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Got a used Textbook? You’re a dinosaur – colleges to go ebook

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Section: Gadgets / Other, ebooks Used textbooks, the lifeblood of my college years may soon be history thanks to ebooks. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, school leaders and aggressive ebook companies are looking to reduce the cost of books for students, even to go so far as to...

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Nissan Leaf Test Drive Goes 116 Miles On One Charge

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Car manufacturers like to give out estimates for how far their electric vehicles can go on a single charge, but those estimates aren't always very accurate. But it looks like Nissan's claim that the upcoming Leaf EV can go between 62 and 138 miles on a single charge may be true.

Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuberberg “Most Influential Men”

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Who's more influential than Barack Obama? Lots of people, apparently. According to a new survey by the slightly less than scientific research firm/dudes interest Website, Ask.men, there are roughly 20 men who who wield more influence than the President.

Apple Offers Free iPad Engraving

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Apple has started offering free iPad engraving on purchases of new ipads, just in time for the holidy shopping season. So now you can get whatever message you want engraved in your new iPad for free.

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How to guard yourself and your Mac from Firesheep and Wi-Fi snooping

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The prevalence of free/cheap and open Wi-Fi networks in coffee shops, airports, offices and hotels is a great boon to the traveling Mac or iPad user; it makes connectivity and remote work much easier than it used to be.

RIP Sony Walkman

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Section: Audio, Portable Audio After 30 years of kicking out the jams, Sony has officially announced that they will no longer distribute the Cassette Walkman.

Office For Mac 2011 Now Available

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Office for Mac 2011 is now available, and the latest version comes with a full version of Microsoft Outlook, there are a range of different versions available with prices starting at $109.99.

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Greenpeace: Nokia Is Tech’s Greenest Company, Nintendo The Worst

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Greenpeace‘s latest Guide to Greener Electronics shows that great progress in greenification has been made by some companies, but that other companies are still lagging behind.

Last Day! Core77’s Designer Supply Kits Are On Sale Through Tomorrow!

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It's down to the last days on our Designer Kits. They've been a hit with the students - especially you Australians, high on your dollar-to-dollar parity - but now we must take them offline!

JooJoo tablet to make another run at iPad with Android power

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Despite landing with a distinct thud earlier this year, the JooJoo tablet from Fusion Garage is set to make a second run at the iPad in 2011. Instead of the underdeveloped Flash-based software that "powered" the first JooJoo, Fusion Garage has decided to go the Android route for its sequel.

Western Digital Ups Its Media Offering With The WD TV Live Hub

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The WD TV has long been atop the enthusiast’s list of favorite media streamers thanks to its low price and robust media format support. But the just-announced WD TV Live Hub does things a bit different.

Microsoft’s Ozzie Sends Memo From the Future, Talks Life After Windows

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It's not quite "take this job and shove it," but Microsoft's soon to be former chief software Ray Ozzie had some strong words about the future of the PC and Microsoft in a new memo titled "Dawn of a New Day." Ozzie posted the memo on his personal blog with the date October 28th.

Western Digital TV Live Hub

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Western Digital has added another media player to its range with the launch of the WD TV Live Hub, and it comes with 1TB of built in storage, and can be hooked up to your HDTV via the built in HDMI, component or RCA.

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DARPA Robot Uses A Balloon And Coffee Grounds To Pick Things Up

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DARPA have come up with an interesting mechanical gripper to pick things up with, the gripper is attached to a robot and uses materials you wouldn’t normally associate with a robot.

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BioShock Splicer Welder Mask Replica

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This BioShock Splicer welder mask(Pre-order; November 2010) arrives too late for this Halloween.&nbs..(Read...

Official Apple Store app updated

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Just as the rumors suggested, Apple updated the official Apple Store app to include support for customer check-ins, reservations and other location-based services.

T-Mobile Tethering Launching November 3

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T-Mobile in the US is about to launch an official tethering option for various smartphones on its network.The service will open on November 3 although you'll need to pay a monthly fee to use the service.The details reveal that you need to have a 3G or HSPA+ device to use the service.

JooJoo 2 Landing in 2011

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The JooJoo launched a few months ago in the first quarter of this year. Sales haven't been as good as Fusion Garage expected although in Europe and Asia it is supposedly doing quite well.On to the JooJoo 2.

Gruber explains it all: Mac Air is an “iPad Pro”

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Section: Computers, Mobile Computers, Laptops, Netbooks Yesterday, Apple officando John Gruber posted on what he sees untypical Apple: confusion on which Mac to buy. Typically, Gruber insists, Apple makes it very clear what choices consumers have so they can make the best purchase. ...

U.S. Lays Plans for the World’s Largest Solar Energy Project

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Yesterday, The United States Department of the Interior approved plans for the world's largest solar energy project. The $1 billion Blythe Solar Power Project will consist of four massive plants built on public lands in the southern California's Mojave desert.

Microsoft using patents to push Acer, ASUS away from Google?

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Microsoft may be using its alleged Android patent ownership to intimidate Acer and ASUS into shying away from Google operating systems on their devices, sources claimed on Tuesday.

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Movirtu’s Cloud Phone is “Mobile for the next billion”

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CNN has an interview up with Nigel Waller, the CEO of Movirtu Limited and the man behind their Cloud Phone. Waller dropped the surprising statistic that worldwide there are one billion people who use cell phones--but don't own one; instead they share, borrow or rent them.

Video: Hands On With KDDI’s Transparent X-Ray Cell Phone

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Last week, we reported about the new cell phone line up of Japan’s second biggest mobile carrier, KDDI. The company unveiled no less than 19 new handsets, and among those, one model stood out because of its unique design: the aptly named X-Ray. Read the rest on MobileCrunch.

Palm Pre 2 And webOS 2.0 Shown Off In new Commercial (Video)

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HP has released an official commercial for the new Palm Pre 2, which also shows of their new webOS 2.0, and you can see the latest Palm handset in action in the video below.

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Western Digital WD TV Live Hub packs 1TB, 1080p, streaming & more

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Western Digital has outed its latest media-streaming set top box, the WD TV Live Hub, a low-profile 1TB drive with Full HD 1080p playback support and Netflix, Blockbuster on Demand, Pandora and YouTube.

Departing Microsoft software architect warns of post-PC world

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After announcing last week that he would be stepping down as Microsoft's chief software architect, Ray Ozzie has posted an essay where he warns that the end is near for the Redmond company's way of doing business.

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