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Tech NewsDIY Stock Ticker Pumpkin is Truly Horrifying
A clever cutout may suffice to scare the kids, but if you want your pumpkin to scare adults, consider putting down the carving set and picking up a soldering iron and a couple of 5×7 LED matrix arrays. Why? Because this tiny pumpkin displays the most frightening face of them all—the twisted horror of a … Continued
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Tech NewsA Giant Water Slide Would Make an Hour Commute Awesome
You know a marketing exec with a fiercely long commute at UK-based credit card provider Barclaycard must have been daydreaming one day about being whisked back home by a water slide. If I didn’t sit at home working in my underwear this would be my dream too. [Barclaycard via The Raw Feed]
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Pure Gold PC May Be Golden, But It’s Not Really Gold
The Pure Gold Pc is a bigger liar than that “Rolex” you got from “Dad.” It’s not gold at all; it’s either ceramic or glass. That means when somebody bites your PC to double check its authenticity, shards will break off, slicing their mouth and tongue in a grotesque “told you so.” But if you’re … Continued
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Software Can Duplicate Your Keys Using a Photo Taken From 200 Feet Away
There are skilled locksmiths out there that can reproduce a key from high-resolution images, but new software developed by computer scientists at UC San Diego has simplified the process to a frightening degree. In fact, their “Sneakey” system can reproduce a key with only a grainy cellphone image or, in one case, a picture taken … Continued
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Gadget Deals of the Day
Feeling the economic pinch at work? Not to worry—today’s Dealzmodo Roundup is choc-full of office-bound bargains like a Pagepro printer for $330 (down from $1082) and a comfortable-looking Tillman leather executive chair for $190 (down from $280). We even threw in a $170 Sharp Blu-ray player and an $80 iGroove speaker system to help you … Continued
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QOTD: How Many Times Has Your Xbox 360 Gone Down With a RRoD?
Earlier this month we learned that a California man has decided to sue Microsoft over RRoD issues claiming that the company knew around 50% of the consoles shipped were defective (some claim the figure could be as high as 68 percent.) As you know, Microsoft extended their warranty plan at great expense to help cover … Continued
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Dubai’s Newest Insane Skyscraper to House a Restaurant in a Glass Pod at 2,150 Feet
Oh look, another insane tower planned for Dubai! This one is dubbed the Anara Tower, and while it’s not going to be the tallest in the world (it’ll be about 500 feet shorter than the Burj Dubai at 2,150 feet), it’s still incredible all on its own. The defining element of the Anara Tower has … Continued
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Solved: PSP 3000 Scan Lines Are 100% Hardware Based
Nobody knew if it was the software or the hardware. Why was the PSP 3000, Sony’s supposed best to date with an incredible screen, suffering from interlaced images? Logic Sunrise put both displays under a 40X microscope and saw the problem immediately. Can you tell the difference? Take a mental guess and then check if … Continued
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Dealzmodo Hack: Juice Up Your Canon Digital Camera With CHDK
Digital cameras are generally closed platforms, built and programmed under the assumption that they would never be modified. To get more features, you pay more for different firmware, even though the guts are mostly the same. Canon didn’t batten down their hatches quite enough. The result is CHDK, a full-featured OS substitute that runs from … Continued
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Netflix HD Impressions, On Xbox 360
While we’ve already reviewed what it’s like to stream Netflix movies on the New Xbox Experience, we missed that there were 300 pieces of HD content right below our noses. Since then, we loaded up The Thing in HD and gave Netflix Instant Streaming HD our full once-over.How could we possibly miss the HD content, … Continued
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Use Photoshop to Come Up with Some Unlikely Windows 7 Features
So this week we’ve been getting a nice first look at Windows 7, and it looks to have some pretty great features. But what about the features that Microsoft would never, ever put in their new OS? Those are for us to come up with using our good friend Photoshop, like my example above of … Continued
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Frog Design Working on HIV/AIDS Home Testing in South Africa via SMS
Frog Design has joined Project Masiluleke, which includes the likes of Nokia, to help raise awareness about HIV and AIDS among South Africans with the use of mobile technology. The program includes interactive texts which provide callback numbers for information on HIV testing, home testing kits with cellphone based guidance and information for those seeking … Continued
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We Have an ePaper Challenger! (And Its Name is LCD)
Sharp may not do much in terms of ePaper, but they know their way around an LCD. And they’ve just shown off a new type of eight-color LCD that can hold a static image even when the power is cut.The 14.1, 6.1, 2.4 and 1.7-inch displays are believe to use a cholesteric LCD material to … Continued
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Dealzmodo: 25% Off Gunnar Optiks Eye Strain-Reducing Computer Glasses
Those eye strain-reducing glasses we reviewed now have a 25% off coupon. Just go to their store and enter in the coupon code gogunnar after you’ve added a pair to your cart. We liked these things—they actually worked best after we already had a headache—so 25% off is a pretty sweet deal. Of course, you … Continued
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Why It’s Safer Than Ever To Buy First-Generation Hardware
Used to be, diving into a whole new product line was something only for the crazy ones, those who live dangerously, the mavericks. “Wise men wait to buy” was the refrain that rang through the web, with fear of hardware defects and half-baked features tempering the go! go! buy! buy! fever of a new product … Continued
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Aquos Fulltouch: The Highest Resolution Cellphone of All Time
It’s not available in the US, but Softbank customers will be able to snag the Aquos Fulltouch 931SH. It may look a lot like the iPhone, but this phone packs slide-out QWERTY along with a 3.8-inch touchscreen running at a crazy 1024×480 resolution. Not only is that as sharp as the HTC Touch HD—it’s super … Continued
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T-Mobile G1 Won’t Hit Walmart ‘Til Nov. 3
Shipping delays have pushed the T-Mobile G1’s Wally World debut back a few days to Nov. 3. (Maybe they were using the G1’s GPS to get there?) Since only 550 of their 4,300 stores getting the G1 makes it kind of a crapshoot if you’re driving around looking for one, Walmart’s site should have a … Continued
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Capital Gate Tower is Four Times as Crooked as the Leaning Tower of Pisa
If you thought the Leaning Tower of Pisa was messed up, get a load of the Capital Gate tower currently being constructed in Abu Dhabi. Actually, saying it is “messed up” is incorrect given that the 18 degree westward incline was completely intentional. In fact, the project’s architects have submitted a joint application to the … Continued
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Ubuntu 8.10 Is Out: Here’s a Better Way To Upgrade Now
Good day for Linux guys (and girls!)—the final version of Ubuntu 8.10 is now available for download. The Intrepid Ibex release brings integrated support for 3G cards and better support for media devices as its flagship new consumer features, along with the slew of updates and improvements that go into a new Ubuntu distro. And … Continued
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Untouched First-Gen iPod Is Real iPod Classic, $500
You know how a band’s first album is almost always their best? That’s how I feel about the first iPod. Sure, it’s got a muddy, colorless LCD screen, measly 5GB storage, mechanical scroll wheel, only works with Macs and is a complete brick compared to every other iPod. But it’s so much more Zen and … Continued