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New WD TV Live Hub Media Center now with 1 TB Storage – Stream content to iPad/iPhone

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Western Digital introduced the WD TV Live Hub media center, a Full-HD 1080p media player with a 1 terabyte (TB) built-in network hard drive that gives users the freedom to play all their personal media on any screen in the home.

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ASUS outs touch-sensitive optical wireless mouse

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ASUS has released a new wireless mouse in the WX-DL. Similar in function to Apple's Magic Mouse, the 2.4GHz WX-DL uses touch sensitive controls and can read some gestures. The top portion also has multimedia control buttons....

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Android Market now has 100,000 apps, should Apple be afraid?

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Section: Communications, Cellphones, Smartphones, Mobile Although not yet officially announced by Google, the Android Dev Team went ahead and posted that there are now 100,000+ apps available from the Android Marketplace. Much as we don’t want to mention this, we can’t.

Motorola Droid Gets Florida Governor Candidate in Trouble During Debate

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To say that it's a contentious political season is a bit of an understatement. As we inch closer to the midterms, tempers are running high, and the slightest thing can set a candidate off. Take last night's Florida gubernatorial debate on CNN between Democrat Alex Sink and Republican Rick Scott.

ASUS Sees the Android Potential, Will Put Focus There and Not Windows Phone 7

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In an interesting turn of events, ASUS may not actually be putting much focus on the Windows Phone 7 mobile Operating System from Microsoft.

Buro North’s Tree-Like Wayfinding Signage Receives AGDA Award

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Buro North's wayfinding project at Falls Creek, Australia. Photo Credits: Daniel Columbo A great wayfinding project from Australian-based multi-disciplinary design practice Büro North has recently been awarded an AGDA Distinction Award for their signage system at Falls Creek Ski Village in...

Outstanding Young Person of the World award winner’s amazing solar-powered ‘fridge

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Emily Cummins of the United Kingdom is only 23, but she's already invented a solar-powered refrigerator currently being used in Africa. The thing uses zero electricity, can be partially manufactured locally, and keeps its contents at a cool 6 degrees Celsius (43 F).

The Watch Buyer’s Holiday Gift Guide

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A guide for watch gifts this holiday season from a watch expert. Twelve categories and sixty watches for all budgets, with prices, and links to more information. It is the definitive place to start when interested in buying a new timepieces for yourself or others this year.

Sennheiser PC 360, PC 163D, PC 333D & PC 330 G4ME Gaming Headphones Unveiled

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Taking gaming seriously, whether it’s on a console or the PC, means that players put a lot of effort into making sure they can hear every little detail in the game at all times.

Eating the Dog’s Food

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I knew a woman who worked for a packaged goods company. She worked on snack foods, but the company, a huge, multi-national conglomerate, also made high quality pet foods. If you visited her at work, her desk would be covered in the crunchy snacks she helped create.

That’s some farm: Zynga valued at $5.51 billion

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Section: Web, Web 2.0 / Social Networking, Web Apps Holy smokes! Zynga, the social gaming company behind Farmville, is currently valued at $5.51 billion by SharePost, a company that trades privately held stock. By contrast, Electronic Arts, a gaming company almost everyone knows is...

DOS emulator for iOS released, runs Windows 3.0

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This seems like the kind of thing that Apple wouldn't want on the App Store (and indeed, it may soon disappear when they figure it out), but then again, after the relaxing of the rules, maybe they're OK with this one.

Straddling Bus Heading to the United States

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At the beginning of August, we told you about the Mega Straddle Bus. It’s a giant vehicle that doesn’t actually drive on the road like a traditional bus, but actually straddles it.

Razer Anansi keyboard caters to online RPG gamers

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Razer has just introduced a rare keyboard tailored primarily to online RPG gamers, the Anansi. It targets the inputs common to MMO, with the ability to execute seven times more commands than a standard keyboard.

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The Top 5 PC Alternatives To The MacBook Air

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Apple raised the bar on ultra portable computers with the latest MacBook Air. There’s no questioning that. Steve Jobs & Co. took the already-thin MacBook Air and shrunk down both its physical size and price tag. Win win, right? Well, yeah, but the MacBook Air isn’t for everyone.

Game Boy decals for your iPhone 4

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Looking to amaze and impress your gaming friends with a new decal for your iPhone 4? Well then feast your eyes on the Game Boy Color sticker for your iPhone! The vinyl adhesive decal affixes to the back of your iPhone to give that retro-gaming look to your iDevice.

Ray Ozzie: Microsoft Must Change With The Times, Or Else

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Ray Ozzie stepped down as Microsoft’s chief software architect last week. He’s written a memo on his site telling Microsoft, in so many words, to get with the program. If it doesn’t, well, then the next five or so years will be difficult ones for Redmond.

Versatile Robot Arm Built With Coffee Grounds, A Balloon

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Hey friends, you too can make a robot from perfectly ordinary household materials. Have a balloon and some coffee grounds lying around the house? Stick the grounds in the balloon and voila, you've got a super awesome, super grippy robot arm.

Garmin-Asus split official: no more new nuvifones

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Garmin has officially confirmed its divorce from ASUS, with the company confirming last week’s rumors regarding the ill-fated Garmin-Asus partnership.

BlackBerry PlayBook gets Adobe AIR video demo

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RIM came in for some criticism for not only keeping their BlackBerry PlayBook tablet behind glass after the slate’s official unveil, but for not even having a unit on-stage during the announcement, leading to speculation that the Canadian company didn’t even have a working unit to show.

Verbatim Store n’ Go USB Flash Drive

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Verbatim announces the coming of its Store ‘n’ Go Netbook Series of USB Flash Drives that are ideal for Notebook users. The USB Flash Drives in the Store ‘n’ Go series measures 17.15mm x 14.85mm x 7.7mm and weighs only 2 grams.

NASA’s Humanoid Space Robot Butler Ready to Launch.

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Humanoid! Robots! In space! It's been 15 years in the making, and now mankind is finally ready to launch Robonaut 2, a humanoid robot, into space. The "robot butler" is designed to help human space travelers, and perhaps, at some point, even replace them during particularly risky missions.

Crazy iSeeYou Accessory Gives iPhone 3GS Front Facing Cam

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One of the cooler things that the iPhone 4 can do thanks to its front facing camera is to allow the user to make video calls. iPhone 3GS users may be jealous of that front facing camera and if you are, you don’t need a new iPhone 4 you just need iSeeU.

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The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX5 has a ginormous view screen

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In keeping with a bit of a camera motif this week, take a look at this Sony digital camera – the DSC-TX5. It has a 10.2 Megapixel CMOS sensor with an optical 4x wide angle zoom and best of all, a huge 3″ touchscreen LCD. What else?

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Amazon Windowshop for iPad hits App Store

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Amazon has launched an iPad app, Amazon Windowshop, reckoning that users of Apple’s slate will spend more money if they have a custom-designed interface.