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Dung Beetles Inspire Video Enhancements for Camera Phones
Video cameras on your cellphone could soon be good enough to record a jazz concert, a nighttime street scene, or a candlelit dinner.
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"HTC EVO 4G" is Sprint's Android-powered superphone
We've been rumoring a WiMAX 'HTC Supersonic' for a while now, and Sprint just dropped the hard news: the phone will be dubbed the HTC
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It's Time For One Data Plan to Rule All Our Gadgets
If you buy a 3G iPad, you'll be able to purchase data, month by month, from AT&T. Neat! But you already pay for unlimited data access on your iPhone, also from AT&T. So why not have one plan, for everything?
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Sharing a Passion for Pinball
For some 25 years, Silverman has been buying arcade pinball machines, those gaudily colored, delightfully cacophonic games of skill that involve a steel ball, a bunch of rubber bumpers amid a sea of flashing lights and a pair of electronic flippers that serve as the only thing between million-point success and hole-in-the-floor oblivion.
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The Story Behind 5 Banned Toys and Games
The lawn dart is back—albeit as the Sky Dart, a cushy, weighted projectile that barely compares to the dangerous, but fun game from the '70s and '80s. In honor of this toy's comeback, here are the most dangerous toys of all time.
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Lock-picking technique that uses the lock to form a new key watch!
Here's a fascinating post on "foil impressioning" -- a simple lock picking technique that uses the lock itself to fashio...
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Google to Buy T-Mobile? Free Phone, Anyone?
Bloggers and other Web commenters speculate on the good and bad that could come from a Google acquisition of T-Mobile.
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$10,000 High-Tech Gun Won't Shoot Unless Near an Ugly Watch
Basically the gun is disarmed and a red LED lights up unless the corresponding watch is close enough to send a wireless signal. While I really don't see a high demand for it, Armatix's .22cal weapon will be shipping next month for 7,000 euro, which is just under 10k in Washingtons. The watch is probably included.
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A Mad Professor of the Stompbox Goes Open Source
Zachary Vex, the mastermind behind the handcrafted and hand-painted Z.Vex line of boutique guitar effect pedals, has decided to release his designs to the public. His newest device, a new pedal called the Inventobox, allows anyone to hack his creations however they choose.
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