Archive for August 17th, 2010

AT&T and Research In Motion Ignite Customers with the New BlackBerry Torch

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BlackBerry Torch Smartphone First to Feature New BlackBerry 6 Combines New Touch Screen Experience with Easy-To-Use Keyboard and Rich WebKit Browser First Smartphone to Support AT&T’s Next Generation Messaging Experience, and First to Offer Locations Feature New BlackBerry App World Pre-installed with Carrier Billing Support

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Slowed-down Justin Bieber tune gets 300,000 plays in 18 hours

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This may be the only time Justin Bieber is associated with the word “cool” in a non-ironic way: Aspiring music producer Nick Pittsinger slowed down Bieber’s “U Smile” by 800%, and the result is, yes, actually pretty cool. A lot of people seem to think …

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RIM Launches BlackBerry Podcasts

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New app and service offer access to audio and video podcasts from leading content providers

Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today launched BlackBerry® Podcasts, a free application and service that allows BlackBerry® smartphone users to easily discover, acquire and enjoy podcasts from leading content providers. BlackBerry Podcasts gives users access to free audio and video content that can be downloaded over Wi-Fi® or over cellular networks* and then enjoyed through the BlackBerry media player.

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RIM Introduces the New BlackBerry Curve 3G Smartphone in Indonesia

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Jakarta, Indonesia – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 3G, an exciting addition to the popular BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones. Designed to provide the growing mass of smartphone purchasers with a distinctly powerful, approachable and affordable choice, the BlackBerry Curve 3G supports high-speed 3G (HSDPA) networks around the world and gives users the exceptional communications features they need to accomplish more than ever, when they’re at home, at work and everywhere in-between.

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Homemade portable Dreamcast looks good enough to be in stores

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The ill-fated Sega Dreamcast still holds a place in a lot of gamers hearts. Sure, it ended up failing not too long after it got to the market, but the games that were released for it were some classics. And now a modder who goes by Techknott has create…

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4 wild predictions for the smartphones and tablets of 2030

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Reto Meier is an author, futurist and self-described “Android Developer Advocate for Google.” He’s also our favorite person right now, as he’s outlined a step-by-step, awesome vision that forecasts what the future looks like five, 10 and even 20 years …

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Scoobie and Sox (RSPCA Reading and Oxon Borders)

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Scoobie and Sox look like brother and sister but they are in fact best friends and not related at all! They have always been together and do not want to be parted now, so are looking for a home with people who are looking for a ready made doggy family…

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Video: amazing touchscreen DJ mixing board

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This massive touchscreen fulfills all our Star Trek-inspired fantasies of how control panels should work. Called the Töken, the panel is a high-tech DJ mixing board whose purpose is to take live performances to the “next level.”

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Down with Digital? New Circuit Design Promises to Take the Guesswork out of Probability Processing

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Probability calculations are at the heart of the software most of us rely on daily, whether it is Amazon.com or iTunes recommending new products based on previous purchases, a spam filter weeding out junk e-mail or a credit card processing program …

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Down with Digital? New Circuit Design Promises to Take Guesswork out of Probability Processing

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Probability calculations are at the heart of the software most of us rely on daily, whether it is Amazon.com or iTunes recommending new products based on previous purchases, a spam filter weeding out junk e-mail or a credit card processing program …

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Molly & Charlie (Guardian Angels Animal Support, Surrey)

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18/8/10 Molly and Charlie have found a home.

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Clever case hides a Bluetooth headset inside your iPhone 4

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If you use a Bluetooth headset, you know that, when not in use, it’s just another little gadget to carry around and worry about losing. And that’s no good. Which is why the Mogo Talk Bluetooth headset/case for the iPhone 4 makes sense: it lets you carr…

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The Nintendo Wii gets a working tablet add-on

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You know what the Wii really needs? More third party peripherals, that’s what. Luckily, THQ is here with their new uDraw Tablet for the Wii, which is actually one of the few Wii add-ons that actually delivers new functionality to the console.

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Public Underestimates Savings of Energy Efficiency

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Most of us know we should rein in our energy use. But to be successful, it’d help if we knew the best way to do it. So scientists asked more than 500 people, “What’s the most effective thing you can do to conserve energy?” The r…

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6 of the world’s biggest vehicles on land, sea and air

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You can only make a plane so big if you still want it to fly, or a vehicle so gigantic before it starts wrecking the land it travels across. Ships, too, face similar challenges the larger they get. We’ve found six gargantuan examples that straddle the …

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Can a mouth guard help you perform better… at life?

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Mouth guards are common in sports like ice hockey, where contact with other players can mean lost teeth. But there may be a reason for athletes in other sports to give them a try: improved performance. At least that’s the theory from Bite Tech, which m…

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Image of the Day: 133 people survived this terrible plane crash

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It’s 1999. The pilot of American Airlines Flight 1420 attempts to land during a severe thunderstorm in Arkansas. Things go from bad to worse in the face of terrible crosswinds and a decision to switch runways, and the craft ends up in half — yet …

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Winnie (RSPCA Reading/Oxon Borders)

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Winnie loves a game of ball and frisbee and would love to find a new family who will play with her and take her for nice walks. She gets on well with children and other dogs and is very licky and loving!!!

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Finally, a reason why Windows Phone 7 is a MUST have

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Well, it took Microsoft long enough. The company never leveraged its various services across its products like, say, the way every Apple product wants you to have iTunes. Finally — finally! — Microsoft is officially stamping its identity here.

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LED jacket plus iPhone controller puts the party on your back

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If the master of bling, Liberace, were still alive the Vanilla Jacket “k”, an LED studded coat controlled by your iPhone, would almost certainly be his garment of choice.

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Cute robot serves up ice cream for Japanese kiddies

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This is Yaskawa-kun, a cute Japanese robot with a giant white ball for a head. He’s currently got a summer job serving ice cream at the Tokyo Summerland amusement park, the only problem is that he will be getting his pink slip on August 22.

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