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1041. Data logging and Data Acquisition: New! Data logging Made Easy with NI LabVIEW SignalExpress and CompactDAQ - Sponsored link

The out of the box, non-programming data logging solution of NI CompactDAQ and LabVIEW SignalExpress reduces your time to first measurement to seconds. Combine the flexibility of over 30 plug-in modules leveraging USB plug-and-play technology with analysis routines and HTML report generation to quickly log, analyze, and present your data without any programming. View video demonstrations and download the free software.

1037. Larkham says Wallaby rugby has great future even without him - Stuff.co.nz

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Larkham says Wallaby rugby has great future even without him
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 12 hours ago
But the deal was terminated several days ago following a change of ownership, with the club returning to the control of the Scottish Rugby Union. ...
McCaw's got nothing on Larkham, says Smith New Zealand Herald
Larkham still keen to join a European club Scotsman
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1084. THE LATEST NEWS HEADLINES--YOUR VOTE COUNTS (Journalism.org)

THE LATEST NEWS HEADLINES—YOUR VOTE COUNTS — If someday we have a world without journalists, or at least without editors, what would the news agenda look like? How would citizens make up a front page differently than professional news people? — If a new crop of user-news sites … Source: Journalism.org
Link: http://www.journalism.org/node/7493 Techmeme permalink

1093. Update on the $100 laptop

draft_2609_big.gif.jpg Break open the piggy banks, girls and boys, production of the XO1, the $100 laptop, has been ramped-up, with hardware suppliers being given the go-ahead to produce components needed to build millions of the machines. For less than the cost of a pair of designer jeans, a needy child can become a participant in the global online community as part of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program. Once disparaged by such tech worthies as Intel chairman Greg Barret and Microsoft’s Bill Gates, the laptop now draws praise from the tech community for its innovative design. Whether the child lives in the deserts of Libya or the mountains of Peru, there is a powering option available for them, including solar, foot-pump, or pull-string power. To accommodate schoolchildren without a roof over their heads, the laptops also come with a sunlight-readable display. More

1094. Italian designer Di Blasi Folding Trike

Folding%20Trike%20Open%20low.jpg Perfect for summer travel and a must-have companion for boating, camping or city travel, the motorized (model R-34) and non-motorized (model R-32) Folding Trike folds in just 5 seconds and 3 simple steps, without using tools and without screwing or unscrewing any device. Once folded, the Di Blasi Folding Trike measures only 28 in (tall) x 11 in (wide) x 25 in (long). Constructed for long rides, the Folding Trike is equipped with foldable pedals, 5 gears operated by twist shifter placed on the right side of the handlebar, two V brakes, one of which working also as a parking brake, dynamo-powered front and tail lights and mudguards. Product Page

1672. Apple to bring iTunes Store to Apple TV?

Mac site LoopRumors is claiming that Apple's next update to its Apple TV device will include direct integration with the iTunes Store, allowing them to buy songs and rent movies from their sofa, without needing to use a computer. It's a simple enough feature (presumably the downloaded files would still be stored on the user's computer), and logical.

1750. The Conference Call Is Dead. Here's a Better Way

Conference calls haven't changed much in the past couple of decades. They're still an unproductive and annoying waste of time. Fortunately A two-year-old startup called TalkShoe rolled out a new VoIP service yesterday called ShoePhone. Unlike other VoIP services, ShoePhone offers a long list of features that make it an ideal replacement for the old-and-busted corporate conference call. ShoePhone can handle up to 250 callers at once, plus thousands of additional people who can listen live without talking. The whole call is then posted online for all to refer to later. That a huge pile of other incredible features. ShoePhone displays the name of whoever is talking, and features a mute button, text-chat censoring and a nice feature call "request-to-talk queuing" a huge pile of other cool features. It's time to DUMP THE OLD CONFERENCE CALL into the ash heap of obsolete corporate communication media.

1712. BeliefWatch: Reincarnate

In one of history's more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a 2005 Gallup poll, 20 percent of all U.S. adults believe in reincarnation. ...

