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iPhone worm Rickrolls Australia

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Nov 10, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (8) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- iPhone users in Australia have been hit during the last few days with a worm called "ikee". The worm replaces the default wallpaper with a difficult to remove picture of British singer Rick ...

10 unusual gadgets and gifts for geeks

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Nov 12, 2009 | 1.8 / 5 (6) | 0

Nerds. Geeks. Fanboys. Whatever you call them, the comics aficionados, movie buffs and videogame enthusiasts who dwell amongst us can be really hard to shop for. But it gets dramatically worse this time of year, when everyone ...

Intel Reader Transforms Printed Text to Spoken Word (w/ Video)

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 11, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 1

Intel Corporation today announced the Intel Reader, a mobile handheld device designed to increase independence for people who have trouble reading standard print.

Review: New BlackBerry Storm improves on original

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Nov 11, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- The first touch-screen BlackBerry phone, the Storm, got a few things right, but generally it was a chore to use.

Schools shun Kindle, saying blind can't use it

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 11, 2009 | 2.7 / 5 (3) | 6

(AP) -- Amazon's Kindle can read books aloud, but if you're blind it can be difficult to turn that function on without help. Now two universities say they will shun the device until Amazon changes the setup.

Tech toys over $100 that are worth every penny

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 11, 2009 | 2 / 5 (2) | 0

Picking a Christmas gift for the nerd in your life is never easy. In the holiday stampede, it's all too easy to pick an outdated gadget or obsolete program. And mistakes can be costly.

Dell Launches World's Fastest Office Color Laser Printer

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Nov 12, 2009 | 1 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dell today announced three new commercial workgroup printers to help businesses of all sizes increase productivity and lower their total cost of printing.

Nokia weighs in with 3 new CDMA devices - Nokia 6316s, Nokia 3806 and Nokia 1506

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Nov 11, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Nokia is today strengthening its CDMA portfolio with the announcement of three new CDMA mobile devices: Nokia 6316s, Nokia 3806 and Nokia 1506. Together this new line-up highlights Nokia's continued commitment to CDMA as ...

Xbox Live boots pirate videogame players; will link to Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm

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Nov 12, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Microsoft said Thursday that its Xbox 360 videogame console will be able to link online starting next week with Twitter and Facebook along with Internet radio star Last.fm.

French iPhone user seeks probe into 'explosion'

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Nov 13, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

A French businessman who claims the screen of his iPhone shattered spontaneously has asked a court to appoint an independent expert to investigate the device's safety, his lawyer said on Friday.

Dell smart phone to debut in China, Brazil

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Nov 13, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Dell Inc. is officially jumping into the "smart" phone market this month in a deal with China's biggest wireless carrier, China Mobile Ltd.

Samsung, Acer team up with AT&T on netbooks

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12 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

South Korea's Samsung and Taiwan's Acer are teaming up with US telecom giant AT&T to introduce low-priced netbook computers for the holiday shopping season.