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Bacon Lovers Rejoice with ThinkGeek’s My First Bacon

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Fairfax, VA – November 10, 2010 – Today marks the release of ThinkGeek’s My First Bacon exclusive plush toy that makes meat your child’s favorite toy.

GELID Solutions’ ICY Vision GPU Cooler Now Compatible with AMD HD 6850/6870 & nVidia GTX 580

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The newest revision of the GELID Solutions ICY Vision GPU cooler, which the Futurelooks crew reviewed a little while ago, now adds support for AMD’s latest HD 6850 and 6870 GPUs as well as nVidia’s new flagship GTX 580.

Ten November

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Thirty-five years ago today the Edmund Fitzgerald was lost on Lake Superior with 29 men on board. The song by Gordon Lightfoot came out the next year, and to this day brings tears to my eyes.

Sesame Street Premiere Anniversary

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Normally, I wouldn’t bother to mention this. But the timing is pretty darn funny for me for reasons that shall remain nameless, so I did. Whatever. I’m on my way to work, hope you have a great day!

PS3 To Outsell Xbox 360

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It might be a little hard to believe for die hard Xbox fans but according to EEDAR (Electronic Entertainment Design and Research) analyst Jesse Divnich's predictions, by 2012 this may well be the case.Arguments for and against each console seem to envelope many a gamer's forum.

Xi3 Announces Modular Computer – Wait, Aren’t Computers Already Modular?

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I’m not sure how to interpret this device, being marketed by Xi3 as a revolution in computing. From the press release: “We reject the concept that computers should have a useful life of only two to four years,” said Jason A. Sullivan, President and CEO of Xi3 Corporation.

Advanced jets hitting technological turbulence

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 Paul Marks, senior technology correspondent (Image: Paul Marks) It's sure been a dreadful week for the world's most advanced, hightech passenger aircraft.

iHome details its AirPlay-focused iW1 speaker

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iHome today explained some of the workings of its upcoming AirPlay speaker. Now called the iW1, the audio system will primarily stream from an iTunes computer to the speaker and should mostly use an iOS 4.2 device as a remote, although the feature should theoretically allow direct-from-device...

Space Miner Blast and Trade Nations lead the freemium charge

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Freemium isn't just for Ngmoco anymore -- the model of "free with in-app purchase" has been spreading across the App Store for a while, and because "free" opens up a developers' audience to so many more people. Here are two more titles that have taken the freemium route.

Google flashes cash for employees: $1000 bonus plus 10% raise

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Section: Web, Web Apps, WebsitesIt probably won’t be a blue Christmas for Google employees as reports are rolling in that the search giant is making them all just a little bit richer.  According to an employee source, Google is passing out $1,,000 to each employee and bumping their pay...

Fox starts blocking Google TV

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Google today faced another major setback as viewers discovered that Fox had joined SyFy and other majors in blocking Google TV. Anyone trying to watch Bones, The Simpsons and other shows on Fox.com are given an error claiming the content is "not compatible with your device."

Windows Phone 7 Doomed? Actually, It’s Just Getting Started

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Despite entering a crowded market, Microsoft’s brand-new Windows Phone operating system seems off to a healthy start. Nonetheless, the estimates aren’t impressing cynical tech journalists.

Nintendo Is Attempting To Trademark “It’s On Like Donkey Kong”

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This is… unexpected. The phrase “it’s on like Donkey Kong,” which I don’t say nearly enough, is never something I actually associated with Nintendo. I don’t recall ever seeing it in any games or on box art, or even in promotional materials.

Gadgetell Review: AVG 2011

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Section: Computers, Software / Applications, Reviews, Features, Originals  I’ve been a fan of AVG for several years now. It’s done a great job protecting my computer and I’ve always highly recommended it. Recently I was prompted to upgrade to AVG 2011 and did so.

The iOS 4.2 preview show, today on TUAW TV Live

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Fortunately for those of us who are easily amused, Apple's operating system updates seem to be scheduled just far apart enough to make each release seem like Christmas Day.

Hulu hits 30 million users, $240 million in revenue

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At a GigaOM NewTeeVee Live conference on Wednesday, Hulu CEO Jason Kilar said the multimedia streaming company will generate over $240 million in revenue in 2010. The number is an increase of about 122 percent compared to last year's numbers and was accomplished largely thanks to advertising.

Wi-Gear: Apple acqusition rumor untrue

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Wi-Gear chief Mark Pundsack today dismissed claims of an Apple acquisition. He didn't deny that co-founder Michael Kim had left to become an iOS Bluetooth Engineer at Apple but said the company had gone out of business solely due to a lack of funds.

Oppo Digital’s latest connected Blu-ray player gets 3D

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Oppo Digital has announced its latest Blu-ray player, the BDP-93. It will succeed the BDP-83 that was sent out to a select few back in 2009, and get all of its features as well as support for Blu-ray 3D specification including dual HDMI 1.4a outputs, Netflix Watch Instantly functionality and...

Mac OS X 10.6.5 is live

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If you do a software update you’ll get access to the brand new Mac OS X update, version 10.6.5. It’s contains mostly bug fixes and solutions to problems, and here’s the official information (sorry for the Swedish screenshot above).

Apple (iPad, iPod/Touch) Only Brand Specific Items on Consumer Electronics Holiday Top 10 Lists

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Despite an overall decline in the amount people are spending on gifts, Consumer Electronics Association reports all-time high on gifts of consumer electronics. The CEA revealed their 17th annual “CE Holiday Purchase Patterns Study today at their Industry Forum in San Francisco.

Cisco responds to media center extender down time

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Last weekend, Cisco's discontinued DMA2100 and DMA2200 Media Center Extenders went down for an unknown reason, and the company today has provided an explanation.

FCC looking into Google Street View Wi-Fi debacle

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The FCC has launched an investigation that could accuse Google of violating federal law through its unintentional Wi-Fi scraping with Street View cars, an official said Wednesday.

Mozilla releases feature-complete Firefox 4 beta 7

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Mozilla has released the seventh beta version of Firefox 4, which has finally reached the feature-complete stage of development. The update adds the JägerMonkey just-in-time (JIT) JavaScript compiler, along with expanded support for hardware-accelerated graphics on Mac OS X and Windows XP.

Firefox, how far you’ve fallen

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Section: Web, Web Browsers, Features, Originals Firefox, how do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways. Yes, it’s sad but true. I just don’t like you much anymore. There was a time, back when you were the new kid on the block, that I, like many others, loved you.

Nintendo 3DS Seeing More Interest from Developers Than the Original DS, Hollywood Included

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As we get closer and closer to the launch of the 3DS, which is still a little ways off, it’s no surprise to see Nintendo’s own Satoru Iwata travelling more and more.

Steve Jobs: AirPrint support for Mac and PCs not canceled

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We reported earlier on a rumor suggesting that new iOS 4.2 AirPrint feature that allowed users to print wirelessly to any printer connected to a PC or Mac had been canceled.

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