1862. Gates Successor Says Microsoft Laid Foundation for Google

thefickler writes "According to Bill Gates' successor Craig Mundie, there would have been no Google without Microsoft. 'I mean, the fact is: Google's existence and success required Microsoft to have been successful previously to create the platform that allowed them to go on and connect people to their search servers. Now, Microsoft's business is not to control the platform per se, but in fact to allow it to be exploited by the world's developers. The fact that we have it out there gives us a good business, but in some ways it doesn't give us an advantage over any of the other developers in terms of being able to utilize it.' This comment comes from a lengthy interview between Mundie and APC magazine, which talks with the newly installed strategy and R&D head. Other interesting topics discussed include the future of Microsoft and Windows, OOXML, and and the 'rise of Linux' on the desktop."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

1863. How the iPod Touch Works

starexplorer2001 writes "The iPod Touch isn't in stores yet, but HowStuffWorks has a nice summary of how the 'touch' part of the iPod Touch works. Very similar to how the iPhone works, without those pesky rebates! From the article: 'The iPod touch also has a few other features that iPod enthusiasts had hoped to see on standard iPod models. Some users hoped for a wirelessly enabled iPod so they could synch their music or share files with friends over a Bluetooth or WiFi connection. The iPod touch is the first iPod to have wireless capability, although it doesn't use it to synch with a computer or friends' iPods. Instead, you can use it to browse the Web, watch YouTube videos or download music from a WiFi-specific iTunes Music Store. With its widescreen display and WiFi capability, the iPod touch might sound like a big step up from older iPod models. But the iPod touch isn't for everyone.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.

1890. Vision Magane Japan launch the MyDo eyeSonic earphone glasses

Bless the Japanese, the world would be an awful place without their crazy inventions and Hello Kittyfied products. A company out there, Vision Magane, has announced some new glasses which literally make my eyes bleed just looking at them. The MyDo eyeSonic specs contain bone conduction earphones, so sound vibrations reach...

1897. Keep your gadgety green fingers clean with the USB greenhouse

And still the crazy USB gadgets keep coming. The latest novelty from Brando is the USB Greenhouse, which lets you grow drugs plants on your desktop without worrying about whether they're getting enough sunlight. Pros: Your computer keeps tabs on the growth status of your foliage, and you get free Marigold seeds with it. Cons: When future generations look back at the early 21st century, they'll wonder why we were piddling about with USB greenhouses while the rainforests died.

1927. Logitech FreePulse Wireless Headphones

Love your iPod or MP3 player, but hate the cords? With Logitech's FreePulse Wireless headphones you can enjoy your music without being tied down or tangled up. Integrated volume controls and Bass Boost mode let you take control of your music, while advanced BluetoothÂ® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate wireless technology ensures clear, interference-free audio with up to 10 m. range. Extended life rechargeable batteries provide up to six hours of play time. The high carbon spring-steel headband is lightweight yet rugged, and the soft-touch comfort rings provide a secure fit. The FreePulse Wireless headphones are compatible with most audio players, and include custom-fit iPod adapters just charge, plug, and play! Product Link

1932. 10 Tasty, Easy and Healthy Breakfast Ideas

You get up in the morning, you rush to get ready for work, you rush out the door without a breakfast. Perhaps you grab a bagel and cream cheese, perhaps a muffin, perhaps an Egg McMuffin. If youâ€™re lucky, you get a pastry, a hearty breakfast of pancakes and sausage and eggs, or an English fry-up.

1940. Hasbro Power Tour Guitar has launched, bears Gibson name

All the way from January, this nifty little guitar works a lot like guitar hero, without the whole video game aspect of it. The entire fret board is also used instead of just a few buttons. There are 12 tracks that are supposed to be preloaded for you to jam out to. There is also a [...]

1987. An iPod touch ships without OS X - hints at disabled Bluetooth (Thomas Ricker/Engadget)

An iPod touch ships without OS X — hints at disabled Bluetooth — You can argue that the iPod touch is an iPhone without the phone. So what's an iPod touch without OS X? You're looking at it. That's Dave's swanky new iPod touch, fresh off the boat and out of the box with nothing more than a diagnostic utility. Source: Engadget
Author: Thomas Ricker
Link: http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/14/ipod-touch-ships… Techmeme permalink

2057. Cult Watch 2007: Who's Drinking the Kool-Aid?

As we wind down another year in technology, it's a good time to check in on the cults and see how they’re doing. For companies who inspire them, user cults are nice because they motivate customers to overlook strategic blunders, exaggerate product successes and -- most importantly -- walk the earth “virally” marketing products without pay.

