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T-Mobile G2 "Confirmed" As Coming September 29th

Blurry Spycam Photo Shows T-Mobile Internal Calendar Listing G2 As Coming Late September, As Rumored
Filed by on Friday, 27. August 2010

T-Mobile news site TmoNews (who has numerous reliable sources inside T-Mobile) has posted what allegedly is a blurry picture of a T-Mobile internal calendar. It “confirms” the September 29th date that has been thrown around as the release date for the T-Mobile G2.

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Froyo HTC EVO 4G Gets Root, You Know It Was Bound to Happen

New Root Available in the Wild for Android 2.2 Froyo HTC EVO 4G
Filed by on Friday, 27. August 2010

With jailbreaking, rooting and unlocking becoming a legal thing in the USA, we’re not surprised to see more and more such solutions made available for the popular smartphones out there. In fact they would have probably have been made public as fast and as easily even while such actions were [...]

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Leaked iPod touch 4G & iPod nano 6G Cases Say Big Design Changes Are Coming

Leaked Cases from China Suggest New Features for the Next-gen iPod nano & iPod touch 4G
Filed by on Thursday, 26. August 2010

September 1 is approaching fast and that’s the date Apple is going to host is its annual music-centered event, and we have a pretty good idea of what’s going to go down in San Francisco next week.

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Cellular South Android Ad Pokes Fun At iPhone

Recently Minted Android Carrier Cellular South Has Provocative Android Ad To Offend iFans
Filed by on Thursday, 26. August 2010

Regional carrier Cellular South has a lot of loyal customers on the internet. Wherever where you go, you’ll find no shortage of Southerns willing to defend their local carrier. Now – I see why. A new banner ad located in Cellular South stores promoting their new Android offerings takes a [...]

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Mark Hurd To Dump $30 Million In HP Stock

Following An Uncomfortable Parting Of Ways, Ousted HP CEO To Liquidate A Ton Of Stock Holdings
Filed by on Thursday, 26. August 2010

Former HP CEO Mark Hurd’s departure from the company was not really pretty, despite the hefty severance package he was given (with some outlets reporting he was given as much as $40 million in stock options). Now, Hurd has informed the SEC that he plans to dump some 700k-odd shares of [...]

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CDMA iPhone Not Done Yet; Qualcomm Needs Help

Qualcomm Is Hiring iPhone Expert for Verizon iPhone “Secret” Project
Filed by on Thursday, 26. August 2010

We have one more thrilling episode in the Verizon iPhone rumor saga, and this time around it concerns the obvious Verizon partner that’s going to help Apple build the CDMA iPhone, namely, Qualcomm.

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Sony Doesn't Expect A Huge Day One Rush For Move Units

Sony Exec Says That They Expect Moves To Sell Slowly, Based On Word Of Mouth, Likened To Earlier EyeToy Add-on
Filed by on Thursday, 26. August 2010

Sony senior vice president Ray Maguire told website Eurogamer.net that  they don’t expect big waiting lines and sold-out stores when the PlayStation Move launches later this year. Maguire says that the pending Sony motion control scheme “needs to be sampled” and expects it to sell by word of mouth, like [...]

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Ohio State's Buckeye Bullet 2 Sets Land Speed Record For Battery Powered Vehicles

The OSU Buckeye Bullet 2 Cleared 291 Miles Per Hour
Filed by on Thursday, 26. August 2010

If you, like me, thought that battery powered vehicles couldn’t hack it in the speed department, you weren’t alone for the longest time. Lots of people thought like that too. But after the performance of the Buckeye Bullet 2, we’ll all have to have another thought, because they managed to [...]

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NEC Looks To Build Better Bioplastic With Plant Waste

Plant Stems and Cashew Shells Go Into NEC's Bioplastic
Filed by on Thursday, 26. August 2010

I think most of us enjoy cashews. Those rich, oily little nuts taste great, even if they’re not quite as good for you as, say, almonds. But to hear that they may play a part in a new kind of bioplastic out at NEC was great news indeed.

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Garmin Issues Massive GPS Recall

Garmin nuvi Units Pose Potential Fire Hazard
Filed by on Thursday, 26. August 2010

All right, folks, take a moment and check your cars because if you haven’t heard about this one yet you’ll be glad you did. The folks out at Garmin are staging a recall effort on 1.25 million nuvi GPS units due to a problem with the battery. Specific models targeted: [...]

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