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Automotive X-Prize Winners Share $10 Million For 100MPG Car Designs The LaCie Wireless Space Is A Glorious Mash-up Of A NAS And Wireless Router Sony Outs ?Classic White? PS3, PSP ?Monster Hunter? Edition And Pink PS3 Controller Minox Talks About Their Glasses-Free 3D Camera TravelTeq Suitcase Doubles As A Chair, Speaker System

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Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]

Today, we finish out September with some of the best deals we've ever seen across the board. Don't miss the great bargains on Computers, TVs, Games, and Apps in this legendary Dealzmodo. More »

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Real Life Iron-Man Suit for Soldiers

When I saw this Raytheon XOS 2 suit, I immediately thought of the scene in Iron Man 2 where a poor “volunteer” soldier is almost broken in two, his body snapped and wrung by an experimental exoskeleton he is wearing. So you can see how surprised I was to see Agent Phil Coulson from Iron [...]

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Visible III is a challenging, confusing platformer - Time-Waster

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Look at the screenshot. Do you see how, on the top part, there's a landmine to my right? I'm not very close to it, though, so I can still pick up a bit of speed and jump over it.

Now look at the bottom of the screenshot and see the reflection. I'm actually right on top of a landmine there and if I move even a couple of pixels over to the right, I'm done for.

This is the basic premise of Visible III. It's very, very easy to die. I constantly had to stop in place and look at both halves of the screen before attempting anything. It's not just the traps, either. Sometimes the walls are shaped differently on each of the two parts of the screen -- which makes the game part brain teaser and part platformer. Like most other platformers I enjoy, respawning is fast here and you don't lose a lot when you die. There are multiple checkpoints on each level, and you respawn at the last checkpoint whenever you die.

Reflection isn't everything here, though; there are lasers, which you avoid by becoming invisible (by holding down Shift). But you can't be invisible forever. There's a bar that rapidly runs out when you're invisible, so you need to be quick. The same goes for scaling walls and grabbing the ceiling. It's possible (and sometimes vital), but only for a short while.

Visible III is a challenging, confusing platformer - Time-Waster originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Popular Mechanics Posts 2010 BREAKTHROUGH Awards

Popular Mechanics lists 10 products and innovators in science and technology that they believe moved society forward in 2010. The winners vary from vehicles, to mobile processors, to a battery powered hedge trimmer. Who knew that keeping your bushes neat and tidy could be a life changer? Full press release after the jump. … [visit [...]

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Popular Mechanics Posts 2010 BREAKTHROUGH Awards originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on September 28, 2010 at 4:43 pm.

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Easy2Pick Wireless Luggage Finder

We have some tree-frog green Eagle Creek luggage that’s easy to find on the luggage carousel, but if your luggage is a bit hard to spot on the luggage-go-round, you might need an Easy2Pick Wireless Luggage Finder from NAFTLI, Inc.� Simply attach the luggage tag transmitter (with normal address card, too) to your bag and [...]

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Tagged: Luggage finder, Wireless

Easy2Pick Wireless Luggage Finder originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on September 27, 2010 at 7:30 am.

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The Limited Edition DROID R2D2 from Verizon will be available Thursday

If you’ve been waiting for the special edition Star Wars R2D2 Droid 2 smartphone from Verizon, you’ll be happy to know that will be available on September 30th. Show off your geekiness by sporting a Droid 2 with cool R2D2 graphics on the back and exclusive Star Wars inspired content such as: Exclusive content comes [...]

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Tagged: droid, Star Wars, verizon

The Limited Edition DROID R2D2 from Verizon will be available Thursday originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on September 27, 2010 at 9:46 pm.

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Daily Crunch: Home Axe Movie Edition

Extrude the Light: Britons Make 3D ?Holograms? With The iPad Hands-on With The Lumus See-Through Wearable Display: Real 3D, Real Augmented Reality 3M Releases New Pico Projectors And Camcorder-Projector A VHS Skin For Your Notebook, iPhone, & Blackberry Slow Motion Axe Porn? Wait, It?s Not What It Sounds Like

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Microsoft migrating 30 million Live Spaces blogs to WordPress.com

Filed under: Blogging, Microsoft

Microsoft has just announced that it's teaming up with WordPress on Live Spaces blogs. According to Microsoft, Windows Live Spaces has 30 million active users -- so this is a significant boost for the WordPress.com platform.

Some of the highlights of the migration:

• Microsoft will redirect all Spaces URLs to WordPress.com, so users won't lose any visitors.
• Spaces is going to be shut down in March.
• Migration should be almost painless -- posts, media, comments, and links will all be moved automatically.

Personally, I think it's very nice to see Microsoft teaming up with another company like this. This is a fairly major move, and it does require some guts -- though it now allows Microsoft to focus on software for blogging (Live Writer) instead of worrying about maintaining a blog platform.