Cult members themselves get an enhanced feeling of self-worth through group association. "I'm better than you! I have an iPhone!" Consumers can become one of the “chosen people” for $399, plus a two-year contract.

Let's have a look at the major tech cults -- Apple, Microsoft, Linux, Google, Amazon, Palm and BlackBerry -- and see how they're doing on the KOOL-AID SCALE.

2066. Complex Humanoid Robot Has a 'Soft Touch'

A new Japanese humanoid robot called Twendy-One has a SOFT TOUCH -- "241 pressure-sensors in each silicon-wrapped hand" -- that lets it pick up a loaf of bread without crushing it. The five-foot tall, 245 pound rolling robot speaks Japanese and is one of the most complex ever built, but may cost as little as $200,000 when it starts work in around 2015 at hospitals and offices. Here comes the VIDEO!

2085. Major advances made in predicting crystal structures

Researchers have met the challenge of predicting the crystal structures of small organic molecules by computational methods without experimental input, a goal that has been described as the Holy Grail of crystallography....

2096. Stem Cells without the Embryos

Kyoto University and University of Wisconsin scientists appear to have independently achieved one of regenerative medicine's holy grails: reprogramming human adult cells to behave like embryonic stem cells, without the use of an embryo or a human egg...

2148. Could We Live Forever? Or Even Come Close?

Technology, along with lifestyle changes, may extend our already-increasing lifespans for hundreds of years. "We've gone 20,000 years without significantly changing the software that runs in our body. We have the tools now to do that," said Ray K...

2178. Wearing a Computer at Work

Roland Piquepaille writes "The European Union has funded an ambitious project related to wearable technology. The project, named WearIT@work, will end in one year and invested funds are expected to exceed 23 million euros. The goal is to replace traditional interfaces, such as screen, keyboard or computer unit, by speech control or gesture control without modifying the applications. This wearable system is currently being tested in four different fields including aircraft maintenance, emergency response, car production and healthcare."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

2234. Vudu TV Set Top Box - 5,000 Movies on Demand

Want to watch new movies without the hassel of running to the video store or downloading them from a torrent site? The Vudu set top box might be the right for you. At $400 the Vudu currently gives you access to over 5,000 movies at $2 to $4 a rental (24 period) or $15 to purchase outright. All you need is a fast ethernet connection and and of course a television. Vudu offers near DVD quality picture and sound, something that the xbox 360 and apple tv can't claim at the moment. The company is aiming to have over 10,000 titles available within the next couple of months.

2314. Dig Alfie Allen and want to send him a present this Christmas? Read on...

The sibling cash-cow that is Alfie Allen has kindly shared his top Christmas gadgets list online, because quite simply - what would we do this Christmas without knowing what Lily Allen's younger brother is pining for? I'm surprised we've managed this far without it! Included in his list of GIMME GIMMES, DON'T YOU KNOW I'M LILY ALLEN'S BROTHER AND WILL STAR IN DANIEL RADCLIFFE'S LEFTOVERS list are several games, such as SingStar Party, which is available on the PS2 or PS3...

2361. AT-AT Gamecube mod now for sale, fanboys swarm

Filed under: Gaming
There are mods, and then there are works of art. Without question, the item you see above falls squarely into the latter category, and it's likely to give any devout Star Wars fan a chance at fainting upon first glance. The AT-AT Gamecube mod (also referred to as the AT-GC in some circles) was built a few years back, but now the proud creator has decided to cash out and let the highest bidder take ownership. This beast maintains the original heatsink and cooling fans, and comes with the AT-AT pilot, four Wavebird controllers and a pair of memory cards. Check out a few more detailed shots and a video in the read link below, and go ahead and throw your bid in while you're at it -- resistance is futile, you know? Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

