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Seagate Forecasts Coming of Hybrid Drives

Samsung Bares the Future of Hard Drives Technology With The Potential Coming of Hybrid Drives
By on Saturday, 24. July 2010

Seagate shared recently what it saw from their crystal ball with regards to the future of hard drive technology. While most companies these days are focusing on speed and storage to satisfy consumer demands, no other than Seagate identified hybrid technology as the next feature that will make a difference.

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Sharp eBook Reader And Store Coming

Japanese Tech Giant Looks To Compete With Amazon With eReader, Bookstore and Verizon Deal
By on Saturday, 24. July 2010

Sharp is throwing its hat into the eBook and eReader ring. The Japanese company announced plans a few days ago to launch an eBook store, similar to the Kindle Store or iBooks on the iPad. To back up their store, they’ll also be selling multiple devices to read your new [...]

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Gaikai Looking to Give OnLive a Run For Its Money With Newly Secured Funding

Browser Based Gaikai Streaming Service Gets Funding From Intel, Limelight, Looks To Take On OnLive
By on Saturday, 24. July 2010

The ways by which to acquire content are expanding at an ever increasing pace. Once upon a time the only way to get a video game or movie was by heading to a retailer or rental store. However, now a days, thanks to high speed broadband connections being readily available [...]

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Samsung Galaxy 3 Invades Germany

Midrange Android Phone Hits Germany, Brings Android 2.1, 3.2-inch Touchscreen
By on Saturday, 24. July 2010

It’s not the Galaxy S – but it’s a bit cheaper. The folks at Samsung have announced a new middling Android phone for the German market. The Samsung Galaxy 3 carries all the stylings of Samsung’s smartphones and Android 2.1 It’ll be rocking a 3.2-inch screen and a 3.2-megapixel camera. [...]

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AT&T Narrows It's Mobile Contracts, Pushes You Towards Unlimited Messaging

Leaked Flyers Show New AT&T Smartphone Plans, They Want You To Go Unlimited With Text Messages, Still Have 2GB Limit
By on Saturday, 24. July 2010

Some leaked pictures posted on tech blog Engadget show what looks like some new smartphone plans that AT&T will be offering. The plans aren’t really any better of a deal, but they’re heavily pushing users toward unlimited text messaging plans, which are often considered outrageous by some because of the [...]

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Motorola Droid X Now Has Alleged Privacy Issue

Users Find Text Messages and Call Logs Staying On Droid X - Our Own Testing Shows This May Be Inaccurate
By on Saturday, 24. July 2010

As many Apple fans blamed the reaction of the press/blogs regarding the iPhone antenna issue as “a move by the Android-loving media to bash Apple” – I’m going to consider all the stories about the Droid X as a “move by the Apple-loving media to bash Android”. Joking aside – [...]

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Motorola Droid X Death Grip / Antenna Reception Issue Demoed on Video… by Apple

Apple Shows the Motorola Droid X Losing Bars, We Remind Apple the iPhone 4’s Antenna Is Still on the Outside
By on Saturday, 24. July 2010

It’s time to get serious again, after watching some short videos making fun of the iPhone 4 and Apple it’s time to watch a different kind of video now. This one comes hot from Apple’s own YouTube channel and it stars the Motorola Droid X getting the Death Grip treatment.

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5 Apple / iPhone 4 Videos or How the Media Is Blowing Everything Out of Proportion, Darth Vader Included

5 Mostly Funny Videos Show How People React to the iPhone 4 Death Grip Solution from Apple & a Jailbreak
By on Friday, 23. July 2010

The weekend is here, folks, which means we have to step away of the serious stuff for a second and appreciate the good things in life and have some well deserved fun while we’re at it. And what better way of having some extra fun than to watch some funny [...]

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Top Seven Spy Gadgets Evelyn Salt Wishes She'd Had

A List of 007 Actual Hardware Items, From High Voltage Briefcases to Exploding Rats
By on Friday, 23. July 2010

So no doubt you’ve seen the ads so far, and you know that they’re all asking “Who Is Salt?” down at your local multiplex. Salt is a big-deal spy thriller that would have featured Tom Cruise, but the whole thing got quickly revamped for Angelina Jolie. Why does that mean [...]

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HighDro Power Toilet Generates Electric Power With Each Flush

HighDro Power Systems Turn Moving Water Into Turbine-Cranking Power Production
By on Friday, 23. July 2010

It used to be that the toilet was strictly a waste disposal operation–but now thanks to a British advance, hitting the restroom can produce power for the rest of the building with the HighDro Power toilet system.

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