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Beersavers: You Know, For Beers

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Have you ever been to a party and wished you had a little stretchy beer condom you could put on the mouth of your bottle while you popped off to the loo? Neither have I. Regardless, there now exist stretchy beer condoms for your beer bottles.

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Huawei unveil E583C mobile hotspot, looks nice but only available in Hong Kong

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Section: Communications, Broadband Cards, Mobile It looks like Huawei has recently introduced their latest mobile hotspot modem. The model is the E583C and its sporting a rather sophisticated black and silver exterior.

Wire Frame Motorcycle and Sidecar

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Chinese artist Shi Jindian has made a wire frame replica of the Chiangjiang 750, is essentially a kn..(Read...

MSI FX600 Notebook Revealed, Entertainment Juggernaut in Attractive Shell

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MSI is getting ready to unleash a bevy of “fashionable” notebooks onto the world, and they’ve decided to start it all off with their FX600. The new line-up of notebooks is ready to set up a nice lineage of F-Series of notebooks.

Jailbreakme site utilizes PDF exploit in iOS

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Filed under: iPhone, iOSWe reported on the return of browser-based jailbreakme.com yesterday. Today IT security guru F-Secure revealed just how the site is able to work. The jailbreak method utilizes a PDF exploit found in the iOS software.

Hands-on: BlackBerry Torch 9800

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Following RIM's official unveiling of the Torch 9800 slider at a special event in NYC, the company allowed attendees to fondle the handset and explore BlackBerry 6.

Foxit kills e-reader, licenses out in wake of iPad, Kindle

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Foxit today became the latest casualty of tougher e-reader competition as it said it would drop its eSlick hardware. The company will instead focus on licensing the software technology it uses to read PDF and ePub files.

Kingston Unveils Water-Cooled DDR3 Memory Kits, Intended for Hardcore Gamers

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Kingston has been a big name in the memory business for awhile now, especially amongst those that want to grab some good, but relatively cheap memory options.

Sony Reissues PS3 Firmware v3.41, Fixes Hard Drive Installation Problem

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A few days back, we reported that the latest firmware update to Sony’s PlayStation 3, version 3.41, was causing some major problems for those who like to take advantage of installing new hard drives into their console. It was a problem that many PS3 owners were having.

Thanko’s Button Camera Helps You Start Your Spy Career

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Jason Bourne I am not. I have neither the chiseled features nor the eagle-eyed marksmanship. But I do have a little bit of guile, a closet full of button-up shirts and a spare ¥4,980 (about $58) to spend, so my international spy career may just get off the ground yet thanks to Thanko’s Spy Button...

Carrying a Torch for RIM – the Gartenberg Take

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This was a momentous week for RIM. They announced the new BlackBerry Torch a capacitive touch screen slider along with the latest version of their platform, BlackBerry 6.

Last Day!

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By this time tomorrow the surgery should be over, and I should be rid of my crutches! I’m nervous, but more excited than anything. I just hope I remember how to do my job when I finally get back to it.

BlackBerry Torch Heading to Vodafone UK

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Vodafone has announced that it will be selling the newly announced BlackBerry Torch. No specific release dates have been provided at the moment.

Razer Lachesis Upgraded With New Sensor

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Razer’s Lachesis, an ambidextrous mouse which, I’m not going to lie, I didn’t like very much when I reviewed it, is getting a refresh. There’s a brand new 5600DPI sensor in there, plus you can now change the color of the LED lighting.

What Is It? Microsoft Hardware Teases Something Black And Lozenge-y

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Microsoft Hardware has tweeted a pair of partial pictures (which I have joined above for your convenience) depicting their next product. What do you think it is? New Zune? Handset? Multi-touch trackpad? There’s nothing to give perspective, but it looks a little thick to be a tablet.

RIM may allow India to snoop on some BlackBerry data

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RIM may have bent to India's demands to monitor BlackBerry phones, the country's Economic Times claimed Tuesday. Alleged leaked documents said RIM would open access to "technical codes" for the metadata of its corporate e-mail system and give access to regular individuals' e-mail within 15 days.

Hands-on With The New Flixster Roku Channel

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Some people love them movie trailers and samples. Personally I find they’re more spoilers than anything. But for those that enjoy them, Flixster is a great resource and the video site just launched their own Roku channel.

Microsoft Hardware Doesn’t Want You to be so Touchy, Teases New Product

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When it comes to Twitter, sometimes simpler is better. And that’s exactly what Microsoft’s Hardware division is doing.

Sikorsky X2 helicopter – world’s fastest rotorcraft

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The Sikorsky X2 helicopter is alaredy broken the speed record of 249 mph for rotorcraft in..(Read...

Microsoft hints at possible Magic Trackpad competitor

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Microsoft's hardware group created a minor amount of intrigue today as it posted a second teaser for an unknown peripheral. The controller doesn't appear to be either a mouse or a keyboard and, from a small fragment, appears to be a possible challenger to Apple's Magic Trackpad.

Research In Motion Bites Back With Blackberry Torch

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Blackberry maker Research In Motion unveiled a new smartphone Tuesday that offers iPhone-like features to “crackberry” addicts — while adding a few unique touches. The BlackBerry Torch is targeted at consumers rather than BlackBerry’s traditional base of business users.

Roku adds Flixster, movie trailers

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Roku, maker of the streaming media player that allows for streaming movies, has partnered with Flixster to bring HD movie trailers to their home theater systems. This includes theatrical and DVD/VOD releases, and Roku users will also see Tomatometer scores from Rotten Tomatoes.

Montreal’s cheeky Studio Rita

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They've designed stacking/folding chairs that resemble manila file folders; they've populated forests with giant foam "Magic Tree" air fresheners and Lego trees; for ref-hating soccer fans, they've made a beanbag filled with dreaded, shredded yellow cards.

Windows Phone 7 HTML email will not automatically load images in email?

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Section: Communications, Email / IM, Smartphones, Mobile There are two sides with HTML email, those who prefer to have the images load automatically and those who prefer to have those images show as a placeholder.

Paul Carr Should Die

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Paul Carr over at TechCrunch has written one of the all-time most boneheaded articles I’ve ever read. He’s arguing in favor of death. His own death and yours.