2402. Hitch Vault – The Mini Safe

Hitch Vault I take great precaution in making sure I’m never without something I need, or if I am without making sure I have a backup plan. For example, I have a spare set of keys my parents keep for me and when I know I’m having a short cash flow month, I stash a little in a secret place that I often forget about until I’m in desperate need of it. The Hitch Vault takes those same concepts and brings them a little closer and more accessible. You put into your truck/SUV standard hitch receiver and voila, mini safe. It’s perfect for storing an extra set of keys, cash, credit cards or what-have-you. There’s a combination lock on it and unless you’re prone to forgetting numbers it’s a perfect solution for making sure your essentials are safe and handy. If this device isn’t something you’re interested in, I bet you know someone who could really use one and it is the season for giving. You can purchase a Hitch Vault for $70 at Amazon. Never be Locked out Again [via Coolest Gadgets] Relevant Entries on SlashGear

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2416. Microfluidic Chips Made With Shrinky Dinks

SoyChemist writes "When she started her job as a new professor at UC Merced, Michelle Khine was stuck without a clean room or semiconductor fabrication equipment, so she went MacGyver and started making Lab-on-a-Chip devices in her kitchen with Shrinky Dinks, a laser printer, and a toaster oven. She would print a negative image of the channels onto the polystyrene sheets and then shrink them with heat. The miniaturized pattern served as a perfect mold for forming rounded, narrow channels in PDMS — a clear, synthetic rubber."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

2445. World of Warcraft Dell XPS notebooks urges you to scream “For The Horde!”

So Dell, not too long ago, sold a pair of WoW customized laptops for charity, well, now you can buy one for yourself without the charity price. The customizations aren’t all external with some cool decals slapped on a XPS M1730, they went all out. Inside, they start buy going ahead and installing both versions of WoW, the original World of Warcraft and The Burning Crusade as well as all major client patches, and as time goes on, as long as they are still selling this laptop, they’ll continue to test and pre-install the latest patches. They also load up the system with customized WoW screensavers and backgrounds. You can get the laptop in your choice of Horde or Alliance, which one you choose determines what the lid of your laptop looks like, as well as what backgrounds and screensavers your system comes pre-loaded with. With your system you also get a Quest Envelope, a WoW backpack full of stuff, and then your computer, obviously. The Quest Envelope comes separate from the system via certified overnight mail and contains some interesting things including a Golden Ticket, the Blizzard Beta Club Card, and the Collector’s Edition Account Upgrade Certificate. The Golden Ticket nets you a real life figurine of your character with weapons and armor of your choice, this is done by FingerPrints, and they pull your characters data off the server to make your figurine. The Blizzard Beta Club Card gets you into the next 5 betas including the Wrath of the Lich King. The Collector’s Edition Account Upgrade is right now only good for a special pet in the game. Now for the Backpack, it has the WoW BattleChest which has full, retail versions of WoW and the Burning Crusade as well as WarCraft III and the Frozen Throne expansion for it as well as the strategy guide for both. It also has the WoW soundtrack, a making of WoW behind the scenes DVD, the Heroes of Azeroth and Through the Dark Portal starter decks for the WoW trading card game, the BradyGames WoW strategy guide, the Burning Crusade Strategy guide, the Rise of the Horde book, and the Tides of Darkness book. Now then for the notebook, you get an XPS M1730 customized for WoW, it has a 17” HD LCD, illuminated speaker grills and faction honor badges, a backlit keyboard, an integrated Logitech GamePanel LCD stats tracker, nVidia SLI with an AGEIA PhysX mobile card setup (that’s better than any pre-configured desktop I’ve ever seen), and the rest is the standard XPS M1730 notebook configuration. If you want it, it will cost you a cool $4500 with the base configuration, which if I do say so myself, is far from basic, me want. And finally, “FOR THE HORDE!!!” World of Warcraft Notebook: Horde or Alliance-Which One Are You [via Engadget] Relevant Entries on SlashGear

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2590. Space Shifting DVDs to Cost Extra?

