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Sony Announces New Bravia Upcoming

The NX810 Brings Three Sizes of 3D and HD Goodness To Market
By on Thursday, 26. August 2010

Sony Bravia televisions are, more often than not, good systems. They pack plenty of punch in their system,and look good doing it. The three new model NX810s, which come in three different sizes, look to do no different.

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Intel Working On Line of Thought Controlled Computers

Progress Is Extremely Slow, Depends on Huge Brain Monitors
By on Thursday, 26. August 2010

As delightful as the thought of a thought-controlled computer is, especially when it comes to word processing, the concept of it is still far off from becoming execution. But if Intel has its way, it’ll be here sooner than we…think.

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Mitsubishi Announces Three New 3D HDTVs

Full 3D HDTVs Also Include Onboard Blu-ray and Hard Drives
By on Thursday, 26. August 2010

Home theater buffs, prepare to cancel the mail and unplug the phone because you’re about to get a massive shot of joy like you won’t believe. Mitsubishi has announced three new televisions to be released, and they will blow your mind in every respect.

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Sony's Netbox Offers Streaming To Television

Sony's Netbox Joins the Set-Top Box Market, Offers Variety of Features
By on Thursday, 26. August 2010

It’s not a surprise to see Sony getting an entry or two into the set-top streaming box market. They’re great things, in their way, pulling the computer out of the equation and giving you an all-in-one streaming solution that doesn’t add on its share of troubles (of course, it doesn’t [...]

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Canon Develops 120 Megapixel CMOS Sensor

No Word Yet On What Camera The Massive Sensor Will Be Used With
By on Wednesday, 25. August 2010

Sure, right now we don’t think much of anything about a 12 megapixel camera. We likely don’t even have too much trouble conceiving of 40 megapixels either, thanks to folks like Pentax. But the crew out at Canon is about to blow the doors off digital photography with the announcement [...]

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Dell Streak Gets USB Connection By Homebrew Adapter

Currently Missing a USB Port, Home Modder Builds His Own Adapter
By on Wednesday, 25. August 2010

The Dell Streak isn’t in a great position right now. It’s got that old Android 1.6 on it, and then there’s that SIM lock. But what’s really irking people is the lack of a micro USB port, or even a mini USB. It’s hard to imagine not being able to [...]

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Toyota Prius Adds Underhood Speakers

Electric Prius Is Too Quiet For Pedestrians' Safety
By on Wednesday, 25. August 2010

I wish I’d had this idea the last time my car almost got hit by a deer crossing the road…but anyway, the folks out at Toyota are taking a page from the Nissan Leaf’s playbook and adding a speaker to the front of their Prius electric vehicle to give pedestrians [...]

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Japan Sumo Association Hands Out iPads To Improve Communication

The Bulky Wrestlers Have Taken To the Larger iPad Devices For Communications
By on Wednesday, 25. August 2010

When your primary line of work involves slapping fat men around in a ring covered with salt, you’re probably not going to be terribly enamored with tiny cell phones because your finger might well be bigger than the keypad. Thus, the Japan Sumo Association has taken to iPads to get [...]

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UC San Diego Uses EEE PCs To Create Best Surfboard

A Pair of Wireless Computers and a Lot of Waterproofing Helps Scientists Develop Board
By on Wednesday, 25. August 2010

Surfboards are not what most people think about when they think of gadgets, but when you bring a pair of EEE PCs together with a crew from the University of California-San Diego, you get a shot at the greatest surfboard ever designed by man.

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Nissan Says 25,000 Leaf Units To Be Delivered By 2011

Nissan Looks To Clear Most of Its Waiting List By The End of the Year
By on Wednesday, 25. August 2010

For those of you who tossed your $99 dollars down the rathole of the waiting list for Nissan’s electric Leaf vehicle (a name, by the way, I hate for its grammatical boondoggle; is the plural Leafs or Leaves? I note most publications are avoiding the issue entirely.), you may now [...]

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