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Nikon’s Coolpix S8100 Is A Solid Luxury Point And Shoot

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Ths S8100 is the cheapest of the three cameras being released by Nikon today, and although at $300 it’s starting to get into the luxury range for point-and-shoots, I think it looks like a pretty solid deal.

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Nikon adds P7000 pro compact, S8100 and S80

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Nikon tonight unveiled an anticipated trio of high-end compact cameras, starting with a direct challenger to the Canon G12.

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The Nikon S80 Is A Whole Lot Of Camera In A Small Package

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The Nikon S80 is the latest in Nikon‘s long line of pocket shooters. Nikon’s magically engineers managed to cram everything from a 14.1 MP CMOS sensor capable of 720p movies, a 5x optical zoom, and Nikon’s Expeed C2 image processor into a body less than 0.7-inches thick.

Book Review: Design is How it Works: How the Smartest Companies Turn Products into Icons, by Jay Greene

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Jay Greene's new book on the power of design wears its affiliations right on the book jacket. The logos of all eight companies he profiles are stamped right on the cover, although perhaps Virgin Atlantic gets an extra psychological shout-out, since the subtitle and author credit seem to owe a...

Nixon Gunship Watch

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Nixon’s Gunship Watch is actually designed for the daily wear and tear. The watch features a special matte paint finish that is actually intended to wear away over time, giving the watch character and making you look like you’ve been flying gunships.

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iPod touch makes up 38% of iDevices shipped

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Blogger asymco did a little calculating from last week's announcement numbers, and has hammered out a rough estimate of just how many of each iDevice are floating around the world today.

Samsung announces Cortex A9 dual-core mobile CPU

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Section: Communications, Smartphones, Mobile We’ve heard some discussion of dual-core mobile CPUs before, but as of yet we have yet to see any dual-core ship that could work in a smartphone of tablet. That is, at least, until today when Samsung announced it’s newest ARM...

Google’s Logo du Jour – Animated, “Atomized” Letters

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Google’s bouncy ball logo on their home page is amusing, but not sure it can beat the Pac Man game version!

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Plug Design Concept Protects You From Yourself

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According to the designer, the Power Plug is designed to protect children. I actually thing that this particular device isn’t such a great item for a house with children because of the bright colors, but the concept is interesting at least.

Origin Unveils Gaming PC/Xbox 360 Hybrid – The Big O

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Origin PC is proud to unveil the Big O gaming PC/Xbox 360 hybrid, which is designed for high performance computing enthusiasts and hard core gamers.

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Upcoming mini-ITX Motherboard From VIA

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Here’s a look at another upcoming mini-ITX motherboard from VIA Technologies, the EPIA-M850. Powered by either a 1.2GHz or 1.6GHz Nano E-Series processor, the board is equipped with an integrated Chrome9 DX9 graphics card, two DDR3-1066 memory slots and one PCI-Express x4 slot.

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A-Data C008 USB Flash Drive Now Available In Europe

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Announced back in August, A-Data’s newest line of USB flash drives ‘C008‘ has finally arrived in European stores. Coming in both 4GB and 8GB capacities, these capless flash drives come with a matte-textured, scratchproof body and have a slide-out USB 2.0/1.1 connector.

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Google’s Bouncing Balls

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Today on the Google.com homepage, the latest Google doodle features a variety of moving, colored balls. When you hover your mouse over the Google name today, the balls run all over the screen away from your cursor, then settle back down into place.

Ping reaches a million, attacked by spam

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Apple's new social network, Ping, has been around for about a week now, and all of the pundits have had their chance at weighing in on what Apple got wrong and right. And what's the result? Not bad, but not great -- more than a million people joined the network in just 48 hours.

Green House To Drop A New Line Of USB Flash Drives

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Green House is preparing to drop a new line of USB flash drives ‘PicoDrive N’ for the Japanese market. Coming in capacities ranging from 1GB to 8GB, these compact drives feature a USB 2.0/1.1 interface and support for Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000 as well as Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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Amazon Dropping Shipping Prices On New Games

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With the competition between brick and mortar and online stores, instant gratification is key. No one wants to wait when all their friends are playing the latest game, and Amazon knows that.

Lawsuit questions legality of computer searches at US border

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A group of defense lawyers, university students and press photographers are set to file a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security over computer search policies at US borders.

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Philips MCi900 And MCD900 SoundSphere Audio Systems

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The Philips MCi900 and MCD900 SoundSphere Hi-Fi audio systems boast a 100W RMS output, an integrated DVD/CD player and a large color screen for easy navigation and showing your music playlists. Both models adopt the Streamium technology, allowing you to enjoy digital music from a USB hard drive.

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Garmin nuLink 1695 5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator

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Garmin’s latest GPS navigation system, the nuLink 1695, is now available for pre-order via Amazon. The 5-inch touchscreen portable navigation device (PND) connects drivers with relevant, online information from Garmin’s nuLink!

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iPod touch, nano and shuffle review – Apple’s Best iPod lineup yet!

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Apple may not have invented the MP3 player, but with its iPod range it certainly defined it. Every year consumers and rivals alike wait for the company’s September music event, to see what the must-have functionality and hardware is this season.

Candela Is A Candle For People Who Are Afraid Of Candles

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While candles are still a big business, there aren’t many of us who would rely on them for light. Mood, or scent, sure — but with the recent invention of electrical light, candles have been less than useful for their original purpose.

Oracle chief blasts “vindictive” HP lawsuit

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Oracle chief Larry Ellison today short back at HP's lawsuit over his hiring of former CEO Mark Hurd. The at times controversial executive accused HP of being "vindictive" after having given up its leader and showing "utter disregard" for a claimed partnership between the two.

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In Brief: Canadian App Store allows gift card purchases

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Drop that curling broom and get downloading! Reader Jacques writes in to let us know that the Canadian edition of the App Store has begun accepting iTunes gift cards as payment for app purchases, a policy change that seems to have quietly taken effect back in June of this year.

Get Used To “3D” TVs – They’re Here To Stay

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We’ve seen a lot of TVs announced before and during IFA this year. That makes sense — it’s a consumer electronics show, after all. And I guarantee that most if not all of those sets will have their 3D capability touted.

iTunes samples still 30 seconds due to gaps in licensing

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Apple's plans for minute-long iTunes samples may have been thwarted by the sheer number of deals it needed, both official and unofficial sources divulged Tuesday afternoon.

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