Depending on who you listen to Steve Jobs has supposedly been pitching the idea of selling "premium" DVDs that would include an extra fee for the privilege of transferring your legally-purchased DVD to a different device. "The courts have held that "space-shifting" your CDs to a portable music device is a fair use. So you can legally import your CD collection to your iPod, or any other device, without paying a penny. But Steve Jobs apparently wants to charge you $4 for the privilege of doing the same with your DVDs."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

2593. How To Beat Congress's Ban Of Humans On Mars

An anonymous reader writes "Earlier this year, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban humans on Mars at NASA: "Provided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be used for any research, development, or demonstration activities related exclusively to the human exploration of Mars." The bill is held up in Congress and the anti-Mars language may be taken out. But in case the Mars ban becomes law, the Space Review has a handy guide on how NASA can beat the ban and continue its research and development without breaking the law."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

2627. Sony working on direct-to-PSP download store

Filed under: Gaming Now that PSP owners in the US can finally access the Playstation store without a PS3, it looks like Sony's getting ready to take the next logical step and cut the computer out of the equation as well. Speaking to MTV's Multiplayer blog, Playstation Network operations chief Eric Lempel said PSP downloads were "Something we're thinking about. With the capability of the PSP it's something that should be possible...it's just a matter of priorities and some technology that we need to make it all work right and make sure the content is delivered securely, just to protect some of our [intellectual properties]." Lempel went on to say that Sony is also working on and iTunes-like syncing functionality for the PSP, and that Mac support will be forthcoming. All in all, it seems like interesting times are ahead for Sony's newly-revived little gamer.

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2644. AT&T claims completely open network, too -- "the most open," even!

Filed under: Cellphones Who'd have thought the end of 2007 would see US cellphone carrier heavyweights duking it out with PR one-upsmanship to be... open? Seriously, someone pinch us, it's as amazing as it is farcical. So the latest development in big network "openness" has USA Today running off in the opposite direction with AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega's comments that "You can use any handset on our network you want... We don't prohibit it, or even police it. ... We are the most open wireless company in the industry." We think the headline "AT&T flings cellphone network wide open" kind of says it all.

The reality of the situation? Nothing has changed between yesterday and today, and, as de la Vega told us a couple of weeks ago, AT&T customers can continue expect the status quo from the nation's largest carrier in terms of their level of openness and flexibility. Granted, it's one thing for Verizon to say they're going wide open (especially being ridiculously closed CDMA carrier they are), but it's quite another for AT&T to lay claims as though it's somehow more open than any other carrier in the world when that argument comes as an extension of its core network technology. Yes, you can take your AT&T SIM, put it in an unlocked device, and run it on their network without much hassle -- but that doesn't make AT&T any more "open" than the final-say testing facility Verizon intends to use in "openly" making approvals (and disapprovals) of devices and software.

[Thanks, epi117] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

2645. Barbie B2 touchscreen MP3 player in pink and bearskin

Filed under: Portable Audio
If you've ever wondered how Barbie will prey upon the insecurities of the future generation of robot-assimilated little girls -- this is it. Somewhere in that Planet of the Apes, dystopian fembot horde sits the touchscreen Barbie B2 MP3 player. Unfortunately, without any clues for scale, the device is either the size of a fingernail, or giant Barbies with even more preposterous breast-to-hips ratios are invading Korea as we speak. We'll guess something closer to the former (while secretly hoping for the latter).

Update: We found the site pushing the B2. Of course, the makeup case design comes with a mirror to remind your little princess that she'll never quite meet the corporate beauty standard. Picture after the break.

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2668. Blast-Proof Fabric Resists Multiple Explosions

An anonymous reader tips a Gizmodo story on a fabric whose properties are counterintuitive, to say the least of it. "Zetix is a fabric so strong it will resist multiple car bomb blasts without breaking. It absorbs and disperses the energy from explosions... it can be used in body armor, window covering, military tents, and hurricane defenses... [and] it can be used as medical sutures that won't damage body tissue. All of this is thanks to a property that apparently defies the laws of physics: helical-auxetics, objects that actually get fatter the more you stretch them. The concept makes my head want to explode, but when you see it in action it actually makes sense."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

2673. House Bill Could Criminalize Free Wi-Fi Operators

Velcroman98 sends word of a bill that passed the US House of Representatives by a lopsided vote of 409 to 2. It would require everyone who runs an open Wi-Fi connection to report illegal images, including "obscene" cartoons and drawings, or be fined up to $300,000. The Securing Adolescents From Exploitation-Online (SAFE) Act was rushed through the House without any hearings or committee votes, and the version that passed on a voice vote reportedly differs substantially from the last publicly available version. CNET reports that sentiment in favor of such a bill is strong in the Senate as well.Read more of this story at Slashdot.

