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  • USAA Redefines Car Buying with Launch of Auto CircleTM: Find, Finance, Insure on Mobile App

    Posted on August 4, 2010 | No Comments
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  • Apple: White iPhone 4 Won’t Be Available Until Second Half Of July

    Apple: White iPhone 4 Won’t Be Available Until Second Half Of July

    Posted on June 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Apple just released a statement saying that the white iPhone 4 will not be available until the second half of July due to manufacturing challenges. It's unclear from the statement what those challenges are. Apple said that the shortage of the white iPhones will not affect supply of the more popular black models. But for those of you who were pining for a white device, you will have to wait until the second half of July. The iPhone 4 was available for pre-order in Black starting June 15. At that point, it was assumed you'd be able to purchase the white model of the phone in stores on June 24.

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  • New solar cells printed on paper

    New solar cells printed on paper

    Posted on May 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Everyone loves the idea of solar energy. The three big challenges are that solar cells are expensive to produce, they're not very efficient, and you need some means to store the energy collected. I'd heard of solar shingles before, which are basically roofing shingles with solar cells in them, but now word is coming out of solar cells printed on paper. As usual, the technology is still years away from a marketable product, but it's an interesting development.

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  • Ribbon Hero for Microsoft Office

    Ribbon Hero for Microsoft Office

    Posted on March 4, 2010 | No Comments
    Tired of Guitar Hero, and DJ Hero, and Rock Band Hero, and Flailing Wildly Hero games for your console? Ready to try a fresh new challenge, that might actually provide some real world skills, unlike frantically mashing colored buttons? Try your hand at Ribbon Hero for Microsoft Office!

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  • CrunchDeals: Assassin’s Creed II for $40

    CrunchDeals: Assassin’s Creed II for $40

    Posted on December 15, 2009 | No Comments
    Amazon.com has dropped the price of Assassin’s Creed II for Xbox 360 and PS3 down to $39.78, today only.

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  • Everything you want to know about Office 2010

    Everything you want to know about Office 2010

    Posted on July 13, 2009 | No Comments
    The web has been abuzz the past few weeks with chatter about Microsoft's announcement today at its Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans about the new version of Microsoft Office 2010. There's even a mini-movie about its debut. Facing potential challenges from Google's browser-based Apps products and its new Chrome OS, Microsoft has been touting its three screens strategy, which is the ability for products to synchronize across the phone, browser, and desktop, for some time now. With the release of Office 2010, SharePoint Server 2010 and Visio 2010, we finally see the implementation of Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie's mantra. We had the opportunity to see an in-depth demo of the new suite of products from Microsoft's Group Product Manager for Office 2010, Chris Bryant. Here's a complete breakdown of all the functionality that has been added, including screenshots:

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  • Gadget Lab Podcast #77: What to Expect From Apple’s WWDC 2009

    Gadget Lab Podcast #77: What to Expect From Apple’s WWDC 2009

    Posted on June 5, 2009 | No Comments
    In this week’s edition of the Gadget Lab podcast, Danny Dumas and I discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the Palm Pre, as well as the challenges that lie ahead (cough, the App Store). It’s a solid, beautiful smartphone indeed, but will developers wish to code for it? Looking ahead, I lay out my analysis on [...]

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