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#automotive
Electric Rolls Royce Phantom Coming in 2010, Priced Just Around Half A Million Dollars
While we don't have the official price, we're reading that the electric Rolls Royce Phantom will run just a bit higher than the current $380,000 gas-powered model. Let's round that to about half a mil and daydream together. More » -
#ai
Rat Brain Simulator Calls IBM's Cat Brain Simulation Bogus
The cat brain simulation IBM supposedly pulled off has just been called out as a "PR stunt" by the leader of the Blue Brain project, who says that it's all a "mass deception of the public." More » -
#btw
The iPhone Already Has Multitasking, And It's Awesome
In 2009, iPhone multitasking is a bit like apps were in the early jailbreak days. That is to say painfully, clearly possible, but simply not allowed. These jailbreak apps shows how it could—and should—be done. More » -
#starwars
Star Wars USB Drives Hands On Gallery
Tyme Machines' Star Wars sculpted USB drives might not have your favorite characters available yet, in its first series, but they do have Vader, Boba Fett, Yoda and a Storm Trooper, and they're quite good. More » -
#xbox360
Microsoft Sued By Datel For Killing Off Third Party Xbox 360 Memory Units
Datel, a company selling memory units for Xbox 360 consoles, filed an antitrust suit against Microsoft for blocking unauthorized third party memory units. Microsoft claims innocence, as the block is meant to reduce cheating on Xbox Live, not reduce competition. More » -
#shootingchallenge
74 Mesmerizing Slow Shutter Shots
Honesty: I never, in my wildest dreams, expected your slow shutter photography to be this crazy-awesome. But 74 of you turned in some humbling shots for this week's Shooting Challenge. More » -
#smartphones
iPhone and Android Are Taking Over the (Mobile) Internet
So, what does it take to snatch a combined 75% of US mobile internet traffic? Two operating systems, a handful of phones, and one great browser core.
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#science
LHC First Particle Beams Collision Doesn't Obliterate World, Universe
Hey, we are alive! In the end we didn't need any escape pods: The Large Hadron Collider has smashed two particle beams together for the first time. However, the unknown is still ahead of us, as they ramp things up: More » -
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#rant
Why It's Gotten Straight Stupid to Buy a Mac Pro
Never before has it been so apparent that a power tower—pretty much the laziest design in the computer industry—is being sold by a design-centric company with neither design nor power. More » -
#office
The Pop-Up Cardboard Office
We like cool pop-up books here. Awesome scale pop-up cardboard office? Yesplease. Designers Liddy Scheffknecht and Armin B. Wagner, I want your babies. Your cardboard babies. Sadly, the pop-up cardboard office doesn't include a pretty sofa for siestas. [Likecool] -
#camcorders
Creative's Third Gen Vado HD Pocket Camcorder Has Improved Features, But Lower Storage Capacity
The third generation of Creative's Vado HD pocket camcorder improves on the last generation's features with better low light video recording, manual exposure adjustment, and motion detection modes, but for some odd reason only a 4GB model will be available. More » -
#dealzmodo
Gadget Deals of the Day
Two Dealzmodo strategies for avoiding awkward holiday conversation with your relatives: 1. Distract them with Planet Earth on Blu-ray. 2. Learn to speak in a foreign tongue with great savings on iPhone language apps. Guten Tag, Aunt Belinda! More » -
#giftguide
Gifts for Aspiring Artsy Photographers
Every photographer wants to be artsy, because if their Flickr stream isn't fancy enough to pull in lots of "Oh, you're so talented" comments, what's the point? Here's some gift ideas for aspiring artsy photographers. More »
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#cellphones
Your Phone at 55 Degrees Below Zero
At -55 degrees, your phone's dead, but unlike people, it can be revived. In fact, a Moto Krzr survived a bath in a -314.7F bucket of liquid nitrogen. More from Popular Mechanics' winter hell phone survival test here: [PopMech] -
#downloads
My Movies 3 Is a Beautiful Movie Add-on for Windows Media Center
Windows only: My Movies is a free plug-in for Windows Media Center designed to manage and play all of your movies within Windows Media Center, pulling in rich metadata for your movie collection, including cast, trailers, DVD art, and more. [Lifehacker] -
#intel
Intel Core i9 Benched: Six Cores of Pure Joy
On paper, the Core i9 might not sound that exciting: It's a lot like the Core i7, except built with a 32nm fabrication process and two extra cores, for a total of six. Early benchmarks, though, say it flies. Sometimes. More » -
#review
AViiQ Aluminium Laptop Stand Review
AViiQ is a new company that makes just one product: a portable, aluminum laptop stand that supports systems up to 17 inches while folding up like an accordion. More » -
#iphone
New Apple Ads Get In on the AT&T vs. Verizon Slapfest
You think Apple is going to take its fancy phone being relegated to the Island of Misfit Toys in a Verizon ad laying down? Nope. These two new iPhone ads seem to gun right at the big V. More » -
#shoppinggiftguide
The iPhone Gamer's Gift Guide
It's been an amazing year for the iPhone and gaming. [Kotaku] -
#search
The Definition of Evil: Microsoft's Search Wars Hurt Us All
Microsoft may pay Murdoch to delist from Google. If it happens, it sets a bad precedent. Imagine if all the world's content is exclusive to some engines and we have to search them all to find what we want? Hell!
