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A category of computers popularized by Apple’s Mac Mini, small desktop PCs are starting to gain mainstream acceptance thanks to low voltage processors that make them possible. eMachine’s Mini-e departs from the mold and uses an AMD Neo (1.7GHz) CPU instead of conventional Intel Atom processors found in the same class of computers. More »


What is the point of a lookalike if the details are all wrong? The Air Phone does imitation correctly. The custom operating system has the proper icons and everything! More »


Thought to have been brewing for sometime, Hulu has finally unveiled a paid subscription service. “Hulu Plus” charges Americans $10 monthly for access to full seasons of television shows from ABC, FOX, and NBC on your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Xbox 360, PS3, and select Samsung/Sony HDTVs and Blu-ray players. More »


Stop me if you have heard this before: Bloomberg claims to have insider information that puts Apple’s iPhone 4 on Verizon’s CDMA network in January 2011. More »


Let us play a game: regularly, we scour allover for the strangest looking gadgets, and then you guess wildly what they are. It looks sleek and will be at home in futuristic houses. More »


Just barely did the iPhone 4 manage to win our title as “Gadget of the Week.” It was a close decision between it and…the particle transporter on Star Trek! Here is a biased and easy to read review from someone who, like Billy Gates, has admired the iPhone from afar but has never really been lured to buy one for personal use. More »


Steve Jobs might disapprove greatly, but FaceTime on the iPhone 4 could enable a new mini-industry to surface: sex chat! More »


ThinkGeek was the originator of the iPad arcade cabinet idea, but others are using a similar concept for real. Arcade cabinet maker Freekade (UK) is apparently planning to release a model for the iPad. More »


Both the iPhone 3G and 3GS hit about a million in their respective 3-day launches, so the iPhone 4’s 1.7 million positively eclipses them. Simultaneously released in five countries, on three continents, the iPhone 4 is Cupertino’s premiere computer maker’s biggest cash cow. More »


The parts of Apple’s 16Gb iPhone 4 have been analyzed by iSuppli and have been found to total $187.51. Two of the most expensive components on the phone are the $28.50 “Retina Display” manufactured by LG and the $10.75 A4 processor made by Samsung. More »


ceoSteveJobs,” a “parody” of Steve Jobs on Twitter, Tweeted that the iPhone 4 might have to be recalled due to the device’s antenna problems. Writer Richard Ashmore for the Daily Mail (UK) did not do proper research (despite spending enough time to write a somewhat lengthy article) and took the fake Twitter personality for the real Jobs and published the article entitled “Apple boss Steve Jobs reveals iPhone 4 may be recalled.” More »


Worries about a Canadian delay of the iPhone 4 launch can be put to rest because Apple’s chairman has officially and succinctly replied, “Nope” to an inquiry about the phone’s potential supply issues for its release up north. More »


5. Google Android smartphones are rather fast sellers, moving at 2 per second. Samsung’s Galaxy S is being renamed the Vibrant for T-Mobile. More »


Just barely did the iPhone 4 manage to win our title as “Gadget of the Week.” It was a close decision between it and…the particle transporter on Star Trek! Here is a biased and easy to read review from someone who, like Billy Gates, has admired the iPhone from afar but has never really been lured to buy one for personal use. More »


For a limited time, Dell is slashing prices by upwards of 30% on select products. Save 20% on a white core Nintendo Wii system for $159.99. More »


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