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- A Story About Woz and Jobs, Actual Partners in Crime [TrueCrime] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:20:00 EDT
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When Steve Jobs singled out Steve Wozniak as his "partner in crime" at yesterday's event, he wasn't just speaking figuratively. Here's Woz recounting the time he, Jobs, and the infamous Captain Crunch got picked up by the police for phreaking. More »
  
- Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:00:00 EDT
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Can you smell what #dealz is cookin'? We've got some great bargains on a 13.3" Core i3 HP Laptop, a nice 14MP Samsung HZ30W, and we're storing that food in a free Ziploc Container. Mmmm, tasty.
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- Canon's Omnidirectional Camera is a 50 Megapixel Eye That Looks Everywhere at Once [Canon] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:40:00 EDT
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Panoramic photography can be tricky. What's better? Canon's camera that shoots a single, 360° image. The tech uses a giant, 50 megapixel CMOS sensor and aspheric mirror to capture a sharp, sweeping photo, exceeding the human eye's measly 120° view. More »
- Unlimited and 25MB Data Plans Available at Verizon Wireless Now [Verizon Wireless] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:21:21 EDT
This is great news for pre-paid Verizon Wireless customers, with the carrier introducing unlimited and 25MB data options for their SIMs. Available from today in-store (or online on September 28th), the plans will only work with (most of their) 3G smartphones—which makes sense, really. The unlimited plan comes in at $30 per month, and for the 25MB plan, it's a tenner a month. [MobileBurn via MobileCrunch] More »
- The Nintendo Famicom All Pulled Apart [Teardowns] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:00:00 EDT
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Before there was the NES, there was the Nintendo Family Computer AKA Famicom, an early version of the ultra-popular console sold in Asian markets starting in 1983. So, wanna see what the guts of a video game revolution look like? More »
- Canon's Ungodlynormous Image Sensor Sees London, France and Underpants in the Dark [Digital Cameras] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:59:00 EDT
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A full-frame image sensor, like in the 5D Mark II or Nikon D3s, is the equivalent of 35 millimeters. This image sensor is 300 millimeters. This is how well it can see in the dark: More »
- What Is Canon's Mysterious Ultimate Printer? [Canon] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:52:00 EDT
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There's not really any info about this printer, but it's apparently so amazing Canon's got a countdown to the announcement—nearly six months away—and they won't let anybody take pictures of it. Oops. [Canon Expo] More »
- Energizer's New Inductive Charger Is the First To Use the Qi Standard [Charging] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:36:11 EDT
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Inductive chargers have been kicking around for a while now, but Energizer's new charging platter is the first to utilize Qi technology—the new universal standard for inductive charging. That's one small step closer to total freedom from cables. More »
- The Best Android Apps for Your Car [Android] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:20:00 EDT
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Having an Android along for your daily commute or occasional car trips can make the ride a lot easier, safer, and simply more fun. Here are our favorite Android apps to have on hand when it's time to hit the road. More »
- The Best iPhone Apps for Your Car [IPhone] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:20:00 EDT
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Whether it's your daily commute or a random road trip, your iPhone can help you drive, park, and stave off passenger boredom. Here are our picks for the best iPhone apps for when you're on the move. More »
- So, No Free National Broadband For Us After All [Broadband] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:15:24 EDT
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We called it months ago, but finally the FCC has seen what everyone else could see back then: providing free national broadband for all would be too costly. So, the project has been dropped like a ton of bricks. More »
- This Is What a 120-Megapixel Camera Looks Like [Digital Cameras] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:03:32 EDT
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This is a camera that shoots 120-megapixel panorama photos. And this is a photo it shot: More »
- Oil Platform Explodes in Gulf of Mexico [Oil] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:57:00 EDT
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An oil production platform in the Vermilion Bay exploded today around 9:30am, with 13 people on board. One crew member was injured, and 12 are in the water in immersion suits. As of 10:30am the rig was still on fire. More »
