Secret Windows 8 Weapon: Kinect Built Into Your Laptop
The Windows release of Kinect is coming up in a couple days , but for most people that won’t be a major event: the Kinect they have is sitting on their TV or in a drawer, waiting to be...
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A Really Nice Flying Ornithopter Video For Your Friday Enjoyment
These things are pretty old but sometimes it’s nice to see two dudes really happy about a piece of technology that really works. This ornithopter is made by the guys at FlappingFlight and comes in multiple models including the...
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Jon Rubinstein Leaves HP After “Fulfilling Commitment”
HP’s had quite a 2011 and Jon Rubinstein, former Palm CEO and a top-level executive at HP after the giant acquired Palm in 2010, was along for the ride. But according to a report out of AllThingsD , Rubinstein...
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Android Smartphone Round-Up: December/January Edition
We took a break from the Android round-up in December because, well, to be honest I was on vacation. But January gave us a few extra smartphones and the holidays are over, so we’re back. What we’ve got for...
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Report: Nintendo Considering Changing The Wii U’s Name
The Wii U brand is a bit underwhelming. At best it builds upon a very successive product. But at worst the name suggests its simply an add-on rather than a completely revamped system. A new report just surfaced that...
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Mujjo Conductive Gloves Let You Slide To Unlock With Your Begloved Knuckle
We get a lot of PR pitches (“Write about our social media network for fish lovers! If you don’t, we’ll take our exclusive to TetraLover.blogspot.com,” “We’ll give you a private jet if you write good things about Apple –...
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Disney, Q-pot Choco, Honey Bee: Japan Gets 3 Extra-Cute Android Phones
Android adoption is growing rapidly in Japan, with local handset manufacturers doing everything they can in order to meet the demands of customers in all segments of the population. One particularly attractive target group seems to be women, given...
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NEC Forecasts $1.3 Billion Loss, Ready To Cut 10,000 Jobs Worldwide
Bad news from Japanese tech powerhouse NEC : the company yesterday announced [PDF] a net loss of $1.13 billion in the three months through December 2011, compared with a net loss of “just” $350 million in the same time...
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The HP TouchPad Rides Back Into Town On Woot’s Back
Somewhere, someone out there is curled in a corner, sobbing because they missed out on the last HP TouchPad sale. Ebay messed up, he says. It wasn’t his fault. He clicked the button but Ebay’s servers crashed. So now...
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Motorola Mobility Closes Out Q4 2011 With An $80 Million Net Loss
Motorola Mobility released their fourth quarter and year-end financials today, and now we can see why they made it a point earlier this month to downplay analyst expectations. The company’s new figures reveal that while Motorola raked in $3.4...
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