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Would You Care For A Compact Personal Genome Sequencer?

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This is pretty amazing. The device you see there is a home genome sequencer. Like, for sequencing your genome. And it’s about the size of a big microwave. What exactly will you do with it? You will sequence your genome. At home.

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Apple, Google looking to buy Boku for mobile payments

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Apple and Google are both investigating the prospect of buying or dealing with the mobile payment firm Boku to ease mobile payments, a leak from near the company has discovered.

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Yamaha intros Blu-ray player with Netflix, YouTube streaming

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Yamaha has introduced the BD-A1000, a "universal Blu-ray player" that pairs an optical drive with streaming capabilities. The device allows users to play Blu-ray discs, DVDs, SACDs, DVD Audio discs or web-based media such as Netflix, YouTube and Blockbuster.

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Fruitspensor with Energy Efficient Ways

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Remember not that long ago, as in just a few days ago, when I posted a story about the wackiness of a Banana Dispensing Machine? That ain’t as wacky as some (I) may have thought.

Printer Cartridges Full of Living Tissue

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This is no horror movie, this is part of a recent presentation at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, where Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine researchers had a super fun time showing off their results from a printer that uses living cells instead of ink.

Mac Sale and MacBasket offer up Mac app bundles

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The Mac App Store is set to change the way you download and use a lot of software on your Mac, but one thing I hope it doesn't change is the tradition of the Mac software bundle sale.

NASA Auctions off Federally Funded Patents

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Hang a left on over to your local NASA swap meet and garage sale because NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is setting an auction up for exclusive lisence to five patents for automated software development.

Galaxy Tab costs less to make than iPad, priced the same

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Samsung may be charging a premium on the Galaxy Tab despite it actually costing less to make than an iPad, iSuppli estimated today in a cost breakdown.

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Logitech Revue With Google TV: The Official TechCrunch Review

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My family and I have been living with a Google TV for a few days now and since I first installed it, I’ve come up some clever titles for this post. They’ve ranged from snarky to just plain mean, and, well, since I can’t decide on just one, I went with the boring one above.

ViewSonic Unveils Android-based ViewPads – promises dual-boot soon

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ViewSonic today announced its ViewPad line of Android-based devices, featuring the ViewPad 7 and ViewPad 10. ViewPad 7 – The Android 2.2 ViewPad 7 combines a powerful processor with 3.5G capable data technology in a lightweight, pocket-sized 7″ form factor.

Dead Drops

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If you live in or around New York City, you could try participating in ‘Dead Drops’..(Read...

Agloves Lets You Use Capacitive Touchscreens in the Cold

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Today, people love to manipulate their devices with a touchscreen. Whether it’s a tablet, or even a PC, people want to be able to touch something to make it happen. It’s even more apparent with cell phones, as almost every phone out there incorporates a touchscreen.

GarageBand ’11 is worth diving into

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iLife '11 has a lot of goodies, but none impressed me more than GarageBand's new capabilities (although I am pretty enthralled with some of the new iMovie features).

Sprint to take HTC 7 Pro orders from Microsoft staff Dec. 8

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Sprint will give Microsoft staffers an early treat as it plans to open pre-orders for the HTC 7 Pro to the Windows developer ahead of launch. Confirming an earlier leak, the carrier said Microsoft alone could start requesting the phones December 8.

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Adobe CS5 Design Premium Winner Announced

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Our Adobe CS5 giveaway has come to an end, and a winner has been selected. Jeff Segal, please check your inbox for a winner confirmation e-mail, your prize can not be sent out until you respond.

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Viewsonic Shows Off ViewPad 7 And 10

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A couple months ago, we got wind of Viewsonic’s ViewPad series of Android tablets, and it looks like they weren’t kidding. They really are making tablets. And it turns out that these particular tablets are slightly unlike the others out there.

Stealth.Com launches ultra small Mini PC for mobile hang out

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Stealth.com has released a new ultra small PC designed specifically for in-vehicle/mobile/embedded applications.

Halloween Costume

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Halloween Costume - This guy is dressed as Chilean miner rescue pods. Cool! [ link...

Paula Aparicio

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Yume Robo Robots Endlessly Climb Up and Down Wall [Video]

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At the recent Shanghai Expo, where companies all over the world show off their latest inventions, Japan showed up to show off three robotic humanoids. The point of the robots, which are designed to endlessly climb up and down a wall, was to showcase their prowess in the robotics market.

HP lowers Envy 14 Beats Edition notebook pricing, really just stops bundling the Dr. Dre headphones

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Section: Computers, Laptops At first glance it would appear as if the HP Envy 14 Beats edition notebook has gotten a nice price cut. Well, in truth it is $100 less expensive as compared to what it was in the past having dropped from $1249.99 down to $1,149.99.

Comic Con Ticket Demand Crashes Computers

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Need another yardstick to measure the massive success of San Diego Comic Con? How about this: demand for passes to the show was so high today that potential showgoers crashed the system's computers.

Space Shuttle Discovery: A History

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On Wednesday, the Space Shuttle Discovery will lift off for the final time. Named for three separate British ships (Captain James Cook's HMS Discovery, Henry Hudson's Discovery, and Captain George Nares's HMS Discovery), the shuttle will have seen 39 missions in 26 years.

BlackBerry Style Review

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Before we begin, feel free to take a look at the unboxing of this purple people eater over here: [UNBOXING] to see the excellence in the box and the niceness of the feel of the phone in the hand. Then look below to see how actually working with this lady is: it’s a slightly different story.

BlackBerry Storm 3 Specifications Rumored to Break Cover, Includes 8MP Camera

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The BlackBerry Storm 3 hasn’t been officially announced by anyone in the know quite yet, and there’s a few grumblings out there that it won’t ever be, but that’s not stopping folks out there from releasing information about the device.