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  • Conan O’Brien, do you want to be a CrunchGear intern for a little while?

    Conan O’Brien, do you want to be a CrunchGear intern for a little while?

    Posted on January 16, 2010 | No Comments
    All of us here at CrunchGear are fairly angry at the way NBC has treated you, Conan. So here's our offer: if you and the peacock decide to part company (and you really ought to, provided the network takes care of your staff and everyone else who moved from New York to Los Angeles, and provided you walk away with some fat cash), we'd like to offer you an internship. That's right: Conan O'Brien, CrunchGear intern. That has a nice ring to it, no?

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  • The Audi A8 Google Earth integration gets a video demo

    The Audi A8 Google Earth integration gets a video demo

    Posted on January 13, 2010 | No Comments
    The Audi A8 is a nerdgasm on wheels. It was the only car that had a line to sit in it yesterday during the last press day at the Detroit Auto Show. So I skipped it. Shame on me. Good thing The German Car Blog was there and got a nice demo of the car's Google Earth app.

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  • Contest: Guess what John just sat in

    Contest: Guess what John just sat in

    Posted on January 6, 2010 | No Comments
    I have a great prize (I don’t know what it is yet. Maybe it’s a headset or some iPhone cases. I’ll tell you next week when I get home.) if you guys can identify what I just sat in and explain to me why I continued to sit in it even as its juices seeped [...]

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  • AT&T sued by Washington DC for unused balances on calling cards

    AT&T sued by Washington DC for unused balances on calling cards

    Posted on January 3, 2010 | No Comments
    Here's a superficially curious, but fundamentally quite important, bit of legal wrangling for you. Reuters is reporting that the District of Columbia has filed suit against AT&T Corp for the recovery of unused balances on calling cards purchased from the telecom giant. Estimated at somewhere between 5 and 20 percent of the overall value of the cards, the so-called breakage -- leftover credit that customers neglect to use -- has typically remained with the carrier as a sort of predictable bonus. The DC Attorney General, however, is seeking to have breakages treated as unclaimed property, which under district law means that after three years they must be returned to the state. Whichever side of the fence you sit on, the decision on this case will set a significant precedent for the future of such prepaid services.

    AT&T sued by Washington DC for unused balances on calling cards originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • The courts say don’t blame Apple if your iPod caused you to go deaf

    The courts say don’t blame Apple if your iPod caused you to go deaf

    Posted on December 30, 2009 | No Comments
    The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld a 2008 ruling that stated the iPod does not pose an unreasonable risk for hearing loss even though everyone knows the old stock iPod earbuds were the worst earbuds ever made. (I added that last part) The original case augured that because the iPod earbuds were designed to sit so far back in the ear, and the iPod itself does not have any volume meters or noise-isolating properties, that the device could be made safer. But the courts just told the plaintiffs to shut-up and sit down.

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  • The Borderland’s Mad Moxxi Underdome Riot trailer

    The Borderland’s Mad Moxxi Underdome Riot trailer

    Posted on December 29, 2009 | No Comments
    Sit back and enjoy a trailer that shows a bit of gameplay of Borderland’s next DLC expansion, Mad Moxxi Underdome Riot. [via Joystiq]

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  • This Archos 9 tablet gives Win7 the finger, turns to Google Chrome OS

    This Archos 9 tablet gives Win7 the finger, turns to Google Chrome OS

    Posted on December 18, 2009 | No Comments
    Apparently someone took the very new Archos 9 tablet and installed the early build of Google Chrome OS on it. Here are the pros and cons from where I sit.

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  • The Myinee Abbee will record FM radio to a portable player (too bad FM radio stinks)

    The Myinee Abbee will record FM radio to a portable player (too bad FM radio stinks)

    Posted on December 15, 2009 | No Comments
    So I just stumbled upon the Myinee Abbee. It's a combination FM radio+portable music player. The idea is simple enough: you tune the radio into a station, plug in the portable music player, then it records the audio directly to said player. Now you can walk around with a collection of songs that an overpaid, out-of-touch program director has put together based on his company's national playlist. Wonderful.

