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by Darren Murph, posted Oct 11th 2008 at 6:31AM Generally speaking, Americans can count on the US price of any particular piece of kit being a fair bit less than the straight pound-to-dollar conversion. Unfortunately, the exchange rate here is nearly on point, with the £299 NC10 10-inch netbook on sale for $480 (give or take a few nickles) in the US of A. Granted, it looks as if it’ll be a fortnight or so at the very least before any Yanks can wrap their grimy paws around the germ-shunning PC, but we’ve already got the e-tailers lining up to hold your place in line. (Read the full post about ‘Samsung’s NC10 netbook on sale in US for $480′…)

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by Chris Ziegler, posted Oct 11th 2008 at 1:10PM We’d been encouraged in previous spy shots that AT&T was intending to keep a clean, brand-free look on the front of the Fuze, but what were we thinking? That’d never sit well with the suits up on the 49th floor of AT&T’s headquarters (we just made that up, by the way — we have no idea how many floors AT&T’s headquarters has), and sure enough, the latest batch of shots is showing a big ol’ logo slapped on the upper right of the face. The poster says release is currently planned for early November, but we’d say that target is about as solid as one of those Jello rings you make in a bundt mold. (Read the full post about ‘Latest spy shots show AT&T Fuze defaced with carrier’s logo’…)

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by Darren Murph, posted Oct 10th 2008 at 10:44PM With all these nettops, netbooks and plain ole motherboards flying every which-away, it’s hard to say if Portwell’s Atom-based nano-ITX board really is the first, but it’s close enough to count in our book. Utilizing all sorts of legerdemain and black magic, the engineers at Portwell were able to craft a Linux-friendly mobo that measures just 4.72- x 4.72- x 0.65-inches and supports Intel’s Silverthorne Atom while including six USB 2.0 ports, embedded audio and a gigabit Ethernet jack. The Nano-8044 can be ordered in two flavors — the Z530, which packs a 1.6GHz CPU, or the Z510, which clocks in at 1.1GHz. (Read the full post about ‘Portwell ships Atom-based nano-ITX motherboard’…)

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by Darren Murph, posted Oct 11th 2008 at 6:58PM Goodie! The long, excruciating wait for more information on Cowon’s exceptionally sleek O2 PMP is finally over, and two of the more important tidbits you could ever want to know have been revealed. The PMP, which supports a gaggle of file types including MP3, OGG FLAC, AAC, WMA, DivX, MPEG4 and WMV (just to fire off a few), will arrive with a 4.3-inch touchscreen, SDHC card slot, 8GB / 16GB / 32GB of internal capacity, an internal speaker, TV output (up to 720p), 10-band custom equalizer, 18-hours of battery life for audio playback (8-hours for video), optional T-DMB TV tuner / e-dictionary functionality and your choice of pink, black or white motifs. (Read the full post about ‘Cowon’s O2 PMP ships in Korea October 13, starts at $224′…)

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The term “cloud computing” has been thrown around a lot recently in regards to many different web apps or Internet services.  There are a lot of options out there for doing just about anything with cloud computing.  There are plenty of upsides and downsides to using apps in the “cloud” that is the Internet, with many of them being obvious.  Though not a perfect substitute for desktop applications, cloud computing can theoretically replace a number of things normally done by computer software.  The first and most obvious use of this is with office suites. In this guide I’ll show you web apps that you can use to move your office to the cloud. What do you need? (Read the full post about ‘Gadgetell Guide: Cloud Computing Office Suites’…)

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Incipio Technologies has your iPhone 3G’s best interests in mind with its new Feather Protective Case that offers protection despite being less than 1mm thin. Hmmm, makes me wonder what kind of material they use - a highly advanced form of the fabled adamantium? Apparently not, as Incipio has used an ultra light, ultra strong polymer that is as light as a feather (hence its name) to offer form-fitting durability without adding any bulk. It is so thin that your iphone 3G can still be used with many docks on the market without any problem, and there are seven colors to choose from. Just don’t expect this $19.99 iPhone 3G case to offer shock protection against drops… Product Page via Press Release
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FROM GAMERTELL - Important Importables looks at and test taps four import, DS styli in order to see which would be most comfortable for gamers. MORE » Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: digital, M4A, computers, robots (Read the full post about ‘Important Importables: Testing import DS styluses’…)

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by Tim Stevens, posted Oct 10th 2008 at 1:34PM Ever crawl your way through a smoke-filled corridor to save the life of someone trapped in a burning building? If yes, much respect! If no, us neither, but if ever we do hopefully it’s after donning this piece of headgear currently under development by two researchers in Germany. Burcu Cinaz and Holger Kenn (rockers both, no doubt) have created HeadSLAM, a helmet that uses an infrared laser-scanner to penetrate the haze and map out surroundings as its wearer wanders, correcting for inertial disturbances created by the loping, unsteady walk of a bipedal organism, shown in a thrilling demonstration video after the break. (Read the full post about ‘HeadSLAM helps you navigate imaginary smoke in well-lit corridors’…)

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LG Electronics is back again with a with yet another 8 megapixel shooter in the form of the LG KC780. This slim handset concentrates mostly on digital photography (and basic communications) as its strongest suite, so if you’re looking for an all rounder cell phone, you can give the LG KC780 a pass. First of all, I must note that the 13.9mm thickness is rather fetching, and despite its apparent slimness, LG managed to squeeze in a 2.4″ widescreen LCD display (perfect to capture those portrait shots) and a Schneider-Kreuznach certified lens that is able to shoot high quality photos that will surely amaze you at first glance.

One of the smart technologies found in the LG KC780 is Face Detection, and this will automatically find and focus on people’s faces so that the photographer is able to capture clearer portrait shots.

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by Chris Ziegler, posted Oct 10th 2008 at 8:57AM
If you’re wondering why you don’t have an AT&T-branded blackberry Bold in your hand at this very second, the answer might lie a couple thousand miles away where Orange has allegedly pulled all units off the shelves to hammer out some “software issues” that have plagued early devices in subscribers’ hands. The whole situation leaves us to wonder whether carriers jumped the gun on validating early builds of the Bold’s firmware in an effort to get it out into the market in a non-ridiculous amount of time, while AT&T may have chosen to play it safe with a longer, more excruciating battery of tests — leading to RIM’s swipe that the October 2 miss was all AT&T’s fault. (Read the full post about ‘Orange pulling Bolds to fix software issues, AT&T smiles’…)

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