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Amazon Kindle Unveils New Models: $189 3G Model, $139 WiFi-Only

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Well, sure enough, it turns out that something did come from the Amazon Kindle selling out, with no sign of any restocking happening. Because Amazon has just pulled the curtain off their brand new Kindle, and sure enough, it’s actually worth the wait.

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Amazon unveils third-gen Kindle, adds $139 Wi-Fi only model

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Amazon in a rare evening launch revealed its third-generation Kindle reader. The new hardware is 21 percent smaller and 15 percent lighter than the model it replaces but is better in nearly every way.

SanDisk Cruzer Blade USB Flash Drive Now Available Stateside

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SanDisk has decided to launch the Cruzer Blade USB Flash drive in the United States and Canada. Known as the company’s smallest USB flash drive, the Cruzer Blade is about the size of a standard size paper clip and weighs approximately the same as a penny.

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Amazon Strikes Back at the iPad With New, $140 Kindle

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Jeff Bezos has survived the iPad. Predictions that Apple’s bright tablet computer would be a Kindle-killer haven’t quite come to pass: Amazon CEO Bezos says that the growth rate in sales of his e-reading device have tripled since June, when he dropped the Kindle price to $189.

Amazon Kindle 3 May Be On Its Way

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Amazon’s Kindle e-reader is listed as “temporarily out of stock” on the company’s website, in what could be a sign that a new Kindle model may be on its way.

Time Got Away From Me Again

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I had every intention of posting again yesterday, and also earlier today. However, yesterday afternoon my cousins from Baltimore stopped by for a visit, then my niece stopped by so the kids could go swimming, then I went out and spent a fair amount of time with a new friend.

Cornell’s Ranger Robot Walks 23 km

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Remember Big Dog? Well there is a new walking robot king in town. Cornell’s Ranger Robot has just broken the record for distance for a bipedal robot. It took over 65 thousand steps before the battery died! Thanks for the tip Paul.

Comcast starts advertising 105Mbps Internet access

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Cable provider Comcast has started to advertise ultra high-speed, 105Mbps home Internet access, first hinted at back in May.

Empire Brands outs Chill, Reverb, Tour headphone series

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Empire Brands on Wednesday revealed three new earphone collections for its Wicked Audio brand. The Chill, Reverb and Tour all feature graffiti-inspired designs. They are made of plastic and sport comfortable ear cushions.

Chi Mei exec pleads guilty for fixing Apple, Dell LCD prices

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The Department of Justice today said a third executive from Chi Mei has plead guilty to antitrust charges of price fixing for LCDs. Wen-Hung Huang admitted to conspiring with other companies to keep screen prices artificially high between 2001 and 2006.

Comcast starts advertising 105Mbps Internet access

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Cable provider Comcast has started to advertise ultra high-speed, 105Mbps home Internet access, first hinted at back in May.

Grab some lemonade, sit near the pool, and watch TUAW TV Live

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Filed under: Video, TUAW BusinessToday on TUAW TV Live we're going to try to beat the heat with some cool app demos, so grab a nice icy cold glass of lemonade or some other favorite beverage, prop up the iPad or MacBook under the umbrella, and join your host Steve Sande for some fun.

Tandem USB Connector: Good Idea, Bad Idea

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While I applaud the elegant nature of this USB centipede concept, it brings up (as most concepts do) as many questions as it answers. How will power be isolated in one or another device? How much will an integrated USB controller increase the price of each device?

StarCraft II Pirates Stung By Malware

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Boom! Nefarious pirates looking to, um, pirate StarCraft II are running into a bit of a problem: one of the more popular torrents that purports to be the game is actually nothing more than a conduit for a nasty bit of malware.

RIM snaps up BlackPad.com in hint of future tablet

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RIM's plans for a BlackBerry tablet were corroborated today as the company is now known to have registered BlackPad.com. A WHOIS check on the domain showed that it was bought just a few days ago on behalf of RIM by CSC, a company specializing in corporate branding.

NZXT Phantom Enthusiast Full Tower Chassis

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NZXT has proudly announced the Phantom, which is the company’s most elegant and intelligent chassis design to date. The Phantom features 7 fan cooling options such as a couple of 200mm fans, a 230/200mm fan, three 120mm fans and a front 140mm fan.

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Kmart now offering the $99 Android-powered netbook from Augen

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Section: Computers, Netbooks Kmart has been going all in with low-priced Android devices lately. We recently saw the $150 Augen Gentouch tablet and now we have word of a $99 netbook. This model also comes by way of Augen, and its the GenBook.

Super Talent UltraDrive MX SSD

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Super Talent Technology will launch the brand new UltraDrive MX SSD that adopts a new dual-interface for both SATA II and mini-USB connections.

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Toshiba REGZA ZG1 & F1 3DTV Models Announced, Heading to Japan

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The 3D movement isn’t going anywhere any time soon, and as long as the TVs that power that technology in our living rooms start lowering those staggering prices, we can honestly say that it’s probably only going to get broader before it dies away.

LG formally opens new mobile app store

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After an initial release last year, LG has officially launched an updated mobile app store, albeit in beta, expanding it to 23 countries.

Apple ‘looking into’ poor iOS 4 performance on iPhone 3G

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Filed under: iPhoneAccording to The Wall Street Journal, Apple is "looking into" reports of iOS 4's poor performance on the iPhone 3G. Many iPhone 3G users have noted generally slow performance and glitches after installing iOS 4 that have rendered their devices nearly unusable.

Bell may have 6GB of data for $30, iPad sharing option

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Bell could land a victory against other Canadian carriers by offering a strong promo deal for smartphones and the iPad, a leaked memo shows.

Bell may have 6GB of data for $30, iPad sharing option

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Bell could land a victory against other Canadian carriers by offering a strong promo deal for smartphones and the iPad, a leaked memo shows.

NZXT Phantom Full Tower Chassis Unveiled, Available This September

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Remember how NZXT said they weren’t going out of business? Looks like they were telling the truth, because the company has just announced a brand new full tower chassis for all you power PC gamers out there.

Hitachi Brings Minority Report to Life

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Motion controlled computers aren’t as fresh or new as they were a year ago, but that doesn’t mean that when we see cool technology being demonstrated, we still don’t get a bit weak in the knees.

Will the asteroid known as 1999 RQ36 destroy all life on the planet, thereby preventing you from dinging 80?

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Not to alarm you, but we only have 172 years to live, so better ding 80 (soon 85) while you still can. Scientists have spotted an asteroid that, if all goes well (er, bad), will smash right into Planet Earth in the year 2182.

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