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SFR accidentally confirms Palm Pre 2 with 1GHz chip

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French carrier SFR accidentally gave away HP's smartphone plans in a major fashion with a page for the Palm Pre 2. The promo suggests speed is the focus with a much faster 1GHz processor (up from 500MHz) with the same 512MB RAM as the Pre Plus.

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Best Buy to bring Blink EV car chargers to some stores

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ECOtality on Monday announced it will install its Blink EV charging stations for electric vehicles at 12 Best Buy stores in the US by March. The undertaking is being done to collect data and see whether more charging stations should be installed.

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Chrome OS Release Candidate done, full OS due soon?

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Google's Chrome OS may be out in full featured form in about a month's time, according to bug comments that indicate the code is in Release Candidate status.

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Analyst: Tablet market likely to become Android-controlled

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Despite the iPad's current success, Android will eventually control the lion's share of tablet sales, suggests Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. "Ultimately, we think that Apple won't have the majority of the market share," he tells Business Insider in a new video interview.

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PDP’s Headbanger Headset: Now Wii Call Of Duty: Black Ops Players Can Yell At Each Other Online

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To be honest, I didn’t even know there was going to be a Nintendo Wii version of Call of Duty: Black Ops, but lo and behold: a licensed headset! Yup, this is the official headset of the game on the Wii, and it’s the handiwork of PDP, one of the bigger Wii accessory designers.

Put your favorite apps on the fridge with app magnets

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These are great -- a company called Jailbreak Toys (name unrelated -- I think) has apparently been selling a set of "App Magnets," little square magnets that feature icons for Apple's official iPhone apps.

Uh-Oh: Chevrolet Volt Electric Range in the Low- to Mid-Thirties

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With Chevrolet Volts in the hands of the media this week for preview drives, it looks like range in electric-only mode is on the order of 30 to 35 miles before the gasoline "range extender" engine kicks in.

Samsung Omnia 7 GT-I8700 Smartphone with Windows Phone 7 OS now Official

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Samsung has officially announced its Omnia Phone 7 Smartphone, the Samsung Omnia Phone 7 carries the model name, GT-I8700.

Finally — multi-windowing under iOS

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I'm sure that all of us have had this dilemma at one time or another. You want multiple windows open on your iDevices, so you get 'em all going at once, laid out on the couch around you.

Angry Birds app icon gets featured on Microsoft Windows Phone 7 website, does not mean it is coming

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Section: Communications, Smartphones, Mobile, Gaming, Portable This past weekend we saw some Windows Phone 7 related information begin showing on the TechFlash website in regards to apps. And that little bit showed off some app icons to include Pulse, TapTap Revenge, eBay and Angry Birds.

A Week In The High-Tech Hyundai Equus Super Sedan

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The Hyundai Equus, pronounced Eh-cuus, is Hyundai’s flagship luxury sedan in South Korea—so popular among the upper-class, that the South Korean President has one.

Audio-Technica ATH-RE70 Retro-Style Headphones

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Audio-Technica has launched its new ATH-RE70 Headphones which features a retro-style design and is based on the design of the previous Audio-Technica ATH-2 which was introduced some 30 years ago.

Hitachi 2.5-inch UltraStar C10K600 10K RPM Hard Drive

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Hitachi Global has released its new 2.5-inch Ultrastar C10K600 Hard Drive which they claim to be the industry’s fastest and most power-efficient Enterprise Hard Drive.

LG shows two Optimus 7-series WP7 handsets

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To coincide with Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 event going on today, LG has shown off two of its Optimus 7-series smartphones. First up is the Quantum, which was just confirmed for AT&T and will be known as the Optimus 7Q in non-US markets.

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Windows Phone 7 to catch up with copy-and-paste in 2011

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Microsoft as part of its Windows Phone 7 event confirmed that the mobile OS would add copy-and-paste text in early 2011. Team leader Joe Belfiore promised that every launch WP7 device onwards would get an update to add the feature.

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PogoPlug outs Pro version with integrated Wi-Fi

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Cloud Engines' ever-evolving PogoPlug network drive sharing device is now available in a new version, as the PogoPlug Pro. It differentiates from the standard version by its unique black case and a built-in Wi-Fi radio.

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AT&T gets Xbox 360 U-verse support, U-verse Mobile for WP7

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AT&T during its turn at the Windows Phone 7 event [archive coming soon] confirmed a pair of expansions for the TV side of its U-verse service. As expected, the carrier will add Xbox 360 support to use the Microsoft console as a secondary set-top box for watching TV.

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Best Buy Installing Blink EV Charging Stations at 12 Locations in the US

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If you have an electric car, then you know how it goes to try and keep your vehicle charged. While you may have figured out a system for your day-to-day routine, not everyone may be so lucky, and they may need a way to top off their vehicle of choice while they’re out and about.

HTC 7 Trophy and LG Optimus 7 Vodafone UK Pricing Revealed

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Vodafone in the UK has announced pricing of a couple of new Windows Phone 7 smartphones.The first of the two is the HTC Trophy 7 that will be free on a £25/month contract. For £25/month you also get 300 minutes, 500MB of data and unlimited text messages.

Apple considering MagSafe charger on iPad

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Here's something to get your mind wondering this Monday afternoon. Patently Apple is reporting that Apple may be considering integrating the MagSafe Power Port to its portable products, like the iPad.

Steampunk Iron Man Costume Wins Marvel’s Costume Award at New York ComicCon

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Our love for steampunk, which has been obvious from the get-go, has just been doubled. Over the weekend, New York was home for some of the biggest fans in comic books, and they descended upon the New York ComicCon event.

The Stemie – You’d Be Nuts To Ride Without One

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There’s nothing worse then having a bicycle accident when you’re riding balls-out. Not only do you take a nasty spill, there’s also the risk of permanent trauma to your junk. Not to mention the temporary embarrassment of crawling on the ground clutching your sack.

Notion Ink previews Adam tablet’s Eden interface

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Notion Ink this weekend explained some of the first details behind the custom interface for its Adam tablet.

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LG Quantum Hands On [Video]

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Our hands on treatment of the Windows Phone 7 devices isn’t over, and this time around we’ve got the LG Quantum.

Hyundai intros giant 70-inch multi-touch table

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At the Kintex show in Korea this week, Hyundai IT is showing off a touch-enabled computer concept that resembles a coffee table. This should sound familiar, as Microsoft has had a similar product a couple of years back with the Surface.

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