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Casio Exilim G EX-G1 review

Casio’s Exilim G EX-G1 camera made a solid suitable first impression with us when we got our hands on it in January, but we’ve now had a chance to use it a fair bit more both indoors and out, and reach some firmer conclusions about it. The short verdict is that the camera, like any [...]

Panasonic 3D home entertainment system goes on sale to a country in mourning

Beginning today, customers at Best Buy’s Magnolia stores can pick up that Panasonic full HD 3D Home Entertainment System the kids in Japan have been going crazy by for the last month or so. Consisting of a 50-inch Viera VT20 HDTV, a BDT300 Blu-ray Disc Player, and but one pair of Panasonic 3D Active Shutter [...]

Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t review

Who says you have to pick amidst a netbook and the coming onslaught of standalone tablet devices? Okay perhaps some (eh hem Apple), but Lenovo’s trying to have it both ways with the IdeaPad U1 and the S10-3t. In clamshell mode the S10-3t looks like any old 10-inch netbook, but swivel around its capacitive mulitouch [...]

G-Tec Intendix brain-computer interface ready for consumers (video)

If you’ve seen G-Tec’s thought control cap being used to control a Second Life avatar, play a game of Pong, or make music in an orchestral setting, you probably wondered when the thing would become available for less frivolous pursuits (to help the disabled communicate, for starters). Well, it looks like that day is close [...]

Target launches first scannable mobile coupon program, frugalistas going wild

Target’s announced it is launching a scannable mobile coupon program — the first of its kind. The opt-in program will provides Target shoppers with a customized webpage on their mobile phones, with all offers scannable at checkout via a individual barcode. Target’s no stranger to innovative marketing — its gift cards are well known for [...]

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After 200 years one of the world’s rarest Middlemists red camellias gets new lease on life

It lived through the Battle of Trafalgar, survived the reign of Victoria and escaped unharmed from a Blitz bomb.So it’s going to take more than a harsh British winter to stop one of the world’s rarest camellias from bursting into flower. that week – in a welcome sign that spring is just around the corner [...]

Worlds largest DNA model at Konan University in Kobe

A 22.54-meter-high model of a DNA molecule built by Konan University has been recognized as the worlds largest by Guinness World Records. The model, completed in May last year, reproduces the double helical structure of the deoxyribonucleic acid. It is 1 billion times larger than an actual DNA molecule. A section of glass wall that [...]

Silicon potential Touch 830 USB flash drive with additional touch of Northern European flavor

Silicon capability Metal Aesthetic Touch 830 USB flash drive inherits Silicon Power’s Touch series good looks, class and ultra thin design. The new Silicon ability Touch 830 USB flash drive has been given an additional touch of Northern European flavor. Combining art and technology, its design features icy-silver casing, natural looks and simplicity, it complies [...]

Wireless notes Usage among smartphone users in South Korea surges by 100-fold after iPhone launch

Monthly usage of wireless details among smartphone users in South Korea surged by 100-fold during the first two months following the iPhone’s launch in Korea. KT, South Korea’s second-largest mobile carrier, released the iPhone on Dec.1 through an exclusive contract with Apple. Its sales surpassed the 400,000-unit mark last week. According to KT, wireless notes [...]

MSI X360- latest step in the evolution of MSIs beautiful X-Slim series of notebooks

The MSI X360, the latest step in the evolution of MSI’s beautiful X-Slim series of notebooks, comes with the Intel Arrandale ULV processor to supply outstanding performance with a longer-lasting, more environmentally friendly battery. The X360 comes with the Intel Core i5 processor with Intel Turbo Boost and Hyper-Threading technology. The Intel HM55 chipset gives [...]

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Farewell To the South Pole Dome

Julie188 writes “After more than three decades of service to researchers and staff stationed at the bottom of the world, the dome at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station was deconstructed that austral summer. Designed and constructed by the Seabees — the construction battalions of the US Navy — in the early 1970s, the dome’s geodesic [...]

EU Parliament Rejects ACTA In a 663 To 13 Vote

An anonymous reader writes “‘The European Parliament defied the EU executive today (10 March), casting a vote against an agreement amidst the EU, the US and other major powers on combating online piracy and threatening to take legal action at the European Court of Justice.’”

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LHC Will Be Shut Down In 2011 considering of “Mistake”

astroengine pursues up to a story about the LHC shutting down that seems to have hit all the news replicators today. “It’s to be expected when pushing the frontiers of physics, but the LHC’s epic “will it or won’t it” saga continues. Due to an unexpected construction mistake, the LHC will cease experiments for a [...]

Study Shows TV Makes Kids Fat, Computers Don’t

Xemu writes “Computer’s don’t compose children fat, but watching TV for the same length of moment does. that is shown by a recent Swedish study of all school children in Lund’s county conducted by RN Pernilla Garmy. The results were clear: The child’s obesity was directly affected by placing a TV in the child’s room, [...]

Professors Banning Laptops In the Lecture Hall

Pickens writes “The Washington Post reports that professors have banned laptops from their classrooms at George Washington University, American University, the College of William and Mary, and the University of Virginia, among many others, compelling students to take notes the way their parents did: on paper. A generation ago, academia embraced the laptop as the [...]

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Street Fighter on iPhone, EA Sports Active 2.0, Beta 4 of OS 3.2 SDK surfaces

If you are a fan of old school horizontal fighters, Street Fighter IV is now on the iPhone. The game can be had for about $10 and there is no free trial version offered.

The new EA Sports Active 2.0 system will be available for the Wii, PS3, and iPhone when it launches. The system has [...]

