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Perhaps It is Time To Make "The Switch" to an Electric Razor [Mods]
Because the original switch on this model was busted. Of course, the modification looks like it would get in the way of a close, comfortable shave. [TIFI via Boing Boing]
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Worry Not, Fight Club Has Not Turned Into a Horrible Romantic Comedy [Blu-Ray]
If you picked up the new Fight Club Blu-ray edition, don't panic when you see the menu screen. Edward Norton HAS NOT been replaced with a Drew Barrymore character that makes out with her alter ego to vent sexual frustration. Let me explain: the menu screen for Never Been Kissed appears momentarily w …
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Spectacular Meteor Lights Up the Utah Skies [Space]
If you were hanging out outside in Utah on Wednesday night, chances are good that you witnessed a pretty rare astronomic event: a friggin' huge meteor that lit up the entire sky. Clark Planetarium Director Seth Jarvis said the stony meteorite was probably traveling 80,000 miles an hour when it hit …
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Gifts for Science Nerds Who Love To Tinker [Gift Guide]
Meteorites, microscopes, or mixing things to go boom. Your science nerd loves it all. Here are a couple of gift ideas for that space explorer, mad scientist, or engineer in your life. BTW, if you hate the gallery format as much as the Grinch hated Christmas, click here. Lego: It's not really a secre …
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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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Creating a Tornado Inside a Soap Bubble [Science]
I'm not quite sure what exactly is going on here, me being somewhat of a dullard and all, but I do know one thing: this there is one neat video. [Random Good Stuff]
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There Can Only Be 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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Barnes & Noble Ruins Nerd Christmas (For Good PR) [EReaders]
Nobody has any idea if the Nook is actually any good yet, but no matter: It's a well-placed holiday gift, in theory! Or at least it was, until Barnes & Noble ran out of them. Granted, it's a little worrisome that Barnes & Noble was taking preorders before letting reviewers have their say, so this en …
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8 Examples of How NOT to Fix Your Gadget Problems [Tgif]
Our Friday lists are all about gadgety fun and leisure, but sometimes technology can be frustrating—and there is definitely a right way and a wrong way to handle it. This is definitely the wrong way. If you have a problem with you TV, like a certain 70-year old Missouri man did with his conver …
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The 5 Best TVs You Can Buy [TVs]
We've teamed up with the HD Guru himself, Gary Merson, to publish the absolute best five TVs you can buy right now. As you'll see (and might already notice above), there are some surprises on the list. Panasonic Z1 Panasonic's flagship HDTV is its thinnest 54-inch plasma HDTV ever, with only 1-inch …
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Hansa Smart Shower Has Three Options For Your Head and One For Your Crotch [Showers]
If you can't afford a ridiculously tricked out shower, the next best thing might be a Smart Shower from Hansa. It has a standard shower, cascade and hand shower mode for your head an a pivoting spray for your crotch. Well it could be used for your crotch if you are tall enough, or you have a weirdly …
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