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HP Planning Lots Of New Laptops, Desktops For 2010

Leak Reveals 14 New HP Models Before Their CES Announcement
By on Saturday, 2. January 2010

HP’s CES plans have been spoiled early. Reports and pictures for some 14 new HP models have hit the internet, ranging from lowly netbooks to the high-end gaming machines. HP certainly is going to have a lot of nice offerings in 2010. Although we don’t have formal, full specs for [...]

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US Government Launches Distraction.gov

New Website Teaches You About The Danger of Texting, E-Mailing, Talking While Driving
By on Friday, 1. January 2010

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched Distraction.gov, a website that teaches you about the dangers of using your electronic gadgets while driving a car. The site is chock full of stats about the dangers of texting while driving, and legal warnings.

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OmniTread Rescue Robot Revealed

Bizarre Snake Robot Helps Rescue People From Collapsed Buildings
By on Friday, 1. January 2010

The great young minds at the University of Michigan have unveiled the OmniTrack series of robots. The two robots, the OT-4 and OT-8 are snake-like rescue robots are that designed to crawl through rubble and rough terrain to search for injured people. Each of it’s “segments” is covered with treads [...]

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BPhone Smartphone Looks Like A Netbook

Chinese Cloned Smartphone Features Keyboard, Rotating Display
By on Friday, 1. January 2010

When does a smartphone go from being a smartphone to a netbook that can make calls? The BPhone, a new gadget out of China, certainly blurs these lines for us tech enthusiasts. The new “BPhone” looks a lot like a small netbook or Ultra portable PC, but instead, actually can [...]

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SmartQ V5 HD MID Launched In China

Chines MID Features 4.3-inch touchscreen, 2GB of Storage, Three Operating Systems
By on Friday, 1. January 2010

The SmartQ V5 MID, originally announced sometime ago as the SmartV 5 has made its grand debut in China. It’s the lower-end counterpart to the SmartQ V7 MID. If you’re in the market for a MID, it’s not a bad device.

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HTC To Show Off Android Tablet Privately At CES?

Internet Rumors Claim HTC Android Tablet Will Feature Physical Keyboard, Snapdragon Chip
By on Friday, 1. January 2010

Tablets will be the hot item this year at CES, with an ‘iSlate’ impending from the 800-pound gorilla Apple, and all the controversy over the CrunchPad JooJoo. A report hitting the internet reports that HTC has prepared a tablet running Android, and the tablet will be privately shown off to [...]

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