut, Copy and Hate
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Digital culture ran smack into politics this week when celebrity gossip site TMZ published what it claimed (uncontested by those involved) were screen shots of a Facebook conversation had by Willow Palin, the daughter of the controversial political figure Sarah Palin.
iPad 2 Up, Samsung Galaxy Tab Down & Tablets Out for the Count
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Tablets are the new rage. There’s no denying that the tablet market has exploded since the release of Apple’s iPad. Their tablet device managed to stir the entire market up, and now everyone is racing to get the best of the best into the customer’s hands.
SlashGear Morning Wrap-up: November 19 2010
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Hooray! Mail came early today and we were given our Nook Color to grab and to open and to hold (aka unboxing and hands-on). Then we find out that the iPhone alone is worth more than almost every firm in the WORLD.
Video Review: The Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360
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Oh, Microsoft. You just can’t seem to help but be the last one to every party you attend. You launched the Kin just as messenger phones began to die, then you launched Windows Phone 7 when the smartphone wars were so far underway that most folks had already declared an allegiance.
T-Mobile Galaxy Tab hacked to make phone calls
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For some crazy reason, Samsung removed the ability to make phone calls from all U.S. Galaxy Tab units. Sure, Europeans get to hold a big ol’ 7″ dinner plate to their face and talk to their friends all they want. U.S folks? No way, Yankee Doodle.
Daily Gift: Violight UV Cell Phone Sanitizer
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We love/ need our cell phones so much that take our cell phones with us everywhere we go (the bathroom) and use them constantly (while driving).
AVR Microcontroller VGA Output
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If you ever wanted to connect your microcontroller project to a VGA monitor this AVR Microcontroller VGA Output project by LucidScience will contain lots of great information. The bare bones part of the project is very interesting to see how little is needed to interface with VGA.
Nextbook Next2 Android Tablet PC
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E Fun announces its new Android-Powered Tablet on the Market. The new tablet is known as the Nextbook Next2, it gets a 7-inch resistive touchscreen display with a 800×480 pixel resolution and runs the Android 1.5 OS.
CEOs discuss Apple at Web 2.0 Summit
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While the Web 2.0 Summit was under way from Nov. 15 through Nov. 17, there were a few inevitable pot shots at Apple from attending chief executive officers.
Study: iPhone 4 users happier than Android, BlackBerry users
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iPhone 4 owners are noticeably happier with their devices than owners of recent Android and BlackBerry phones, ChangeWave found in a new study. Of those asked in November, 84 percent of iPhone 4 32GB owners and 78 percent of 16GB owners were "very satisfied."
Japanese Saw Puff Handle – A Hand-Eye Supply Product Tryout
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As a part of our Hand-Eye Supply duties we test out new product. Yesterday we gave this intriguing Japanese Saw a tryout! It incorporates an internal piston system that "puffs" air from a blow hole on to the work piece using the kinetic energy from the worker's hand motion.
Mimo iMo Eye9 9-inch Touchscreen Display with Webcam
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Mimo has announced its upcoming iMo Eye9 9-inch Touchscreen Display that comes with an integrated webcam along with specifications including a 200cd/m2 brightness, 300:1 contrast ratio, 30ms response time and a 1024×600 resolution.
Happy World Toilet Day
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National Unfriend Day and World Toilet Day both in the same week? I think I finally understand what it's like for our friends in England with Christmas and Boxing Day so close to one another. Unlike the decidedly jokey National Unfriend Day, however, today's World Day has a serious bent.
T.J. Maxx and Marshalls to offer 16GB Wi-Fi iPad for $399
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In what will probably be the best Apple-related Black Friday deal to be had, T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, which are both owned by TJX Companies, Inc., will be offering the entry-level 16GB Wi-Fi iPad for US$399 on Black Friday. That's a whopping $100 off the entry-level iPad's standard price.
Cox starts up cellphone service, gives cash for unused time
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Cox today switched on its long promised cellular service with an aim to undercut its rivals on price. The service will hinge on a concept known as MoneyBack Minutes that rewards light users.
