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William Gibson’s New Book Is Out Tomorrow. Are You Getting It?

While I haven’t honestly enjoyed this latest set of books as well as I enjoyed the Sprawl and the Bridge trilogies, I would still give one of my fingers to give William Gibson a big man hug. He basically defined sci-fi for me, much in the same way Tolkien defined my taste in fantasy, and

Want A Tablet That You Can Actually Use? Buy A WeTab

You can get it for 450€ ($580) and it supports Flash while it’s not just a big expensive smartphone. Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n), optional 3G (UMTS/HSDPA), 16 / 32 GB, Extension with SDHC Card up to 32 GB. The expensive version has Full-HD 1080p video output. Supported TV and Video Formats: H.264,

Don’t Dispose Of That Disposable Camera, Make An iPhone Macro Lens With It

I’ve found that the iPhone, and indeed many phone cameras, are actually pretty good at close focus photography, but if you really want to get up close and gross with some bugs or flowers or what have you, a macro lens is the only way. And as it turns out, you can use the lens

Verizon’s answer to the EVO 4G hits the FCC

Last week we reported on the new almost-an-EVO from HTC that’s making its way to Verizon in the near(ish) future. And I have it on pretty good authority that you loved it. So, you’ll be pleased to know that the upcoming (but still nameless) device has had its required photo-shoot with the FCC, and we

The World’s First Frozen Margarita Machine

so much depends upon. a brown margarita machine. glazed with rain tequila. beside the white tortillas. Built in 1971, this original frozen margarita machine was built on an ice cream machine and had its roots in the Slurpee. Now its many brethren make my wife happy when we go to Mexican restaurants, especially when they

iPad Debug Screen Shows “Video Call” Testing

Video calls on the iPad? Whatever could that be? An unusually cropped image courtesy of 9to5mac shows us video call testing on the iPad which suggests that the iPad will soon have a front-facing camera and that Facetime is an inevitable juggernaut on all iOS devices. My question is this: when are the rest of

T-Mobile In Talks For A Sub-$200 Android Phone

Who says Android phones need to be expensive? The Wall Street Journal reports that T-Mo is working with Huawei to add an inexpensive Android phone to their product line up, the Ideos.T-mobile would be the first carrier to have a phone made by Huawei, and the Ideos would be available for less then $200, vs.

Hey Palm: Take A Deep Breath. Leaks Happen. Be Proud. [Updated]

Just days ago, Palm revealed a bunch of details surrounding webOS 2.0, which, as the name implies, is an upcoming major update to their webOS platform. Shortly thereafter, they released a big chunk of webOS 2.0 to a small section of their development community as part of a Beta program. Almost immediately, someone unearthed one

Come to the Dock Side, Luke: R2-D2 Edition Droid 2 gets its own matching dock

Verizon’s got this crazy challenge going on over at the teaser page for the R2-D2 Edition Droid 2, wherein users are given clues that lead to special codes. Once one person finds and inputs one of these special codes, everyone gains access to a new section of the site, and the original finder scores themselves

Motorola Pulls Out Another Full Page NYT Ad Aimed At Apple’s Head

Oh my, how I love some good ol’ fashion mudslinging. “Flash Websites? There’s A Phone For That.” To any ne’er-do-blog-read layman, the full page ad that Motorola just put in the New York Times might just seem oddly worded. To anyone who has even considered considering themselves a gadget geek — or has, at least,

Video Impressions Of Google TV On Logitech Revue Hardware

It seems that one of the beta testers for Google TV couldn’t keep all that goodness to himself, and has posted several pictures and some video of the near-finished interface and hardware. It’s a brief and not particularly shocking video, but seeing it running on a home TV and hearing a regular guy expressing legitimate

Why Is There A Pony In The Apple Store?

I can’t decide whether or not to believe this. Can you? [via The Daily What and Waxy] read full article on Why Is There A Pony In The Apple Store? —- Related Reading:

Klipsch Shows Off Ruggedized In-Ears, First Over-Ear Headphones

We’ve been fans of Klipsch’s Image line of headphones for some time now, so we welcome the latest updates with open ears. The ones I’m most excited about are the Image S5i Rugged (top). The S5i is a nice mid-to-high-end pair of headphones designed for use with your iPhone. The new version is “extremely durable”

Twitter for iPhone/iPad getting push notifications soon

It seems that when the Twitter for iPad app launched a few days ago, a few users were accidentally blessed with push notifications. Those privileges have since been revoked, but it seemed to confirm that the option would be coming soon. We’d dug up hints of this late last night over at TechCrunch, and were