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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

iPad frame leak shows webcam-sized gap

2 February 2010

The omission of a front-facing webcam from the Apple iPad has been a point of criticism by many over the past week, but judging by some photos of internal components the Cupertino company may be planning to address that. Mission:Repair, who specialise in repairing electronics, claim to have received their first batch of

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Apple iPad Price

2 February 2010

Full pricing: The 16GB, Wi-Fi-only version costs $500, while the 32GB is $600 and 64GB is $700. Pricing increases by $130 to add 3G . The Wi-Fi-only models ship in 60 days, while 3G models will ship in 90. [ Apple iPad ]

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Congress Finally Funds DARPA-Esque Center for Advanced Digital Tech in Education

2 February 2010

In 2001, two significant things happened in the realm of public education. Both houses of Congress passed the No Child Left Behind Act to set standards for classroom learning, and a group of foundations recommended that the government set up a multibillion dollar fund to research advanced learning technologies. No Child Left

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New Canon Rebel DSLR with better video capture, incoming next week?

2 February 2010

T2i. That’s the alleged model name of the new Rebel DSLR purportedly coming next week from Canon. And included in the bundle may possibly be a better video-shooting selectable FPS implementation, along with a redesigned outer casing and a better LCD display.

The anticipated specs list :

• New LCD (Even

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Microsoft SideWinder X4 keyboard gets 26-key anti-ghosting

2 February 2010

Ghost Buster: Microsoft’s SideWinder X4 Keyboard Debuts Advanced Anti-Ghosting Technology

Newest innovation from the Applied Sciences Group gives gamers control of up to 26 keys at once.

REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 1, 2010 — What gamers request most is better control in-game, and today Microsoft Hardware launches the SideWinder X4 Keyboard,

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Philips LivingColors Gen.2 LED lamp review

2 February 2010

Philips’ LivingColors range has been around for a few years now, but the Generation 2 models promise 50-percent more light for an altogether more usable lamp.

In the box there’s the LivingColors lamp itself in a drawstring fabric bag, a remote control and three AAA batteries, the AC adapter and the user

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iPad Snivelers: Put Up or Shut Up

2 February 2010

It’s taken me a couple of days for me to understand the wet sickness I felt in response to all the post-iPad whining, until it finally came up in a sputtering lump: disgust.

The iPad isn’t a threat to anything except the success of inferior products. And if anything’s dystopian about the future it…

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