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Apple may double popular MacBook orders, avoid winter slump

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Apple might not only be one of the two computer builders to avoid a drop in winter sales but could thrive, Taiwan suppliers said Friday local time. It and Samsung are the only notebook makers who won't have run below expectations by as much as five to 10 percent.

Windows Phone 7 gets the official Amazon app

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Section: Communications, Cellphones, Smartphones, Mobile Amazon has just announced the availability of its new Amazon App made specifically for Windows Phone 7 device.

The Daily Slash: February 10, 2011

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First get your giggle on in a column by yours truly over on Android Community by the name of Waves of Impact and No Lines for Verizon’s iPhone.

Onkyo 7.1-channel HT-S5400 Home-theater-in-a-box

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Onkyo is back with a new home-theater-in-a-box (HTiB) in the form of the Onkyo HT-S5400. The home theater receiver at the heart of the system features the latest implementation of the HDMI connectivity standard with support for 3D video, lossless audio from Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, and...

ViewSonic Pro8200 Home Theater Projector Coming To Australia And New Zealand

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ViewSonic has decided to bring their newest home theater projector ‘Pro8200′ to Australia and New Zealand at the end of this month.

Antec’s New Rockus 2.1 Desktop Speaker Set Promises 3D Sound

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Antec is mostly known for their PC cases and components, but a lot of those manufacturers have been getting into other games over the last few years, and some, like Corsair, have actually come up with some really well-reviewed audio gear.

The iPhone Nano Rumor Reborn: 1/3rd Smaller, Older Components, $200 With No Contract

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Just in case you haven't had enough Apple rumors in the past 24 hours... Hot off the heels of the talk that Apple is planning to release the iPad 2 in a few weeks — and then another new version of the iPad in the fall (something which we've heard from a very good source), here comes another one.

Verizon iPhone 4 Launch At Mall of America – Embarrassing Video

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We mentioned earlier today just how underwhelming the over hyped Verizon iPhone 4 launch turned out to be. But saying the lines were modest is really being nice now that we’ve seen a video of what took place at the Apple Store inside Mall of America in Bloomington, Minneapolis.

Opera Mini Coming to the iPad

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For many iPad users this is welcome news. Opera is planning to introduce a iPad specific version of its popular Opera Mini browser at the Mobile World Congress next week. Opera Mini has been available for iOS devices for awhile now, but this will be Opera’s first step into the tablet world.

Apple Preparing iPhone Nano For $200 Sans Contract?

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A report has come out from Bloomberg saying Apple is preparing a smaller version of its popular iPhone for $200 without contract.

Dymo debuts compact LabelManager PnP for Mac, Windows

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Label hardware and software maker Dymo may have hit on the ultimate in simple-to-use label-making with its latest offering, the lightweight Dymo LabelManager PnP for both Mac and Windows computers.

MAKE Volume 25: Retro Skype Phone

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One of my favorite articles in MAKE Volume 25′s hefty “Arduino Revolution” section shows you how to convert a classic 1930s retro telephone into a Skype phone. The project was created by frequent contributor Andrew Lewis.

IE9 Release Candidate now available for download

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As promised, Microsoft has now made the Internet Explores 9 Release Candidate build available for download. Users can download the software in 40 languages, and reflects 17,000 pieces of feedback regarding IE9 from the beta tests.

Hybrid Table-Lamp Is… Practical

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This lamp-table by Thomas Jenkins is actually a pretty idea, though I can see two problems: a short or electrical problem, or dust and fluff caught back there, could actually set that sucker on fire. There’s a reason most lamps aren’t made of particle board.

Amazon Kindle app coming to the HP TouchPad tablet

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Section: Computers, Mobile Computers, Gadgets / Other, ebooks HP unveiled their webOS tablet yesterday during the Think Beyond press event and it looks like we have a additional detail in terms of an available app. Amazon has officially announced plans to release a Kindle app.

“Expert” Links Sexual Video Games to Increase in Rape

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Yeesh. Here's the sort of quote that'll make you stop dead in your tracks, even in the middle of an already fairly sensationalistic piece: "The increase in rapes can be attributed in large part to the playing out of [sexual] scenes in video games."

Seat Belt Collars for Car-Loving Dog-Owners

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Dog-loving car owners and car-loving dog owners can combine their interests with dog collars in the shape of seat belts, with the logo of your favorite automaker or model on the buckle. The miniature seat-belt buckle is funcitonal.

Verizon Gifts Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers with a Replacement iPhone 4

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Earlier today, Superbowl winning Green Bay Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers sent out a tweet complaining about his terrible iPhone connection, saying that he’d like to call in to the sports radio talk segment the Jim Rome show, but couldn’t because he kept hearing voices.

Verizon iPhone 4 Cheaper for Apple to Build

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The new Verizon iPhone 4 costs 9% less for Apple to build than the AT&T iPhone 4, according to a teardown analysis report by IHS iSuppli. The bill of materials, or the total cost of the phone’s components, costs about $171.35 for the Verizon phone.

iPhone passcode bypassed by security researchers

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A group of German researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute Secure Information Technology report they've cracked the iPhone's keychain system, allowing access to the passwords saved on any phone in just six minutes.

BOOM: Palm Springs Desert Community

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BOOM, a master-planned community situated in the deserts of Palm Springs, southern California, is the newest project of aging x architecture maven Matthias Hollwich.

200-inch glasses-free 3D TV is the definition of excessive

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There's a lot of talk these days about how consumers aren't really interested in having 3D TVs in their home, but that isn't stopping NICT from creating the largest commercially available 3D screen to date.

New 3D Network To Launch On DirecTV

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A new 3D channel is setting to premiere this Sunday on DirecTV, making it the third 3D channel on national satellite TV provider. The new network is a collaboration of Discovery Communications, Sony, and IMAX and is called 3net.

Google Bulks Up Sign-In Security

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If you’ve ever had your account hacked resulting in a deluge of spam bombarding the inboxes of your friends and family addressed from you, then you’ll surely appreciate Google’s new efforts to bulk up sign-in security for all their Gmail and Google Accounts users.

Yahoo! announces Livestand for iPad, available first half 2011

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If you've been following TUAW's reports about The Daily, you're aware that many of the TUAW bloggers are so fed up with the buggy, crashing newspaper app that they've removed it from their iPads while the app is still free.

BlackBerry PlayBook locked for Android, skipping Dalvik?

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Rumors that RIM would have the BlackBerry PlayBook run Android apps gained credibility with corroborating claims on Thursday. The company is said developing an extension for the second half of the year that would let the tablet run apps for Google's platform along with its own.

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