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  • Welcome to Bag Week!

    Welcome to Bag Week!

    Posted on December 14, 2009 | No Comments
    Hello and welcome to CrunchGear's Bag Week, a week all about bags. Why bags, you ask? Because bags, whether we like it or not, are our first line of defense against the vagaries of a harsh world. We can protect our laptops in our curled and quivering arms or we can slide them into a nice Sumo or Booq and find ourselves secure in the knowledge that everything, for a little while, is going to be OK.

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  • Video: Verizon Droid calls iPhone ‘digitally clueless’ in latest ad

    Video: Verizon Droid calls iPhone ‘digitally clueless’ in latest ad

    Posted on December 4, 2009 | No Comments
    The word “droid” is short for “android.” When you think of androids you think of robots. “Robot” is a Czech word that means “drudgery.” “Drudgery” is defined as “dull, irksome, and fatiguing work.” And let me tell you: it is dull, irksome, and fatiguing to sit through this latest Verizon Droid commercial.

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  • webOS 1.3.1 trickles out to European Pres

    webOS 1.3.1 trickles out to European Pres

    Posted on November 23, 2009 | No Comments
    A Europe with a Yahoo-free webOS isn't a Europe we'd ever want to live in -- it's just not right -- and happily we won't have to, because that shiny new version 1.3.1 that dropped in concert with the Pixi launch a few days ago is on the way to the Old World. Palm's official blog reports that customers on the Pre's official carriers in Ireland, Germany, Spain, and the UK can expect 1.3.1 "soon," and thanks to the magic of over-the-air firmware delivery, users should have little more to do than sit on their rears and wait for the goodness to come to them on a wireless silver platter. In fact, we've heard from one German tipster that the update is already available. Let us know how it treats you, won't you?

    webOS 1.3.1 trickles out to European Pres originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Sunday Giveaway: A Movie Wedge for you, a Movie Wedge for me!

    Sunday Giveaway: A Movie Wedge for you, a Movie Wedge for me!

    Posted on November 22, 2009 | No Comments
    If you ever sit next to me on a plane you will notice that I have a small ritual that I prepare every time I reach cruising altitude. I begin by pulling out my iPod touch and then my Movie Wedge. The Movie Wedge is a little bean bag with a lip for holding up [...]

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  • BlackBerry Bold 9700 now on sale to all at AT&T: $200 on contract

    BlackBerry Bold 9700 now on sale to all at AT&T: $200 on contract

    Posted on November 22, 2009 | No Comments
    T-Mobile (along with a number of overseas carriers) have had RIM's BlackBerry Bold 9700 for some time now, and while we knew that the handset was shipping to those who AT&T considers "special" and "irreplaceable," the rest of the collective masses have simply had to sit on the sidelines and wait. Thankfully, that whole bout with patience is over, as the Bold 9700 is now available to order directly from the operator's website for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and your John Henry on a 2-year agreement. So, anyone forcing Santa to come early this year, or what?

    [Thanks, Ry]

    BlackBerry Bold 9700 now on sale to all at AT&T: $200 on contract originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Amazon finally releases the Kindle for PC app (but it’s still in beta)

    Amazon finally releases the Kindle for PC app (but it’s still in beta)

    Posted on November 10, 2009 | No Comments
    Huzzah! PC users can finally include their computers within the each of Amazon's syncing capabilities with the Kindle for PC app. The just released beta finally gives PC users a viable ebook reading option on a program that doesn't look like it was designed for Windows 95. Although the majority of users will probably be those that already own a Kindle and just want to turn a few pages while at work, still relying on a Kindle for most of the reading. The app is pretty darn powerful in of itself, but there are some notable drawbacks and limitations.

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  • New Nokia netbook next year already?

    New Nokia netbook next year already?

    Posted on October 26, 2009 | No Comments
    nokiaRumors are abound that Nokia may be looking to release a new version of its Booklet 3G netbook sometime next year.

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