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Tim Cook rumors affect Apple, HP stock

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Late yesterday morning, a rumor hit the the Internet suggesting that Apple's COO Tim Cook was going to leave the company to become HP's CEO. As a result, Apple's stock took a dip while HP's showed a sudden spike.

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Altek Leo 14MP Android Smartphone Coming To Europe 2011

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Some of our readers will remember the Altek Leo camera phone that we featured on Geeky Gadgets a while back. The Altek Leo runs Google Android 2.1, but its main feature is that it comes with a built in 14 megapixel camera and has 3x optical zoom.

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Apple Sells 100,000 iPhone 4s In China In First 4 Days

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The other day we told you that the iPhone 4 hat been selling well in China, with supply outstripping demand. Now Vice President of China Unicom, Li Gang has announced that they have sold over 100,000 iPhone 4s in China in the first 4 days.

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Han Solo Lego Minifig Encased in Carbonite

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All you toy manufacturers may as well down tools and go home. Give up. Your career is over. Lego has made the ultimate toy, and nobody ever needs to make another toy again.

Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e giveaway coming up…

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We’re already running two giveaways – for a You Rock Guitar and a range of iPad cases – but we wanted to let you know there’s yet another opportunity to win coming up, courtesy of Lenovo.

Kobo eReader gets Wi-Fi, newspapers, added speed

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Kobo this morning quickly improved its competitive stance through the Wireless eReader. The device keeps the design of the already reviewed original but now has 802.11g Wi-Fi.

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London Design Festival 2010: Table for two? Hel yes!

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During the London Design Festival, a magical temporary restaurant sprung up in East London. There are tables with canopies of branches and food foraged from imaginary urban forest served on a very special collection of plates gathered from the people of Helsinki.

Toshiba To Reveal Glasses-Less 3D TV By End Of Year??

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There was a lot of speculation surrounding Nintendo's new upcoming handheld console, the 3DS, when it was announced last year because of the fact that you won't need large, unsightly, and expensive 3D glasses to experience 3D images.

Report: Logitech Expecting To Ship 500k Google TV Revue Boxes By End Of 2010

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Google TV is going to be big. Well, at least that’s what us Internet know-it-alls think. The average consumer will actually dictate its reach and household penetration, but apparently Logitech is siding with us on this one.

Introducing Terrafugia: flying cars have arrived

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Section: Gadgets / Other, Transportation Marty McFly was a pretty cool cat. His sweet red vest paired with those fresh Nike kicks were the talk of the town all throughout the 80s. Oh, I almost forgot about his car that could travel through time.

Dell entitled Windows and Android against the iPad – 7″ tablet coming in weeks

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Dell is poised to take on the iPad and to do so it has entitle Microsoft and Google to power its 7″ Android based tablet and future 10″ Windows based options that will rival the iPad in less than 6 months, Dell is quietly pumping out new tablets, the last one was the 5″ Streak...

Kobo Issues $139 Wi-Fi eBook Reader

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Having trouble keeping track of all of these eBook readers? Can't say I blame you--and let's be honest, manufacturers aren't make life any easier.

Report: Biometrics are Inherintly Flawed, Name Tags Still Work

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A new joint-commissioned report from DARPA, the CIA, and Homeland Security has concluded that the current state of biometrics--the technology that can identify individuals based on unique characteristics such as fingerprints, retinal and voice patters, or facial features--is "inherently fallible."

Star Wars Saga Coming to 3D. Blech

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When I attended Star Wars Celebration earlier this year, Star Wars series creator George Lucas sat down with TV's Jon Stewart and promised a full Blu-ray disc set of the entire six-film series next year. Brilliant idea, George.

Movies, Video, YouTube on a Stamp (In the Not So Distant Future)

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In conjunction with the Air Force, nanotech researchers at the University of Michigan have created a new super-efficient ultra-thin display technology.

Google Chromium OS Running On iPad

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Hacker Hexxeh has shown off a screenshot of Google’s Chromium OS running on the Apple iPad, and although there are not very main details ab out it on his blog, he did reveal some information via Twitter.

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Apple Sues Nokia In The UK

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Apple has expanded its lawsuit against Nokia to the UK, and is sueing Nokia UK for the same patent infringements that it is sueing Nokia in the US.

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Raytheon’s Sarcos XOS 2 military exoskeleton adds superhuman powers

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Military grade exoskeletons have come a long way and soldiers are all being blessed with this crazy invention. Latest in the genre comes from Raytheon who’ve revamped the Sarcos XOS 2 exoskeleton suit that’ll assist soldiers in their heavy duty chores.

A quick roundup of iOS text editors with Dropbox support

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This morning we received word from Jesse Grosjean at Hog Bay Software that his new app, PlainText (free, in-app purchase to remove ads), is now available on the App Store. It's one of several iOS text editors that feature support for Dropbox, so we thought a quick roundup of these apps was in order.

Kobo Updates E-Reader with Wi-Fi, Price-Drop

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Kobo, the independent e-reader company that could, has updated its popular e-book. It gets a price-drop, a few tweaks and one big new feature. Kobo started out as client-software on mobile devices and now exists on everything from the iPad to the PC to the upcoming Blackberry PlayBook.

Wood-Carved iPad Stand Adds Instant Class for $35

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Ooh, is that mahogany? Sherwood+Meister’s Block 22 iPad stand is actually carved from a single block of FSC-certified kiln-dried Ipe, which might be even better. Ipe resists moisture and weathering like cedar but is sturdy and handsome like cherry.

Sonos posts Controller for iPad; we go hands-on

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Sonos today released its long in coming Sonos Controller for iPad (free, App Store). The app gives a significantly expanded view for steering a Sonos device such as the ZonePlayer S5 and can show the destination zones, the current music, queue and the source list all at once.

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Reminder: Don’t You… Forget About Grig

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This is Grig (it's actually Greg looking like a total doofus at a wedding). He will appear hidden in posts and inside images for the next week. Your mission is to find all of the Grigs and then email us on Friday with a list of the posts in which he appeared. But what can you win?

Acer launches the Acer Aspire Predator AG7750-U3222 Gaming Desktop PC

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Acer announced the high-end Aspire Predator AG7750-U3222 premium gaming system that is cutting edge from the inside out, featuring a bold design and advanced performance features.

Xbox LIVE Preview goes, well, LIVE

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Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE Preview has gone live, with “tens of thousands” of Xbox 360 owners getting early access today to the functionality the company expects to roll out generally later in the fall.

Time Warner exec joins chorus against 99-cent TV rentals

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Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes has joined others in the TV industry in criticizing 99-cent TV show rentals and purchases from Apple and Amazon. The executive recently spoke at the Royal Television Conference in London.

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