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Bezos: Kindle Color Display Not Coming Soon

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Holding out for a full-color Amazon Kindle? Don't hold your breath. In spite of competitive pressure from the Apple iPad and Pandigital's recently announced Novel eReader, Amazon's founder and CEO Jeff Bezos admitted to a meeting of shareholders that color Kindles are "still a long way out."

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Nokia N900 gets long-expected update

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Nokia has revealed that a new software update will be out on Wednesday for its N900 flagship smartphone. Version 1.2 of the Maemo firmware brings with it improved communication that lets users accept or decline an event invitation right from a user's inbox.

iClothing: Fashionable (?) iPad wearables from Australia

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Filed under: iPadOK, I'm not sure where I want to go with this. On the one hand, this is a clever way to carry your iPad when you're out hitting the clubs on Friday night.

EU says cellular industry too fragmented

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The European Commission believes cell phone subscribers in European Union countries pay high prices because of the varied application of EU telecoms rules, says a Tuesday report. The charges for a one-minute call range from 0.04 euro (about $0.05) in Latvia to 0.24 ($0.30) in Malta.

Harmonix teases keyboard for Rock Band 3

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As a tease for early adopters, Harmonix with the launch of the Rock Band: Green Day demo has hinted there will be a new keyboard controller for Rock Band 3. An image in the demo shows the fifth instrument alongside the usual options.

Comcast drops hints of 105Mbps Extreme tier

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Comcast's plans to offer over 100Mbps on its cable Internet access were given away today after one customer posted mention of a new tier on his bill. The appropriately named Extreme 105 would provide 105Mbps downstream and 10Mbps for uploads.

Sony Adds Option to Buy HBO TV Shows on PlayStation 3

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Sony on Tuesday added content from HBO to its PlayStation Network. Users with the PlayStation 3 can now purchase episodes of HBO TV shows via the PlayStation Store.

Android 2.2 Froyo on Nexus Ones Right Now Isn’t the Official Release

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To anyone out there that’s running Android 2.2 right now, what’s being lovingly called Froyo by Google and everyone else, you’re probably having some pretty smooth sailing right now.

DISH Network unveils an awesome new DVR

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The DVR has totally changed TV in my opinion. My productivity was once measured in units of 30 minutes, in order that I could fit them in between my favorite shows, whenever there was a lull in primetime. When I had too much to do I used to try working during commercial breaks.

Parrot AR.Drone to get price, release date at E3

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Filed under: iPhone The folks at Parrot recently sent around notice that they'll be attending the E3 conference here in LA in about a month or so; at that show, they finally expect to announce a price and release date for the iPhone-controlled quadricopter that some of our readers have been craving...

Shadow is the Likely Successor to Motorola Droid

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Motorola’s Droid phone has been a big hit for the company — and if you are wondering what’s next, say hello to Shadow, the codename for the successor to the Droid.

New Yorker: pay-once digital subs, no censoring for Apple

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New Yorker editor David Remnick has claimed that his magazine will soon have a single-fee digital subscription.

Coolest Office Gadgets

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The office is where most active workers spend 1/3 of their time within a day. Whether working for a company or from home, most people do have a desk where they perform most, if not all of their daily work.

Google Chrome OS Not Ready for Primetime Yet

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When Computex kicks off next week, don’t expect to see any devices running Chrome OS. Computex, held every year in Taipei, Taiwan, is one of the largest trade shows for PC makers, and you’d think Google’s upcoming OS for netbooks would be a star attraction this year.

Marvell making Android tablet for mystery customer

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Marvell today at the Netbook Summit showed a mystery 10-inch tablet. The aluminum-shelled slate would be based on the company’s Moby reference design and would combine Android 2.1 with Marvell’s high-speed Armada 610 processor.

LaCie Rugged Safe drive adds encryption, fingerprint scanner

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LaCie has expanded its line of external storage products with the Rugged Safe, an external drive designed to protect data.

This Sony Vaio P takes the style to another level

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Maybe the standard Sony Vaio P is a bit pedestrian for your taste. It’s just not enough, right? Well then, how about one covered with crocodile skin? It’s supposed to be a digital clutch anyway. Pricing info isn’t available, but it’s not going to be low-cost.

There will be a Mass Effect movie. Will Lost’s Matthew Fox play Commander Shepard?

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It’s takes a special type of nerd to read a video game’s novelization, and I’m none too proud to say that I recently started reading the Mass Effect novel.

Panasonic ships Core i5-equipped Toughbook in US

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After making its way into the European market on Monday, Panasonic has announced its updated Toughbook CF-19 is now shipping in the US.

GeForce GTX 480M debuts as world’s fastest notebook GPU

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NVIDIA today started off its GeForce 400M notebook graphics line by launching the series’ highest-end model.

AT&T offering free wi-fi to customers in Times Square

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If you can’t get a signal in Manhattan, blame AT&T. They’ve pretty much admitted that their network in New York is completely inadequate, and now, three years in, they’re taking some concrete steps to alleviate the problem — for tourists, at least.

Motorola Droid Shadow Turns Up In A Gym

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First we had Apple’s new iPhone turn up in a bar, and now it looks like Motorola’s latest handset, the Droid Shadow has turned up in a gym. It looks like the Droid Shadow will be a Verizon exclusive and will feature a 4.3 inch display.

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MSI Slatebook due Q3 2010 with 3G carrier partnerships

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MSI have already told us to expect their Windows 7 MSI Slatebook tablet at Computex next month; now they’re spilling a few more details to suitably whet our appetites.

iLuv unveils iSP130 Mini Clip and iSP170 Cube Speakers for PCs

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iLuv is known to give the world some of the very interesting accessories and this time around, it is expanding its line of products with the introduction of two new compact speaker systems.

More iPhone 4G Photos

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Another day, and some more photos of Apple’s [AAPL] next generation iPhone or iPhone 4G, this time the photos are of the actual case, and as you can see from the photos the case features a unibody design.

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T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide gets unboxed [Video]

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T-Mobile’s latest QWERTY Android phone, the myTouch 3G Slide, is just a week or so from launch, but over at Android Community they already have a unit in hand and are sharing an unboxing and some first impressions.

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