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Why Flash is Doomed: Warnock is Afraid to Call Jobs

So I started to think: What would it take to get Flash on the iPad? Seeing that it’s a political situation the clear answer is that the CEO of Adobe needs to make nice with Steve. And then it hit me: Who the hell is the CEO of Adobe? Back in the d…

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Japan Will Start 3D TV Programming This Summer

An anonymous reader writes “Japan HD TV operator Sky Perfect will start 3D programming this summer, with focuses on live events and sports events. As more Hollywood movies are shot in 3D, and 3D TVs are expected to come onto the market in the very n…

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ZAGGsparq portable USB charger gets reviewed, adored

Imagine a HyperMac, but one that’s highly portable and engineered specifically to rejuvenate your USB-connecting gizmos. That, our friends, is the ZAGGsparq. Our good pals over at Gadling had a chance to sit down with the portable charger recently, …

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Dual Electronics’ iPod touch GPS cradle now shipping in late February

Well, it’s quite a ways off the November 2009 launch date the company initially promised, but Dual Electronics is now saying that its XGPS300 navigation cradle for the iPod touch will really, honestly be available sometime in “late February.” The pr…

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Robots evolve to learn hunting, cooperation

A Swiss team has applied Darwinian selection to robot development, producing robots that can walk, cooperate and even hunt each other.”Just a few hundred generations of selection are sufficient to allow robots to evolve collision-free movement, homi…

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Google And The iPad – Forbes.com

How Apple’s new device raises the stakes for that other disruptor. BURLINGAME, Calif. — Apple’s new iPad aims to remake a market touched on by laptops, tablet computers, netbooks and even the iPod–portable devices for the creation and consumption …

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Give Space a Chance, Says Phil Plait

The Bad Astronomer writes “A lot of pundits, scientists, and people who should know better are decrying the demise of NASA, saying that the President’s budget cutting the Constellation program and the Ares rockets will sound the death knell of manne…

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Hand-Held Cell Phones Bans Alone Don’t Reduce Accidents: Study

A new study notes that hands-free cell phone bans will not significantly reduce auto accidents. Rather, what the study says is that distracted driving is the problem. However, before wireless carriers and cell phone manufacturers start (or continue) lo…

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Study finds people want more from their Kindles, less from their newspapers

This may come as a surprise to you (although probably not, you smart devil), but it turns out that plenty of people are dissatisfied with their current e-reader options — according to a recent study conducted at the University of Georgia. The study…

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Google To Drop IE6 Support

Google is about to show Internet Explorer 6 the door, which is probably what end users should have done long ago. The Internet giant announced on Friday that as of March 1st, it will no longer support IE6 on it Google Docs or Google Sites services.

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