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Free “Smartphone Coaster” Inside This Post!

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Are you tired of tilting your head to read your phone? Does your grip fail you during the fourth or fifth episode of a Battlestar Galactica marathon? Do you like things made out of metal? My friend. Special deal for you. In exchange for click, I give you metal smartphone coaster.

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Xigmatek Shows Off A New Mid-Tower PC Case

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Xigmatek has recently showed off their newest mid-tower PC case called the Pantheon. Available with or without a side window, the case comes with a black color coating (inside and outside), a top-mounted fan controller (with two knobs) and 1x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0, 1x eSATA and two audio ports, four...

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Palm Pre 2 gets first ad, pushes facts over flash

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HP has quietly begun running its first promo ad for the Palm Pre 2 (below) with a very different approach than for earlier models. The 34-second spot is much more direct than past ads and focuses on all the core webOS features, including the speed, Just Type commands and contact sync.

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Motorola Olympus set to get high-res 4″ display?

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Motorola's rumored Olympus handset will allegedly integrate a four-inch display that will "step it up in resolution," an unnamed source has told Boy Genius Report.

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Departing exec warns Microsoft of “post-PC world”

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Microsoft's departing executive Ray Ozzie has posted an essay sending warning signs to Microsoft that its core Office and Windows businesses would eventually come to an end.

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Nintendo: “Yeah, we’ve sold a whole lot of Wii Remotes. Just saying.”

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This is just “Look At Me!” type news, but put in context, it’s rather impressive that Nintendo sold at least 63,500,000 Nintendo Wii Remotes since the Wii’s 2006 launch — just in the US too.

Scrivener 2.0 public preview now available

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Barely a week before NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) begins, the public preview of Scrivener 2.0 is out. This version is sans the project templates that will be available when the full version hit next week.

Mysterious LG Android smartphone spotted, looks to have support for Verizon LTE

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Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile Just like that, it looks like another image along with some basic specs have been revealed for an upcoming Verizon Wireless release.

Italy Orders Google To Clearly Label Street View Cars, Advertise Routes

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Parts of Europe have been, for whatever reason, more wary of Google’s Street View service than others. The occasional lawsuit hasn’t prevented the march of progress, though Italy’s new regulations may cause more of a hassle than the occasional grumpy homeowner.

Microsoft posts Windows Phone 7 sync app for Macs

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Microsoft as promised has launched a native tool for Mac users who need to sync Windows Phone 7 devices. Windows Phone Connector for Mac's beta pulls in unprotected music, photos and podcasts from both iTunes and iPhoto.

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Telus gets Samsung Fascinate, updates Hero to Android 2.1

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Canadian wireless provider Telus announced it has added the Samsung Fascinate smartphone to its lineup and released Android 2.1 software update to the already available HTC Hero.

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Rumor: Apple retail app to offer “check-ins,” connect employees and customers

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MacStories has heard an interesting rumor: that Apple's recent work in location-based networking and "check-in" software will be used inside Apple's retail stores, specifically to provide better service from employees there.

Free PBS iPad app allows streaming of the network’s content

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Like a few commercial television networks before it, PBS has launched an iPad app designed to stream the network's content to your iPad on demand. PBS for iPad is available for free right now on the App Store, and has full streams of lots of classic shows.

Windows Phone 7 doesn’t allow custom ringtones

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Microsoft has not built a custom ringtone feature into Windows Phone 7 OS, but some handset makers and carriers are adding a few choices of their own. It's possible ringtones could eventually be purchased in the Marketplace, but this is not yet the case.

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Condé Nast plans to use Adobe’s tablet publishing tool

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Condé Nast has announced that it will use Adobe's publishing tools for upcoming tablet editions, rather than taking its own approach.

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Jolicloud founder hints at branded netbook

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Section: Computers, Netbooks Jolicloud, the web-focused OS is coming soon to desktops, but it seems the company has no plans to leave the netbook completely. Today on Twitter Jolicloud founder and CEO, Traiq Krim, posted photos of what could be a Jolicloud-branded netbook.

The Dreamcast Ain’t Dead Yet: SD And MicroSD Card Adapters Released For Sega’s Classic Console

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How many of you out there still have your Dreamcasts tucked away somewhere? Nice. Me too. I mean, when you’ve got classics like Chu Chu Rocket, Skies of Arcadia, Soul Calibur, Rez, and more all still looking as good as they did in 1999 (actually still pretty good), why would you throw it...

Is your new Apple TV skipping frames?

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Apple's new $99 Apple TV may be getting a lot more fans than its predecessor, but early reports from a number of users are indicating that the streaming video on the device sometimes skips frames.

The Bong Mask from Japan

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The Bong Mask from thanko(Japan) for around $85...(Read...)

Symbian Foundation shutting down?

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A potentially impactful rumor today has suggested the Symbian Foundation may close down. A tipster reportedly close to Symbian mentioned that its executive director's abrupt departure and its instituting its CFO Tim Holbrow as a replacement was really a pretext to wind down the company's...

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Adobe is bringing Air to almost every screen you have

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Section: Communications, Smartphones, Computers, Mobile Computers, Software / Applications Just a few days after Apple announces the Mac App Store, Adobe has decided an store of it’s own in conjunction with a platform to brings apps to almost every screen in the house.

Facebook Version 1.9 Now Available for BlackBerry Users

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Today you can get a brand spanking new version of Facebook for your BlackBerry through the BlackBerry Beta Zone, which you’ve got to sign up for, but what price can you put on a super shiny new version of FB?

Model suing Apple over pics in iPhone app

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A 19 year-old Long Island yoga instructor and model is suing Apple and developer Samba Studios over racy photos of her that are featured in an iPhone app called eXtreme Cam Girls.

Philips Streamium MCi298 Wireless Micro Hi-Fi System

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Philips today introduces its new Streamium MCi298 Wireless Micro Hi-Fi System which is an audio system ideal for all-around the home. The new Streamium MCi298 comes with features such as WiFi 802.11b/g connectivity or wireless connections and a built-in Ethernet LAN port for wired connections.

KeyGlove Concept Lets You Type Without a Keyboard

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Somewhere between a glorified Nintendo Power Glove and a Peregrine Gaming Glove, the concept KeyGlove uses a combination of 34 sensors and an Arduino to tell where your fingers are at any given moment and how your hand movements correspond to a virtual keyboard and the letters on it.

Buffalo, Pioneer intro first BDXL disc writers

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Both Buffalo and Pioneer have introduced BDXL disc writers for the Japanese market. Buffalo will offer both a USB 2.0-powered external drive, the BRXL-6U2, and an internal BRXL-6FBS-BK model with a SATA interface, while Pioneer's BDR-206MBK is for internal use only.

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