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Hitachi buys Fabrik web sharing service

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Fabrik.com offers cloud storage for a number of hard drive manufacturers including a few we’ve reviewed in the past. They’ve just been bought by Hitachi who is adding the service to their goodies.

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Behold! The Sigma DP2

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Thanks to its giant DSLR sensor, Sigma's DP1 takes better pictures than other point-and-shoots. It's also incredibly sexy, an unvarnished design relic from another era.

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Thomas Doyle

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Arts by Thomas Doyle! Amazing! The "The reprisal" in a 10 x 12 inches diameter!

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An enterprising Vaio P user, "DaHarder," seems to have gotten Leopard running on it, though not everything works. This creates a Mac that weighs 1.4 pounds, has a full-size keyboard, and fits in a (large) pocket. Unfortunately, it's referenced only obliquely, from another thread.

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Amazon’s Kindle 2 Available Now

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Amazon's new e-book reader, the Kindle 2, is now in stock at Amazon for $360. If you order it by 3:30 Pacific time, you can have one tomorrow, and be reading novels (and even the Gadget Lab) on what looks to be one of the slimmest, most usable e-book readers yet.

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CrunchDeals: Universal laptop dock for $23

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While the concept of a “universal” dock for your portable computer is certainly a welcome idea, the actual execution has been limited to what are essentially glorified USB hubs with so-so external video capabilities.

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How to Take Your iPhone Overseas

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Before I leave for a long-overdue vacation in Europe, I'm going to get my iPhone in travel-ready condition. Read on to find out how. I've been anticipating this vacation for a long time.

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Samsung TL320

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The Samsung TL320 has just annouced today. The Samsung TL320($380; May 2009) is a 12 megapixel with a 5x optical zoom and 24mm ultra wide lens, breaks ground by featuring the world's first 3.0-inch VGA AMOLED screen.

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Cowon D2+ DAP

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Cowon has decided to upgrade the D2 DAP to a D2+ version. The player measures 78mm x 55.4mm x 16.6mm and weights at only 91grams. It boasts a 2.5 inch QVGA LCD with a SDHC Cards slot and support up to 32GB SDHC Cards.

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Toy Tractor from Recycled Plastic

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Taken in the Rift Valley province of Kenya, this picture shows two young boys with their toy tractor. Notice the use of discarded plastic and a few nails. Simply ingenious, simply Afrigadget! This picture was submitted by Bankelele, one of Kenya’s top bloggers. Thank you very much Bankelele.

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SmartSwitch: tougher to turn when consumption is high

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You can tell some people about being considerate to the environment until you’re blue in the face, but they’ll still flagrantly waste power.

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Eight Lenovo ThinkPads hit military rugged standards

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Lenovo has announced that eight of its ThinkPad notebooks have passed military-standards for ruggedization, making them not only resistant to pressure, humidity, temperature, dust and vibration, but to a greater extent than some “mil-spec” rivals.

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Taking Space Coffee to the Next Level

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We featured astronaut Don Pettit's inventive space sippy-cup last fall and now see that coroflot member Travis Baldwin is working with Don on developing it further.(more...

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Fujifilm Finally Released FinePix F200EXR Digicam

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Fujifilm has finally confirmed the availability of its FinePix F200EXR digicam. In case you didn’t know, this 12MP digital camera comes equipped with Super CCD EXR technology with a powerful Fujinon 5x wide angle optical zoom lens, and the most powerful face detection technology on the...

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Myracer Lisse T10 Touchscreen PMP

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Myracer, a PMP manufacturer from Korea introducing its latest product called Lisse T10. Comes in a minimalist sleek design, Myracer Lisse T10 sport a 2.8-inch touchscreen display with QVGA resolution. Lisse T10 will be available with either 2GB or 4GB internal storage.

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Haiku Review: Rebit 500

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Full-system backup-- Rebit leaps to save the day should your C: drive croak. —Tony Hoffman For the full-length, free-verse Rebit 500 review check out PCMag.com.

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AirCreation Tanarg Trike

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The AirCreation Tanarg($ 50,000 - 85,000) is a trike designed with passion, conceived to take you in pursuit of your dreams. Its novel design incorporates sophisticated structure (all welded stainless steel) with sleek curves molded into its composite skin.

