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  • Videos: Soccer-playing robot

    Videos: Soccer-playing robot

    Posted on June 10, 2010 | No Comments
    Building robots capable of playing soccer - that's apparently very hard to pull off, as shown several times in the past. But this new robot, the RoboErectus Jr., is different. Developed at the Robotics Center of Singapore Polytechnic, he looks like he's a little small, but his moves are pretty cool.

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  • Megan Fox introduces Motorola DEVOUR and looks face-slappingly good

    Megan Fox introduces Motorola DEVOUR and looks face-slappingly good

    Posted on February 7, 2010 | No Comments
    For me, the best part of the Super Bowl is the commercials. And after you see this one, you may have to agree. Just note that you'll have to play the video several times over before you realize there's a phone there - the Motorola DEVOUR with MOTOBLUR, to be exact. So, what happens when Megan Fox uses her DEVOUR to send out a hot, wet image via a social network?

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  • Apple tablet ‘confirmed’ by France Télécom

    Apple tablet ‘confirmed’ by France Télécom

    Posted on January 11, 2010 | No Comments
    It sure does seem that the Apple tablet has been confirmed several times in the past few months. Well, here we go again! As some of you have already read on TechCrunch, a France Télécom/Orange executive has “confirmed” the existence of Apple’s highly anticipated tablet computer during a broadcast interview. Here’s hoping Apple releases the tablet as soon as possible so we can all move on with our lives.

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  • Giant Gundam statue to make a comeback next year

    Giant Gundam statue to make a comeback next year

    Posted on December 23, 2009 | No Comments
    He'll be back: The awesome 1/1 scale Gundam statue that was erected on Tokyo's artificial island Odaiba in June and that was deconstructed in September this year, will be seen again in its full glory. We reported several times about the statue, which stands 60 feet tall and shows some cool special effects (see video below).

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  • World of Warcraft’s new dungeon finder just made life worth living again

    World of Warcraft’s new dungeon finder just made life worth living again

    Posted on December 14, 2009 | No Comments
    For me, the best part of Patch 3.3 in World of Warcraft is the new dungeon finder. I've used it a bunch in the past couple of days, and can say this: PUGing is now fun (though it'll change the way we look at guilds).

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  • AT&T sues LG, Samsung, others alleging LCD price-fixing ‘conspiracy’

    AT&T sues LG, Samsung, others alleging LCD price-fixing ‘conspiracy’

    Posted on October 21, 2009 | No Comments

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    A cellphone without an LCD isn't much of a cellphone. Alright, yes, there are exceptions to the rule, but generally speaking, LCDs still rule the industry, which makes it a ripe target for nefarious price-fixing schemes to take root -- something that LG and Sharp are well-acquainted with coming off a stinging half-billion dollar verdict last year. All the talk of artificially inflated display pricing recently must've spooked AT&T, because they've gone ahead and filed a lawsuit in San Francisco today alleging that LG, Samsung, Chunghua, AU Optronics, and others all conspired to boost component prices during a period in which the carrier bought some 300 million handsets. That's a boatload of phones -- several times AT&T's total subscriber base -- and we're guessing the result could be a significant cash outlay if they're successful with the suit. Does this mean free Mythics for everyone?

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    AT&T sues LG, Samsung, others alleging LCD price-fixing 'conspiracy' originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Typhoon warning: Deconstruction of Gundam statue in Tokyo postponed

    Typhoon warning: Deconstruction of Gundam statue in Tokyo postponed

    Posted on September 1, 2009 | No Comments
    Japan has been loving the Gundam animes series for 30 years, and in June, toy maker Bandai erected a 60-foot, moving Gundam robot statue in Odaiba, a futuristic island in Tokyo bay (we reported several times). Bandai originally planned to deconstruct the big guy today, but postponed all work for a couple days due to bad weather (typhoons can get pretty nasty over here).

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  • iPhone Devs: Lite/Free mobile apps really pay off

    iPhone Devs: Lite/Free mobile apps really pay off

    Posted on July 30, 2009 | No Comments
    The creator of iCombat wrote an analysis of his experience making and giving away a free “lite” version of his app alongside his paid, full version. The result? It makes economic sense to create a lite version early on and update it often to goose the users into downloading - and paying attention to - [...]

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  • How to Destroy a Hard Drive? Blend It

    How to Destroy a Hard Drive? Blend It

    Posted on July 8, 2009 | No Comments
    Erasing a hard drive. How do you do it? For home use, you don’t need to worry, but when you’re selling a computer, you really don’t want your information to stay on there in any form. I don’t care about the porn so much, but I do worry about bank details and my secret (and [...]

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