This month, we’re giving away one AMD Athlon II X4 Processor, courtesy of Newegg.com to one lucky person. More »

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Apple has spoken to the local police about the possibility of criminal charges against the seller of the lost (or stolen) iPhone 4G prototype. A task force for the Santa Clara County district attorney’s office has begun an official investigation into the matter, although it is not known whether Gizmodo is also the subject of the probe. More »

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Owing in large part to Intel’s energy efficient mobile “Core” chips that began with the Core Duo at the commencement of 2006 and later followed by the legendary desktop Core 2 Duo “Conroe” in August of the same year, Intel has thoroughly trounced AMD in the CPU wars. However, the tide could be turning just a bit. AMD’s recent, record setting 12-core Opteron workstation chips appear to be amazing bargains. For around $120, AMD offers the bang-for-the-buck Athlon II X4 635 quad-core processor, clocked at 2.9GHz and based on the Propus platform. More »

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Modder CRTdrone does not say the reasons for his strange mod of putting the Nintendo Gameboy Advance’s guts into the shell of the original Gameboy handheld. Maybe he did it for nostalgia, or perhaps the enclosure of his Advance was damaged, so he transplanted its internals to the mint condition Gameboy case. More »

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VIA’s newly announced Nano E-Series is the world’s first ultra energy efficient, embedded processors that run native 64-bit code. With full virtualization for x84 platforms, the Nano E ranges from 800MHz to 1.8GHz in frequency. More »

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And I am glad because it would have been too big of a risk. HTC is a growing company that will either outpace its competitors or falter on the backbone of Android and Windows Phone 7. A proprietary Palm WebOS smartphone made by HTC would have required too much of an investment. More »

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From Htcyou: Microsoft’s Courier concept is, in my opinion, the ultimate dual-screen tablet, but the enTourage eDGe is the only American one in production. LiSeng from China is showing a similar type of device that it calls the Vbook, sporting two 5″ screens, one of which is E-Ink and the other LCD. Although no formal price and availability have been revealed, LiSeng does demo a working prototype. More »

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Combining Japanese technology and European styling, Stefan Giovannoni and TOTO present the Washlet super-toilet that has incredible self-cleaning and flushing features. This thing was lifted directly from The Sims. More »

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From Htcyou: In addition to giving away 10 HTC Evo 4G smartphones, Sprint is rewarding four winners with a trip to Maui, Chicago, Las Vegas, or Houston, from where each will video blog about his/her Evo 4G experiences. All ten winners get to blog about the Evo 4G, and the one whose blog is voted the best by the general public wins $4,000. The catch is that Sprint’s contest is open only to Premier customers. More »

Just because we are dependent on energy sapping technology does not mean that we cannot find ways to try to preserve the environment. Consider the Freeloader Globetrotter Kit, a £43.99 solar charger that can power any small electronic device like an iPod, iPad, smartphone, etc.. More »

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I have a special appreciation for gadgets that combine multiple practical uses. The LightCap 300 is a solar powered lantern by night and a water bottle by day. More »

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From Htcyou: No iPhone owner should be limited to just the admittedly great iPhone OS, and now, they do not have to be. Canadian hacker David Wong has installed Android on his iPhone 2G. Revel in wicked iPhone multi-touch accuracy but with Android OS! More »

Unlike a certain other competing gadget blog, Engadget knows how to obtain legitimate, thoroughly legal, and ethical leaks of pre-production technology. Dell’s first Windows Phone 7 is the Lightning, slated to be out at WP7’s Q4 launch. Among other brilliant specs, the Lightning also may be upgraded to LTE in 2011. More »

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From Htcyou: Did you really think that Dell was not going to enter the smartphone market? Tonight, Dell makes a splash and leaks three remarkable Android smartphones that do not run 2.1 Eclair…no…but Android 2.2 “Froyo.” More »