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  • New cell phone study to follow 250,000 users for 30 years

    New cell phone study to follow 250,000 users for 30 years

    And here we go again. Every few months (it seems) there's another study telling us that either cell phones are safe, or they are evil. It just goes to show, there's a study to prove anything. This particular study however is going to take a bit more time then the other ones have. Plus, it'll involve quite a few more people.

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  • Replacing laptop LCDs to save battery life

    Replacing laptop LCDs to save battery life

    What's least energy efficient part of your laptop? The LCD, correct. What are your options? Stop using computers? I would if I could, believe me. Or, you could be a little adventurous and try to swap out the LCD with another, more energy efficient one. Sort of like hammering a nail with a sledgehammer, yes.

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  • Best of CES 2010

    Best of CES 2010

    CES is over for CrunchGear (we'll still be posting some stragglers today and tomorrw) but we'd like to reflect on the best gear we saw at the show. These few days flew by and even with the glut of 3D TVs and ereaders we were actually impressed by a few small, good things that caught our eye on the show floor. Here are the winners of CrunchGear's Best of CES 2010 informal editor poll.

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  • Video: Six James Bonds playing poker

    Video: Six James Bonds playing poker

    Through the magic of video trickery, please observe your favorite James Bond actor playing against all the other ones you don’t like. As a bonus, seeing as though Hollywood is officially out of new movie ideas, be sure to keep a lookout for this to turn into an actual feature film called “Double-O Double Down” [...]

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  • Review and Giveaway: Razer Sphex mousepad

    Review and Giveaway: Razer Sphex mousepad

    Quickie: A paper-thin gaming mouse pad that stays in place thanks to a sticky backside and a surface that really does improve mouse tracking. And the Razer Shpex is only $15. I love this mousepad. So much that I might marry it. My desk is set at a height that standard gaming mousepads elevate my mouse just enough [...]

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  • Super Talent’s MasterDrive SX SSDs would go great with an old MacBook Pro

    Super Talent’s MasterDrive SX SSDs would go great with an old MacBook Pro

    Do you have a MacBook Pro? No, the new one with the gimped SATA transfer, but the one before it. Good, because Super Talent, which just won the prize for least presumptive company name, has a new line of solid state drives, dubbed the MasterDrive SX series, that may interest you guys. Write speeds are rated at up to 200MB/s sequential, not burst. Yes, that's pretty fast.

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