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The Ben Heck Show launching next week, right into your regular viewing rotation
Sep. 8 | Oh, Ben — how far you’ve come. But now that you’re about to star in your very own web show, don’t ever forget that we had you first. Pleasantries aside, we couldn’t be more thrilled to hear that the man responsible for...
iPod nano code hints at possible video playback
Sep. 8 | It may not be anything more than a bit of excess or leftover code, but it looks like there’s at least a hint of some possible video playback capabilities lying deep in the code for the new iPod nano (the internal settings property list, to be...
Google Answers Searches Before You’re Finished Asking
Sep. 8 | Google on Wednesday announced what it says are even faster Web search capabilities in its new “Google Instant” service. Billed as “search before you type,” the new feature uses predictive analysis to search the Web for the...
Vivitar’s new full frame 35mm film camera
Sep. 8 | You hear a lot lately about bringing high-end DSLR functionality to the consumer, mostly thanks to the wild new world of Micro Four Thirds, but Vivitar is really breaking the price barrier with its new $10 point and shoot. The camera shoots to full...
Law Firm Puts In Mysterious Offer To Buy Leading Torrent Sites
Sep. 8 | The Winnipeg-based law firm Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP has put in offers to acquire several of the largest BitTorrent sites behalf of an unnamed client, TorrentFreak has learned. Although the true source behind the offers has not been officially confirmed,...
Quo’s latest Mac clone to feature Asetek liquid cooling, Core i7
Sep. 8 | We just got off the phone with Quo Computers founder Rashantha De Silva. Remember him? Last spring, amidst all the hoopla surrounding Psystar and Apple, he announced the opening of a walk-in Mac clone shop in The Golden State. Since then, Psystar may...
iPod touch (2010) torn down, found to contain an awful lot of battery
Sep. 8 | As predictable as the sun rising somewhere over east Japan, the iFixit crew have put their tools and wits to the task of deconstructing the latest generation of iPod touch. Their teardown is still ongoing (exciting, isn’t it?), but here are their...
OnStar expected to add Facebook updates and texting soon, might make some services free
Sep. 8 | Time waits for no infotainment system and GM’s OnStar seems to be well aware of that fact. Plunging headfirst into the social world, the driver assistance service is said to be planning to start conveying Facebook status updates and text messages...
Google Instant on a Motorola Droid 2, hands-on
Sep. 8 | Google’s new hotness is likely invading your desktop web search right now, but what’s Instant search like on a smartphone? We got a good look at a Verizon-based Droid 2 running a prototype version of the auto-complete engine on both WiFi...