- Canon's Single-Shot Multi-Band 50-Megapixel Camera Sees Colors the Human Eye Can't [Canon] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:40:08 EDT
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You're not seeing the full picture—the picture that the world's first single-shot multi-band camera can see, because it's got six color filters mounted on its 50-megapixel CMOS sensor. Here's what it sees: More »
- Apple's New iPod Touch Torn Apart By The FCC [Apple] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:40:07 EDT
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The FCC has set its camera to macro mode and snapped the insides of Apple's new iPod Touch. There's a ruler for scale and it might be possible to tell what camera the FCC uses from the reflections. More »
- Brighter Than Before, Philips' 3D 21:9 TV Does Films Justice [3dTv] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:27:25 EDT
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The 21:9 has an advantage with its letterbox aspect ratio. Unlike other TVs, films fit the screen without those annoying black bars. With Toy Story 3D, you're drawn into a more engaging 3D image than the 55-inch 3D sets manage. More »
- Old AppleTVs Won't Get Netflix, Or Any of the New Software [Appletv] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:00:07 EDT
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Ars got the official word from an Apple spokesperson: there will be no new software update for old AppleTVs. That means no sexy Netflix, though you'll be able to keep on buying movies and TV shows instead of renting. [Ars] More »
- The Subway Map of Science [Chart] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:40:00 EDT
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Interconnecting natural philosophy, theoretical physics and quantum mechanics, astronomy and cosmology, natural history, geology and paleontology, genetics, chemistry, microbiology, neurology, medicine, and even the closed Chemistry line, this map of the subway is a fascinating summary of human sciences. More »
- Shooting Challenge: R&R [Photography] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:20:00 EDT
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Labor Day Weekend is almost upon us, which means that I'm putting you to work. This week's Shooting Challenge is to capture R&R. More »
- Quincy Jones' Harman Signature Headphones [Headphones] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:13:56 EDT
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Dr. Dre has his own Beats line of headphones, in which the name means both beats, like in music, and beats, as in the overly heavy bass beats you in the head. Now Quincy Jones does too, from AKG by Harman. More »
- Toshiba Folio Android Tablet Official Details [Ifa2010] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:09:00 EDT
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The Toshiba Folio is now official, following the trail of Samsung Galaxy Tab. Here are the official details: More »
- This Combat Jet Joystick Is a Lot of Stick and Not Much Joy [Airplanes] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:40:00 EDT
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In the age of touchscreens, I love this close-up of a MiG-29 joystick, all dented and battered by thousands of flight hours, and God only knows how many missile launches and bomb drops. Form follows function taken to the extreme. More »
- The World's New Fastest SDHC Memory Card [Memory] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:18:00 EDT
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Reading at a maximum of 95MB/s and writing at 80MB/s, the new Toshiba SDHC UHS-I memory cards are the fastest in the world. Now, good luck finding a camera that can saturate that kind of bandwidth. More »
- Stephen Hawking: "Big Bangs Happen" [Blockquote] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:00:45 EDT
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Hawking's covered the end of the world, now he's examining the beginning—writing "It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going". The Big Bang was a certainty. [Reuters] More »
- DIY Meat Smoker Texts You When Your Meat's Ready [DIY] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:20:00 EDT
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I'm happy admiring most do-it-yourself projects from the remove of the internet, but this, an electronic meat smoker than buzzes you with a text when your shanks are adequately smoked, is one I need to try in person. More »
- If Apple Can't Deal With Facebook's "Onerous" Terms For Ping, Why Is It In Apple's Keynote Screenshots? [Updated] [Apple] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:40:00 EDT
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Did Steve Jobs pull Facebook support for Ping, Apple's new music-focused social networking service, at the last second? Ping launched yesterday without support for Facebook, the world's most popular social networking service. More »
- Samsung Confirms Honeycomb Will Follow Gingerbread in Android Name-Game [Android] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:34:14 EDT
