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I’ve tried for many years to learn how to play the guitar. Unfortunately every time I get to the point where my fingers are finally moving the way they should be, life gets in the way and suddenly I have no time to practice. Needless to say, there is a perfectly good guitar and amp sitting in my office that rarely gets used. Here is one amp that anyone will be able to use, regardless of musical talent. The Mytunes MP3 Amp isn’t quite the same think as my little Fender amp. Rather than plugging in an electric guitar, you just hook up your ipod or other mp3 player and rock out to someone else’s music. It only has a 5-watt output, so don’t expect to hear this throughout the entire house, but it should be enough for your office. (Read the full post about ‘Plug your MP3 player, not guitar into this cool amp’…)

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by Ryan Block, posted May 25th 2008 at 4:35PM Suit up, space nerds, because the Phoenix lander is mere hours away from touchdown on Mars, and NASA’s blowing this thing out. Not only will you get a live video feed from their site, but apparently Mission Control ops will be liveblogging the touchdown and ensuing alien encouners / totally boring rock digging. (Read the full post about ‘Mars Phoenix lander to touch down on the red planet tonight’…)

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by Darren Murph, posted May 25th 2008 at 1:30PMYou never really know what all will emerge from a simple interview, and thanks to a recent sit-down with Canonical chief executive Mark Shuttleworth, we now know that a build of Ubuntu tailored for ultraportables (or subnotes, as it were) is just around the bend. According to Mr. Shuttleworth, the aforesaid software will be announced “in the first week of June,” and it’ll be called the Netbook Remix. (Read the full post about ‘Canonical CEO says Ubuntu Netbook Remix build coming in June’…)

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Tags: plasma, digital, PDA, audio

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We have recently seen the images and those gave a nice look at what appears to be a cross between a slightly more grown up Treo and a Centro. Those images did also give us a nice side shot that showed what appeared to be an on/off switch for the Wi-Fi and these recently leaked specs are indeed highlighting Wi-Fi as a feature, something that has been long lacking with the Treo lineup. Of course as with any leaked specs, these are highly unconfirmed and come courtesy of a “good friend.” With that said, the details are set to include the previously mentioned Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g along with GSM, EDGE and UMTS HSDPA 3.6 support, a 2-megapixel camera, assisted-GPS, a microSD card slot which sadly is located under the 1500 mAh battery, a micro-USB connector for both power and sync, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR + A2DP, 256MB NAND-Flash with about 175MB available for the user, 32MB SDRAM, a 320 x 320 touchscreen display and running Windows Mobile Professional 6.1. (Read the full post about ‘Leaked specs; The Palm Treo 850′…)

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Tags: cellphone, toys, mobiles, DVD (Read the full post about ‘Candy G-strings’…)

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by Darren Murph, posted May 25th 2008 at 10:41AM Sure, you’ve seen a plethora of R500 shots already, but this ultrathin Portégé has somehow managed to keep its clothes on — until now. One curious owner just couldn’t resist the urge to operate, and after careful dissection, we’re left with a handful of snaps showing off the unit’s internals. (Read the full post about ‘Toshiba’s Portege R500 gets cautiously torn apart’…)

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GooSync, a useful tool that lets you sync your Google appointments and tasks to your smarthphone, has just added support for synchronizing your Gmail contacts as well. What’s even better is the fact that GooSync works both ways. That is, whenever you add new contacts from your Gmail accounts, it automatically updates your mobile phone’s directory the next time you run the syncing process and vice versa. But before you get too excited and go on a syncing frenzy, there’s one catch however. Gmail contacts to mobile phone synchronization only works if you have a GooSync Premium account. To upgrade to premium account, just log-in to your GooSync account and hit the “Upgrade” button. (Read the full post about ‘GooSync adds Gmail contacts synchronization feature’…)

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It could be the first 21st century plague. Or a class action lawsuit waiting to happen. In any event, a Santa Fe, New Mexico man is leading the charge to get wireless hotspots banned from public buildings in his city, claiming he and others are ultra-sensitive to Wi-Fi radio frequencies. No medical or scientific groups have come out yet to substantiate claims like these, which have been making the media rounds for the last couple of years; a British woman who is trying to raise awareness about what some are calling electro-sensitivity received some press last year. (Read the full post about ‘New Mexico man with “Wi-Fi allergies” wants ban on hotspots’…)

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So you think that having the fancy pants (and soon to come) 3G iphone or HTC Touch Diamond is the ultimate goal in life? Well sorry to burst your bubble mate, but not everyone thinks of a cell phone as a status symbol. Which explains why the middle class and entry level markets teem with handsets that sport but the most basic of functions, and it is definitely a market that does not seem to slow down anytime soon. Hop-On, Inc. is certainly aware of such a huge market and aims to capitalize on the potential volume by releasing its latest GSM cell phone known as the Hop1800. The Hop1800 is readily available throughout the US for a surprisingly low, low price of just $10. (Read the full post about ‘Hop-On rolls out $10 phone’…)

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