2699. Astro's slick new A40 gaming audio headset

Filed under: Gaming, Portable Audio Gamers always seem to get the hottest gear, and the A40 gaming headphone system from Astro is no exception. Sold as a complete kit with a headset and matching mixer, the $249 package lets you mix 5.1 game audio and communications audio independently to your liking, all without waking up your roommates. The daisy-chainable Dolby Digital processor / mixer also enables some other interesting features, like private comm channels for in-person Xbox 360 teams, and outboard surround processing from a PC. The headset itself features an adjustable boom mic and interchangable faceplates. Each is also available separately: the A40 headset is $199, while the mixer is $129, and it's all available on the 17th. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

2708. Novint Falcon gets reviewed: undoubtedly cool, unlikely to sell

Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
Ever since we first got wind of this thing, we had a sneaking suspicion it just wouldn't take off regardless of how clever it was. Sadly, reviewers over at Bit-Tech tended to agree, deeming the Novint Falcon the "coolest peripheral" it had ever touched, but completely unlikely to ever gain steam in the marketplace. During the review, it was reiterated time and time again just how phenomenal the device actually is; the internal motors were able to transmit textures to one's hand almost impeccably, and it certainly enhanced certain aspects of game play once it became second nature to use. Unfortunately, all that gushing was met with the stark reality that there's no real promise that developers will ever latch on to this thing, and without guaranteed support, it's hard to recommend handing over $239. Nevertheless, we're sure more than a few of you may be willing to take the chance, and either way, the in-depth look at this curious creation is worth a read just to see what you're (potentially) missing. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

2713. Flash memory inventor promises to deliver 3D semiconductors

Filed under: Desktops, Misc. Gadgets, Laptops Fujio Masuoka already proven himself once with a little invention known as flash memory, and it now looks like he's aiming to deliver a follow-up with some newfangled three-dimensional semiconductors, which he says will allow for processors that are ten times faster than current designs. While exact details on the technology are still on the light side, Masuoka (who's currently CTO of Unisantis Electronics) will apparently be working with Singapore's Institute of Microelectronics to develop the 3D chips, which he expects to be ready in two years. All that additional know-how won't come without a price however, as Digital World Tokyo reports that Masuoka will be paying royalties to the Singapore government as he licenses the chips out to various manufacturers. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

2727. Tanita's body fat measurer doesn't require you to get up

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Tanita's been known to mesh gadgetry with health before, but its latest creation really goes beyond the call. This body fat measuring system apparently enables patients to remain firmly glued to the bed / sofa / etc. rather than actually, you know, getting up and moving, when checking out just how out of shape they are. Truth be told, the device was designed to allow "bedridden or physically-handicapped people" to check up on their BMI without having to be uncomfortably repositioned, but it's still a device the lazy could love. Click on to the read link for lots more pictures -- if you can muster the will power, that is.

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2747. Delkin Debuts World’s Fastest 16GB UDMA CompactFlash

Belkin claimed the world fastest UDMA compact flash title tops their competitors by twice the capacity to 16GB. The latest addition boots its read/write performance up to 305x or 45m/s when uses with latest UDMA enabled digital camera such as Canon 1Ds Mark III, Nikon D300 and Nikon D3X. Delkin Debuts World’s Fastest 16GB UDMA CompactFlash Users without UDMA digital camera can still benefit from the dazzling fast transfer speed by Delkin’s UDMA enabled FireWire reader and adapters to their computer. The high speed and high capacity Delkin’s PRO line gain it reliability from a high grade SLC NAND flash and advanced controller design. It comes with Lifetime warranty and has a MRSP of $399.99. Available now via Delkin online. Delkin CompactFlash PRO UDMA 305X - 16 GB DDCFPRO2-16GB [via Delkin]
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2792. Verzio launches two dual-SIM handsets, one with 3G

