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Entelligence: Lessons from the iPad launch
Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech. In these articles, he’ll explore where our industry is and where it’s going — on both micro and macro levels [...]
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Sony’s John Koller: Apple’s entrance into gaming market drives consumers to PSP
Um, okay? Just days after Apple introduced its exceedingly underwhelming iPad while simultaneously attempting to convince that masses that said product was the portable gaming device they had been waiting their whole lives for, Sony’s own hardware marketing honcho has come forward and extolled Cupertino’s decision to finally make the gaming leap. In a recent [...]
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Sir, You’ll Have to Check Your Bags and the Navy Guidance System [Odd]
The Unclaimed Baggage Center, a real, live place where—wait for it—unclaimed airline baggage goes to market, is a smorgasbord of eclectic lost gadgets, guidance systems and diamonds, oh my:
For those gadget lovers amongst us, there’s a $250,000 Navy guidance system. Maybe all the military transports were full that day? Also, there’s a camera designed specifically [...]
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ExoPC Tablet Looks Familiar, But Similarities End There [Tablets]
The comparisons to another recently revealed tablet are unavoidable, but believe you me the similarities end with the aesthetics. Inside there’s Windows 7, flash support and multitouch. In fact, the more apt comparison is probably “netbook,” as you can see:
There’s the Atom N270 processor, running at 1.6Ghz, for example. And then there’s the 2GB of [...]
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8.9-inch ExoPC Slate has iPad looks, netbook internals, Windows 7 soul
Yes, we realize that it’s hard to provide too much visual differentiation between tablet PCs with large, ebony bezels, but we can’t help but think that this 8.9-inch multitouch tablet looks a lot like another, recently announced 9.7-inch multitouch tablet. Nevertheless this one’s quite different on the inside, delivering “the web without compromise,” meaning full [...]
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MSI’s new CX420, CR420 and CR720 laptops put Intel’s new processors to good, workaday use
Smell that? That’s a smell of a real man’s budget computer, doing real manly things like task processing and pixel churning. MSI’s new CX420, CR420 and CR720 laptops aren’t much for looks, but under the hood you can find new-gen Core i Series processors across the board and ATI Radeon HD5470 graphics in the CX420 [...]
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Spongy Steel Won’t Soak Up a Mess, But It Could Save Your Ass in a Firefight [Science]
Future comic book heroes may be referred to as Men of Spongy Steel if one researcher’s experimental metal makes it out of the lab and into real-world applications.
There’s no fancy name attached to this stuff yet, so we’ll just call it steel foam for now. Name or no name, its various applications (tested in the [...]
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Macmillan CEO Officially Confirms Amazon Deletions Were Due to Price War [Ebooks]
The writing was on the wall as recently as 2 a.m. this morning, and an open letter from Macmillan CEO John Sargent has confirmed everything we suspected: Macmillan books were pulled from Amazon store as part of a strong-arm tactic in the coming eBook price war. [Publishers Marketplace via Boing Boing]
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Amazon pulled Macmillan titles due to price conflict — confirmed
Macmillan’s US CEO, John Sargent just confirmed that Amazon pulled its inventory of Macmillan books in a powerful response to Macmillan’s new pricing demands. Macmillan offered the new pricing on Thursday, just a day after Apple announced Macmillan as a major publishing partner in its new iBookstore — a revelation that certainly factored into the [...]
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ZAGGsparq portable USB charger gets reviewed, adored
Imagine a HyperMac, but one that’s highly portable and engineered specifically to rejuvenate your USB-connecting gizmos. That, our friends, is the ZAGGsparq. Our good pals over at Gadling had a chance to sit down with the portable charger recently, and as expected, they came away duly impressed. At its core, this is little more than [...]
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Study finds people want more from their Kindles, less from their newspapers
This may come as a surprise to you (although probably not, you smart devil), but it turns out that plenty of people are dissatisfied with their current e-reader options — according to a recent study conducted at the University of Georgia. The study was conducted over a six-month period where participants read the Atlanta Journal-Constitution [...]
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Nokia, Nintendo, Netflix and E-Ink respond to the iPad
We’re sure just about every company on the map has an opinion on Apple’s new device, but a few big wigs have taken time out of their busy schedules to weigh in on the device. These are their stories.
Nokia’s Mark Squires, Head of Social Media, was mainly confused by Apple’s statement that it’s the biggest [...]
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The Earth’s Satellites, Visualized By Nation [Satellites]
As data visualization has become more popular, bad infographics have started to crop up more and more frequently. Thankfully, we can always rely on Michael Paukner to make very, very good ones. Here he shows the satellites orbiting our planet.
Russia, as you might expect, has a whole lot of satellites that are no longer functioning. [...]
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The World’s Oldest Swiss Army Knife [Multitools]
This could very well be the world’s first Swiss Army Knife. Bearing a striking resemblance to modern multi-tools, it has at least six distinct functions and originates from the Roman Empire circa 200 A.D.
If our multi-tools today, with their screwdrivers, pliers, and the rest, center on fixing things, this Roman predecessor is more useful for [...]
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Apple excises the false Flash in its iPad promo video
It’s not every day we get a nice, humble confession of fault from Apple, but it looks like the marketing department has seen the light on those overly optimistic web browsing mockups depicting Flash in “action” on the new Flash-free tablet device. Now the iPad promo video has been reworked to flaunt what we’re coming [...]
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Intel and Micron start 25nm flash production; SSDs to get cheap, huge
Intel and Micron have a history of pushing the state-of-the-art in flash storage — their joint venture IMFT was responsible for the first sub-40nm NAND flash and bringing it to production — and it looks they’ve done it again: IMFT is now sampling two-bits-per-cell 25nm NAND, which will eventually push prices down and capacities up [...]
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Kinda Extreme Skimboarding Captured By Very Extreme Camerawork [ExtremeSports]
GoPro cameras are our go-to choice for filming extreme sports of any kind, but we weren’t nearly as creative as this duo who attached their GoPro to a broom handle and started winging it back and forth while skimboarding.
This short video, entitled “Skimboarding in a Storm,” is supposed to be noteworthy for its display [...]
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The Week in Gizmodo [Roundup]
This was definitely the week of the iPad. But the week offered a lot besides Apple’s new tablet, including our look at the new Microsoft Arc keyboard, Mass Effect 2, Bill Gates on the Daily Show and more.
The iPad. Oh the iPad. Here, all wrapped up in one post, is everything you need to know [...]
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Virgin Mobile Canada lights up HSPA+ network, iPhone 3GS, Bold 9700 in tow
Well, it’s a bit earlier than the invitation to the big launch event suggested, but it looks like Virgin Mobile Canada is now officially part of the HSPA+ club, and it’s now also selling a couple of new phones you might be interested in. Naturally, the network will give you coverage in line with the [...]
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Lenovo’s G560 and G460 laptops now available to order
Good news, laptop hunters! No, not those laptop hunters…. Anywho, two of Lenovo’s CES-announced machines are now ready for you to customize and order, with the 14-inch G460 packing a 2.13GHz Core i3-330M processor, integrated Intel graphics, Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit), 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a 1,366 x 768 resolution panel, 320GB hard [...]
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