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Internet-Connected TV Apps System Renamed to ” Smart TV” by LG [Television]
Seemingly, Smart TV is a rebrand of LG's NetCast system-an online-connected TV service with a home dashboard, displaying apps and widgets. Considering NetCast offered Skype, YouTube, Netflix, VUDU, and Yahoo Widgets , we shall expect more of a similar. Smart TV shall be launching in early 2011, ...
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How Nathan Myhrvold and Intellectual Ventures Would Change the Patent System [Interview]
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Patents! They're a significant deal . Nathan Myhrvold 's Intellectual Ventures depends upon patents to earn money, and they file numerous 'em. So I asked him how he'd change the patent system . ...
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Raumfeld’s 2Raumfeld multiroom audio system reviewed, deemed sweet but no Sonos
Despite the bevy of multimedia streamers beating down your door, there are still few options available for prime-end multiroom audio, and until recently the ones you'd likely consider would go by the name of Sonos. Judging by a contemporary UK review, that hasn't entirely changed, but a two-speaker WiFi-based setup by Germany's Raumfeld reportedly offers ...
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The final word Marijuana Farm Security System: Bears [Nature Vs. Technology]
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Perimeter fences are hard to take care of. Security cameras are expensive at the present time. Armed guards will likely be bought. Yep, it seems like there's really just one approach to reliably protect your marijuana farm nowadays: lazy bears. That was apparently the proprietorial philosophy of one recently raided Western Canada marijuana farm. The attending ...
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We finally, really did it: Engadget gets a new commenting system
Some things look like they could never happen: man traveling at light-speed, AI that's truly sentient, a vertically striped shirt that doesn't make you look fat... and a decent Engadget commenting system. Well folks, today that you would be able to cross a type of lofty goals off of the bucket list. Yes, you read ...
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DIY Air Conditioner and Air Filtration System [DIY]
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We've featured various DIY air conditioner projects before, but this particular model is perfect for smokers and those living in polluted areas. Not only will it quiet down a room, nevertheless it will clear out the smell of smoke. The science isn't all that different from numerous other DIY air con units; all you would like ...
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A week under surveillance: Logitech Alert Video Security System review
Logitech dropped its Alert Video Security System on our laps ahead of we were allowed to tell the realm about it -- not nearly enough time to place it through its paces. Since then we\'ve spent per week beneath its piercing gaze, afraid to scratch inappropriately lest that movement be recorded forever onto the cold, ...
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Radio-Style System of Communication Via Magnetic Waves Demonstrated in Deep Mines [Magnets]
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After 13 miners were trapped in a coal mine in Sago, West Virginia, four years ago, rescuers didn\'t know where to seem for survivors - they may were anywhere between 11,000 and 13,000 feet from the entrance. Radio waves can\'t penetrate very far through rock, so there was no method to communicate with the miners. A ...
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Apple patent application details iPod / iPhone bike integration system
Apple patent applications generally is a little out there sometimes, but this one makes a lot sense we have now to wonder why it\'s not a product already. Described as \" Systems and strategies for Integrating a transportable Electronic Device with a Bicycle,\" the appliance details what basically amounts to Nike+ for bikes. That ...
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Meridian launches M80 high-end compact entertainment system, we yawn
When you\'d have asked us back in 2008 to predict what new includes a successor to Meridian\'s Ferrari co-branded F80 compact entertainment system would have, things like HD video playback inside the kind of an HD DVD or Blu-ray player, an HDMI connection and iPod integration would had been no-brainers. So forgive us if we\'re ...
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How to Make a Map for the Most Complicated Subway System in the World [Subway]
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There\'s an awful lot to dislike about NYC\'s new subway map (shadows, ugh). But making a map for NYC, with 468 stations and 26 lines, is like, difficult-as Eddie Jabbour reveals, explaining his process for designing KickMap. [O\'Reilly]Source
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Eye Mario System enables your face to control any NES game (video)
We\'ll be straight with you -- earlier than this fine day, we\'d never heard of the whiz kids at Waterloo Labs, but we\'ll be keeping our focus locked on their initiatives from this point forward. Why, you ask? Just have a look at that bloke above, who is in the midst of asking Mario to ...
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Walkman Outsold iPod in Japan During August [Apple]It's party time for Sony, as the planets of consumerism aligned to earn it a unprecedented win over Apple's iPod music-playing range. It's the first time Walkman has outsold Apple's music players inside the region since iPod arrived in 2001. Sony had to make a number of sacrifices with the intention to win back musical market share, though, aggressively under-cutting the cost of its rival.![A Dual-Booting Tablet Running Android 1.6 Sounds Barmy, Viewsonic [Tablets]](http://nexgadget.com/images/A-DualBooting-Tablet-Running-Android-Sounds-Barmy-Viewsonic-Tablets_tuTo-_0.jpg)
A Dual-Booting Tablet Running Android 1.6 Sounds Barmy, Viewsonic [Tablets]After warning us last week of their impending dual-booting tablet, ViewSonic has now spilled the beans on the ViewPad 100 's specs. I don't think anyone shall be impressed by the Android 1.6 flavor, even supposing Windows 7 's also there too. I can't consider many the explanation why someone would need a dual-booting tablet, but obviously dual-booting laptops (running something like