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HTC Desire now available from US Cellular

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US Cellular has acted on its promise to ship the HTC Desire smartphone on Friday. The carrier is the first in the US to offer the Android 2.1-powered device, which sports a 3.7-inch, 800x480 LCD touchscreen (versus the AMOLED of early versions) along with a five-megapixel camera with autofocus and...

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PS3 ‘jailbreak’ already frozen by courts

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Sony today took quick action to shut down PS3 modders with legal action against PS Jailbreak. The console maker was granted a temporary ban on PS Jailbreak in Australia that will prevent the USB mod, which 'unlocks' the PS3 to allow unapproved software, from being sold in the country until a final...

Nike Air Maxes and Wii Balance Board Mod

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Nike has challenged 78 artists to ‘hack’ its shoes and create something unique and innovative. So Nick Marsh one of the artists decided to create a pair of Wii Nike Air Maxes and install the Wii board mechanics in his Nikes. Check out the video after the jump to see them in action.

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Canon EOS 60D 18-Megapixel DSLR Camera

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The Canon EOS 60D is a Digital SLR Camera that comes equipped with a a 18 Megapixel Canon CMOS image sensor. The 60D DSLR also comes with DIGIC 4 image processor and a 3-inch Vari-Angle Clear View LCD screen which is the first for a EOS camera.

In Brief: September 1 Apple event

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As preparations begin in San Francisco (check out the Yerba Buena Center's new look) for the September 1 press event, here's a brief review of what's likely and unlikely to go down. iPods are a given, and likely to be the thrust of the event.

World’s first smart guitar

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Section: Gadgets / Other Think of it as Simon Says for a guitar. As a guitarist/bassist myself, I sure as heck could have used an instrument like this during my early stages as a musician.

Will Brad Pitt Star In Red Dead Redemption Movie?

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Apparently someone is thinking about creating a movie based on Red Dead Redemption, and they want Brad Pitt to play John Marston. Could be neat. If you’re going to make a movie based on a game, you might as well base it on one with an actual story, right?

Science Guy: Star Wars Explosion More Accurate Than Star Trek

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I'm sure if I entirely believe any post about the accuracy of sci-fi films that begins with the phrase, "I'm not aware of any intense rivalry between Star Trek and Star Wars fans." Of course, it's still morning, so it could be that my sarcasm detector is still warming up.

Apple combo microphone/headphone jack patent application spotted

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Apple don’t like fussy designs, we all know that by now, and they’re all about paring down extraneous sockets, so the news that they’re trying to patent a 3.5mm headphone jack with an integrated microphone comes as little surprise.

Wild Planet Spy Video TRAKR gets reviewed: good for kids, great for geeks

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What can we say, we’re big childish geeks and we love remote-controlled gadgets that beam back video footage.

Emotiv brain-reading headset used for emotion-led video navigation

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The brain-reading Emotiv Epoq headset might not be wowing gamers, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t more unusual uses it can be put to.

Dear Aunt TUAW: What’s in Apple’s guitar hole?

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Dear Aunt TUAW,Maybe I'm completely wrong, but I eventually demystified the Apple 9/1/2010 Press Invitation. I had a look at the press release image I found on www.fscklog.com (it's a little bigger than yours) in Photoshop.

LG Will Soon Introduce Colored And Flexible E-Paper

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The word on the street is LG has flexible e-paper displays in the works. It’s also revving up production of color e-paper. This bit of news stems from an SEC filing made by the Korean giant last Friday that indicated its future plans.

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Intel: We’ll beat ARM on active power efficiency with Medfield

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Strong words from Intel this week on the battle for low-power CPU supremacy, and with companies looking to ARM as the de-facto standard it’s about time they stepped up their game.

RIM Working on BlackBerry External Antenna – Rumour

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RIM (Research in Motion) could be working on an external antenna design according to details found by BBLeaks.

The original colors of ancient Greek and Roman statues unveiled by technology. What’s the Latin root for “gaudy?”

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There were cries of protest from purists when the technology was developed to colorize old black-and-white movies; one of the companies doing it generated plenty of bad press for colorizing an old Sinatra flick--and rendering his eyes brown. (Does the nickname "Ol' Blue Eyes" mean anything?)

Siren Elise Wilhelmsen wins Time to Design 2010 with her knitting clock

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2010's Time to Design Award was presented to Norweigan Siren Elise Wilhelmsen for her project Developing Time—Time Developing, a clock that knits 48 meshes per day, and produces one two meter long scarf per year. (more...

There Will Be No iPad Killers This Year

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Shanzai performed some decidedly sober analysis of the tablet market and came away with one simple conclusion: no matter how much LG boasts, no matter how much Samsung leaks, no matter how many Notion Inks ship, the tablet market is sewn up this year. Why?

Brando’s Wavetooth Bluetooth Headset Brings Music Under The Sea

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Wavetooth comes handy when you’re no less than three meters underwater and enjoying one of your favorite diversions on the surface, music.

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Garmin Recalling 1.2 Million GPS Units Due To Fire Risk

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Garming the GPS manufacture has announced a product recall that effects a number of devices in its Nüvi line of GPS devices. Garmin are saying batteries are to blame and have the potential to over heat when used in certain Nüvi GPS devices with a specific PCB (printed circuit board) design.

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Sanyo Xacti VPC-PD2BK HD Camcorder

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Unless you’ve been living in Xanadu, you know that there has been an interesting convergence happening in the camcorder world. Flip HD camcorders brought a new level of minimalism and ease with their cameras.

HTC Desire hits U.S. Cellular today

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It’s no HTC Desire HD, but we like the original HTC Desire enough to be pleased its finally arrived on US shores thanks to U.S. Cellular.

Fong iPhone 4 Tripod Adapter as Ugly as it is Practical

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Gary Fong, the company behind those plastic-cup-like attachments you see atop many a photojournalist’s flashguns, has come up with an iPhone 4 tripod mount. The plastic adapter looks like it was given roughly a minute’s thought before a back-of-the-napkin sketch was put into production.

Carl Zeiss Cinemizer 3D Capable Video Glasses to Launch at IFA 2010

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Carl Zeiss is more commonly known as the company that create the optics for smartphones and various cameras. We hear today that it will be launching the Cinemizer at IFA 2010. Cinemizer is a head mounted display capable of displaying 2D and 3D content to the wearer.

Google Launches Realtime Search Engine

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Google’s Realtime search facility that was rolled out last December into the the sidebar under ‘updates’ has now been launched and is now rolling out to google.com/realtime as well.

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iPod touch 4 Case Spotted

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Rumours about an iPod touch 4 have been going around for a while now. A number of leaks of the screen with a front facing camera have been published on the web along with iOS details that indicate the next gen iPod touch 4 will get email activated FaceTime calling abilities.

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