Microsoft migrating 30 million Live Spaces blogs to WordPress.com originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Daily Crunch: Deal Edition

Own Tony Stark?s Iron Man Briefcase But Of Course Without The Iron Man Suit Part Seagate Stuffs 12TB Into The 4-Bay BlackArmor NAS 440 From The Google Developer Day Tokyo: ?Life-Size? Android Robot (Video) Review: Powertel 500 Cordless Phone For The Hearing Impaired Tim Armstrong: We Got TechCrunch!

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BlackBerry 6 shows up on Bold 9700, Pearl 3G -- and we check it out

To the untrained eye, you might think you're looking at a garden variety Bold 9700 here -- but you'd be wrong. So wrong! It's actually running BlackBerry 6, something that no device other than the touchscreen-equipped Torch has managed to do in public (in an official capacity, anyway) so far. We're not convinced that the multiple home screen navigation bar concept translates very well here -- you've got to scroll up then left or right to move between bars, which seems like too much trouble when you can just get to your entire list of apps with approximately the same amount of effort. The WebKit browser is unquestionably a huge improvement over what BlackBerry OS 5.0 users are used to, but we still witnessed it bog down significantly when checking out ye olde standby engadget.com, to the point where other UI actions in the OS were impacted. We guess it's going to take another generation of hardware or two with quicker cores (and more RAM) to fix up that stuff... hopefully. In addition to the 9700, we also checked out the re-upped Pearl 3G, which is exactly what you'd expect in practice: the same user experience, just narrower. A rep told us that the updates are expected to launch within a few weeks, though it'll depend on your carrier. Follow the break for some quick videos!

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BlackBerry 6 shows up on Bold 9700, Pearl 3G -- and we check it out originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Daily Crunch: Out Of The Frying Pan Edition

Round-up: Our Take On Apple?s New Media Devices Post-Apple Palate Cleanser: Beautiful Cast-Iron Skillets Schools Now Tracking Your Kids? Bus Rides Using GPS Boxee Box Gets Priced: $199 iTunes 10 Features New Logo And Social Media Sharing Service, Ping Hands-On With The New Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse

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The FCC's Great White Spaces Hope

The airwaves -- or really, electromagnetic spectrum -- are everywhere, but they definitely are not free. At least, the legal rights to use spectrum aren't free. In the U.S., those rights are managed by the FCC, and the commission just granted wireless companies the rights to a significant chunk of unused spectrum.

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HP's Todd Bradley slips 'PalmPad' tablet name during analyst call

Well well, Mr. Bradley -- hast thou said too much? During an analyst call today the outspoken head of HP's Personal System Group confirmed that it's sent more than 200 employees to work at Palm.... and then casually mentioned that HP will have "a webOS-powered PalmPad that will be set for release early in 2011." If you'll recall, HP filed for a trademark on PalmPad back in July, and it's been talking about tablets since it bought Palm in May, so we're thinking ol' Todd just let one slip. Now let's just hope all this "early 2011" talk means really early... like, say, CES.

HP's Todd Bradley slips 'PalmPad' tablet name during analyst call originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Purported HTC Spark Windows Phone 7 ROM leak suggests Vodafone home, Trophy doppelganger

It's been decades, in internet years, since we caught wind of a 4.3-inch, 1.3GHz HTC Mondrian via a leaked Windows Phone 7 ROM. The sun rises, the sun sets, life returned to normal, and yet... here we are again. This ROM comes care of a purported Vodafone leak and sports the name (so much as the filename hints) HTC Spark, a render of which bears striking resemblance to the Trophy we espied last week. Spark itself popped up as recent as early August on a sheet that cliamed a 3.7-inch 480 x 800 display, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 512MB RAM, and a 5 megapixel camera. Can all these loose threads tie together to form one cohesive smartphone sweater? Not yet, but it's getting there.

Purported HTC Spark Windows Phone 7 ROM leak suggests Vodafone home, Trophy doppelganger originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Twitter To Launch ?Promoted Accounts,? Like A Paid SUL

While we've been Disrupting all over the place, Twitter has been hitting the advertising beat full force, with COO Dick Costolo at the IAB Conference in New York about to launch "Promoted Accounts" which will insert the accounts of brands and other services next to normal users in Twitter's "Who To Follow" feature, which recently replaced an old Twitter mainstay, the "Suggested Users" list.

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MobileEdge ScanFast Element Checkpoint-Friendly Laptop Bag for Women

This TSA-approved laptop bag from MobileEdge is� pretty and practical�and designed�for women.� The ScanFast Element is made of faux brown leather with pink, brown, or green suede accents�and has�a striped satin lining.� There’s a large, zippered organizer pocket on the front to hold pens, phones, and other small gadgets.� There’s even a Wireless Security Shield [...]

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Tagged: Checkpoint-friendly, Laptop Bag for Women

MobileEdge ScanFast Element Checkpoint-Friendly Laptop Bag for Women originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on September 26, 2010 at 2:08 pm.

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Five Fantastic Mods to Reboot Your Segway [Video]

Today's tragic news shouldn't keep you from enjoying your Segway. On the contrary, the most fitting tribute to deceased company owner Jimi Heselden is to bust out your revolutionary transportation device, and, well, change everything. More »

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