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Review: Adobe Lightroom 3

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Short version: Powerful and easy to use, this is probably the best cross-platform photography management software out there — though navigation and organization aren’t the most intuitive.

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Chilean Miners Get Sunglasses Donated by Oakley

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When they finally arrived on the surface after two months trapped underground, the group of 33 trapped Chilean miner no doubt got more than they bargained for. There's talk of movie and book deals and the like--it's all a lot to take in.

Lesance GSN801GAW Gaming Laptop Packs a Punch, Not the Looks

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It seems that the bigger you get in the gaming laptop market, the faster the beautiful aesthetics drop off.

Lexmark Genesis – The First All-in-one Printer With Upright Design

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Lexmark today unveiled the first all-in-one printer with upright design. Dubbed as the Genesis, this printer is fitted with a 4.3-inch capacitive color touchscreen display providing access to the printer controls and menus.

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Report: six percent of Americans have made a video call

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A recent Pew Research study found that 6% of Americans have participated in a video call with a mobile phone. That number has risen since the iPhone 4's introduction, and is now comparable to the 19% of Americans who have used video conferencing in one way or another.

Patent troll suing sites for rollover web images

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A new company is sending out letters claiming that websites that use rollover images and pulldown menu are infringing on its licenses. What seems to be a patent troll, Webvention ,is asking for a one-time license fee of $80,000 in what's billed as a temporary campaign, Ars Technica reported.

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New York Post arrives for the iPad, becomes first newspaper to launch with an in-app subscription

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Section: Business News, Apple, Communications, Smartphones, Mobile, Computers, Mobile Computers The New York Times finally updated their iPad app, and it looks like we also have another New York based paper that has come available.

New York Times app for the iPad updated, free until 2011 with “access to all sections”

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Section: Business News, Apple, Communications, Smartphones, Mobile, Computers, Mobile Computers It looks like the New York Times has had a change of heart.

geekamongus’ 1977 Homemade Halloween Costume

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Redditor geekamongus says: “Halloween, 1977. I made my own stormtrooper costume. None have bee..(Read...

Foxconn parent company raising prices for Apple, others

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This is the downside of being Apple -- just as they get prices and costs to where they want them, those same prices and costs tend to go up again.

AMD confirms Radeon HD 6000 coming next week

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During its third-quarter financial results call, AMD CEO Dirk Meyer revealed the chipmaker will launch its next-generation graphics cards next week.

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More MacBook Air: “significantly lower” price, still Core 2

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Apple's 11.6-inch MacBook Air has already received a follow-up rumor that suggests the update may have only a modest update to the processor but compensate in nearly every other area.

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A look at how better design can improve schools’ performance

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We learn design in schools, but sadly, the layout of most regular schools is not informed by design. Kind of a stretch but it reminds me of how barbers can't cut their own hair. In an article in Slate, educator Ronald E.

German Satellites Fly Extraordinarily Close To Each Other In 3D Earth-Mapping Effort

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Leave it to Germany to create the most detailed 3D map of the planet that has ever existed. Two satellites, TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X, are flying above the surface of the planet to create the map.

Oceanopolis: Facebook game looks to promote recycling

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Move over FarmVille, a new Facebook game is looking to inspire its players to do more than just grow virtual crops. Oceanopolis, from recycling company Greenopolis, tasks players with cleaning up a tropical island by clearing away all of the junk littered across it.

Windows Phone 7 tablets unlikely as Microsoft maintain screen limits

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Reasonably positive first impressions from the Windows Phone 7 launch earlier this week has left some asking why Microsoft doesn’t focus on putting its new smartphone OS on tablet-scale touchscreen devices, rather than attempting to leverage Windows 7.

Study reminder: touchscreen devices spread sickness

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A recently published study from the Journal of Applied Microbiology came back to light today in an interview late Thursday discussing the risks of getting sick from touchscreen devices.

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Best Buy confirms exclusive phones, HTC Surround due early

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Best Buy Mobile announced this week it will be the exclusive retailer of four smartphones this holiday season, confirming an earlier leak. They include a white Xperia X10, Dell Streak, HTC Surround and white Samsung Fascinate.

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Deals: 17-inch MacBook Pro, now $2091.75

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Right now Amazon.com has the current generation 17-inch MacBook Pro on sale for $2091.75. That's $207.25 off the list price of $2299, and is a tie for the lowest total price we've seen on this Mac model anywhere. FREE shipping is included.

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Motorola and Nokia sign licensing agreement for 4G tech

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Motorola has announced that it has established a licensing agreement with Nokia for technology related to 4G networks. The new deal extends an existing IP licensing agreement to include several of the latest technologies such as LTE, WiMAX, and LTE-Advanced....

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AMD: iPad a threat to PCs, our parts in tablets in two years

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AMD during the call discussing its net loss this summer admitted that the iPad was having an effect on computers. CEO Dirk Meyer answered a question on the impact by explaining that tablets, led by Apple, had created a "disruption in the notebook market."

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Company Claims Ownership Of Image Rollover Text, Demands $80,000

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Go ahead and rollover the image you see here. If a certain company gets its way, we’ll have to pay them some $80,000 for violating one of their patents. Clearly humanity has lost its way. The deal is that a company by the name of Webvention Company claims ownership of patent no. 5,251,294.

Laptop, Lap Dance, Lap Damage! True Confessions of a Laptop Geek

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The following laptop confession may surprise you, but it’s essential that I get it out to my geek brothers so that they won’t suffer the same embarrassing fate as I have. Writing this is perhaps dangerous to my professional career, but I think I have to take the risk.

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A Glass Roof That Can Heat A House

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Yesterday we saw what a road made of glass could look like, today we get to see a glass roof. Swedish company SolTech Energy has developed a new type of ceiling tile, made from glass, that can help heat a home. The tiles are made from standard glass and are mounted on a black nylon canvas.

Angry Birds (full version) now available for Android [GetJar & Mirror Download Links]

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Section: Communications, Smartphones, Mobile, Gaming, Mobile I will keep this short and sweet as I am sure you will want to stop reading so you can install and start playing—Angry Birds, the full version is now available for Android. With that, you can download the app from the GetJar...

Aliph’s “Nerd Dongle” hits FCC, may help Bluetooth-less PCs

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An unusual FCC filing discovered today has suggested that Aliph is branching out beyond pure headsets. Nicknamed only the "Nerd Dongle," its only technical details reveal that it runs on the 2.4GHz wireless frequency used by Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

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