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  • Western Digital has sold more hard drives this year than Seagate

    Western Digital has sold more hard drives this year than Seagate

    Posted on May 13, 2010 | No Comments
    Five hundred and fifty eight million hard drives were shipped in 2009. Think about that for a moment. Five hundred and fifty eight million. Of those, 175.2 million (or 31.4%) carried the Seagate brand name while 165.2 million came from Western Digital. According to The Information Network, WD pulled ahead in the first quarter of 2010, selling 51.1 million hard drives compared to Seagate's 50.3 million sold. I guess that's big news, if you're really into hard drives, or have strong brand loyalty to the drive in your computer. Me, I don't care so much.

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  • HTC’s complaint against Apple examined

    HTC’s complaint against Apple examined

    Posted on May 12, 2010 | No Comments
    Okay, we've just gotten the full complaint HTC filed with the International Trade Commission this morning, alleging that the iPhone, iPad, and iPod infringe five of its patents and asking for sales and imports to be halted. What's odd here is that HTC hasn't yet filed a lawsuit in federal court, which could mean a lot of things -- HTC could just be banking on the ITC's somewhat faster process to force Apple's hand, or it could be less sure of its patent claims and avoiding the harsher scrutiny of a courtroom in favor of an administrative decision. We can't say for sure what the reasoning is -- but we can read the ITC complaint and break down the claims, and that's exactly what we're going to do. It's all after the break, grab the PDF or check out the gallery and follow along.

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  • The Mobile Web continues to expand, according to Taptu

    The Mobile Web continues to expand, according to Taptu

    Posted on May 12, 2010 | No Comments
    The proliferation of mobile content has caught Taptu (and a lot of other people) by surprise. Perhaps unsurprisingly the number of mobile applications has also increased rather dramatically. There's an interesting balance to be struck for content producers between device-specific applications and app stores, and the general availability, but reduced functionality, of a mobile web site. Taptu's latest report explores these details.

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  • It’s hip to be square (and Android 2.1-powered): Meet the Motorola Flipout

    It’s hip to be square (and Android 2.1-powered): Meet the Motorola Flipout

    Posted on May 10, 2010 | No Comments
    Square phones, man. Call me old fashioned, but I just don't get it. Nokia did it with the Twist, LG did it with the LG Lotus and Lotus Elite, and now Motorola appears to be giving it a go -- but unlike the rest of the lot, this one's an Android-powered smartphone.

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  • Here’s how you turn an iPad into a skateboard

    Here’s how you turn an iPad into a skateboard

    Posted on May 5, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Yesterday's microwave iPad experiment left a lot of you feeling empty and maybe a bit sick that someone would waste at least $500 when there are starving kids in the world that desperately could use a Happy Meal. Like all they did was put the iPad in the microwave and turn it one. That's a truly waste, a stunt designed to get a bit of Internet attention. Well, today's video is so much better. An iPad is put to good use. The two fellows in the video truly want to know if the iPad is Shred-able. That's a legitamet question in my book. And so they set out to create a rideable iPad. You're going to wanna see this

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  • Windows Phone 7 based on a hybrid Windows CE 6 / Compact 7 kernel?

    Windows Phone 7 based on a hybrid Windows CE 6 / Compact 7 kernel?

    Posted on May 4, 2010 | No Comments
    Up until now, we'd heard and believed that Windows Phone 7 would be based on Microsoft's time-tested Windows CE 6 kernel -- aging, yes, but still considerably newer and more technically modern than the CE 5 upon which Windows Mobile 6.x operates. Thing is, Windows Embedded evangelist Olivier Bloch just dropped the knowledge this week that the company's all-new phone platform will actually be "based on the Windows Embedded Compact 7 core," which sounds a lot to us like Redmond skipped right over CE 6 and went straight for the latest and greatest (and still unavailable to the general public) stuff.

    [Thanks, Jeff]

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  • Call of Duty: Black Ops accidentally (?) announced: The most intense shooter since that other one

    Call of Duty: Black Ops accidentally (?) announced: The most intense shooter since that other one

    Posted on April 30, 2010 | No Comments
    The next Call of Duty game will not be about saving Infinity Ward employees from Activision. I'm a little disappointed.

