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We get a sneak peek at Microsoft’s Project Pink, with leaked photos of a phone that isn’t pink at all. We then dish about the Motorola Cliq, the finally released Garmin Nuvifone, MMS coming to the iPhone, and more.

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The Power Loader “dual-arm power amplification robot” uses 18 electromagnetic motors that let the wearer lift 220 pounds without blinking. It gets its name from the exoskeleton from “Aliens” (”Get away from her, you bitch!”), and even has force-feedback.

It’s being developed by a Kyoto, Japan-based Panasonic …

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LG's 15-inch OLED TV, which is set to go on sale in Korea by December.

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SAN FRANCISCO–Though LG’s eye-popping OLED (organic light-emitting diode) display wowed audiences in Berlin last month, it’s best not to get too excited. There’s not going to be more where that came from, at least for a while.

The industry is still at least three years away from churning out standard-size televisions of 32 inches or larger at something approaching acceptable prices. And though Sony grabbed all the attention in early 2008 with its $2,500 11-inch OLED, it’s faded into the background when it comes to nudging the technology forward. Initially promising to follow up with 21-inch and 27-inch models, Sony’s deferred those plans while battling bigger problems with its TV business.

With Sony on the sidelines, it seemed like we were witnessing yet another false start for a technology that’s been intent on challenging existing TV standards like LCD and plasma for almost half a decade now.

Beset by the standard issues that come with bringing a new technology into the mainstream, like the exorbitantly high cost of development, OLED TVs might be on the verge of shifting out of neutral as new standard bearers for the technology emerge. The ones to watch now are Samsung and LG Electronics, which have each signaled that they’re ready to make larger investments in OLED technology for TVs.

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Originally posted at Circuit Breaker

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Samsung and LG say they intend to increase production of bigger TVs using the new technology, though that is still years away.

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The software maker opens what it says just might be the worlds largest data center in the outskirts of Chicago.

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In honor of International Translation Day (you forgot?), Google is publishing code that Webmasters can use to detect the preferred language of their visitors.

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General Motors ends its eBay car sales experiment, the long-awaited BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac arrives Friday, Microsoft says its one-click security solutions are working, and more.

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Retinopathy of prematurity affects 16,000 premature babies a year. Without having to touch the eye, this device provides detailed, 3D imaging to better diagnose the disorder.

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory announces plans for a new supercomputer that will use Nvidias next generation GPU architecture.

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Some car accidents are pretty straightforward, but some are difficult to untangle. Witnesses may not remember details accurately, and it can be difficult to determine if a driver was in the wrong. The X-Driven DRS-1100 Drive Recorder attempts to clear up the facts by providing a …

Originally posted at The Car Tech blog

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