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Opening iPad Numbers Crush iPod and iPhone

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This has to make Apple execs happy. A presentation at Google’s thinkmobile event by Mary Meeker, former Wall St. analyst now at Kleiner Perkins, showed just how monstrous the iPad’s numbers are compared to its older siblings the iPod and iPhone.

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Onkyo Debuts Two Affordable Home Theater Systems

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Onkyo just announced today the release of two new “home-theater-in-a-box” (HTiB) systems for those wanting to indulge but on a budget.

Win a copy of Hungry Shark 3 for iPhone

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The guys at Future Games of London have just released Hungry Shark 3 for iPhone. The Hungry Shark series is one of my favorite games for iOS (you can read my review of Hungry Shark Trilogy for iPad here). Hungry Shark 3 pits Hungry Shark against shark finners, mad scientists, and leaking oil rigs.

Sharkoon Expands PC Tower Line With Scorpio

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Sharkoon announced a new chassis known as the Scorpio that allows SSDs and 2.5-inch hard drives to be used without any special adapter frames. The case has support for a total of six 3.5 inch drives. Two of these bays feature a Fast Swap Mechanism directly on the housing front.

Shock Survey Reveals: People Don’t Like Crashing Gadgets

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A new survey done by Accenture has revealed that people in the world today are “increasingly frustrated with devices that frequently crash or don’t work as well as expected.” Well blow me down!

Six Things You Didn’t Know Thomas Edison Invented

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Tomorrow marks the 164th anniversary of Thomas Edison's birth. As the inventor famously said shortly before his death, "Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."

Bloomberg: Apple prepping cheaper phones?

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Rumors of a smaller, cheaper iPhone are definitely not new and have floated around for nearly the life of the device.

Twitter 2.0 hits Android with new UI, better search

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Twitter today catered to Android users with a major revamp of its app. Twitter 2.0 has a completely new, cleaner interface that now jumps directly to the timeline instead of a splash screen.

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Why the Arduino Won and Why It’s Here to Stay

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Each month, I’ll be posting a couple of new editorial-style columns here on Make: Online. These pieces are meant to get you thinking, to stir up discussion and debate, maybe even freak you out a little. My first column is called “Why the Arduino Won and Why It’s Here to Stay.”

iPhone Nano Rumors Resurface In Report

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We’ve been hearing “iPhone Nano” rumors for a long time. In 2007, 2008, 2009, though strangely not 2010, we heard from suppliers, case makers, tipsters, sources, and so on that there’d be a new, smaller iPhone out there soon, but it has never materialized.

First all-3D TV network to start February 13

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A network fully dedicated to broadcasting 3D TV signals will launch on February 13. Called 3net, it will be offered by DirecTV on channel 107 and is a joint venture between Sony, Discovery Communications and IMAX.

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Rumor: Microsoft widening Windows Phone hardware spec at MWC

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A tentative rumor Thursday night hinted Microsoft might widen its Windows Phone 7 hardware requirements next week at Mobile World Congress. The specs weren't detailed but are believed to include newer, second-generation Snapdragon MSM7x30 processors like that in the Android-based T-Mobile G2.

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Verizon iPhone Teardown Reveals Only Minor Changes

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Sorry, no CDMA unicorns or solid-gold Verizon logos hidden inside the new version of the iPhone 4. Just a few tweaks here and there.

Immersion Announces MOTIV Haptics Development Platform

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Haptics has become an integral part of UI design when it comes to mobile devices. Those little vibrations and buzzes a user feels when they press a button or stroke a chord in a guitar app, all come together to create a rich interaction between user and device.

Padprop is a lightweight, useful stand for iPad

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Padprop is a portable stand for the iPad that offers something unique: it's perfectly designed to sit between your knees and offer a premium typing angle. Plus, it's very light, tough and even has a storage compartment for your earbuds. I've spent two weeks using one and can now share my experience.

Make: Live Chat Transcripts

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Starting with episode 02 of Make: Live, we’ll be logging the activity in the chat room containing lots of great discussion and links to resources discussed on the show!

New Android for Twitter makes it easier to seach tweets

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There's a new version of Twitter for Android phones, and even though it doesn't really make the process of tweeting that much easier, it adds a lot of new ways to search through what everyone else is tweeting about.Among the changes in Twitter 2.0 for Android are the introduction of universal...

Native Instruments unveils new DJ hardware

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Audio software and interface maker Native Instruments are showing off their second-generation audio interfaces on their website, with a new form factor for the now-renamed Traktor Audio 2 (formerly Audio 2 DJ), and a significant revamp and expansion of their enthusiast and professional DJ audio...

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EA to provide first games for BlackBerry PlayBook launch

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EA has signed on to deliver the first games for the RIM Blackberry PlayBook signaling RIMís intention to enter a market segment that it is not renowned for.

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Homemade Revolving Shotgun

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From Home Gunsmith Forum user rhmc24:Using chambers cut off 12 ga. scrap barrels and a new $10 bbl for an Italian auto shotgun, the only other gun part is a scrapped hammer from a 1857 Remington perc revolver. Loads like a SAA Colt but underlever rotates and cocks it.

Tesla Opens Showroom In Nation’s Capitol, Very Close To White House

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Today, Tesla opens its new Washington, D.C. showroom and starting tomorrow, February 11, Tesla will begin offering test drives of the Tesla Roadster. The showroom, located a few blocks from the White House at 1050 K St. N.W., is Tesla’s 16th store to open globally.

Symbian Still Top Smartphone OS – Report

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There's been a lot gloom and doom surrounding Nokia and its OS lately. The company is largely considered to have fallen behind to the likes of Apple and Android.

Cartoonish Dr. Who Graphic Explains It All

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Ages from now, the common citizenry will cherish Dr. Who the same way Shakespeare is cherished today. That’s not saying Dr. Who isn’t cherished by legions of adoring fans right now. Nothing else beats the iconic series in terms of longevity and bad special effects, even utter campyness.

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Apple TV to Support Gaming?

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Strings inside Apple’s iOS 4.3 beta firmware that’ll be used on Apple TV have been shown to display clues leading to one possibility: the ability to play games on Apple TV without having to jailbreak first.

Is the Market too Crowded for webOS to be Successful?

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Let’s start off by remembering that the smartphone market is still relatively early. Even though it is one of the hottest topics around, smartphones as a whole still only represent less than 30% of the total global mobile phone market.

Symbian Still Number One Smartphone Platform According to Gartner

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With the explosion of smartphones, most of the focus has been on the iOS and Android platforms. However, neither of them is the top smartphone platform- yet. According to a new report from Gartner, for Q4 2010, Nokia’s Symbian is still leading Android – just barely.

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