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Is Nikon Prepping A 24 Megapixel D3 Replacement?

Gadgets & Tech – AxelR, a member of the Excellent DP Review forums, has snuck a look inside the code of Nikon's new firmware update for its flagship D3 camera. What did he find? References to a future D3-X model with a whopping 24.4 megapixels. He searched the v1.10 code for the string "D3X" and came up with the following:

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 09:04am

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Breaking: Creative's Flip Video Clone Leaked

Gadgets & Tech – The specifications read like they have been lifted from the Flip itself: VGA cam, one-button recording, good low-light performance, two hour recording on a 2GB, direct upload to YouTube or Photobucket, 2x zoom, rechargeable AA batteries and a built-in flexible USB connector.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 08:55am

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Four Camera Hacks You Can Do Today

Gadgets & Tech – The modern digicam does almost everything for you, from auto-exposure to face detection to firing you photos straight off to the internet. But where's the fun in letting the camera make all the decisions? Take back some control with these four rainy day hacks.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 08:55am

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Five Camping Essentials for the Soft City-Dweller

Travel – Camping. Man at one with nature, free of the chains of modern society, living off the land and enjoying a simpler life. Bull. Unless you want to starve, get bitten to death by insects and come home from your hiking weekend with more chafing than a gimp who forgot the talcum powder, you're going to need some gadgets.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 08:52am

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Homage to the master

Autos – BMW celebrated the 30th anniversary of its iconic M1 by revealing a spectacular concept called the BMW M1 Homage at the Concorso Villa d'Eleganza at Villa d'Este on Lake Como in Italy.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 29, 2008 09:28am

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Chevy Volt Spy Shots ââ;¬" Just What's In Those Pics, Anyway?

Autos – Chevrolet Volt fanatics are stoked by the spy shots of a Volt test car making the rounds of the blogosphere, but do the pictures show what everyone thinks they show?

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Submitted and Voted for on April 29, 2008 09:17am

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EPA Wants New Rules for Testing Bacteria Levels in Airplane Tap Water

News – One thing we never do during a long flight is head to the lavatory and pour ourselves a nice cool glass of tap water. We don't know anyone who does. But that's not stopping the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing new rules designed to better test and limit the level of bacteria in water used on commercial airplanes.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 29, 2008 09:15am

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Want a Greener Tomorrow? Every 40-Ounce Counts

News – Saving the Earth is hard work, especially if you're trying to convince companies to be more eco-friendly. But what if you could help a local business go green by doing nothing more than shopping there?

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Submitted and Voted for on April 29, 2008 09:14am

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Build your own Wi-Fi antenna

Gadgets & Tech – If you need a signal boost and want to get a little creative, the U.K. site Heise Online has a detailed post on creating a homemade Cantenna for 802.11b/g routers. (802.11a routers require antennas of different dimensions.) It's a great way to recycle packaging for household goods and ramp up your range at the same time.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 17, 2008 08:31am

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Blu-ray player prices spike - wow, who could have seen that one coming?

Gadgets & Tech – I had put myself on a self-imposed exile of sorts on writing about high-def DVDs , but a post over at Tom's Hardware got me all riled up, so I'm lifting the ban. Turns out that since January 1 (right before the pre-CES announcement that Warner Brothers was leaving HD DVD), prices for every standalone Blu-ray player have spiked.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 17, 2008 08:28am

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How to turn your iPod Touch into an iPhone (without breaking the bank)

Gadgets & Tech – They might look the same, but word on the street says the iPhone is the real deal, while the iPod Touch isââ;¬Â¦an in-house phony.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 17, 2008 08:24am

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Seniors: Take Your Vitamins

Health & Fitness – Remember those children's vitamins shaped like cartoon characters? "They'll help you grow up healthy," you were told. Now that you're older, taking vitamins is a little different. The shapes have changed and the advice is, "They may help you stay healthy."

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Submitted and Voted for on April 13, 2008 08:31am

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Strength Training for Seniors

Health & Fitness – You don't have to be a fitness guru like Jack LaLanne to benefit from strength training - and never say you're too old to work those muscles.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 13, 2008 08:16am

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Why OS X costs twice as much as Windows

Gadgets & Tech – Because people are happy to pay it. Microsoft's continuing Vista woes, including price cuts and a retreat to Windows XP on the low-end, obscures an important fact: Mac users pay more than double for Mac OS X than Windows.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 09, 2008 09:59am

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Apple leaks iPhone 3G chipset in SDK

Gadgets & Tech – ZiPhone.org has uncovered code in the latest iPhone SDK beta that hints that the next generation iPhone will use Infineon's SGOLD3 (PMB8878) "3.5G" processor. From their marketing material:

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Submitted and Voted for on April 09, 2008 09:56am

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