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  • Marvin M103: A crazy cheap automatic chronograph

    Marvin M103: A crazy cheap automatic chronograph

    Posted on April 29, 2010 | No Comments
    I haven't written about Marvin yet but these guys make some striking, classic pieces at prices that are actually astounding. Take this <A HREF="">old girl here, the M103. This is a Valjoux 7750 chrono movement with day and date register and it costs $1,790. This is the same movement that is in almost every watch you see out there including a lot of the stratospheric $6000+ brands. The watches are assembled in Switzerland and shipped out of the U.S.A.

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  • These handmade wooden computer peripherals are the closest thing to heaven on earth

    These handmade wooden computer peripherals are the closest thing to heaven on earth

    Posted on April 26, 2010 | No Comments
    There is something warm about these handmade external computer drives. They are almost like how God would have created computers. The real charm is that they are made exclusively by two dudes out of Seattle who obviously enjoy woodworking as much as I do.

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  • WeaKnees now selling a 2TB and 4TB TiVo Premiere

    WeaKnees now selling a 2TB and 4TB TiVo Premiere

    Posted on April 14, 2010 | No Comments
    Just in case the 1TB drive in the TiVo Premiere isn't big enough for you, WeaKnees is now selling two upgraded models with a bit more storage capacity. The TiVo authorized reseller has a 2TB and 4TB Premiere available for $849 and $149, respectively. That's a lot of recording storage, boys and girls, and currently the only way to get a larger drive in the Premiere.

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  • The ultimate iPad developer interview with Daniel and Everett

    The ultimate iPad developer interview with Daniel and Everett

    Posted on April 5, 2010 | No Comments
    The Daniel and Everett Show ep: 4 (iPad Special) from Everett Bouwer on Vimeo. We got a lot of iPad related mail this week but this one was probably the best. Apparently this show is produced by two teenagers in their bedroom (note the Pikachu pillow) but they asked for a link so they got one. Yesterday [...]

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  • Is this nice looking browser really Internet Explorer 9?

    Is this nice looking browser really Internet Explorer 9?

    Posted on April 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Seeing as today is April Fool’s Day and the source of this pic is some random Chinese site and it looks great unlike previous versions, let’s tread carefully here, m’kay. But that pic is supposed to be a IE 9. The overall design clearly follows the same design cues found in Windows 7 Mobile: sharp lines [...]

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  • Mobile Data Traffic Expected To Rise 40-Fold Over Next Five Years

    Mobile Data Traffic Expected To Rise 40-Fold Over Next Five Years

    Posted on March 30, 2010 | No Comments
    As smartphones like the iPhone and Android take over the mobile Web, the amount of data traffic going over cellular networks is expected to grow 40-fold over the next five years. UK firm Coda Research Consultancy forecasts that in the U.S. alone mobile handset data traffic will grow from 8 terabytes/month this year to 327 terabytes/month in 2015. That amounts to a 117 percent compound annual growth rate. A lot of that data will come in the form of mobile Web browsing, with the biggest contributor expected to be mobile video. By 2015, mobile video will account for 68.5 percent of all mobile data usage in the U.S. (or 224 terabytes/month). Coda estimates that 95 million mobile handset subscribers in the U.S. will be watching video on their phones in five years out of a total of 158 million mobile internet users.

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  • CrunchDeals: 1GB iPod Nano for $48

    CrunchDeals: 1GB iPod Nano for $48

    Posted on March 26, 2010 | No Comments
    This is obviously a much older Nano but at <A HREF="">$48 for 1GB, I may get this for my Dad so he can listen to Roy Orbison albums. Again, not amazingly great but $48? Pretty good.

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  • We’ll all soon be driving on green tires where green means eco-friendly and not the color

    We’ll all soon be driving on green tires where green means eco-friendly and not the color

    Posted on March 25, 2010 | No Comments
    Tires take a lot of crude oil to make. Around seven gallons each, actually, which of course is the cause of Al Gore's hemorrhoids. But a solution is in the works that will utilize renewable feedstocks from sugar cane, corn, corn cobs, switchgrass or other biomasses rather than petroleum. Mmmm, corn tires.

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