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Hugh Macleod / gapingvoid:
THE TIME OF THE A-LIST IS DEAD. THANK CHRIST. NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON. — From Robert Scoble: … For once I disagree with Robert. I DO want to talk about it. Because I actually concur with Robert's thesis. And I am utterly delighted to do so. — In the past, say …
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Kent / Newsome.Org:
Declaration of Blogging Independence — When in the Course of online events it becomes necessary for alienated and isolated bloggers to dissolve the existing blogging hierarchy and exclusionary behavior which have disconnected them from the A-List and made them feel even more nerdy …
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rte.ie:
Dublin company to unveil 'free energy' device — An Irish company will today reveal controversial technology that allegedly defies basic laws of physics to produce free power. — Steorn, which is based in Dublin, claims to have discovered a method of creating clean, constant energy, which it claims could end the global fuel crisis.
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:Steorn's Orbo "free-energy" machine demonstrated!
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Glenn Fleishman / CNN:
Service allows users to make calls on Wi-Fi network — (PopSci.com) — Bad call reception at home? A new mobile service allows you to seamlessly place calls on both your cellular network and on any open Wi-Fi hotspot cell phones, which are supposed to let you call from anywhere …
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Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Where are they now: Barry Schuler and his laser — Goldfinger: You are looking at an industrial laser which emits an extraordinary light, not to be found in nature. It can project a spot on the moon - or, at closer range, cut through solid metal. I will show you. — Or maybe Raydiance will.
Matt Sullivan / Popular Mechanics:
More than 750 parts — stretching a half-mile long. Some 350 engineers working round-the-clock. Thousands of rusty, old mechanic photos — clutch plates, transmissions, brake discs — spilling across the table. All for one beat-up Camaro? Sure doesn't sound like your average auto manufacturer.
Stan Schroeder / Mashable!:
10 Richest People in Tech — Also Hot Today: Podcasting Toolbox - 70+ Podcasting Tools and Resources — Ah, the memories. Bill Gates, known for so many years to be (by far) the wealthiest person in the world, now has to settle for second place, because a Mexican tycoon came in first …
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Stace / Unwired View:
HTC OMNI PICS AND SPECS — The rumors about the upcoming HTC OMNI communicator have been flying around the Web for a few months now. And from some leaked details and specs, HTC Omni sounded like a very interesting mobile gadget. — Well, they were true.
Peter Griffiths / Reuters:
Gadget boom to drive up energy demand: report — LONDON (Reuters) - Flat-screen televisions, computers and other hi-tech gadgets will use nearly half of a typical British household's total electricity by 2020, an energy conservation body said in a report on Wednesday.
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Chris Kohler / Game | Life:
Nintendo Announces DS Camera, Face Training — Having already trained the brains of the Japanese and begun work on training their eyes, Nintendo now wants to train... their faces. — Otona No DS Kao Training, or Face Training, includes a camera that plugs into the Game Boy Advance slot …
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Jen Gerson / Toronto Star:
WiFi revolution hits a snag — Fee for Internet service brings drop in number of Toronto subscribers — Long lauded as the technology that would turn cities into techie meccas, WiFi continues to creep across metropolises. — Years after North American cities began to plan for the WiFi revolution …
Inside Google Book Search:
Greater access to public domain works for all users — Today we launched a new feature for Book Search to help more people access the world's great public domain works. Whenever you find an out-of-copyright book in our index, you'll see a "View plain text" link, which lets anyone access the text layer of the book.
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Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
The Pirate Bay Wants MediaDefender to Walk the Plank to Bankruptcy — The guys at The Pirate Bay aren't happy. Certain commercial outfits have been trying to use their trackers to hunt down pirates - companies like Media Defender who will be fresh in your mind following the MiiVi incident.
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NaviGadget:
the new Mio P360 and P560 — Mio is preparing two new PDA's with GPS support; the P360 and P560. We have very few details right now but it is expected that these two models will be replacing the P350 and P550 of last year. Both P360 and P560 will run Windows Mobile 6.
Nokia:
Honey, we need to talk - with my Nokia Speakerphone HF-300 — Espoo, Finland - Having a conversation in and out of the car is about as simple as talking to yourself, thanks to Nokia's first speakerphone, the stylish Nokia Speakerphone HF-300. This detachable Bluetooth speakerphone hosts a powerful speaker and microphone.
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