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Apple donates MacPaint source to museum

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Filed under: AppleMacPaint was one of the first big "wows" of the graphical UI. Before the early days of Mac OS, operating systems were strictly text affairs, and creating graphics was done mostly by writing code.

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Canon exec confirms they are working on small form-factor high-quality cameras

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Masaya Maeda, Canon’s head of the Image Communication Products, shared more than just sales numbers in an interview today.

Moto Droid 2 may ship August 12 with R2-D2 edition

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Verizon may give the Motorola Droid 2 a surprise special edition when it ships next month, an insider hinted on Tuesday. The phone should ship slightly earlier than expected, on August 12, but will notably come with a Star Wars edition with a white R2-D2 on its back.

These Roboots Were Made For Walking 2: World Record Roboogaloo

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I remember writing this same robot up back in 2008 when it set the previous robot walk record, so I thought it’d be nice to publish this update. The “Ranger” robot built by students at Cornell (with improvements) has set a new unofficial record for sustained robot walking.

Extreme Hobbyists Put Satellites Into Orbit With $8,000 Kits

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Attention wannabe supervillains: Putting your own, personal satellite into orbit is not such a far-fetched idea after all. Interorbital Systems, which makes rockets and spacecrafts, created a kit last year that lets almost anyone with a passion for electronics and space build a satellite.

Analysts triple tablet sale estimates based on iPad surge

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The iPad alone has tripled the likely sales for tablets this year, ABI researchers said. They now expect 11 million media-friendly tablets to ship in 2010, almost all of which will be Apple's model.

TUAW review: Camera+ for iPhone

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Filed under: iPhone, App ReviewLast week, TUAW featured a post about how development house tap tap tap has been able to string together a series of App Store successes.

Sanyo PLV-HF10000L Projector Due in November, Not for Your Living Room

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When it comes to projectors, the smaller they come, the more attention they’ve been getting over the last few months. Those pico projectors are all over the place. But, thanks to companies like Sanyo, we’re still seeing that the big projector market is alive and well.

Heat Index Alarm Keeps Athletes from Running Hot

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It seems like there's a tragic story in the news every year about an athlete who couldn't take the strain of working out in the heat and humidity. It can be difficult for a coach to tell when conditions turn dangerous, and that's why there's the Extech HeatWatch heat alarm.

MSI launches FX600, FR600 notebooks

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MSI has officially taken the wraps off its 15.6-inch FX600 and FR600 notebooks. Either ships with a choice of Intel's Core i5 CPUs, but the FX600, first shown at CeBIT, gets NVIDIA's 1GB GeForce GT 325M for graphics.

Gemei GM2000 eReader Gives You Color or E-Ink Options

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When it comes to eReaders, you probably already have your favorite picked out. Either that, or you’ve just completely passed over the market and decided on something else, like a tablet.

Star Wars Gifs

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FoldsFive(David Court) has recreate the entire original Star Wars trilogy in MS Paint, and converted..(Read...

Entrepreneur Journeys Volume 4 by Sramana Mitra

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For all you budding entrepreneurs who have a great business idea in your head but think that taking the first step is quite daunting needs to give Entrepreneur Journeys Volume 4 a look.

Phone Wallet

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Cool idea!..(Read...)

Lenovo gets into the pad business with the LePad

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At CES, we saw two compelling new products from Lenovo: the LePhone, a slick and powerful Android smartphone, and the U1, an interesting hybrid notebook-tablet. Unfortunately, neither one was destined to make its way into our hands.

LG R590 3D Notebook Computer

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LG has announced the R590 3D Notebook that comes with a pair of 3D Glasses. The Notebook is basically the 3D version to the original R590, it comes with the TriDef software that converts 2D content to 3D.

Amazon Sells Samsung 3D Starter Kit

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The Samsung 3D Starter Kit is now available for $299 at Amazon. The kit consists of two pairs of active-shutter 3D glasses and a 3D Blu-ray movie (Monsters vs. Aliens).

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Asus Bamboo U33Jc and U53Jc Notebooks

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Asus announces two new environmental-friendly Bamboo series notebooks, the U33Jc and U53Jc. Both of the notebooks are slim and light and stylish with brushed aluminum and a a smoky-brown bamboo exterior.

Apple details location information sharing

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Filed under: Apple, iPhoneApple had to do some explaining recently -- after a House of Representatives probe into the company's privacy policy came up, the company sent a twelve-page letter to the members of Congress, going into detail on what all of the legalese in the company's privacy policy...

NTT DoCoMo: Android will catch up to iPhone

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NTT DoCoMo president Ryuji Yamada in an interview today tried to downplay the effect of the iPhone in Japan [reg. required]. He believes that Android is starting to "catch up" with Apple and that it was likely Google would eventually get the upper hand.

Samsung shows unbreakable AMOLED display

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Samsung Mobile Display (SMD) is developing an AMOLED display that is crush-proof and can be bent while showing video without ill effects. The prototype display is sized at 2.8 inches and has a resolution of 166ppi. It weighs just 0.29g and is 20 micrometers thin.

Cover your Wii in gold chrome vinyl for no reason at all

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Bored with that plain old white Nintendo Wii? Want to make it look like an abomination? Well here’s your chance! For only $19.99 you can buy a 24 piece kit that will cover all of your Wii-ness with chrome gold! I’ve never understood the point of putting decals on your consoles.

Leggy disk drive stands up to avoid spills

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This is pretty cute, and may even be practical. The Floppy Legs drive is a design project by Chambers Judd with little legs that detect moisture and immediately stand the drive up — instead of voiding your warranty, like normal moisture detectors.

Plextor Unveils New USB Blu-Ray Drive for Portable HD Playback

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Blu-Ray drives for laptops and desktops are starting to appear more frequently in standard configurations and as options when you're customizing your new computer, but for those of us with older laptops and desktops and a growing collection of Blu-Ray titles we can't watch on our computers, Plextor...

Roku adds MP3tunes for iTunes-to-TV sharing

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Roku has added the ability to play iTunes music through its home multimedia box through a tie-up with MP3tunes. Users can pass both audio and playlists, and donít need to set up a home media server of any kind.

Adobe shows Flash-based FaceTime clone for Android

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A video calling system for Android handsets is under development at Adobe, as evidenced by the video below. Called FlashTime, it is very similar -- and an alternative to -- Apple's own FaceTime video calling app for the iPhone.

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