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  • Lenovo refreshes laptop line for 2010

    Lenovo refreshes laptop line for 2010

    Posted on May 10, 2010 | No Comments
    Lenovo announced their latest models today, a whole slew of new laptops, all-in-one models, and desktops. We're going to talk about the latest laptops here, but make sure you check out our other coverage on their new products.

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  • New software converts 2D cell phone games into 3D

    New software converts 2D cell phone games into 3D

    Posted on May 10, 2010 | No Comments
    3D continues to be a hot topic in the tech world. Tokyo-based middleware company HI Corp. today announced [JP] it has developed software that makes it possible to convert regular 2D cell phone games into 3D games. HI claims its image-rendering software, the new version of "MascotCapsule", lets users then play the 3D games without glasses.

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  • HP releases new Pavilion notebooks

    HP releases new Pavilion notebooks

    Posted on May 4, 2010 | No Comments
    If there’s anything better than consumer grade sub-$800 notebooks, God kept it for himself. HP just announced the dm4, dv5, dv6, and dv7 notebooks. All are running the latest processors and the dm4 and dv7 support discrete graphics. The dv6 is a touchscreen laptop, which is great for people who like to touch their screens. Not [...]

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  • iPhone app review: GoodReader

    iPhone app review: GoodReader

    Posted on May 3, 2010 | No Comments
    One of the things I've always wanted to do with my smartphone -- whether it was my original Palm Treo 650, or my current iPhone -- was to read books while on-the-go. Unfortunately, the screens on these smartphones have all been way too small to make reading comfortable for anything more than a screenful or two. Even reading long email messages can be a strain on my eyes. It doesn't help that many e-books are formatted for a full screen, so they require vertical and horizontal scrolling to read. Thankfully, GoodReader exists, and only costs a buck.

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  • QR-LPD: Bridgestone’s flexible e-paper (video)

    QR-LPD: Bridgestone’s flexible e-paper (video)

    Posted on April 29, 2010 | No Comments
    Even though it's not an electronics company, Bridgestone (the tire maker) is one of a handful Japanese firms that has been experimenting with e-paper in recent years. Last October, Bridgestone claimed the bragging rights for the world's first flexible e-book reader. And a few days ago, the company showcased the newest version of their e-paper, now named QR-LPD (Quick Response Liquid Power Display), during an industry expo in Tokyo.

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  • Palm plays on their new-found ability to make good ads with two new ones

    Palm plays on their new-found ability to make good ads with two new ones

    Posted on April 28, 2010 | No Comments
    Semi-transparent smartphone screens floating in front of the user Minority Report style are all the rage right now. Palm started it back in May with their first "Life moves fast. Dont Miss A Thing." commercial. Microsoft had the unfortunate timing of launching a strikingly similar ad just 3 days later -- and then RIM showed up with their crazy impromptu dance club remix of the idea just yesterday. Oh well. Copy-cats aside, Palm's carrying on with the idea. Showing off their new found abilities to make ads that don't creep us out or otherwise turn us away, they've just released two more TV spots. (Heads up: Instead of cute lady people, these ones feature hipster dudes, one of whom seems to be trying to dress like Neo.) Check'em out after the jump.

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  • TomTom Go Live 1000 blurs the line between PND and connected tablet

    TomTom Go Live 1000 blurs the line between PND and connected tablet

    Posted on April 27, 2010 | No Comments
    The dedicated GPS market is slowly but steadily shrinking as smartphones gain the same abilities, but yet the major players keep rolling out new devices. The TomTom Go Live 1000 bucks the trend of a semi-smart connected device and instead adds a ton of storage on top of a powerful setup to run a WebKit-based UI along with a ton of connected apps. This just might be the PND we've been waiting for -- too bad it's a few years late.

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  • Sharp announces another batch of AQUOS TVs with built-in Blu-ray recorders

    Sharp announces another batch of AQUOS TVs with built-in Blu-ray recorders

    Posted on April 20, 2010 | No Comments
    In Japan, Sharp has been offering AQUOS LCDs with integrated Blu-ray players or recorders for quite some time now. And today, the company announced [JP] the AQUOS DX3 series, which consists of another five of those TVs (with built-in Blu-ray recorders) for the Japanese market.

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  • Why 960×640 Makes Sense For the iPhone HD

    Why 960×640 Makes Sense For the iPhone HD

    Posted on April 20, 2010 | No Comments
    We alluded yesterday that the higher resolution screen on the Phantom iPhone of Redwood City would more-than-likely have double the horizontal and vertical pixels of the current iPhone screen (therefore quadrupling the pixel count), and now the ever-reliable John Gruber has weighed in on the likelihood of a new-and-improved double-PPI resolution. The main take-away here is that while the current iPhone screen is gorgeous, Apple are trying to make the screen on the next iPhone look as clear as the print found in expensive glossy magazines.

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  • Panasonic goes live with the DMC-G2 & DMC-G10 pricing

    Panasonic goes live with the DMC-G2 & DMC-G10 pricing

    Posted on April 19, 2010 | No Comments
    We already knew everything about the DMC-G1 and DMC-G10. Panasonic announced them back in early March and revealed their 12.1 MP sensors, 3-inch LCD screens, and 720p video modes. But the press release back then didn't mention anything about pricing. Don't you hate that? We do.

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  • Next-gen iPad said to have OLED screen (deja vu, anyone?)

    Next-gen iPad said to have OLED screen (deja vu, anyone?)

    Posted on April 19, 2010 | No Comments
    The Apple rumor mill is back up and running its dirty tricks again. This time we hear that the iPad is supposed to get an OLED screen just like we heard in the past MacBook Pros and iPhpnes were going to get the better screens. So being burned at least twice before, we're a little hesitant to take this report seriously.

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  • For the Nintendo 3DS? Sharp’s unveils glasses-free 3D touchscreen [Update: Video]

    For the Nintendo 3DS? Sharp’s unveils glasses-free 3D touchscreen [Update: Video]

    Posted on April 2, 2010 | No Comments
    Glasses-free 3D displays for mobile devices are nothing new. Hitachi, for example, started selling a 3D-enabled handset [JP] in Japan as early as last year. The Hitachi product didn't make much of a splash, but Sharp's new parallax barrier-based 3D display for mobile devices (which the company announced today) appears to be pretty cool.

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  • Video demo: IE9 with NVIDIA Ion hardware acceleration

    Video demo: IE9 with NVIDIA Ion hardware acceleration

    Posted on March 31, 2010 | No Comments
    We'll soon live in an age when netbooks have both CPUs and GPUs and it will be grand. Unicorns and rainbows will dance off of our screens in harmony -- and Internet Explorer might become relevant again. The video after the jump shows what IE9 is capable of when a next-generation Nvidia Ion GPU is paired with an Intel Atom CPU verses a standard netbook with an Atom all by itself. The differences are obvious and makes a solid case for Internet Explorer. But most of us will probably visit the International Space Station before setting IE as our default browser even if it renders graphics faster.

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  • Video: What does Modern Warfare 2 look like when played on six monitors?

    Video: What does Modern Warfare 2 look like when played on six monitors?

    Posted on March 27, 2010 | No Comments
    Man alive, how great would it be to be rich? You could afford crazy things like, I don't know, new shoes, healthy food, and six 20-inch monitors to play Modern Warfare 2 with. That's the dream.

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  • First Look: Nintendo DSi XL

    First Look: Nintendo DSi XL

    Posted on March 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Just got another care package from Nintendo, and it’s a big one — literally. Nintendo sent us one of its new DSi XL units, and color me impressed. The screens look great, and games look like they should have been on a screen this size in the first place. I don’t even need my reading [...]

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