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Taking the Windows Phone 7 Series emulator for a test drive (video)

If you've been following the news about Microsoft's reinvention of its mobile presence, Windows Phone 7 Series , chances are you heard about how the company's developer-friendly emulator was... modified slightly by Dan Ardelean to expose a series of applications and hubs that you weren't supposed to see yet. Microsoft was quite gracious about it, indicating it basically expected this would happen and simply reminded everyone that these newly discovered apps are far from complete. With that in mind, let's take a look at the unlocked version of the OS, and we'll spell out for you exactly how you can do the same to see it for yourself. Continue reading Taking the Windows Phone 7 Series emulator for a test drive (video) Taking the Windows Phone 7 Series emulator for a test drive (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The Future of Storage [Memory Forever]

If you take the guts of a Blu-ray or DVD player, blow it up, and spread it across a work bench, it looks like this. So you might be surprised to know that you're looking at the future of storage . More
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Bill Nye the Science Guy: Don’t Worry, Your Phone Isn’t Making You Dumb [Brains]

Talking with Bill Nye the Science Guy is like meeting your favorite HS science teacher in a bar—the conversation might flail wildly, but you learn something at every twist. This week, I picked his brain about, well, brains. More
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The Right Hard Drive For You [Memory]

So, all this storage talk has gotten you excited about upgrading your laptop's crappy old 120GB drive? It's about time, dammit. More
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Giz Explains: How Data Dies (and How It Can Be Saved) [Giz Explains]

Bits don't have expiration dates. But memories will only live forever if the media and file formats holding them remain intact and coherent. Time can be as deadly to data storage as it is to carbon-based life forms. More
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Logitech Harmony 650 remote review

Fewer products are more appropriately named than the Logitech Harmony series of smart remotes. They do wonderful things to take home entertainment systems, comprised of a disparate jumble of mismatched devices, and turn them into peaceful entities that work together for the betterment of your living room -- you half expect doves with olive branches in their mouths to fly out of the box when you get one. Alas, there are neither birds nor branches included with the company's latest entrants to the series, the 600 and 650 announced two weeks ago , but still they offer the best value amongst the current Harmony lineup. Can they broker successful negotiations amongst all your devices? Read on to find out. Gallery: Logitech Harmony 650 remote Continue reading Logitech Harmony 650 remote review Logitech Harmony 650 remote review originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Lifechanger: My Big Fat Music Collection [Lifechanger]

According to iTunes, I have 22,880 items in my music collection. That adds up to 70.9 days worth of music, taking up 145.26 GB of hard drive space. And thank God for it. More
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81 Places I’d Love to See the PlayStation Move [PhotoshopContest]

Who knew that the PS Move would be so fun to stick into out-of-context situations? Because man, the results of this week's Photoshop Contest are some of the best ever. More
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The Movie Studios’ Big 3D Scam [3D]

Are we ready for 3D? As CG supervisor and avid moviegoer, I'm sad to say that I'm not convinced we are. Yet. And the worse is yet to come, as studios try to milk us all for these half-baked goods. More
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