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Windows 8 Expected in 2012 According to Roadmap [Windows 8]
Apparently we won't have to deal with upgrading our Microsoft-driven computers for another three years. According to a tentative roadmap, the next version of the OS, Windows 8, won't be arriving until 2012. This release date would be consistent with the schedule Microsoft has been maintaining, but I …
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PSA: Applebee's Gift Card Are Not Redeemable on iTunes [Advertising]
To whom it may concern: Applebee's gift cards, while appropriately monolithic, are not redeemable at Apple Stores or on iTunes. [Thanks Nicholas!]
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Adidas Imperial Stormtrooper Sneakers [Star Wars]
Adidas Imperial Stormtropper sneakers. You know, so you can run faster when random people start chasing you down the street. To beat the crap out of you. Or ask where did you buy them. It can go either way. gawkerGallery(5409648,3,'Adidas Star Wars Collection Gallery'); There are also Darth Vader …
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HP Black Friday Flyer Feels Lacking on Deals [Black Friday]
The folks over at Logic Buy got their hands on the HP Home Store Thanksgiving Event flyer. And while some of the deals are decent, nothing really seems to stand out, aside from the mouthful of a sales event name. Desktops: HP Pavilion p6280t Quad-Core $569.99 ($405 off) HP Pavilion Elite e9250t Cor …
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The Future of Snow Sports Tech [Winter Gear]
Bright ideas and products in skiing and snowboarding, from a Norwegian hotel built into a mountainside to an inflatable pack that can save you from an avalanche Skiing and snowboarding have always been cutting-edge sports, thanks to renegade personalities and high-tech gear. But this ski season, des …
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Large Hadron Collider Circulating Particle Beams Again [Large Hadron Collider]
No, it's not going to destroy the world. But the collection of photos of the LHC at the Big Picture is a great reminder that this might be the most impressive piece of machinery humanity has ever built. [Big Picture]
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There Can Be Only One: Part Deux [Blockquote]
App developers have it hard enough on the iPhone; on Android, they've got to keep prices just as low, and sell to a much smaller audience. So how are some of them coping? By packing up and leaving, like Gameloft. Finance director for the company, Alexandre de Rochefort, says that even a company that …
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YouTube Shuts Down API Access, Leaves Set-Top Boxes High and Dry (UPDATED) [YouTube]
There are two ways for a device to access YouTube: either through the regular web interface, i.e. Flash, or for cleaner integration, through its back end APIs. As of December, Google is shutting off the tap. UPDATED The news comes from the COO of Syabas, the company that makes the Popcorn Hour set-t …
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Bitch-Busting, Ammo-Counting Aliens Gun Is Real, Scary [Guns]
At Milipol, I was walking around FN Herstal's booth, playing with futuristic-looking P90s, Five-Sevens and F2000s when I noticed a camera-toting tourist pretend-blasting with something very very cool: The Armatronics "Black Box" suite with Moving Red Dot Fire Control. They'd taken a SCAR assault rif …
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Droid Price Drops to $120 [Dealzmodo]
We've seen the Palm Pixi drop in price right at launch, but looks like the Droid isn't far behind. The Dell Mobility Store is offering it for a rather reasonable $120 (with a new Verizon account, of course). This is almost a surprising price drop after what we heard was a pretty decent launch for th …
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