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Two more X-Slim notebooks coming from MSI

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After getting everyone worked up at CES over its X320 netbook, MSI has let slip two additional models in the X-Slim series; both actual notebooks with Centrino 2 processors, too.

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“Shape-shifting car” underwhelms; promo video is 3 minutes of your life you’ll never get back

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As spotted by Wired: Swiss auto tuner Rinspeed is rolling into the Geneva Motor Show with a wild shape-shifting, iPhone-controlled electric concept car that adapts to suit the number of passengers.

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Design firm aims to turn doors into power sources

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Fluxxlab is an NYC-based design firm run by partners Jennifer Broutin and Carmen Trudell that focuses on "sustainable energy harvesting, specifically in the form of converting small amounts of human energy into electricity."

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Taplamp

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Go ahead! You can touch it. [QED Design via Mocoloco]

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The Kindle 2 manual straight from Amazon

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It’s getting close to the Kindle’s February 24th launch date and Amazon has made the official manual available a head of time.

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Genius Launch G-Pen F509 digital tablet

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Genius G-Pen F509 is a portable digital tablet device with cordless pen come in 5.25- x 8.75-inches dimension. Sport a large input area Genius G-Pen F509 also offer 26 programmable hot keys for shortcuts. The cordless pen itself packs two buttons to control shapes and thickness.

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Space-based Solar Power : Possibly, within a decade

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Space Energy, Inc. looks at space-based solar power (SBSP) as a viable solution to the energy crisis whole world is facing today. Although the idea may seem to be fanciful, it’s perfectly feasible to count on the mechanics associated.

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Portable Toaster By Kim Been

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Kim Been has come out with this unique Portable Toaster with shaped just like an ordinary knife. It features “a graphic user interface that shows how well the bread is toasted and how long it has been in with animated pictures.” The bread will transform from white to brown, simply by...

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Moleskines go large

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Moleskines are great for scribbling writing on the go, but if you like to sketch, they're just too small. They're finally addressing this, with new products on the way: This spring, Moleskine is launching The Folio Collection.

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GPS Tracking Systems

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There are many GPS Tracking Devices on the market now with some being as little as a fountain pen and can be slipped into someone’s car or even bag without them knowing.

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Ramune and the Mystery of the Codd Stopper Bottle

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One of my favorite treats at an Asian grocery store is Ramune. Ramune is a soda with Japanese origins (there's a Taiwanese version as well) that comes in a variety of sugary-sweet flavors. Although, unfortunately, not blood. Bummer.

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Azimuth “I Wish We Were Urwerk” Twin Tourbillon

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Granted, I'd really dig the Azimuth Twin Tourbillon watch if it wasn't so friggin obvious who they envy. I mean, I love Urwerk too but I don't want to get all Single White Female on them...

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What ever became of the Survival Car?

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Back in the 50’s, safety features in automobiles were not exactly what you’d call a priority. People were flush with post-war money, and the car manufactures were selling vehicles as fast as they could turn them out, sometimes with fatal results.

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Skylon: The future of Space Tourism

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The only thing that stands between space tourism getting into mainstream is the actual cost of launching a spacecraft. Well, if things go as planned we’ll be witnessing a low-cost-reusable-sexy-looking rocket named Skylon in less than 10 years.

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Materials geekery: The hardest substance on Earth

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Looks like diamond is no longer the hardest substance in the world. That distinction now goes to the material of lonsdaleite, which scientists have discovered is 58% harder. Diamonds are relatively easy to come by--just get someone to propose to you--but lonsdaleite's a little trickier to acquire.

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CrunchDeal: 10% off Incipio iPhone cases

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I had never heard of Incipio but they have quite a few cool-looking cases for the iPhone and a few other devices including the Curve 8900. They’re offering 10% for customers right now, so check it out. Use the discount code CASE10 on checkout. Easy enough.

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Affordable kitchen implements designed by Karim Rashid

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California-based Slice has a new line of four kitchen implements designed by Karim Rashid: A precision cutter, vegetable peeler, Y-peeler, and grater.

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