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Posted Feb 24th 2008 5:08PM by Darren MurphFiled under: Laptops For those that had no qualms kicking Teddy to the curb and cuddling with Asus’ Eee PC throughout the night just as soon as it was released, you may want to utilize your scroll wheel right about now. For those with a tough stomach and a perverse appetite for destruction, you can most definitely stay put. In the video posted after the jump, the Eee PC is pushed from great heights onto solid floors, forced to sit in extreme temperatures and repeatedly prodded to see if it still functioned. Interested? (Read the full post about ‘Asus’ Eee PC gets torture tested on video’…)

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Posted Feb 24th 2008 7:18PM by Joshua TopolskyFiled under: Gaming What can really say about this? It’s simply the most delicious looking 8-bit console we’ve ever laid eyes on. Now, if someone could just whip up an Xbox 360 hot-fudge sundae or Genesis-brûlée. Hey — maybe for our next birthday?[Via technabob]Tags: PDA, cellphone, TV, games (Read the full post about ‘The Atari 2600 cake, mascarpone cartridges sold separately’…)

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Now in its second edition and twice as long as the first edition, “Hacking, The Art of Exploitation“, introduces the reader very rapidly to programming, pseudo-code, the C language, then dives deeply into exploits, and their associated code. If you’ve ever wanted to know what a buffer overflow, spoofing or password cracking was, then this book will not only explain what those are at a more than cursory level, but give you code samples so that you can test it yourself. I have not seen the 1st edition, so this review of this book stands alone. Although Hacking devotes about a quarter of the book to introducing programming, pseudo-code, as well as computer basics such as memory segments and the heap, don’t make the mistake that you will learn programming from this book alone. (Read the full post about ‘Book Review: Hacking, The Art of Exploitation’…)

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Super Mario Bros Sound FX Keyring Street Fighter IV: Are you ready? Home Kitchen Compost helps build a home garden Pioneer AVIC-F500BT Craftsman CompuCarve brings 3D printing to the home garage Sharp AQUOS SE94 Series When you think party ice, think Tetris! (Read the full post about ‘Weekend Gallery of Gadgets’…)

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A new online resource from Palm could prove to be helpful for some of the new Palm smartphone owners. With the recent popularity (and the low price) of the Centro we are now seeing a whole new group of smartphone users, some who may not be as technology friendly. These new Self-Paced Learning guides from Palm should offer them the needed help to use their smartphone like a pro. Palm has guides available for the Treo 500v, 680, 700w, 700wx, 700p, 750 and the Centro from both Sprint and AT&T. The guides offer up some tutorials on topics like getting to know your smartphone, setting up your smartphone, sending email, browsing the web, tips, tricks and a whole lot more. (Read the full post about ‘Palm offers free, online Self-Paced Learning Guides for smartphones’…)

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FM Audio Transmitter The ultimate FM Transmitter for iPod - Small and compact with superior performance and innovative features.This FM Transmitter displays the FM frequency on the ipod?s screen. (Read the full post about ‘FM Audio Transmitter’…)

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A few more details are emerging on possible delays with the Asus Eee PC, this time it seems some of the units will be slowed due to a lack of power supplies. “But, shipment of the brand’s hottest-selling Eee PC, a budget-price laptop, is estimated at only between 650,000 and 700,000 units for the quarter due mainly to a shortage of power supplies.” The statement specifically mentions “power supplies” but this may be referring to the recent reports of the battery shortages. Either way, batteries or power supplies (power cords) it seems like we are going to be seeing some delays on the Eee PC. The delays could prove to be good news for at least one other notebook, the Everex Cloudbook. (Read the full post about ‘Asus slowing Eee PC shipments due to lack of power supplies?’…)

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Garmin will unveil nüvifone at CeBIT 2008. Nüvifone is a sleek all-in-one device with integrated mobile telephony, Internet connectivity and navigation. The nüvifone is completely finger-touch-operated, combining HSDPA capability with a mobile Internet browser, messaging applications and a personal navigator. An additional feature: a camera which automatically tags each photo with the latitude and longitude references of where the image was taken. (Read the full post about ‘Garmin nüvifone’…)

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You can’t normally fish and kayak at the same time (unless you enjoy getting wet), however that could change with the new fisherman’s kayak. This is the only kayak available that uses a patented extendable outrigger system to stabilize the craft, enabling outdoor enthusiasts to fish from a standing position. Made of durable polyethylene with stainless steel and aluminum hardware, the kayak has two independent outriggers that pivot outward 45 to its centerline, yet both swing back into position to form the aft section of the craft to allow for smooth paddling. The fisherman’s kayak costs $1,899.95 and is available at Hammacher. (Read the full post about ‘A kayak you can stand in’…)

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With the recent demise of HD DVD and all things that surround it, this news from Microsoft comes as no real surprise, they have officially discontinued the Xbox 360 hd dvd player. Current owners need not worry though, because although discontinued the support and warranty will remain in effect. Actually the only real surprise here is that it took Microsoft this long to make it official. A nice follow up would have been the announcement of a Blu-ray player add-on, but that still has not been mentioned. It would make sense though. Via [Gizmodo] Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: cameras, TV, mobile devices, sat-nav (Read the full post about ‘Further HD DVD casualties, Microsoft discontinues Xbox 360 HD DVD player’…)

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