Case-mate Hug ships, iPhone printing at Hilton Garden Inn, March Madness app

Case-mate has announced that its new wireless charging system called the Hug for the iPhone 3G and 3GS is now shipping. The system is available for $100 and includes the charge base, case, and screen protector.

Frequent travelers that stay in Hilton Garden Inn hotels can now use a system at the hotel that lets the [...]

China Unicom to get WiFi iPhone, No iPad/iPhone tethering, iPhone video shout rate surfaces

According to reports, China Unicom is set to sell the iPhone with WiFi. The current handsets it sells lack WiFi while gray market alternatives have it.

Steve Jobs has made it clear that those who buy the iPad in April won’t be able to tether the device to the iPhone for 3G connectivity. That is hardly [...]

FLPR remote dongle, eBooks overtake games in app store, iPhone price cut in China

The number of remote control dongles coming for the iPhone is growing all the moment. The latest offering is the FLPR from New Potato Technologies that turns the iPhone or iPod touch into a universal remote. The device will sell for about $80 at Best Buy later that month.

Games are the favorite items on [...]

Google backs Android and HTC, Apple may force HTC to remote cripple smartphones, AT&T CEO says iPhone urgent for some time

Google has announced that it is backing HTC and Android in the patent feud within Apple and HTC. Google wasn’t named in the suits, but HTC builds its Nexus One device.

A patent expert is warning that whether Apple wins its patent suit against HTC, HTC could be forced to remotely cripple some of its smartphones. [...]

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a-Jays One, Two and Three earbuds

Looking for a new pair of earbuds in the market? Well, a-Jays has got you covered with its simply named One, Two and Three models, where they will be going for $40, $50 and $60, respectively. These low-key earbuds will share a similar 8.6mm driver, extra-wide flat cables, and same external style, although there will [...]

Dell Mini 10v hacked with touchscreen display

Check out that Dell Mini 10v that has been hacked to include a touchscreen display instead of the regular one, giving you access to its icons with but a singled-out tap instead of double clicking. Using an $85 kit from Hoda, it is unlucky that none of the cables packaged with the display would work [...]

Infinitely Adjustable Reading Valet

Want to fork out $180 for something that might just send you to dreamland instead? After all, when you have something like the Infinitely Adjustable Reading Valet to work in tandem with a La-Z-Boy, chances are pretty high whatever tome you’re holding in your hand isn’t going to keep your attention riveted for faraway before [...]

Individual Washer sorts out clothes

Doing laundry can be quite challenging for the uninitiated, as there are pointers such as water temperature, color bleeding issues and bleaching to grapple with before you are able to set up a proper laundry rhythm at your home. The Individual Washer concept works differently since that upright washing machine is equipped with a trio [...]

Microsoft thinks AMOLEDs are the way to go

Folks at Microsoft – their engineers, specifically, have been reported to pick black backgrounds in Windows Phone 7 simply considering it will come in handy when working with AMOLED displays – after all, AMOLEDs and OLEDs do not consume any juice where black pixels are concerned. Apart from that, folks who want to do plenty [...]

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Case-Mate’s Hug wireless iPhone charging solution shipping now for $100

Remember that wireless induction charger that we saw poking around at the CES iLounge Pavilion earlier that year? Seems that Case-Mate has finally given that little doohickey a name, a price and a ship period. The aptly-titled Hug (which consists of the Hug Case and Hug Pad) slips onto one’s iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS [...]

Sausage stylus for the iPhone now on sale in the US

So you thought awesome gear never made the transition from Korea to the USA, huh? Not so in the case of the infamous sausage stylus we spotted a month ago. That cold weather peripheral — allowing its ingenious users to operate a capacitive touchscreen with gloves on — has made the big leap by to [...]

Aiptek PocketCinema Z20 packs pico projector and 720p camcorder

Watch out, Flip, considering here’s one firm guy that you don’t wanna mess with. Joining Aiptek’s family of pocket camcorders is the PocketCinema Z20 — a fine mix of 720p camera (courtesy of a 5 megapixel sensor) and pico projector of an unknown resolution, powered by a two-hour battery (which we’ll believe when we see [...]

New Potato’s FLPR IR dongle gives your iPhone home automation capabilities

It’s hard to say why we’ve seen a glut of these adapters hit all within the same week, but hey, the more the merrier! North Carolina’s own New Potato Technologies (yes, we’re serious) has followed up on ThinkFlood and capability A’s efforts by introducing an Infrared iPhone / iPod touch dongle of its own. The [...]

iPhone gets a stainless steel clamshell case, we’ll wait for the titanium version

You know, for all the praise the iPhone has received in its instance, we never thought it looked quite Matrix-y enough. Thankfully, that all-important deficiency has been remedied by a man named Ryan Glasgow up in Portland, who has just started selling the above case to all who care to have one. It’s built out [...]

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PlayStation 3 | 2010 FIFA World Cup Updated Hands-On

We talked online, penalties and post-release DLC as EA Sports showed us the latest build of 2010 FIFA World Cup.

It was fitting that today in San Francisco, we got beaten by USA when playing as England in 2010 FIFA World Cup. While that was a particularly humiliating blow, the event allowed us to find [...]

PlayStation 3 | Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 GDC 2010 PGA Tour Online Trailer

Get the lowdown on Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online!
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PlayStation 3 | Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 GDC 2010 Ryder Cup Trailer

An epic match, for honor…for country! All in the new Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11.
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PlayStation 3 | Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 GDC 2010 Meet Rory Trailer

Meet Rory McIlroy, sharing the cover of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 that year.
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PlayStation 3 | Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 GDC 2010 Tutorial Trailer

Get a quick tutorial for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11!
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