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Blockbuster could release its own movie set-top-box

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:00:09 -0800

Filed under: Home Entertainment Well, well -- what have we here? As Microsoft's Xbox 360 skyrockets up the list of most wanted movie set-top-boxes and units like the Roku Netflix Player hold the promi...

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Fingerprint 'developer' used to lift text from letter-containing envelopes

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:00:09 -0800

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsMacGyver and Maxwell Smart had a plethora of tricks up their sleeves (or shoes, as it were), but they never had this. One Paul Kelly and colleagues at Loughborough University...

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Internet addiction defined in China, entire Engadget staff now officially certifiable

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:00:09 -0800

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsWhile American psychiatrists continue to debate whether an unhealthy affinity for all things online is really an illness or just a passing fancy, their Chinese counterparts h...

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Navigon launches "uber-premium" 4.8-inch 8100T navigator

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:00:09 -0800

Filed under: GPS In an effort to make sure you're well aware that the 8100T is the most premium possible, even better than ultra- or mega-premium, Navigon has definitively described the aforesaid navi...

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Microsoft's desktop-equipped mass transit bus is a boss' dream

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:00:09 -0800

Filed under: Desktops, Transportation Those 45 to 90 minutes you spend stuck in traffic each day, inhaling noxious fumes and watching your paycheck dwindle in the form of consumed gasoline, are about ...

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Circuit City files for bankruptcy

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:00:09 -0800

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Home Entertainment Even after shutting down 155 retail stores and announcing plans to cut around 17% of its 43,000 employees, Circuit City couldn't avoid the dreaded bankru...

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Nintendo's DSi gets cracked wide open

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:00:09 -0800

Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds It's only fair, really. We've seen both the DS and the DS Lite exposed under the camera, and now it's time for the DSi to suffer the same humiliation. As expected, thing...

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The Onion pits Snow Leopard against Windows 7, everyone wins

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:00:09 -0800

After that earlier piece on global e-waste, we thought you might want something to lighten the mood. Fortunately, The Onion is ready with a sardonic, blood-shot eye turned to the respective OS relea...

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NVIDIA's Quadro FX 5800 with 4GB graphics memory is 'the most powerful graphics card in history'

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:00:09 -0800

Filed under: Gaming That's some serious boasting by NVIDIA, but this is some serious graphics horsepower. The Quadro FX 5800, already seen in NVIDIA's Quadro Plex D data cruncher, replaces the 5600...

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RED teases again with exposed ports

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:00:09 -0800

Filed under: Digital Cameras We've less than a week before RED announces something special on November 13th, but it's not letting you creep any closer to that magical day without two more teases (one ...

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