Dual-SIM phones are still pretty rare 'round these parts, but those of you who need the two-line action in Asia might want to check out Verzio's new Duplii and Twinn handsets. Verzio says the Duplii (pictured) is the first triband 3G hadset with dual-SIM slots, but it would be pretty respectable even without the two cards, with a 2 megapixel camera, 2.2-inch display, and media playback capabilities. The EDGE-only Twinn packs is basically the same, only in slider form minus the 3G. Both are on sale now in the Philippines, but apparently they'll be in the rest of Asia sometime in 2008. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

2814. Adult Cells, Reprogrammed To Embryonic Stem Cell Like State, Treat Sickle-cell Anemia In Mice

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research scientists have successfully treated mice with a human sickle-cell anemia disease trait in a process that begins by directly reprogramming their own cells to an embryonic-stem-cell-like state, without the u...

2819. Immune system can drive cancers into dormant state

A multinational team of researchers has shown for the first time that the immune system can stop the growth of a cancerous tumor without actually killing it. When the cancer can't be killed with immune attacks, it may be possible to find ways to u...

2848. Dutch ODF Plan Could Sideline Microsoft

Yeti7226 sends word of a discussion coming up Wednesday in the parliament of The Netherlands that could result in mandated use of Open Document Format at government agencies there. If the plan is enacted, public-sector organizations, as well as the government, would have to transition to using ODF by 2010. Microsoft Netherlands has lobbied hard against the provision. Backers say it doesn't exclude Microsoft, because ODF can be produced out of MS Office via the use of plugins. A funder of the OpenDoc Society invited Microsoft to join that organization, saying: "This plan is not about Microsoft, it's about ensuring the perpetual availability of data without any obstacles."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

2853. Snag Vista Ultimate for free, in exchange for your privacy

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops Microsoft's been keeping its record pretty clean of late, but we suppose it couldn't end the year without a parting shot meant to cheese off the ultra-private, Microsoft-eats-children types. The company's latest diabolical plan involves giving away free copies of Windows Vista Ultimate, Office Ultimate '07, Money Plus Premium, Encarta Premium or Streets and Trips -- scary, we know. All you need to do is fill out a few surveys now and then, and download a little app that lets Microsoft watch your every move for three months. If you can manage to be a good little pod person for that long, you get a free copy of whatever software title you selected in the mail. But really, can you put a price on dignity? Exactly, you can't, so sign us up!

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2870. Dell Latitude XT tablet is official, sexy

Filed under: Laptops, Tablet PCs
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Dell_Latitude_XT_tablet_is_official_sexy'; It's absolutely no secret that Dell's been working on a tablet PC -- we've been hearing about the damn thing since as far back as mid 2004 (no joke!) and the company did promise it in 2007, which it's almost not. What took them so long to get it out the door we've no idea, but it's hard to deny the appeal of this little ThinkPad-esque bugger. Here are those specs which you've absolutely never seen before:

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Okay, we'll hand it to these guys, alongside the M1330 the Latitude XT is the sexiest machine Dell's ever produced -- and the addition of a capacitive touchscreen totally blew our minds. But $2500 for the most stripped down option? Dell just priced itself right out of the game, if you ask us. Hands-on coming right up.

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2897. Chinese web-cam is inadvertently a steampunk model for just $12

Talk about accidentally causing an internet storm! This webcam created by ChinaVision has been touted by the manufacturers as a 'stylish golden web-cam with a bendable design', without actually realising it reeks of...

2942. Magellan Maestro 3100 hacked to add file manager / media player

Filed under: GPS
Although we've already seen Garmin's c510 / c530 get hacked up earlier this year, now it's time for Magellan's Maestro 3100 to head under the knife. The engineering David Goeken managed to personalize his unit with a custom splash screen, a beefed up POI file, a file manager for adding / sorting through applications and a full-fledged media player for good measure. Granted, there's a laundry list of known issues to go along with it, but hey, what fun is a hack without a little troubleshooting? Before hitting the read link and rolling up your sleeves, you may want to grab a meal and a few hours of rest -- you'll need the energy just reading through the how-to guide.

