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PS3 hack plays Blu-ray backups, should send Motorstorm values soaring

The PS3 has thus far proven to be something a tough nut to crack for those wanting to play backups on non-modified consoles, but word on the web is that a technique has been found that will make it possible — if the stars happen to align properly for your hardware configuration. What you need [...]

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Skype HD: 720p videocalling from PCs or directly through LG & Panasonic HDTVs

Skype has already made an impact on the home phone, mobiles and PC desktops (couldn’t do our podcast without it) and now it’s taking on the living room. LG and Panasonic are already lined up to deliver new HD webcams for their internet connected plasma and LCD HDTVs that will enable living room-to-living room calling [...]

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Sony VAIO Z to offer ultra-fast “Quad SSD” in RAID 0 configuration, backlit keyboard?

We’ve already given you the leaked specs for the unannounced updates to Sony’s VAIO Z series of laptops. Now here’s what you haven’t heard: that SSD on the feature list is rather special, a “Quad SSD” in Sony language. To quote from the materials we’ve peeped, the Quad SSD is delineated as “SSD RAID0:64GB/128GB x [...]

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Helium Digital straps your wrist with HDBT-990 Bluetooth communicator

This Helium Digital HDBT-990 Bluetooth wristband could be a godsend for businessmen who want to avoid sticky wires and phones to answer a call while jogging, except it does look kind of bland (too hard to add a watch?). If appearance isn’t what you’re after, this wristband does offer audible caller ID, A2DP (although it’s [...]

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AirStash expands your iPhone’s storage, wirelessly

You may be able to get your iPhones and iPod Touches in 32GB flavors these days, but what’s an unlucky early adopter stuck with an 8GB model to do? Get an AirStash, maybe, a device that pledges to add wireless storage to those devices and, potentially, make internal storage constraints a thing of the past. [...]

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Spracht Aura EQ Bluetooth headset boasts dual mics, equalizer and capacitive volume control

Spracht. It’s probably not a company name you’re intimately familiar with, but as with Jawbone, we’re fully expecting it to become a mainstay in the Bluetooth earpiece sector after this unveiling. The Aura EQ earset is one of the wildest BT devices we’ve seen to date, boasting a slick, almost futuristic design and a smattering [...]

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HTC testing out ‘touch tablets’ for Android and Chrome OS?

What good would the rumor mill be if it didn’t voice our innermost desires? Apparently not content with giving us the roomy 4.3-inch HD2, HTC is now said to be actively testing out fully fledged tablet devices. Slated (get it?) to be driven by Google’s Android and minimalist Chrome OS, multiple varieties are currently being [...]

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Samsung NX10 made official — APS-C sensor and AMOLED screen crammed into hybrid DSLR body

Samsung has just announced its NX10 “hybrid DSLR,” which aims to give you all the uncompromising image quality of a full digital SLR within a somewhat more pocketable body. A 14.6 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor is a good start on that road, while “fast and decisive” contrast AF and a snazzy 3-inch AMOLED display keep [...]

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Lenovo leaks ThinkPad Edge, X100e, T410s, W510, T510 and more ahead of CES

Hey Lenovo, your cards are showing. Just weeks after the FCC tipped us off on a new pair of netbooks that are all but definitely slated for a CES unveiling, Lenovo has no one but its web administrator(s) to blame for this one. A “New product showcase” portal over on the outfit’s site has just [...]

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HSTi Wireless Media Stick nixes the need for dedicated storage drives

The banners aren’t even officially up in Vegas yet, and already we’re catching a drift of what all will be unveiled in the days to come. Take this Wireless Media Stick for example, which is HSTi’s way of telling you that a dedicated storage drive beside your Blu-ray player or media player is completely unnecessary. [...]

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