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Not just confirming the Honeycomb name, Samsung's head of product planning commented that "the next platform we'll be using [on the Galaxy Tab] will be Gingerbread. Depending on our international partners, we'll be working to upgrade from Froyo to Gingerbread." More »
- A Quick Look at Samsung's Galaxy Tab Shows It's a Lot Better Than I Expected [Tablets] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:26:56 EDT
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A limited look at the Galaxy Tab showed me all I needed to see: this thing is great. I'm no fan of Samsung phones, and worried it would feel cheap, with TouchWiz an albatross around Android's neck. I was wrong. More »
- This 3DTV Has Sharp's Quattron Tech, for Four Color Rendering [3dTv] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:04:07 EDT
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Sharp's billing this TV as the world's first 3DTV with Quattron technology—which isn't hard, considering it's their own invention, which adds a fourth color, yellow, to great effect. It aims to increase brightness by 1.8x. More »
- Sony Takes Out Their Google-Powered Internet TV For a Spin [Googletv] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:26:58 EDT
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Sony's Internet TV is at IFA, demonstrating how Google TV might make your soccer—or football, rather—watching experience more interesting. No further details on the hardware side of things, but the UI looks polished, and more importantly, pretty useful. More »
- Google Sued By Floridian Over Nexus One's 3G Issues [Android] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:04:00 EDT
On behalf of his neighbors in Florida—as well as California—Nathan Nabors is attempting to take on Google in a breach of contract class action lawsuit, due to the continuing problems with the Nexus One's 3G signal. You'd think he'd be better off taking his issue up with T-Mobile, really. [TechCrunch] More »
- After Watching This Video, You Will Like to Be an Astronaut Too [Space] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:00:00 EDT
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I've never seen anything like this: The Earth captured in time lapse by an astronaut at the International Space Station, cruising at 17,239 miles per hour—that's 7.7 kilometers per second, or 4.7 miles per second. More »
- Sony Delays 3D Blu-ray Playback for PS3 [PS3] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:40:12 EDT
Sony's plan to update the PS3's firmware with support for 3D playback via Blu-ray has been put back, with the company now saying it'll be here some time during October. So you'll have to find some other way to play that vast catalogue of 3D discs you own until then. [Electricpig via Kotaku] More »
- Philips Bringing 21:9 3D Cinema Display to the Home [TVs] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:24:48 EDT
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Philips has quite an exciting announcement for home cinema fans at its IFA press conference today—it's upgrading its 21:9 Cinema display with Full HD 3D capabilities. More »
- Samsung's HMX-T10 Camcorder Has Full HD and 20-Degree Slanted Lens [Camcorders] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:15:45 EDT
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They describe it as "groundbreaking," with the 20-degree slanted lens of the HMX-T10 supposedly aiding sore wrists. I don't know about that, but the rest of the specs make me happy: full HD, for starters. More »
- Sony's iTunes Competitor is Music Unlimited [Music] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:53:25 EDT
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Sony revealed its big new push into the music world last night, in the form of Music Unlimited—a new way for everyone to manage their audio collections and listen to music, entirely via the cloud. More »
- Now Sony is a Train Driver [Block Quote] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:40:52 EDT
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At Sony's IFA press conference, their CEO Sir Howard Stringer talked up Sony's 3D might. Expect to see Sony: Train Driver Simulator! on the PS3 shortly. [TechRadar] More »
- Samsung's Galaxy Tab Runs Froyo, Has Flash and Measures 7-Inches [Tablets] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:40:27 EDT
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It was possibly the worst-kept secret in tablet-land (more so than the iPad), but the final specs have now been revealed for the Samsung Galaxy Tab. It'll run Android 2.2 (Froyo) and comes in a 7-inch flavor—for now. More »
- Is Amazon Making a Loss on Its 99-Cent Downloads to Counteract Apple's Rentals? [Amazon] - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:06:50 EDT
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An interesting theory from PaidContent proposes that Amazon's actually making a loss on those 99-cent TV episode streaming purchases, as an attempt to head off any stragglers considering Apple's 99-cent rentals. [PaidContent] More »
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