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Mizzou’s nuclear battery to power things smaller than your brain can imagine
engadget
Oh yeah, everyone loves the extended battery, but are we really kosher with the added bulge? A team of boffins at the University of Missouri certainly aren't, as they've spent the last good while...
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Inside the Nobel Prize: How a CCD Works
Gadget Lab
This year’s Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded, with the inventors of the CCD getting recognition for the invention which enabled modern digital photography. It has taken a while: Whilst the invention took just one hour, the prize took 40...
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Alessi Laser Shot watch
SlipperyBrick
Who needs old fashioned hands that go around a dial, when you can have lasers? That’s the thinking behind the latest concept watch from Alessi. Supposedly, the Laser Shot watch won’t burn your...
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Friendster Partners With Intelius. Let The Scams Begin.
TechCrunch
I knew the glory days of Friendster were behind them, but I didn’t know things were this bad. The company is proudly announcing a partnership with Washington based people search company Intelius this evening. The goal, they say, is “to pr...
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AppBank Wants to Help You Cash In on Facebook Apps
GigaOM.com
AppBank, a Seattle-based startup, today is launching a free application in beta that lets people without coding skills build their own Facebook apps, such as a quiz or game, in four steps — and earn a cut of the revenue from ads placed within t...
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Recovery.gov relaunch puts stimulus spending on the map
Computerworld Blog
Want to know where federal stimulus dollars are being spent in your state, your county, your town or on your street?
Recovery.gov, the government's official Web site for tracking federal stimulus spending, relaunched today with a trove of new data that lets visitors see -- literally -- where the money is going by navigating...
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Leaked: OS 5.0.0.230 For BlackBerry 8230 Pearl Flip
CrackBerry
And out of nowhere we have a leak for the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230. While many Pearl Flip users out there love their device (a few probably hate it too, listen to the podcast), let's be...
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Live from Apple’s ‘It’s only rock and roll’ event
engadget
8:53AM Well... we're here. It's still pretty early (just before 9AM here on the west coast), but we wanted to make sure no one snaked our sweet spot at Yerba Buena. We're holding tight in line right now, but we'll keep you updated on ...
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Palm Goes Live With the Pixi– Shipping for the Holidays
jkOnTheRun
Palm has been expected to release a second handset running the same WebOS found in the Pre, and they have issued a press release confirming the impending holiday appearance of the Pixi. The Pixi is a candybar style phone that has much of the same fea...
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Apple Can Remain Great Without Jobs
Silicon Alley Insider
Our friend Leander at Cult of Mac just released the "expanded edition" of his great book, Inside Steve's Brain. Here's an excerpt from the new chapters, dealing with Apple's work ethic in the...
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Apple Can Remain Great Without Jobs
Silicon Alley Insider
Our friend Leander at Cult of Mac just released the "expanded edition" of his great book, Inside Steve's Brain. Here's an excerpt from the new chapters, dealing with Apple's work ethic in the...
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Nuclear transport trucks in US look surprisingly like regular old trucks
Boing Boing
Over at Wired's Danger Room blog, news that an environmental nonprofit has obtained photos of the Department of Energy's "specially designed trucks" used to transport nuclear material around the...
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New England prep school abandons books, adds $12,000 cappuccino machine
Gear Diary
A story yesterday in the Boston Globe spotlighted Cushing Academy – a New England prep school. Their library is undergoing a radical change. All 20,000 of their books are being discarded in favor...
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LG BL40, Ultra-Wide Touchscreen Phone, Launching In Europe Soon
Gizmodo Australia
Since seeing the promo videos for the LG BL40 candybar, I’ve had a hankering to play around with it. The software is impressive, the 21:9 touchscreen display lickable, and it’ll be...
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Office supply trebuchet
MAKE
So you've been having some trouble sourcing supplies for your MAKEcation trebuchet entry? Time to raid your kids' back to school supply cache!
The Office Supply Trebuchet - This is a great little...
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