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Google intro’s the Google Phone Gallery website

September 30th, 2010 link to (permalink)

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Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile, Web, Websites, Google Google may have killed off the Google Phone Store and sales of the Nexus One, but it looks like they have put that old URL to good use.

New Planet Could Support Extraterrestrial, Human Life

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Scientists yesterday announced the discovery a new planet roughly 20 light years away that seems to have all of the right criteria to support extra terrestrial life--perhaps even that of humans, should we ever, you know, completely destroy our home.

AT&T GoPhone plans updated: $2-per-day tariff and more

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AT&T has announced that it will be launching three new GoPhone prepaid plans as of October 3rd 2010, offering users a choice of only paying for service on the days they actually use it, an inclusive data bundle, or a basic $0.10 pay-per-minute option for those only wanting voice service.

Stevie Wonder Pleads to UN to Improve Blind Access to Books

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Going from Justin Bieber to Stevie Wonder is a fairly awkward transition--perhaps we should have asked Quincy Jones for some tips. Particularly awkward is the fact that this Wonder story is actually pretty serious business.

Android appeal grows amid Apple slump claim researchers

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The latest set of smartphone metrics is out, and it’s likely to spawn another bout of Apple/Google arguments over whose platform is the most appealing and keeps users the happiest.

Apple tease virtual OS X controls in new patent application

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Sometimes figuring out a company’s intentions from their patent filings is pretty straightforward; other times, like with Apple’s new “Virtual Input Tools” filing, you have to read between the lines a little.

PlayOn TV for iPhone finally approved

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Now that the proverbial floodgates have opened at the App Store, we're starting to see some apps showing up that were previously denied entry.

The SensoGlove tracks your golf club grip throughout your swing

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Ok, this makes me wish I played golf, just so that I could use this straight-out-of-a-movie golfing glove gadget. The SensoGlove has a bunch of sensors built into it that constantly tracks the pressure of your club grip. It provides feedback of every point in your swing via the built-in LCD screen.

Verizon Samsung Continuum SCH-i400 with OLED secondary display leaks

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Dual-display cellphones aren’t anything like new, and neither are handsets that use OLED or even put two panels on the front of the phone.

Videos: Panasonic’s Hair-Washing Robot In Action

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Last week, we asked you if you would trust Panasonic’s new 16-fingered robot that you can see above and that’s supposedly able to wash the hair of a human being. If you were undecided about this question back then, we can help you now with two videos that appeared online just today.

1977 Bill Gates image secretly squeezed into Outlook 2010?

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In what probably takes the award for today’s strangest news, Ars Technica spotted that the generic user icon in the Outlook 2010 People Pane appears to use the outline of previous Microsoft CEO Bill Gates.

XM Snap: Not A Dock, But A Radio For Your Car

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Sirius XM has a new radio that’s poised to solve all of their problems. It’s called the XM Snap (first discovered, and erroneously thought to be a dock, a few weeks ago), and it marks the first time I’ve seen the XM brand name used in quite some time. SIRIUS xm, in other words.

Toshiba shows bare-bones Satellite, Pro C660 notebooks

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Toshiba has revealed two new notebooks in the form of the 15.6-inch Satellite C660 and Satellite Pro 660. Either can be had with chips from AMD or Intel, up to an Athlon II or Core i3, respectively.

Brilliant, and green, guerilla marketing by Green Street Media

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City sidewalks and curbs are filthy, and U.K.-based Green Street Media, which provides "sustainable, eco-friendly advertising solutions," takes advantage of this in a clever way.

Jawbone, Cisco collaborate on Bluetooth headset for workers

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Jawbone headset maker Aliph and Cisco have partnered up on a new Bluetooth headset, the Jawbone Icon for Cisco. Based on the standard Jawbone Icon, the device will automatically pair with cell and Cisco Unified IP phones at the same time.

Study shows iPhone interest dropping, Android drawing even

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About as many smartphone buyers want an Android device as do iPhones, according to the latest unofficial ChangeWave metric. Plans to get an iPhone have cooled off after the iPhone 4 high in June, and in September about 38 percent wanted Apple's handset, down from exactly half three months earlier.

Monster unveils Dre- and Lebron-approved PowerBeats

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Section: Audio, Headphones If you follow sports personalities, or at least followed it around the time of the 2008 Olympics, you probably know that Lebron James seems to really like the Monster Beats by Dre.  It makes sense, then that “King James” would have some sort of input in...

Sprint CEO and execs resign from Clearwire WiMAX board

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Sprint CEO Dan Hesse has resigned from the Clearwire board of directors, along with Keith Cowan, Sprint’s president of strategy and corporate initiatives and Steven Elfman, their president of network operations, citing “an abundance of caution” over recent developments in...

Virgin Media P2P Throttling Policy Change

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Virgin Media in the UK is introducing throttling on its network for those who use P2P (peer to peer) services.

Nation rejoices as Consumer Reports fixes crashing iPhone app

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It took about a month but now you can fearlessly click on some of the news headings in the free Consumer Reports app and not have it crash. A couple of weeks ago we reported that the app was unstable after an iOS 4 update.

New Xbox 360 Dashboard Beta Preview

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As of today, those who signed up a little while ago and went trough the registration process for Microsoft's "Preview Program" will notice, that as they turn on their xbox, they will be greeted with a message to download a new update for Microsoft's new 'Kinect ready' Dashboard.The first thing...

Galaxy GTX 460 Video Card Streams Content to your TV Wirelessly

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I have often wished that I could get Hulu or other streaming video sources on my TV, but I lack a media player that can do that or wireless streaming tech for my computer.

Klipsch AudioRock Speaker Debuts for Outdoor Fun

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Klipsch is one of the better brands out there on the speaker market and they have speakers for audiophiles and home theater fans. Klipsch has unveiled a new outdoor speaker that is designed to work with the LightSpeaker System called the AudioRock Outdoor Speaker.

Best Case Scenario: Old Process Meets New Tech at Dodo Factory

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<< Previous | Next >> Dodo cases are not supposed to exist.

Launch Date & Price of Nintendo 3DS Revealed By Nintendo [Video]

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Around a week back, specs of Nintendo 3DS leaked into the wild, which looked quite impressive. Now, Nintendo has officially revealed the launch date, heart breaking price and final hardware specifications of this little marvel.

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