Entries from October 2009
October 31st, 2009 · Comments Off
First the Nook (pictured), now the MediaBook?
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Barnes & Noble)
The question is, who isn’t getting in on the e-book reader action these days? Less than two weeks after we met Barnes & Nobles’ Nook and just a few days after hearing of tire maker Bridgestone’s plans for a …
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October 31st, 2009 · Comments Off
New leaked documents suggest all the Droid Eris grumblings we’ve heard were true: it should launch November 6, and it will supposedly run $99 after rebate. That’s pretty cheap considering it matches the specs of the $180 Hero.
What we’ve heard about the HTC Eris …
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October 31st, 2009 · Comments Off
A saleswoman introduces Apple's iPhone to customers in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province on Saturday.
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Zheng Duo/ColorChinaPhoto)
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It could be the Year of the iPhone in China, as Apple officially started selling its iconic smartphone in the …
Originally posted at News – Apple
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October 31st, 2009 · Comments Off
Actor and presenter Stephen Fry says he is considering giving up on the micro-blogging website Twitter.
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October 31st, 2009 · Comments Off
Good news, PC gamers: today’s the day to score some solid deals on three popular titles, all of them available via download for (near) instant delivery. Here’s the rundown:
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Originally posted at The Cheapskate
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October 31st, 2009 · Comments Off
In Chris DeWolfes new venture, sources say, hell attempt to snowball a bunch of social-gaming properties and pit himself against industry leader Mark Pincus of Zynga.
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October 31st, 2009 · Comments Off
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Rakuten)
Hang on. You’re coughing and sneezing your lungs out, and you want ME to come inside Ground Zero to pass you a tissue? No thanks. Four little letters and numbers: H1N1.
Fortunately, we have Rakuten’s Running Tissue Box to come to the rescue. Using a standard …
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October 31st, 2009 · Comments Off
Too busy cobbling together your Balloon Boy Halloween costume to keep up with Crave this week? Fear not! The weekly roundup has arrived.
• Nintendo supersized its gaming handheld. Here, all your DSi LL questions answered.

We admit it, we're scared.
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Trossen Robotics)
• We deconstructed the Droid.
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October 31st, 2009 · Comments Off
Time to assess different climate engineering approaches–be it injecting light-blocking particles in the atmosphere or artificial trees–say academics at an MIT symposium.
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October 31st, 2009 · Comments Off
A high-ranking IBM executive charged with insider trading connected to the Galleon Group has left the company.
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