Notion Ink to have competition to encourage development for Adam reader, might release two versions

February 9th, 2010
Notion Ink to have competition to encourage development for Adam reader, might release two versions

Back at CES, we were pretty excited to get our hands on Notion Ink’s far out, Pixel Qi display-boasting reader, Adam. Well, Notion Ink is on the move, and encouraging development for the Tegra-powered little devil is apparently a top priority. The company has unveiled plans to hold an App Competition with one million dollars [...]

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Google Working On Speech-to-speech Translation

February 9th, 2010
Google Working On Speech-to-speech Translation

Could Google provide you with the perfect alibi to skip French or Spanish language class next time? That might certainly be the case in a few years’ time, as the search engine giant is busy working on speech-to-speech translation. So when everything is setup honky dory, you’ll probably be able to verbally chat with your [...]

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Publishers Tell Google and Their Ebook Plans to Get Bent [Rumor]

February 9th, 2010
Publishers Tell Google and Their Ebook Plans to Get Bent [Rumor]

The vision of ebooks Google has presented to publishers: allowing people to print copies, cut and paste portions, and paying publishers 63 percent of the revenue. The vision the publishers presented in return: Go eff yourself.
That’s right, Google’s finally getting around to opening an ebook store too—called Google Editions, and it’s been in the works [...]

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Google starts live phone support for Nexus One owners

February 9th, 2010
Google starts live phone support for Nexus One owners

Google readily admits that its Nexus One customer support at launch was lacking. However, the Goog says that it’s committed to improving the experience as it blazes a path into the world of consumer handset sales. Today, more than a month since the launch of the Nexus One, Google is offering owners access to a [...]

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LG And Samsung To Release First 3D TV Next Month

February 9th, 2010
LG And Samsung To Release First 3D TV Next Month

Word is out that Samsung and LG will both be releasing its first 3D TVs next month. Samsung will be offering its LED 9000, a LED-LCD that boasts a powerful 3D processor; while LG will be offering LED-LCDs ranging from 32” to 55” via its Infinia LE9500 model. With Samsung claiming that it has revised [...]

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Google Phone Support Available For Nexus One

February 9th, 2010
Google Phone Support Available For Nexus One

Stressed out that you can’t really talk to a human being regarding your Google Nexus One woes? Well, it seems that Google is now offering phone support at 888-48NEXUS (63987). The support line is operational from 7am to 10pm PST. But before you get too hyped up on this, it seems that the downside is [...]

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Panasonic TH-P54VT2 takes plasma HDTVs into 3D territory

February 9th, 2010
Panasonic TH-P54VT2 takes plasma HDTVs into 3D territory

Finally making the transition from the trade show floor to retail shelving are Panasonic’s famed Viera 3D plasma HDTVs. The company has just announced it will be launching two 1080p panels on April 23 in Japan, priced at ¥530,000 ($5,932) for the 54-inch P54VT2 and ¥430,000 ($4,813) for its smaller sibling, the P50VT2 (pictured after [...]

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pac-man arcade cabinet cake is the best pac-man arcade cabinet cake ever

February 9th, 2010
pac-man arcade cabinet cake is the best pac-man arcade cabinet cake ever

I can’t believe that this Pac-Man arcade cabinet is actually a cake. As in bake it in the oven, cover it with frosting, cut it up and eat it – cake.

The cake artists over at Seattle’s Jet City Cakes created this amazing desert that looks exactly like the original Pac-Man arcade cabinet.

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wii fit + wii sports + ddr – fun = ifit sports

February 9th, 2010
wii fit + wii sports + ddr – fun = ifit sports

I’m reasonably certain this game is not Wii Fit or Wii Sports. Actually, I’m sure of it. Apparently another cheap Chinese knock-off, the makers of ifit Sports want us to think it’s a combination Nintendo’s popular sports and workout games. Good luck with all that.

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Four new Canon PowerShot digital cameras: Up to 14 MP photos, HD video capable and blooming with spring colors

February 9th, 2010

Canon USA announced four new models to its PowerShot line of digital cameras: One high-end point-and-shoot model “SX210 IS”, and three easy-to-use point-and-shoot ELPH models “SD3500 IS, SD1400 IS and SD1300 IS”. These models offer improved picture resolution and optical zoom, support SDXC memory cards with a maximum storage capacity of two terabytes (TB) [...]

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