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KingRex UC192 USB to S/Pdif Converter

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High resolution USB to S/Pdif converters are becoming hot commodities as more and more audiophiles embrace computers and lossless music files.

PayPal app has huge security flaw, update rushed to Apple

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You'd think by now we'd all be wary of open WiFi networks, and luckily that's the only way this could affect you, but if you use the PayPal app on an open network the Wall Street Journal is reporting a hacker could potentially nab your user account.

News Corp may axe MySpace if not turned around

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News Corp might chop MySpace if it doesn't turn around within the next several months, the company's Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey said during a quarterly fiscal results call today.

Microsoft plans to sell 5 million Kinect units this fall

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Microsoft is now expecting to sell 5 million Kinect sensors through the holiday shopping season. The revised forecast marks a significant jump from the company's initial expectations, which called for shipments closer to 3 million units during the same time period....

AT&T: T-Mobile’s ‘4G’ claim is wrong, our HSPA+ is larger

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AT&T today took issue with some of T-Mobile's HSPA+ claims. The carrier not only noted that its now launching network has a peak of 21Mbps, not the 14.4Mbps argued by T-Mobile.

Behind the Scenes: frog design on the Nautilus Mobia

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Written by Tony Meredith, Remy Lebesque, Cormac Eubanks, Howard Nuk, and Michael DiTullo. Working out at home may be convenient and cost effective, but why do the machines for home use echo gym units so closely?

Help Key: 3G, 4G, HSPA+, LTE, WiMax – What Do They Mean To You?

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As the big carriers continue to upgrade their network infrastructure, we’re being subjected to a torrent of confusing new terms, some of them misleading, some of them only a letter or number off from another, and so on.

Free Realms now available for Mac, Civ V gets a date

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Sony's Free Realms MMO is now available on the Mac. It was promised that it would be earlier this year, and sure enough, you can now download and play the free-to-play online game for yourself on Apple's platform.

Gran Turismo 5 is set to be released… Nope, still no idea

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Unfortunately it's going to take more than a few guess's to figure out when Gran Turismo 5 will finally land on retailers shelves.

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood on PS3 to get Exclusive Rights to DLC

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Its seems like for once the PlayStation 3 is getting the one-up over the Xbox 360 this time round. When Fallout 3 released, PS3 gamers had to wait a considerable amount of time before DLC was eventually released for the system.

Twitter for Android adds Tweet details page, UI tweaks

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Twitter has released an update to its Android app, which now offers functionality closer to the iPhone variant.

Typewriter automated using Solenoids

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Remember ZORK? Take a look at this typewriter which has been automated by hooking up tons of electro-mechanical goodness to an old typewriter! Thanks for the tip Jack.

MacTech 2010: Andy Ihnatko on the coming of Lion

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Commentator Andy Ihnatko took the stage at this week's MacTech conference here in Los Angeles today to give the conference keynote. In his talk, Ihnatko spoke about the upcoming new version of OS X, Lion, and specifically three different features of it.

Time Warner may want longer delays on Netflix, Redbox

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Time Warner is considering a policy change that may bring longer delays for content brought to rental services such as Netflix and Redbox, according to a Bloomberg report.

Garmin cuts losses, formally quits smartphones

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Garmin while discussing its summer fiscal results today confirmed that it was quitting the smartphone business. The company decided after considering its position that it "annot reach the scale necessary" to compete with others in smartphones and was shutting down its efforts.

Apple now accepting submissions for Mac App Store

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Apple has apparently notified developers that it is now accepting submissions for the upcoming Mac App Store. An email to devs from Apple has links on how to set up an iTunes Connect account and the associated certificates.

HP intros entry-level G62m and dv7t notebooks

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HP has quietly swung its attention over to starter notebooks with two new models that appeared unannounced on its store today. The G62m keeps the design simple with a 15.6-inch LCD and entry parts like a 2.2GHz Celeron, 3GB of RAM, Intel graphics and a 320GB hard drive.

Facebook updates mobile platforms for Single Sign-On

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Section: Communications, Mobile, Web, Web 2.0 / Social Networking Image courtesy: TechCrunch Facebook today held a special event to talk about it’s mobile offerings. One of the biggest announcements promises to bring along a much simpler sign-in procedure for mobile users.

HTTP is “broken” with critical DDOS flaw, say researchers

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Researchers from Proactive Risk, an IT security firm, will demonstrate at an upcoming application security conference a systemic flaw in the HTTP protocol that can easily be exploited through online gaming and other activities into distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks that can flood web...

Hitachi’s G-Drive Slim Is A Slim Drive, G

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See what I did there? Because there’s really not much else to it: it’s a slim external drive with a slim 2.5″ 320GB HDD in it. What more do you need to know? Well, I guess I could tell you the price, and dimensions, and stuff like that.

Scientists move forward with moving holograms

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Scientists at the University of Arizona's College of Optical Sciences have announced advances in hologram technology used to present 3D images. The team, led by Nasser Peyghambarian, has managed to reduce the time it takes to refresh 3D projections onto a novel photorefractive material.

Analyst: Apple to sell 100 million iPhones, 48 million iPads in 2011

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If Wedge Partners analyst Brian Blair is right, 2011 is going to be the year an avalanche of iPhone and iPads sweep the globe. Blair released a forecast on Tuesday predicting that Apple will sell 100 million iPhones in 2011.

Novatel Releases MiFi 3352 With MiFi OS

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Novatel has proudly introduced the first mobile 3G router with Novatel’s own MiFi OS platform, allowing you to customize its functionality. There is a web-based portal that enables you to install web widgets viewable from the router and run native apps that take advantage of the local link.

Habey WIT-1800 Fan-less Computer System

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Habey USA today introduced the WIT-1800, a compact Intel Atom-based fanless embedded PC with four mini-PCIe slots, dual SIM and 3G wireless support. The WIT-1800 is developed around Intel’s power-efficient Atom N450 and D410 processors plus ICH8M chipset.

Archos 70 Android Tablet Available Now

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The much anticipated Archos 70 Android tablet is now available for purchase via Archos’ official website. The device is sold for $274.99 (w/ 8GB of flash storage) or $349.99 (w/ 250GB hard drive).

Lawsuit pending over iPhone 3G’s iOS 4 performance issues

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By now it's no secret that the iPhone 3G's performance suffered tremendously following the iOS 4 update. Soon after widespread reports of stuttering, freezing, and crashing, Apple said it would "look into" the problem.

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