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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...
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...
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...
Mushroom announces durable PortaBella wireless bonding device, continues adorable naming scheme
Sep. 8 | It’s okay if you’ve never heard of wireless broadband bonding. The technology hasn’t exactly caught on, even if it gets us all excited in our download place. The basic idea is to take a suite of wireless broadband adapters and plug them...
QuickPay announces ROAMpay credit card swiper for Android, BlackBerry, iOS
Sep. 8 | We’ve seen our fair share iPhone-based credit card payment systems, but we both know that those aren’t the only handsets people do business with. ROAMpay from QuickPay Merchant Services is a device agnostic card swiper with apps available...
