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For the latest info on the coolest gadgets, emerging technology and wired madness, subscribe to our full news feed or have it delivered to your inbox. Always free. Always unique. Thanks for visiting! My pens are stolen from me on a daily basis. Most of my pens are a bright your work sucks red, which I lavishly slather all over my students’ nice neat handwriting. I need pens that are more easily identifiable as mine; these are certainly those. I tend to agree with Nerd Approved’s Jeff Chenkus that the Etch a Sketch fails to impress. Operation, however, is and always has been a different story. This thing is so incredibly, unbelievably awesome that I do not know how I have survived a full twenty-nine years on terra firma without one. (Read the full post about ‘I need an Operation Pen, Stat!’…)

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Here’s the latest sign Microsoft’s Zune is no longer just a novelty iPod wannabe: It’s now collecting lawsuits, just like a real iPod. Joel Geddis, apparently one of the first wave of Zune guinea pigs, says he was using his new device in November 2006 when it went berserk:I received an electric shock through the earbuds of my Microsoft Zune. (Read the full post about ‘Zune Owner Sues Microsoft Over Ear Damage’…)

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Fancy a MP3 player that keeps you connected no matter where you go? At least, in areas that have WiFi networks for you to stream songs, podcasts and videos. This highly customizable MP3 player boasts a ton of skins that you will surely find something interesting even if you’re very particular about designs. Sounds like the perfect device for folks who no longer want to pay to own music they already have in many formats, but instead will want to go with the flow, listening to whatever’s currently available. (Read the full post about ‘ibiza Rhapsody WiFi MP3 player’…)

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For the latest info on the coolest gadgets, emerging technology and wired madness, subscribe to our full news feed or have it delivered to your inbox. Always free. Always unique. Thanks for visiting! For those of you that find it impossible to suffer the indignity of camping without a blender, Coleman has just the thing. With a couple of six volt batteries you will have enough for 20-30 pitchers of blending action. That is at least a few days worth of margarita madness or a mango smoothie a day for twenty to thirty days. It might seem that I am being cynical or even a little sarcastic; I can assure you that I am not. (Read the full post about ‘Coleman Battery Powered Blender Brings Margaritas to the Road’…)

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Garmin is not just for GPS anymore–the company announced it is entering the mobile phone market. Their first mobile phone will be called nüvifone. Garmin, taking advantage of its association with GPS devices, said the new phone will help people “connect, communicate, and navigate their life.”

The mobile phone is a touch screen phone, which includes 3.5G technology. The phone includes an Internet browser and, naturally, navigation and will have three primary buttons, including “Call,” “Search,” and “View Map.” Once docked into a vehicle mount, the mobile phone turns on the GPS, brings up the navigation menu, and hands-free calling is enabled.

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Pollution represents a perennial problem that can not be solved except by means of the collaboration of all the world’s nations. During some last decades a great attention was paid to the air pollution and Green House effect. Many people and scientists are unison in opinions that the airline industry is one of the major pollutants at all. So in order to decrease its impact on the environment some drastic measures like using other types of planes should be taken. According to the recent news a new reaction engine was invented whose designers intend to solve given problem at least partially. This engine is a hydrogen-powered A2 aircraft concept that would be capable of hitting Mach-5 - five times the speed of sound (3400 mph), making it somewhat the spiritual successor of the Concorde. (Read the full post about ‘Jet engine powered by hydrogen’…)

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Sony will release the 16MB version of the memory stick PRO duo in Japan. It’s specially designed for high definition AVHD camcorders and should be available in March for $279. [Source] Tags: dvr, gizmos, equipment, amps (Read the full post about ‘Sony Releases 16GB Memory Stick PRO Duo in Japan’…)

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Verizon will be getting the Motorola W755 in a few months’ time, so if you’re in the market for a new clamshell handset then, why not check out what it looks like before arriving at a decision? Looks like a prima donna for fingerprints though, glossy exterior and all. There will be five themes to choose from - Classic, Youth, Personalizer, Messenger and Vapor. Tags: game, electronic toys, toys, sat-nav (Read the full post about ‘Motorola W755 Sneak Peek’…)

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Posted Feb 3rd 2008 11:59PM by Ryan BlockFiled under: Announcements At all interested in snagging a 32-inch LCD HDTV, Xbox 360, some console peripherals, and enough Old Spice to keep your roommates or significant other from kicking you to the curb for spending altogether too much time watching and playing with all that gear? Hit up Engadget HD, the contest you’re looking for is over there — and good luck.Tags: players, consumer technology, PDA, gadgetry (Read the full post about ‘Win an LCD HDTV, Xbox 360, and plenty of Old Spice at Engadget HD’…)

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I’ll admit that the idea of a digital picture frame is growing on me. I have far more pictures on my computer than I’d ever dream of actually printing out, so it might be cool to show them off. I would likely go for one that’s simple and basic, as it’s really just a picture frame, what else would you want it to do? Apparently there are a lot of people looking at digital frames wishing they could just instantly print off a picture. This is evident by Smartparts’ latest frame. The SP8PRT appears to be just your average digital picture frame, I’d guess that the screen is around 7 or 8 inches. What makes this particular device stand out is not what you see, but what’s hidden behind the picture. (Read the full post about ‘SP8PRT lets you print what you see’…)

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