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Samsung Galaxy Tab launches in the UK

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The Samsung Galaxy Tab has officially launched in the UK market today but has been launching cautiously. Vodaphone said the Galaxy Tab will be available for £499 ($802) with rolling monthly plans that start at the equivalent of less than five dollars (plus data charges). Wireless provider...

The First-Ever US Service Design Network Conference: Oliver King’s Keynote

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Guest post from Tiffany Chu, Continuum. Amidst springtime temperatures, views of the Charles River, and a rogue fire drill, the first-ever US conference on service design kicked off last weekend in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Buckminster Fuller Institute has got balls

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Not sure how Buckminster Fuller would feel about the lascivious tag-line, but the Buckminster Fuller Institute is holding a series of special Monday sales of Bucky Balls using the phrase "Did you know that playing with your balls can help change the world?"

The clear Jack O’Lantern supremacy of OSU design students

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The funniest pumpkin-related thing I read this Halloween was this Conan O'Brien tweet: As my 5 year-old son and I carved the pumpkin today, I swear I heard him say, "That's what happens to snitches."

Tremendous: Blizzard Puts Red Shirt Guy In World Of Warcraft

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Who can forget the Red Shirt Guy? He’s the young man who, at Blizzcon last week, told Blizzard something about Falstad Wildhammer being on the Council of Three Hammers. I don’t know, I’m not as familiar with the World of Warcraft lore as I’d like to be.

Video: Mini Rescue Robot Moogle

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Japan-based Daiwa House will soon offer “Moogle” [JP], a remote-controlled mini rescue and inspection robot developed in cooperation with the Chiba Institute of Technology.

Logitech keyboard goes solar.  Suck it, batteries

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Section: Peripherals, Mice / Keyboards If you’re like me, my gadgets are always hovering near empty on power.  The familiar blinking light that says, “plug me in” seems to be always on and only when do things come to a dead stop, do things get plugged in.  Logitech aims...

Space Shuttle Launching for Last Time on Wednesday

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The space shuttle Discovery is launching for the last time ever this Wednesday. Things will be a bit crowded on board, with six veteran crew members and a team of 16 mice. The rodents are along for the ride to demonstrate the effects of spaceflight on the immune system.

C@t Clcok

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This fun and cool wall clock for cat loving internet addicts is shaped like a mashup between a black cat and the at sign, the character mostly known for being used in email addresses. Medium-density fiberboard with black finish. Saw tooth hanger on back. Requires 1 AA battery, not included.

Google Updates HTML5 Video Software WebM

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Google has just released a new updated to its WebM video software providing it with faster performance. The WebM project sponsored by Google is a multimedia container designed to provide an open high quality compression format for HTML 5 video.

Part Kid, Part Machine, All Cop

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Part Kid, Part Machine, All Cop, cool homemade costume! "The boy insisted for months that he wa..(Read...

TomTom Go 2045 TM and 2505 TM Announced

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TomTom has announced a couple of new satnavs that bring new hardware as well as updated software to the units.New features in the software include pinch-to-zoom and a swipe to screen function. The route calculation has also been upgraded.

New D mobile event gets Palm’s Rubinstein, omits Apple

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D Conference creators AllThingsD today unveiled a new conference specifically tailored to mobile with both conspicuous additions and omissions, including Apple.

Ultimate Amplified Phone System

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This new desk telephone, described as the “the ultimate amplified phone system”, is equipped with a lot of great functions for anyone with a hearing loss or low vision.

Francisco Leite

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Provocative illustrations by Brazilian illustrator Francisco Leite. Impressive!..(Read...)

VLC Media Player’s GNU License and Apple’s DRM Don’t Mix

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The free VLC Media Player app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad will likely soon disappear from the app store. Rémi Denis-Courmont, one of VLC’s core project developers, confirmed that he’s filed copyright infringement against Apple for distribution of the app through its store.

As Wireless As It Gets: Logitech’s Light-Powered Keyboard

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With its brand-new Google TV Blu-ray Players and much-loved universal remotes, you might think Logitech would let its well-established business in keyboard and mice coast a little bit. Instead, they’re coming out with a new wireless keyboard with a new wireless charger: the Sun.

CFast, The Successor To CompactFlash, Begins To Trickle Out

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CompactFlash, on the way out? Transcend has begun selling storage cards based on the standard that’s designed to supplant the age old CompactFlash. It’s called CFast, and it’s quite a bit faster than its predecessor, as you might expect. CFast is rated at speeds of 375MB/s.

Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & 10 Release Dates Revealed

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ViewSonic has released details of the US launch of the ViewPad 7 and 10 models. ViewSonic confirmed that the 7 inch model will launch in the forth quarter of this year with a price tag of $479 while the larger 10 inch model will arrive early next year with a price tag of $629.Each of the ViewSonic...

Samsung Galaxy Tab gets Priced on Orange

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Orange has announced the Samsung Galaxy Tab as being available as of now here in the UK.The Galaxy Tab on the Orange network comes with various subsidised options which starts off at the most expensive price being £529 for the hardware and drops to £499 at the cheapest point.The price depends on...

Xbox 360 fall Dashboard update hits with ESPN, Kinect, Zune

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As promised, Microsoft today pushed out its fall Xbox 360 Dashboard update. The upgrade brings many of the features shown at E3, focusing most on the requisite Kinect controller support for games, video chat, and both gesture and voice commands in the UI itself.

Viewsonic Launches Windows 7, Android Tablets

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I won’t lie to you–Viewsonic doesn’t jump out at me as the ideal manufacturer for consumer tablets. Sure, the company knows displays and has ventured into the PC market more than once, but one wonders what will set the company apart in a space so dominated by a single company (Apple) with what…

Blekko : New Search Engine Cuts Through Spam

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With an investment of $25 and three years of development anew search engine named Blekko is looking to revolutionise the way we search.

Nexus Two rumors “simply not true” claim Samsung

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After rumors last week pegging Samsung as Google’s hardware partner for the Google Nexus Two, the Korean company has denied any such involvement.

DSLR Camera Remote HD for iPad

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It’s been a long, long time coming, but OnOne has finally gotten around to making an iPad version of its handy DSLR Camera Remote for the iPad.

Canalys: iPhone most popular smartphone in the US, Android top OS

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Tech analyst group Canalys has released a new report this week, showing that the iPhone is the most popular smartphone in the U.S., while Android remains the top OS.

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