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iPhone 4 Review Roundup: Still the Smartphone Leader

By shervin | Published: June 23, 2010
    With gadgets of the iPhone 4's importance, Apple tends to hand out a certain (small) number of early review units to preferred publications. (I don't think it would surprise anyone to discover that Gizmodo is no longer on Apple's nice list.) For the iPhone 4, there were five. Here are the highlights: David Pogue, New York Times "The iPhone 4 is already a hit. AT&T says that it received 10 ...
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6 Takes on Apple’s iPhone 4 [Apple]

By melissa | Published: June 22, 2010
We've heard your first impressions , but now some of the official iPhone 4 reviews are in. And so far they sound good. Here are the highlights of what the early reviewers are saying. More
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IPad Efficiency, and a Teenager in the Press Corps

By anthony | Published: June 2, 2010
City Hall Steps: Mayor Bloomberg shows off his iPad, and a reporter goes to work, but only after class.
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Crowds Embrace DIY Spirit at Fifth Annual Maker Faire

By admin | Published: May 21, 2010
Check out the highlights of Maker Faire -- sort of a combination science fair / county fair, with a hefty dose of Burning Man thrown in -- that happens once a year in a suburb on the outskirts of Silicon Valley.
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Zotac ZBOX HD-ID11 and its Ion 2 innards reviewed

By admin | Published: May 7, 2010
Small form factor? Check. Low power consumption married to 1080p video playback capabilities? Of course. Quiet cooling? Naturally. Those are the basic requirements for, and their fulfillment is the means by which we judge, a good home theater pc. They're also the highlights of Zotac 's Ion 2-powered ZBOX HD-ID11 barebone (you have to add your own RAM, storage and OS) nettop, which recently visited AnandTech 's labs for some old fashioned review action. It's a highly illuminating read, particularly for those interested in the differences between NVIDIA's Ion generations, which throws up a mixed bag of results. While you'll be quite alright watching Full HD Blu-rays on the ZBOX, Flash hardware acceleration -- yeah, that old nugget again -- is not yet implemented well enough, resulting in a maximum of 480p resolution before Hulu streams started glitching out on the reviewer. A June driver update from NVIDIA should rectify this issue, and we're encouraged to wait it out and see what we might see then. In the mean time, you can just delve into the complete analysis which awaits at the link below. [Thanks, Wowzers] Zotac ZBOX HD-ID11 and its Ion 2 innards reviewed originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 May 2010 11:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A Bike Theft in the Time of Twitter

By admin | Published: March 9, 2010
An alarm goes out online, and a messenger is soon reunited with his stolen bike.
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A Bike Theft in the Time of Twitter

By melissa | Published: March 9, 2010
An alarm goes out online, and a messenger is soon reunited with his stolen bike.
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Snow highlights telework’s benefits for federal workers, advocates say

By anthony | Published: February 10, 2010
To Danette Campbell, Tuesday was just another workday.
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Gun Show Touts Digital Revolvers, Koosh Bullets and Triple-Tasers

By admin | Published: January 28, 2010
Blaze through the highlights from the 2010 Shooting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT Show. From a gun armed by a wristwatch to a laser taser that can entertain your kitty, we look at the tech weaponry on display this year.
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Firefox 3.6 Officially Available, Brings Speed Increases, One-Click Themes, and More [Downloads]

By shervin | Published: January 21, 2010
Windows/Mac/Linux: The oft-delayed but much improved 3.6 version of Firefox has landed, offering up faster performance, one-click themes, safer add-ons and plug-ins, better font handling, and a lot more. Grab it now. We've been downloading and trying out Firefox 3.6 from the first alpha, and from what we've seen, 3.6 is a bigger update than the minor decimal point iteration would indicate. It ranked second only to the cutting-edge Chrome builds in our speed and performance tests, which meant there was real improvement in startup time and page rendering. What's new? The video above provides the highlights, but the talking points are: Instant themes: Point 3.6 at the Personas gallery , and you can hover over a theme to see how it would look in your browser. Click to apply it, and it's your browser skin. You can then manage your Personas from the Add-Ons menu. Out-of-date plugins notifier: Start your browser up with an outdated, and potentially virus-friendly, Adobe Flash or other plugin, and Firefox will tell you and provide an update link. Full-screen "open" video: If you're looking at a video streaming in Ogg or another free format, Firefox can play it full screen . WOFF support: More intriguing for developers than users, but, still, Firefox now accepts and downloads smaller-sized Web Open Font Format fonts , allowing sites to more quickly show you their text the way they intended. Faster, faster, faster: Mozilla promises better JavaScript, startup time, and rendering speeds. You can read up more on what's new in the 3.6 release notes , but you're probably going to want to discover its features for yourself. Firefox 3.6 is a free download for Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. Firefox web browser [Mozilla]
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