HP’s 15-inch ENVY notebook is indubitably, um, “inspired” by the unibody MacBook Pro, but underneath its magnesium skin is a quad-core Intel i7-820QM processor clocking at 1.73GHz. At only 1.04″ thick, the ENVY is proof that a lower-speed quad i7 can be worked into a thin notebook but at a very high price. More »

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Qauntcast estimates that Digg receives just shy of 23 million visits per month –making Digg one of the most viewed websites on the internet. Bloggers know how significantly Digg can boost their traffic if their posts make the front page. To make Digging easier, TapTapTap has an application for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. More »

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Last week, the interwebz was replete with rumors that Google was or was planning on sharing Android operating system ad revenue with carriers and smartphone manufacturers. However, Google has contradicted these reports. More »

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Russian programmers have managed to load Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 ROM onto the HTC HD2, which will never see an official WP7 update. So far, Wireless, GPS, Bluetooth, and nearly everything else is working except the graphics driver and lack of CPU optimization, leading to some lag. More »

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Yesterday, the DSi XL was launched to the delight of Pokemon loving lads all across the land. iFixit was glad to tear apart Nintendo’s new handheld and provide photographic evidence of its exploits. More »

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From Rekuru: It’s more or less exactly like it sounds. Japanese McDonalds is now developing software to use with the Nintendo DS in order to better train it’s employees. Just when you thought the Japanese couldn’t get any more Nintendo DS obsessed we find out about this. More »

Beating the chiefs from Ford, JPMorgan, Netflix, and Oracle (among others), Steve Jobs has been crowned by Barrons as the “Most Respected CEO” in America. During the recession, Apple has soared thanks to Jobs’ ideas and drive. Barrons credits him for Apple’s reinvention beginning in the late 1990s when the company was in financial trouble. More »

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…in prison. White-collar crimes are not taken lightly in the States. Albert Gonzalez learned this lesson when he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his part in a credit card hacking gang that he termed “Operation Get Rich or Die Tryin.” Actually, it is a duo 20 years because he has been convicted twice, but since he will serve them concurrently, he should be out by 2030, when he is 48, and when jet-packs are propelling teenagers to outer space. More »

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Here is another entry in the long list of Android/ChromeOS netbooks that will bombard the market starting this summer. Google’s open source operating systems are enabling start-up companies like Mobinova to produce netbooks/tablets/phones since they do not have to spend much on software research and development or licensing. More »

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That is $208,592 USD by XE’s reckoning. Stuart Hughes is not content working with simple gold –so, platinum is his precious metal of choice for this diamond encrusted Apple MacBook Air. More »

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From Girlybubble: Technically, these little robots are called Sega Toys Robotic Rabbits but for the sake of Easter coming up, let’s call them bunnies. To me, they pass the Easter bunny test. It’s an easy test — just be a cute animal with floppy ears and look like you could probably hide Easter eggs. Not only do they pass the Easter bunny test, they also pass the robot test. Touch the bellies of these particular rabbits and they start moving. Check them out in action: More »

As expected, Apple has run out of iPads for launch, so all new pre-orders will ship on the 12th. Some estimates have a quarter-million iPad pre-orders already in. Meanwhile, an alleged Best Buy inventory screenshot states that 675 American stores will have the three iPad models on launch day. More »

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From Rekuru: Have you ever wondered what commercials for products you know and love look like in Japan? Well our favorite computer chip manufacturer Intel has taken a surprising, and funny, approach to selling chips in Japan. It compares them to tuna. More »