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  • Review: BlackBerry Bold 9700

    Review: BlackBerry Bold 9700

    The Short Version: I’ve always preferred functionality over looks in my gear. But the Bold 9700 puts a sleek outer cover on a powerful processor. T-Mobile’s first 3G BlackBerry is manufactured by Research In Motion. Perhaps you were expecting something more a bit more post-worthy? RIM’s newest release brings us BlackBerry OS v5. It has all [...]

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  • Olympus Camera Packs SLR Aspirations in Compact Body

    Olympus Camera Packs SLR Aspirations in Compact Body

    Combine the large sensor and interchangeable lenses of a digital SLR with the compact portability of a point-and-shoot, and you get something that looks a lot like the Olympus E-P1. Cute, isn’t it? The E-P1 is a design homage to the Olympus Pen F, so unofficially Olympus is calling it the “Digital Pen,” which seems like a [...]

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  • StudioDesk from BlueLounge might be my new dream desk

    StudioDesk from BlueLounge might be my new dream desk

    I’ve been on a quest for a functional and affordable desk over the last few months and I think I found it. It’s no Milk desk, but the StudioDesk appears to suit my needs just fine. I can’t attest to the quality of the BlueLounge desk, but the features are appealing to a nerd. A [...]

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  • LIVE: Xbox 360 E3 2009 press conference

    LIVE: Xbox 360 E3 2009 press conference

    We’re live at Microsoft’s Xbox 360 press conference at E3 in Los Angeles. No need to refresh the page — everything updates automatically. 1:10 PM: Doug Aamoth Peter is waiting in line for the conference to start. I’m sitting in a comfy faux-leather office chair in Boston ready to help him post stuff. How do we simultaneously [...]

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