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44 min ago | Ubergizmo

Sony Honami To Sport 2/3a 3 Sensor With RX100a 2s Manual Controls [Rumor]

Back in the day of the feature phone, Sony made a name for themselves by releasing phones with the Cyber-Shot branding, indicating that the phone came with a pretty exceptional camera.

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44 min ago | Ubergizmo

Blackberry 10 Porsche P'9881 Concept

The Blackberry Bold 9900 and the Q10 both feature rounded edges as part of its design, although with the Porsche P'9881 , the rounded edges were done away in favor of sharp and sleek lines instead.

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45 min ago | Ubergizmo

Canon EOS 70D Rumored For July Launch

Canon's EOS 50D and 60D while being pretty decent cameras, are set at mid-ranged level, leaving devices like the EOS 5D and its generations for the higher-end market.

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Related Topix: Canon, Computers, Cameras

1 hr ago | Engadget

Lenovo pulls in best-ever revenue of $7.8 billion for Q4 2012/13, record $34 billion for the year

Lenovo's just announced its Q4 and full year 2012/13 financial results, and it's touched new highs on the two most important indices.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks

1 hr ago | Ubergizmo

Toshiba AT10LE-A Tablet Stops By The FCC

When unreleased or heavily rumored devices stop by the FCC , that's the Federal Communications Commission for those who don't know, it means that an official announcement by the manufacturer itself isn't that far off.

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Related Topix: Business News, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless, Emerging Technology

1 hr ago | Gizmag

Solar Kettle boils water using the Sun's rays

Developed by British engineer James Bentham, the Solar Kettle can boil water simply by using sunlight.

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Related Topix: Outdoor Recreation

2 hrs ago | Gizmag

Acrobatic XRL robot takes cliffs and valleys in its stride

Most land-dwelling animals with skeletons have the ability to jump. It is of particular importance to survival, as running primarily consists of a long series of jumps.

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Related Topix: Robots, Science / Technology, University of Pennsylvania

2 hrs ago | Gizmag

UGE replaces 4K wind turbine with mysterious mid-range VisionAIR

Urban Green Energy has unveiled its newest mid-range wind turbine, the VisionAIR, which replaces the former 4K model and features improved airfoils to provide greater efficiency at moderate wind speeds Urban Green Energy recently unveiled its newest vertical-axis wind turbine, the VisionAIR, as part of an installation at the Beijing International ... (more)

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Related Topix: Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

2 hrs ago | Gizmag

Recon Instruments introduces sporty, Google Glass-like sunglasses

One major obstacle that's been holding the Recon Instruments heads-up display from really taking off is that it was designed for goggles.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, Cameras, GPS, Wireless, Emerging Technology, Bluetooth

3 hrs ago | Gizmag

Strawscraper concept calls for a wind energy-harvesting toupee

Belatchew Arkitekter has proposed converting the Soder Torn building in Stockholm into an urban wind farm by covering it in piezoelectric fibers Despite being the most common renewable energy technologies, solar panels and wind turbines still have their shortcomings.

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Related Topix: Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

3 hrs ago | Gizmag

IBM's Watson gets a job in customer service

IBM's Watson supercomputer has been riding high for the past couple of years. It won a game of Jeopardy , went to university and did a stint at a cancer lab .

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Computers

3 hrs ago | Gizmag

Solar-powered ship beats its own trans-Atlantic speed record

With its previous circumnavigation of the planet , it had already set the record for longest distance traveled by a purely solar-powered boat.

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Related Topix: Spain, World News,

5 hrs ago | Ubergizmo

'Search With Camera' Removed From Google Search App

Approximately a week back at the I/O 2013 conference , Google released the new and improved Google Search app for Android .

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Related Topix: Cameras, Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

5 hrs ago | Gizmag

Logitech introduces $60 wired iPad keyboard aimed at classrooms

Plenty of companies build Bluetooth keyboards for the iPad, with the end goal of trying to make the tablet function more like a laptop.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Ipad, Keyboards

5 hrs ago | Ubergizmo

BlackBerry Founder Has High Hopes From BBM On Rival Platforms

At its Live 2013 conference last week, BlackBerry finally announced what was being rumored for a long time.

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6 hrs ago | Gizmag

Flickr gets photo-centric revamp a gives users 1TB of free storage

Yahoo has just given Flickr its biggest makeover to date. Users of the photo-sharing behemoth now get a terabyte of free storage space, and the whole site has been given an updated image-centric look and feel.

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Related Topix: Social Software

6 hrs ago | Gizmag

Finis releases Neptune bone conduction waterproof audio player

Like the Finis SwiMP3, which has been on the market for five years, the Neptune waterproof player uses bone conduction to deliver sound to the audio canal.

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6 hrs ago | Ubergizmo

Kinect For Xbox One PC Release Expected

Yesterday at the Xbox One reveal , Microsoft also announced a new Kinect. It has been incredibly overhauled, it comes with a wide-angle 1080p HD depth camera capable of capturing RGB color video at 30 frames-per-second. Capable of even working in a completely dark room, Microsoft says that the new Kinect is more sensitive and powerful than ever ... (more)

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Related Topix: Kinect, Microsoft Game Studios, Video Games, The, Deep Silver, Microsoft, Startups, X360

Wed May 22, 2013

Engadget

HP intros the Envy Rove 20, a portable all-in-one, plus two other AiOs

It's official: battery-powered all-in-ones you can schlep around the house are now a thing.

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Gizmag

adidas Nitrocharge soccer cleat manages energy and fitness tracking

Gone are the days when all you wanted from a pair of sneakers or cleats was a little protection and traction.

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