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  • Cadence launches the Wrist Rocket watch

    Cadence launches the Wrist Rocket watch

    Cadence announced their Wrist Rocket watch today, you may remember we told you about their incredibly cool 4-Bit watch. Well, the Wrist Rocket isn't quite as geeky, but it's definitely unique and interesting looking.

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

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

    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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  • GDGT Launches For Non Stop Gadget Action

    GDGT Launches For Non Stop Gadget Action

    Last summer we broke the news that Engadget editor-in-chief Ryan Block would team with former editor-in-chief Peter Rojas to create a new gadget startup. Today that new startup, GDGT, launches. Gadget lovers rejoice - this is a social site where you can obsess over those tiny bundles of tech joy among others just as geeky as you. GDGT (pronounced "g-d-g-t," but I like to just say "gadget") is a highly structured wiki that centers on tech gadgets. Like our own Crunchbase, anyone can edit any information on the site, but everything is structured which allows for lots of slicing and dicing of the data. Users select gadgets that they own, used to own, or want, and can add reviews and ratings. Blog reviews are threaded into the discussion as well:

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  • Transformer Cufflinks

    Transformer Cufflinks

    “Transformers, robots in the sky!” as I erroneously sang back in the schoolyard. These Transfomer cufflinks from Etsy maker Finkstudio do not, sadly, soar through the stratosphere, but they do transform from silver plated Decepticon and Autobot trinkets to silver plated Decepticon and Autobot cuff-fastenings. Let’s see the giant Optimun Prime manage that. At just $20 the [...]

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  • Eight Cylinders of Pencil-Sharpening Action, And a Pizza Cutter

    Eight Cylinders of Pencil-Sharpening Action, And a Pizza Cutter

    Today’s “waste of plastic” award goes to two items. A tag-team of tat, if you will. In the red corner, we have the Top Gear V8 Pencil Sharpener, a product with such a dearth of features that one of the spec-sheet bullet points reads “It is made of plastic.” It’s exactly what you’d expect: an electric [...]

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