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Entries from November 2008

Free Software We’re Most Thankful For

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Software

Dear free software developers: Before we American nerds sit down to our turkey and mashed potatoes today, know that your creations are at the top of the list of things we’re most thankful for. Whether you’re an indie hacker putting out the occasional script or an employee at a giant internet company building out [...]

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Rogers selling the BlackBerry Curve 8900

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Hardware

Word on the street is that people have suddenly (and rather unexpectedly) started to be able to buy the Curve 8900 on Rogers for $179.99 on a three-year contract with support for the carrier’s Talkspot UMA service. Why this wasn’t heavily advertised leading up to the release, we don’t know — folks seem to be [...]

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D3x reportedly shown, then removed from Nikon’s site

November 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Hardware

While this rumor hasn’t been running quite as long as the original iPhone rumor, we’ve been brushing off whispers of the Nikon D3x for a really, really long time. For what it’s worth, the latest tidbit actually seems to have some teeth, with one eagle-eyed tipster noting that the website in the read link was [...]

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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic goes on sale

November 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Hardware, Mobile

If you’ve been gritting your teeth and letting the PR onslaught of the iPhone 3G, Storm, and G1 knock you around as you waited for Nokia’s entry into the widescreen, touchscreen superphone market — that wait appears to be nearing it’s end. Nokia has gone and gotten all official and release-y with it’s anticipated Nokia [...]

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G1 and BlackBerry Bold get the Colorware treatment

November 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Lifestyle, Mobile

As you probably learned in grammar school, there’s a time in every gadget’s life when it gets the Colorware treatment — and for the G1 and the Bold, the time is now. It’ll run you $150 to dress up your current T-Mobile handset, or the company will ship you a brand new one $725. Prices [...]

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HandBrake update works with more video files

November 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Software

HandBrake β€” the popular open-source video conversion utility β€” has been updated to 0.9.3. The new version is available for download.
HandBrake has primarily been used to help users β€œrip” commercial DVDs encrypted with some form of copy protection, so users can watch videos on their computer without having the DVD installed, or converted to a [...]

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Acer readies 10-inch Aspire One for Q1 launch

November 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Hardware

Acer’s top-selling Aspire One is set to break into 10-inch territory as early as February or March. This according to Scott Lin, Acer Taiwan president. Also on the books are 12.1-, 13.3-, and 15.6-inch LED-backlit laptops for 2009 — a 14.1-incher should hit this year with a price of NT$40,000 or about $1,200 of the [...]

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Aluminum MacPadd Mousepad Matches Your Aluminum Mac

November 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Lifestyle

The MacPadd mousepad is a little matchy-matchy, but we can certainly appreciate the intent. Engineered entirely from anodized aluminum, the $25 MacPadd promises industrial durability, bacterial resistance, increased laser mouse precision and, of course, a complimentary style to your aluminum MacBook of choice. But for those who aren’t excited over a mere metal mousepad, then [...]

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