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  • Get your hands on the wall now! …with this multi-touch projector

    Get your hands on the wall now! …with this multi-touch projector

    Posted on October 5, 2009 | No Comments
    What if, instead of a touch screen, you could reach out and touch (and manipulate) an image on any surface? Seems like a cheapskate alternative to buying a touch-screen white board to me.

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  • Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn back with more EFX magic

    Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn back with more EFX magic

    Posted on September 29, 2009 | No Comments
    My favoritest guy who plays who I've met recently, Jack Conte, has put together a nice version of Single Ladies by Beyonce with Nataly Dawn. While he and Nataly don't dress up in leotards and heels - they didn't get a huge budget for this - they do involve a Polaroid camera and a bowl of Coco Puffs. Great fun all around.

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  • Don’t show your parents: HTC Tattoo spotted on video

    Don’t show your parents: HTC Tattoo spotted on video

    Posted on September 25, 2009 | No Comments
    HTC’s first foray into a cheap budget-friendly Android smartphone comes in the form of the previously revealed Tattoo (what are you trying to say, HTC, all us poor folks have tattoos?). And just like a real tattoo, HTC wants your Tat to be personal and unique, so the phone comes with removable/swappable front and back [...]

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  • Samsung S3650 Corby and a new BEAT phone spotted

    Samsung S3650 Corby and a new BEAT phone spotted

    Posted on August 25, 2009 | No Comments
    While we're not exactly impressed with the overall look of Samsung's upcoming budget-friendly touchscreen, the S3650 Corby, that doesn't keep us from getting excited when it gets caught behind a camera lens. The design of the battery cover is ever-so-slightly different than the one we saw before, implying that this may be a prototype. Final hardware or not, it brings a friend.

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  • NASA needs $50 billion to reach the Moon by 2020

    NASA needs $50 billion to reach the Moon by 2020

    Posted on August 20, 2009 | No Comments
    Hopefully John Hodgman was correct in calling Obama the first nerd president. If not, humans might not reach the Moon anytime soon because we all know a jock wouldn't fund a science project. The current target is 2020 and the development is already underway of the vehicles needed to get people there. But there is one small issue: Money. NASA needs lots of money.

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  • China’s answer to Transformers: Metallic Attraction Kung Fu Cyborg

    China’s answer to Transformers: Metallic Attraction Kung Fu Cyborg

    Posted on July 29, 2009 | No Comments
    Some early footage of this movie has been floating around on the web for a few months now, but today an official trailer was released. And in the meantime, the brilliantly named "Metallic Attraction: Kung Fu Cyborg" has evolved into some kind of Chinese version of Transformers.

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  • Budget-friendly HTC Click steals more camera time

    Budget-friendly HTC Click steals more camera time

    Posted on July 23, 2009 | No Comments
    Can’t get enough of the wallet-friendly HTC Click? We hear you. Sure, it’s kinda small, and maybe it’s not the most exciting design ever - but it’s (supposedly) only going to cost a buck shy of $100, and it’s fueled by Android. We still don’t have any verified details about this guy, but we do have [...]

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  • Chrome and PBR link up for Limited Edition Citizen PBR messenger bag

    Chrome and PBR link up for Limited Edition Citizen PBR messenger bag

    Posted on July 20, 2009 | No Comments
    What happens when you mix one of the best ‘budget’ beers with the best messenger bag company in the biz? The best messenger bag of all time! That’s right, friends, Chrome is giving away one (or maybe more than one, I don’t know) LE Citizen PBR bag. How do you win? I’m glad you asked [...]

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  • Samsung outs the SL720 & SL502: 720p-shooting, 12.2 MP digicams

    Samsung outs the SL720 & SL502: 720p-shooting, 12.2 MP digicams

    Posted on July 14, 2009 | No Comments
    Samsung has some budget digital cameras for ya. The pair packs the same 12.2 MP sensor along with 5x optical zoom. What sets them apart however is that the PL70 is equipped with a 28mm wide angle lens where the PF55 has a standard 35mm lens. Plus the PL70 has digital and optical image stabilization instead of the PL55's digital stabilization. And if that wasn't enough, the SL720 can shoot 720p video. (get it, 720?)

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  • NASA to bring down the ISS in 2016

    NASA to bring down the ISS in 2016

    Posted on July 13, 2009 | No Comments
    Question: What do you do with a 654,000 pound space station with no budget past 2015? Let her crash and burn, which is just what the current plan is for the International Space Station. The short story here is that NASA will not have the budget to keep the huge space station in orbit. It seems [...]

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  • Sleek Audio outs the custom made CT6 earphones with Kleer wireless technology

    Sleek Audio outs the custom made CT6 earphones with Kleer wireless technology

    Posted on June 11, 2009 | No Comments
    SSleek Audio is up'n its game with the CT6 earphones. These 'phones not only feature the interchangeable wireless technology from Kleer that made the SA6 model so attractive, but are custom made just for your ear. (Read: they are a tad pricey.)

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  • Olympus E-450 compact DSLR gets reviewed: entry-level through and through

    Olympus E-450 compact DSLR gets reviewed: entry-level through and through

    Posted on May 29, 2009 | No Comments

    Momma always said you couldn't have your cake and eat it to, and we suppose it's just about time we stop resisting and just believed. Olympus' decidedly compact E-450 was recently reviewed over at PhotographyBLOG, and while image quality was satisfactory for a camera of its stature, it was indubitably missing a few key ingredients. Most notably, the inexplicable lack of image stabilization and the inability to handle video were lamented, and the rudimentary 3-point AutoFocus was called "frankly obsolete for a 2009 model." Indeed, critics pointed out that the E-620 would likely be a far superior choice for those who didn't mind the additional weight and cost, but even if the E-450 was at the top of your budget, we didn't really get the impression that it was a surefire winner. Check the read link for the full spill.

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    Olympus E-450 compact DSLR gets reviewed: entry-level through and through originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 May 2009 11:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Dell Studio 14z hands-on

    Dell Studio 14z hands-on

    Posted on May 28, 2009 | No Comments

    We got a quick look at Dell's new Studio 14z thin-and-light, budget-friendly laptop, and were mildly impressed. The thing is lighter than it looks, has a great blend of performance, price, inputs and outputs, and doesn't even look too frumpy to boot. The chiclet-ish keyboard is fine, though not great, and while the lack of Studio XPS-style leather frills and capacitive touch controls might be seen as a drawback to some, we actually like the no-nonsense approach. The inclusion of HDMI, eSATA and an ExpressCard 34 slot are pretty clutch for this form factor and price, and while a cheap external drive might be necessary for occasional use at the desk, the removal of it makes total sense for the target audience of students. Perhaps most astonishing, however, is that Dell has finally figured out that people care what the bottom of their computer looks and feels like -- and this one feels great. It's a whole new world, people.

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    Dell Studio 14z hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 May 2009 16:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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