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#playstation
PlayStation 3's PSN Will Get Premium Level Pay Subscription in 2010
No price or details were mentioned, but PlayStation's Kaz Hirai says that a "premium level" subscription will come to the now free PlayStation Network some time in 2010. And by subscription, he means NOT free. More » -
#peripherals
That's a Big USB Panda Speaker Alright
As the name plainly states, this is a big USB panda speaker. Unlike his tiny iPanda cousin, this guy doesn't look all that happy. Maybe that's because he is an eyeless, disembodied head. More » -
#giftguide
Kitchen Gifts for Amateur Chefs Who Yearn To Be Iron
Geeks love cooking and there's no mystery why: it's science you can eat! We spent a week salivating over food gadgets, gathering tips and wisdom along the way. From that experience comes our list of best (and worst) gift ideas: More »
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#security
Protect Yourself from Drive-By Browser Malware Attacks
We explained that you don't need to pay for Windows security last week, but today we're taking a closer look at how to protect yourself from drive-by malware that can infect your computer by simply visiting the wrong web site. [Lifehacker] -
#ssds
OCZ Colossus 3.5-Inch SSD Reaches 1TB, Super Speeds
OCZ's new Colossus drives are among the first SSDs designed for desktops, and they're the very first to store up to 1TB of data. Oh, and on top of all that, they work pretty well, too. More » -
#twitter
Jailed for Not Using Twitter
This kid is the famous teen pop star Justin Bieber. Yes, I didn't have a clue either, but apparently he sings in Microsoft store openings and malls. His other ability: If he doesn't tweet, he gets people in jail. More » -
#music
Paul McCartney Doesn't Understand the Internet
What's Paul McCartney's doomsday scenario? Someone, somewhere, somehow manages to leak the Beatles' music onto the internet, where it will be stolen by everyone, all the time. This must be prevented! Notice a problem there? Yeah, it gets worse. More » -
#spycam
Spy Camera Detector Guarantees Your Privates Are on the Internet
Some people are ashamed of their bodies. Me? I regularly strip in questionable environments, just for the thrill that my tush may be showing up on some subscription Russian voyeur site. This spycam detector can save heartache for us both. More » -
#unconfirmed
More Rumored Apple Black Friday Deals
Round two of Apple's Black Friday deals, and this set looks way more like the real thing—meaning they're less outrageously awesome, but there's still some good stuff inside. More » -
#iphone
The Dumb iPhone That Thinks It's a MacBook
I know I've said that dumb cellphones must die, but what about a dumb cellphone called iPhone that looks like a white MacBook? Yeah, smash those too. More » -
#instruments
Three-iPhone Ocarina Much More Expensive Than No-iPhone Ocarina
Do you have three iPhones kicking around that you aren't using? If so, you could make an insanely expensive ocarina out of them using some laser-cut plastic. But the real question is why you would do such a thing. [Make] -
#storage
Drobo S: A Faster, Fatter Storage Robot With eSATA
What's the 'S' stand for in Drobo S? Speed. Uh, more speed. And more storage. Specifically, a fifth drive bay for more redundancy, faster FireWire and a new eSATA port. As always, it's not cheap—$800 sans drives. [Drobo]
