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Create your own custom news home page

Gadgets & Tech – PublicBlend.com recently launched with a new feature which allows you to create a customizable home page. Drag and drop the boxes where you want them, add some tags and your favorite news, photos, and videos are delivered to you.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 03, 2008 01:16pm

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Sneak Preview of the New TagSum.com a revolution in social media

News – I was lucky enough to spend a few hours talking to the developers of TagSum.com. They were gracious enough to let me take a sneak peek at what they are working on for their users.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 09, 2008 12:29pm

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iPhone to Become Blu-Ray Player Remote

Gadgets & Tech – According to NetBlender, iPhone and iPod touch users will be able to control their Blu-ray players using an application called BD Touch. The application will use the network capabilities of Blu-ray hardware and Apple's handheld devices to transfer data, allowing you to do many different things beyond controlling movie playback.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 08, 2008 02:08pm

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MobiBLU Cube3 Coming May 1st

Gadgets & Tech – I still think it's a slick piece of hardware, but the original MobiBLU Cube and the Cube2 never really became the iPod Shuffle killer that many people predicted.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 08, 2008 02:04pm

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Full Motion Helicopter / Airplane Simulator Now On eBay

Gadgets & Tech – I'm still surprised that people actually turn to eBay for selling big-ticket items like this. I can understand there's the opportunity to make a tidy profit from a rare or in-demand item, but I just don't see a frantic bidding war happening on something like this full motion flight simulator.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 08, 2008 02:03pm

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Intel attacks AMD Tri-Core Phenom

Gadgets & Tech – It looks like OEMs are responding to the Tri core better than Intel expected. That can explain why is Intel going after AMD's Tri core processors claiming its dual cores are actually better. Intel has sent a funny little document where it claims that its Pentium E series of Dual cores performs and scores better than Tri core

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Submitted and Voted for on April 07, 2008 05:37pm

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CERN creates a new super-fast internet

News – Apparently, when CERN isn't colliding particles (and ripping massive holes in the space-time continuum), it's busy working on a new "internet". At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, "the grid" will be able to send the entire Rolling Stones back catalogue from Britain to Japan in less than tw

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Submitted and Voted for on April 07, 2008 11:50am

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NY dealership commissions $200k diamond Rolls-Royce hood ornament

Autos – As far as hood ornaments go, it's hard to top the Rolls-Royce "Spirit of Ecstasy". The flying lady is so highly valued, that on the latest models, the ornament can electrically retract into the top of the grille. But you know how it is; for some, enough is never enough.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 07, 2008 11:40am

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Maybach prices 62 Landaulet for America at $1.35 million

Autos – Okay, it just hit us: eccentric. That's what the Maybach 62 Landaulet is, in a word. In fact, you could apply that to the whole Maybach venture. Like Dennis Hopper said in the Keanu-tastic action flick Speed, "Poor people are crazy, Jack. I'm eccentric."

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Submitted and Voted for on April 07, 2008 11:36am

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Down Under's First Geosequestration Project Launched

News – Last week Australia launched what was called the Southern Hemisphere's first large-scale geosequestration project. The media release further suggests it is one of the one of the most comprehensive commercial scale carbon dioxide storage projects on the world stage.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 07, 2008 11:13am

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MTI Micro trumpets fuel cells for mobile devicesââ;¬Â¦ again

Gadgets & Tech – 4-7-08-peng-lim.jpg If you'll recall, we first got wind of MTI Micro's fuel cell endeavors way back in 2004, but nearly four years later the firm is still at it and hoping to have something rolled out by 2009. Reportedly, the company has conjured up a few working prototypes which utilize methanol

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Submitted and Voted for on April 07, 2008 11:00am

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LCD Cutting Board Looks Cool, Doesn't Make Any Sense

Gadgets & Tech – On paper, this cutting board conceptââ;¬"with an embedded LCD display and wireless connectivity to display cooking recipesââ;¬"is a great idea. Unfortunately

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Submitted and Voted for on April 07, 2008 09:35am

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Viruses and Malware to Hit One Million Mark

News – According to Sophos computer security, there will be one million distinct viruses and malware by the end of 2008. But 25% of that malware has been produced just in the last six months. Luckily, not all the stats published by PC World are that troublingââ;¬Â¦but it's not all roses and daffodils either.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 07, 2008 09:30am

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Australia gets an edited version of GTA IV

Video Games – Rockstar has an edited version of Grand Theft Auto IV to release in Australia this month in order to obtain a MA15 for the game with the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC). This may not come as a big surprise to those in Australia, but that doesn't make it any less frustrating.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 07, 2008 09:29am

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G-Dog is next generation of robotic dog

Gadgets & Tech – Man, John and Sarah Connor's job just keeps getting harder. This is what our robot overlords will use to track us down and tear our legs off so they can then stand over us laughing before they kill us by pulling our hearts out.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 06, 2008 08:55am