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Yes, we’re counting down to the big announcement/ announcements. Judie, Larry and I (along with just about everybody else) will be listening in as Apple (likely) once again transforms computing. We’ve just installed a live blogging system (Yeah Judie!!!) which will make it possible for us to not only to post the news in real time as it is announced but to also add some of our commentary along the way. Watch this space starting at 1PM EST for the first Gear Diary LiveBlogging Event! (Also, we will be recording our second podcast shortly after El Jobso finishes. Look for it later tonight.) … [ visit site to read more ] Related posts: Crunchpad is dead; Unicorns Say Apple Tablet is On Target March 6th is Apple iPhone SDK Day Got An Older iPhone and Want The iPhone 3GS’ Video Capability?

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Liveblogging The Apple Event

As part of our coverage of 3D printing, laser-cutting, CNC routing, and other forms of desktop fabbing — to coincide with the new “Your Desktop Factory” issue of MAKE — we’re thrilled to welcome guest contributor Shawn Wallace. Shawn is a member of AS220 , the Providence, Rhode Island community arts space

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Letters from the Fab Academy, Part 1

The next Make: television video highlights an InvenTeam from the Garfield-Palouse High School in Palouse, Washington. They found a need to adapt large-scale agriculture equipment for different ability levels. With the help of some skilled engineering mentors and a lot of hard work on their part, they created a simple, effective, and useful invention call the Agralift.

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Agralift from L-MIT’s InvenTeams

No, Lucas hasn’t officially announced a 3D version of Star Wars (although the release of Avatar might be the driving force that finally makes it happen), but there is a 3D chess board scheduled to come out next month. The image is grainy and there isn’t much info, but the board appears to include pieces with “beloved Star Wars characters” that use “the latest in motion printed technology.” Product Page (£18 or $29/Pre-Order for 2/28)

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Star Wars (Chess) In 3D!

Today, Nokia unveiled that it’s working on a “mobile radar” concept at its Nokia Research Center (NRC) in Helsinki. Nokia has implemented an active radar sensor into a phone, allowing it “to measure speed and the direction of movement of approaching objects, just like a traditional RADAR would.” The mobile radar technology could be used in controlling your phone’s functions with hand gestures, in personal safety, or in sport. It might be used in gaming, too – perhaps something similar to Nintendo’s Wii, but played on a phone. A video demonstration of the mobile radar (on a Nokia N95) can be watched below: Nokia didn’t say when (or if) we’ll be able to buy phones with mobile radars included. Via Nokia Conversations Similar Posts: Exercise with your Nokia 5500 Sport Phone Nokia patents a dedicated gaming console/phone idea Samsung Anycall 5200 Gaming Phone – With Windows mobile, Sony PSP and Nintendo Games! Ovi Maps Racing might be Nokia’s coolest game ever Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition features DVB-H, costs €155

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Nokia wants to turn mobile phones into mobile radars

Colorware’s out to conquer the whole gadget world, it seems, as it has now added Google’s first own-brand phone to its roster. Joining such hero devices as the Nook , iPhone 3GS , every modern console and even the occasional ThinkPad , the Nexus One will take three weeks to undergo its makeover, at a cost of $175 if you’re supplying your own or $800 for a brand new one. Whether the results end up priceless or worthless will be entirely up to you, however, so feel free to practice on their design site a bit before pulling the trigger.

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Nexus One succumbs to Colorware’s charms

Yesterday, Verizon Communications, Inc. reported a Q4 loss of $653 million, despite a strong showing from its wireless division. Verizon Wireless has the most retail customers of any U.S. carrier, and added 2.2 million new lines during Q4 — almost all of which were post-paid customers — bringing their total customer base to 91.4 million. Losses are being credited to a shrinking land-line customer base, as users move exclusively to cell phones, which was down 3.9% in Q4

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Even with wireless growth, Verizon posts Q4 loss of $653 million

Section: Web Cloud computing poses a host of complications in carrying out the law in a uniform fashion, prompting Microsoft’s top lawyer, Brad Smith to pose a suggestion to the EU. The existing European data retention law was passed in 2006, which did not really consider cloud computing implications back then.

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New EU laws for cloud computing soon?

By Gaurav Kheterpal Twitter has recently added a local flavor to the popular Twitter Trends service. It’s now possible to select a geographic region to see what’s hot and what’s not in your city or any city of your interest. The current Twitter Local Trends serves 15 major US cities and 5 countries aside from the United States and I’m sure that it’s a matter of time before more countries and cities are added. This latest offering further strengthens Twitter’s portfolio of location aware services. Last year, it had launched a Geolocation API which helped make twitter applications location aware.

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Twitter Trends Goes Local

By Evan Ackerman Have you ever tried to taste electricity? You can, you know… Go find a 9v battery and stick the contacts on your tongue.* Not pleasant, right? Sony has this problem (and it’s a serious, serious problem) totally licked with an RC car that runs on juice. The tasty kind of juice. You know, from fruits and stuff

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Tomy’s Toy Car Is Powered By Juice

The guys over at Pocket lint have managed to get some photos of a life sized version of the bike used in the upcoming Tron 2 Legacy movie . It was made by toymaker Spin Master, who are making the official toys for the movie, check out the photos of it below. Also  just in case you missed the Tron 2 Legacy Trailer, here it is again. Head on over to Pocket Lint and check out their full gallery of the Tron 2 Legacy Bike. Image Credit: Pocket Lint This is a post from Geeky Gadgets , who bring you the latest cool Gadgets

