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Engadget’s Holiday Gift Guide: Toys

By melissa | Published: November 27, 2009
Welcome to the Engadget Holiday Gift Guide ! The team here is well aware of the heartbreaking difficulties of the seasonal shopping experience, and we want to help you sort through the trash and come up with the treasures this year. Below is today's bevy of hand curated picks, and you can head back to the Gift Guide hub to see the rest of the product guides as they're added throughout the holiday season. So, you're here, and you probably like toys, or you're just really stuck with what to get for your lesser-geeks family and friends. Our guess is that you want something that even you want to play with (and maybe eventually repossess them when the love is over), but at the same time you want to avoid toys that'll drive you nuts when you're living with the lucky recipient. We know it's no easy task here, so we've picked out some of the hottest toys this year to keep things fresh for a while. Read on for some joyous gift inspiration. Continue reading Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide: Toys Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide: Toys originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Remains of the Day: BitTorrent Tracker Demonoid is Back Online Edition [For What It's Worth]

By shervin | Published: November 5, 2009
Popular BitTorrent tracker Demonoid is back online, upgrades are in the works for Google Video chat, and an interactive concept surface displays the New York Times with beams of lights and prisms. Mozilla: Firefox 3.6 won't be late Mozilla's been behind schedule with every mile-marker of their Firefox 3.6 release, but it'll still be out before the end of the year. [Mozilla] Demonoid is Alive, The Tracker Has Returned One of the most popular semi-private BitTorrent trackers, Demonoid, is back up and running after over two months offline. [TorrentFreak] Google to upgrade video chat Over the next six to twelve months, the voice and video chat features available in Gmail are set to improve significantly, including video chat support for more than just two users. [Macworld] Boot Camp for Hackintoshes Hackintoshes don't historically play all that well with Boot Camp, but it looks like that may be changing. [Prasys' Blog] Introducing Google Commerce Search: Finding holiday gifts faster Google's got a new enterprise service designed to help power business' ecommerce storefronts. [Official Google Blog] How Superman Might Read the NY Times This crazy table displays a Fortress-of-Solitude-style version of the New York Times. [Gizmodo]
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