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  • Civ V landing on September 21

    Civ V landing on September 21

    Say, friends, are you excited as I am? Civ V is coming for PCs on September 21 in the US and on September 24 internationally. I love this game so much that I will totally be willing to marry it. Sid Meier’s Civilization V reinvigorates the classic turn-based strategy genre with an [...]

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  • Twilight USB drive jumps on the marketing bandwagon

    Twilight USB drive jumps on the marketing bandwagon

    Heads up, Twilight fans. Now you too can own a piece of the Cullen family empire. Specialty USB drive makers Tymemachines have produced a Twilight product for your purchasing pleasure.

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  • Tauntaun sleeping bag now available for pre-order

    Tauntaun sleeping bag now available for pre-order

    Just in time for the holidays ThinkGeek is proud to present the TaunTaun sleeping bag. Immortalized a last Spring in an April Fool's joke, interest was so high that ThinkGeek decided to make it. Now you can pretend you're brave Captain Kirk on the Ice Planet Hoth fighting the evil Ewok Empire and slaying the Cylons. Or something.

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  • Sprint launches Samsung Moment, Android empire expands by one

    Sprint launches Samsung Moment, Android empire expands by one

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    And here comes more trouble for your wallet. Mixing up that unholy trifecta of a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, AMOLED screen and Android inside, Samsung's Moment -- in spite of its quirks and niggles -- is likely to lighten the load for quite a few Sprint customers today. Pricing is as expected, with a $279.99 initial outlay that gets reduced to $179.99 after rebates, but you'll also have to agree to a two-year contractual commitment. Unless you're locked in to Sprint for whatever reason, we might advise holding out for a couple of days and seeing if the DROID takes your fancy, but don't take our word for it -- check out what your fellow readers think right here.

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    Sprint launches Samsung Moment, Android empire expands by one originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Bay hates Dinobots, probably won’t be included in Transformers 3

    Bay hates Dinobots, probably won’t be included in Transformers 3

    I liked the Dinobots as a kid and wouldn’t mind seeing them in the third Transformers movie, but who am I kidding? I’m still unhappy with Prime’s moving lips. And for the record, I thought Revenge of the Fallen was entertaining even though Sam ends up in Prime heaven. Anyway, comicbookmovie.com is reporting that Bay was [...]

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  • App Review: Lemonade Tycoon for iPhone

    App Review: Lemonade Tycoon for iPhone

    Free fun, thy name is Lemonade Tycoon. I downloaded EA Mobile’s free Lemonade Tycoon to my iPod touch yesterday and spent the better part of the afternoon creating my own beverage empire, one fresh squeezed glass at a time.

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  • I, for one, welcome our new prosthetic robot arms

    I, for one, welcome our new prosthetic robot arms

    The Department of Veterans Affairs is testing a fancy new prosthetic arm developed in conjunction with DARPA, the folks that brought us the Internet, and Deka Research, founded by Dean Kamen, creator of the Segway. Unlike a traditional rigid plastic arm, or God forbid a metal hook, the Luke Arm -- a reference to Luke Skywalker's artificial hand from Empire Strikes Back -- allows the wearer to grasp small objects and "perform movements while reaching over their head, a previously impossible maneuver for people with a prosthetic arm."

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