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Photos Of The Tron 2 Legacy Bike

I should probably just go ahead and apologize to San Francisco animator and artist Sarah Dungan for posting these images of her awesome robot-revolution-themed prints without giving her a chance to restock her Etsy shop with same. But they were just too cool for me to resist. Hopefully she’ll be amenable to direct inquiries from interested buyers. Like me

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Awesome robot uprising agitprop

Dhiram over at Newlaunches spotted this Intel video showing the company’s vision of a modern-day casino, one that can be managed remotely, has electronic card tables, Core2Duo-powered slot machines and even handheld gambling devices. It’s all fancy tech, but I don’t think the current gambling generation will be so impressed or welcoming of the improvements on their end. I mean, if you’ve been playing poker using good ol’ cards for decades, it won’t be that easy to switch to touchscreens won’t it? Click to View Embedded Video Clip Also, isn’t a Core2Duo slot machine just overkill? Will players be able to send instant messages or emails while playing?

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intel inside casinos: smarter ways of taking your money

Some of our readers will remember the MSI Wind U135 netbook that was announced back in December, good news if you have been waiting for one as they are now available. The MSI Wind U135 is MSI’s first netbook to uses the Intel Pine Trail platfrom, and it comes with an Intel Atom N450 1.66GHz processor, plus a 10 inch LCD display with a resolution of 1024 x 600. Memory comes in the form of  1GB of DDR2 RAM, and you get a choice of either a 160GB or 250GB hard drive. The MSI U135 also features a 1.3 megapixel web camera, three USB 2.0 ports, D-Sub, mic-in, headphone, RJ45, and a four in one memory card reader. You get a choice of either a three cell or six cell battery, and it comes in a variety of colors, which include silver, charcoal, ruby and saphire

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MSI Wind U135 Pine Trail Netbook Now Available

Harry Potter may not be in the spotlight these days, what with the vampires of Twilight , the Na’vi of Avatar , and the choir members of Glee . But I’m sure a lot of people still re-read J.K. Rowling’s books, and a lot of kids still like to pretend that they’re going to train to become wizards when they grow up. The Hogwarts School ID is a nice and affordable gift for those hardcore Potter fans. It has four themes, one for each of the Hogwarts’ Houses.

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hogwarts school id card: the surefire way to not buy booze and not get in bars

By Andrew Liszewski Even though I’m well past the age where I should be wandering around a Toys R’ Us without kids in tow, I find the stuff being revealed at Toy Fair to be just as cool as the gear unveiled at CES. Mattel’s ‘Stealth Rides’ for example, which will be sold under the Hot Wheels brand, are fully functioning RC cars that fold down to a credit card sized package that’s about as thick as your average cellphone, making them extremely pocket-friendly. They’ll be available in August for about $25 each in 5 different models including a couple of cars, a couple of tanks and the Tumbler from the recent Batman movies. And while usually these types of miniature RC cars that charge in the remote last for just a few minutes between charges, apparently the Stealth Rides will run for an impressive 30 minutes

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Hot Wheels Stealth Rides RC Cars Fold Up Into A Credit Card Sized Package

After the first batch of supposedly leaked live Apple tablet images earlier on today, along comes a second purported to show the imminent touchscreen device cavorting with an iPhone.  The same tipster sent the heavily-masked image to Engadget, though we’re thinking this new shot is slightly out of proportion given the apparent aspect of the display. The first images seemed to indicate that the panel – expected to be around 10-inches in diagonal – would be of a similar aspect to that of the iPhone, whereas in this picture it’s almost square.  However the new angle does show that the unusual bolted screen surround is in fact a prototype casing, either as the hardware lacks its own case or, alternatively, intended to keep the tablet in place. The various cables emerging from the tablet are masked, unfortunately, so it’s hard to tell what connectivity the device might have.

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New Apple Tablet photo adds iPhone for scale

Sharp, the biggest (in terms of market share) of all eight major Japanese cell phone makers, has been talking about internationalizing its phone business for quite some time now. It makes sense, as the domestic market is shrinking and as Sharp only sold 20% of all their cell phones outside Japan (1.6 million units) last fiscal. The company is specifically planning [press release in English] to export one of their cell phones powered by solar energy to China.

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Sharp to bring solar-powered cell phone to China (and possibly elsewhere, too)

There are lots of components that go into making electric and hybrid vehicles. Two of the most important are the battery packs and the electric motors. For a while now US automakers have been tying up with battery companies to construct their own battery packs. GM has announced that it will now become the first major automaker in the US to build its own electric motors .

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GM to be first major US automaker to make own electric engines

Who doesn’t love free stuff?! Our friends at CellUnlock.net have decided to offer up some free unlock codes. We’re going to make this giveaway very simple… Post a comment below telling us what you would like to see come to BlackBerrySync.com, in terms of features, reviews, etc. The first 25 people to post a comment with that win an unlock code. It’s simple as that.

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Giveaway: First 25 People to Comment Win an Unlock Code from CellUnlock.net

Yesterday, ColorWare added the HTC Nexus One to its list of customizable colored goods, and let’s be honest, who wouldn’t want a Nexus One in BGR blue…right? As we all know, customizing your mobile phone is never a cheap affair, and purchasing a painted handset directly from ColorWare will set you back $800; sending in a unit you already own has a price tag of $175. Those of you who need to express your steez and have a little extra money to burn can head on over to the ColorWare website to check out the plethora of pigment permutations.

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Make your Sexy Nexy even sexier, ColorWare style