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2989. Intel develops integrated WiFi / WiMAX / DVB-H chip

Filed under: Networking Intel, clearly not wanting to be left in the dust by the slew of new wireless technologies that are starting to converge, nasty-like, inside our shiny new devices, has begun testing on a chip which can effortlessly swap between WiFi, WiMAX, and DVB-H. The idea is that the chip's radio would talk to your WiFi at home, hand over the data to WiMAX if you hit the road, and also allow you to pull down digital television while staying mobile -- without having to use an array of separate radios or silicon. This should open up a whole new vista of possibilities for time-wasting activities, so whenever manufacturers want to get this into our phones / laptops, just say the word. We're ready.

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3003. 30 Trends in Digital Music: 16-20

Okay, so I've been a bit lax, and left a few days gap since the last instalment of this digital music roundup. So without further ado, get set for the next five trends (and if you need a catch-up on the previous ones, check out part one, part two and part three first).

3054. EeeXubuntu its Xubuntu for your Eee PC

Well, if you were lucky enough to snag an Eee, or if you suspect you are getting one as some physical representation of another’s love for you, and you aren’t too happy with the Xandros Linux distro that comes with it, there is a solution. Some savvy Linux people were kind enough to customize the Xubuntu LiveCD so it will work with your Asus Eee PC. Now, the idea with a LiveCD is that you can pop it in and give the OS a whirl without actually installing it, you know, kind of a try it before you buy it type of deal. Then if you like it, you click the Install icon on the desktop and it will install it for you. I like Ubuntu because it’s so easy to use, Xubuntu is the same thing just with a much lighter window manager and more simplified desktop environment that makes it good for PC’s with low graphics and processing power, such as the Eee PC. Ewdi, our resident former Red Hat developer, thinks that Ubuntu is just this side of the devil because you don’t learn anything from using it, but what does he know right? Anyways, you can get the liveCD from eeeuser.com’s new eeeXubuntu wiki. eeXubuntu –Asus Eee PC-Optimized Xubuntu [via laptoping] Relevant Entries on SlashGear

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3056. iSicles Brazilian popsicles or ice cream

Yeah, this time the name does mean just what you think; it’s a frozen treat with an iPod inside. No really, they are peppering in 10k iPod Shuffles and stuffing them into their frozen treats. No wonder why Cracker Jack isn’t selling, how do you compete with a third-world country’s ice cream shop being able to afford to give out 10,000 iPod Shuffles? Anyways, the company worked with Apple to find a way to hide the Shuffles in the popsicles without ruining the iPods, and they did it, and now you have a chance to get one if you live in Brazil and really like ice cream. And, as close as that place is to the equator, I’d assume everyone likes ice cream there. No word on how much the popsicles cost, but I just think its cool as hell that they managed to stuff them in with a Popsicle. And of course, they are only available in Brazil, so if you have some vacation time and really wanted an iPod Shuffle, Brazil might not be a bad option. iSicles: Brazilian Company Hides iPod Shuffles in Popsicles [via Gearlog] Relevant Entries on SlashGear

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3092. The Etymotic etyBlu: a less ridiculous looking successor to the ety8?

Filed under: Portable Audio
If you want a pair of true, in-ear buds without the muss and fuss of wires, your options are limited and you need to be prepared to make some sacrifices. One such sacrifice that needs to be heavily weighed into the equation, for example, is your desire to appear as though there is a pair of black Duplo blocks hanging out of your ears. That's exactly the curse of Etymotic's ety8, a decent set of stereo Bluetooth 'phones (we've tried them, they're comfortable and sound great) that were irreparably damaged by the ugly stick somewhere during the course of their development. The high-end headphone outfit has another Bluetooth product in the works, though -- the ER-89 "etyBlu" just hit the FCC's wires, giving us hope that they heard our complaints loud and clear and have worked to make their kit just a little less embarrassing to wear in public. We couldn't find conclusive evidence in the documentation that we're looking at a stereo headset here; theoretically, it could just be a mono product for calls, but we're encouraged by a brief mention of listening to music (who wants to blast tunes into one ear?) and the fact that the ety8's model number is ER-88. Can anyone make out what's going on in this FCC label diagram here? Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

3128. CES 2008: Samsung's 3D-ready Plasma television

It's not CES without someone looking like an idiot in gaming glasses or riding horse simulators. This year, Susi tested out the first 3D-ready plasma...

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