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  • Software

    There's Finally a Use For the Caps Lock Key

    Billy Mays may be dead but his spirit will live in your PC with the Billy Mays Caps Lock! The Billy Mays Caps Lock will make Billy say something whenever you press caps lock! Yes, that's right! And there's more! More »
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    Comment by Kris Aubuchon: Thank God they made a portable version. more » | Other threads

  • windows 7

    Rumor: Windows 7 Family Pack Will Offer Three Licenses for $137

    Prices for the Windows 7 Family Pack have apparently leaked, according to ZDNet, and the multi-user bundle will net you three copies of Windows 7 for $137. Also revealed were prices for the Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade products. More »
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    By Adrian Covert

    Comment by Cordfucious of Tech Clan: So basically the pre-sale half off deals were to see how many of us would bite? Was this price... more » | Other threads

  • Downloads

    Apple Mini Keyboard Wallpaper

    This Apple Mini Keyboard by philipskillern isn't just a logical progression of the hardware line, it's fancy looking too. Download the wallpaper yourself in various sizes. [Deviantart]
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    By Jason Chen

    Comment by GlenTen: a pale ape leap peel pal lap eel peep pep pap 1 Responses | Other threads

  • DIY

    How to: Make a Fisheye DSLR Lens for $16

    Over at Instructables, user Banjomaster shows how to make a fisheye lens for his Nikon D90 for just $16, with the help of one of those wide-angle doorway peephole lenses.
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    08:00 PM
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    By Dan Nosowitz

    Comment by bosskev: Given the extremely low-res and cheesy image quality you get, I'd say your describing it, Dan, as a "hotel door"... 6 Responses | Other threads

  • Apple

    Future iPhones May Recognize Objects, Faces, Alter Your Voice

    If this load of recently filed Apple patents become a reality, your iPhone may become a perfect tool for spies soon, with real world object identification, faces recognition, voice alteration, and text filtering, among other things: More »
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    By Jesus Diaz

    Comment by OldCrow: Will it recognize the naked woman you woke up with before she wakes? 1 Responses | Other threads

  • Snow leopard

    Guess What? It's a New Snow Leopard Build

    Build 10A402 of Snow Leopard just got pushed out to developers, and we'll post what's new in a second. Go ahead and download via Software Update now. [Thanks Chrisdazzo!]
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    By Jason Chen

    Comment by mGARANDEUR1: It's just not as exciting as Windows 7 builds are. Microsoft really stepped up their game. 4 Responses | Other threads

  • Image cache

    Oversized Solar-Powered LED Flowers Make For an Ostentatious Lawn

    Converting things that are out in the sun to run off solar power makes a lot of sense, like lawn ornaments, these flowers or air conditioning units. Zambonis? Less so. [OGE Gallery via Mocoloco via BBG]
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    By Jason Chen

    Comment by 92BuickLeSabre: Reminds me of an Erasure concert.But slightly less penis-y. 1 Responses | Other threads

  • Canon

    Canon Launches 5 New Printers, We Like the One That Comes in a Bucket

    Canon, as is their wont, let loose with a bunch of new all-in-ones, laser and photo printers, and this time, we're digging two of them: The WiFi- and USB-enabled MP560, pictured, and the CP790, which comes packaged in a bucket.
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    07:00 PM
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    By Dan Nosowitz

    Comment by SysRq: Comes in it's own bucket, eh? Is anyone going to make a semen joke? Or is it up to me to... 3 Responses | Other threads

  • Robots

    Bossa Nova Penbo: The "First Real Robot for Girls" Is a Pink, Waddling Penguin With a Baby

    The adorable pink counterpart to Prime-8, Penbo is supposedly the "first real robot for girls." It uses the same locomotion tech derived from the buggy RHex robot, but cutified so it waddles: More »
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    By matt buchanan

    Comment by burninator: How smart could this robot be if its already knocked up. 3 Responses | Other threads

  • Google Chrome OS

    Google Chrome OS Screenshots Are Fake, Just Like We Thought

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  • unconfirmed

    Sony's Planning a Vaio P Mark 2 Super Portable in October?

    TechRadar reports that there will be a "range" of Vaio Ps, Sony's super tiny and super expensive laptop coming later this year. More »
    06:20 PM
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    By Jason Chen

    Comment by dragon:ONE: I know one new and exciting feature: The Sony Soul$ucker technology they've integrated into it to suck you into blowing... 1 Responses | Other threads

  • Pranks

    The iSaw USB Chainsaw Was a Hoax with a Message

    Remember the iSaw from a couple days ago? Unsurprisingly, it wasn't real. But the cause that it was created to support is one we can definitely get behind. More »
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    By Adam Frucci

    Comment by Hiphopopotamus: I didn't think there was a shred of truth to this. I think we all saw right through this. Glad to see... 16 Responses | Other threads

  • Robots

    Bossa Nova Prime-8 Robot Walks Runs on His Hands, Smashes Aibos to Bits

    What's special about Bossa Nova's Prime-8 robot—a $100 descendant of DARPA and Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute's $20,000-a-pop all-terrain RHex designed for 10-year-old boys? It's the fastest bipedal toy robot ever. Just watch. More »
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    By matt buchanan

    Comment by Jestermeister: Is this really considered bipedal just because there are leg-like things that pop in and out? The wheels disguised... 2 Responses | Other threads

  • Retromodo

    Retromodo: Did You Know Hedy Lamarr Helped Invent Frequency Hopping?

    There's a longer story you can read elsewhere, but actress Hedy Lamarr invented and patented a system to help prevent torpedoes from being jammed by using frequency hopping. More »
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    By Jason Chen

    Comment by OMG! Ponies!: That's Hedley. 8 Responses | Other threads

  • Image cache

    XCM Candy Case For The DSi Is The Sweetest Way To Void Your Warranty

    The XCM Eye Candy case for the DSi comes in several tempting colors, but disassembling your machine to install one is only for those with a serious sweet tooth. [Divineo via Technabob via Boing Boing Gadgets]
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    By Sean Fallon

    Comment by Benguin: Reminds me of those see-thru Game Boys that were all the rage in the mid-90's. Good times. 5 Responses | Other threads

  • Wristwatch

    Louis Vutton Watch Has 'Mysterieuse' Floating Hands

    When does a watch cost as much as a house? When it's the gravity defying $250,000 Louis Vuitton Tambour Mysterieuse Calibre LV115 apparently. More »
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    By Sean Fallon

    Comment by iEro-Sennin: I don't understand the point of watches when basically every gadget now has one. Sure, they look neat but that's about... 15 Responses | Other threads

  • Google

    Location Finding With Google Maps Comes To Chrome and Firefox

    If you are running Chrome 2.0+ or FireFox 3.5+ you will notice a dot in the upper left corner of Google Maps that should, theoretically, be able to locate your position using the W3C Geolocation API. More »
    04:20 PM
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    By Sean Fallon

    Comment by joelydanger: This is really cool and makes me want to like Firefox, but it still idles pretty high on the processor... 5 Responses | Other threads

  • Satire

    The Seven Types of Employees You Meet at Best Buy

    Have you ever noticed that no matter which Best Buy you go into, you end up seeing the same people working there? That's because there are seven types of people that work at every single Best Buy, with no exceptions. More »
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  • Dealzmodo

    Gadget Deals of the Day1

    Summer moving sluggishly? Dealzmodo here to save you with amazing deals on movies and games! The awesome Metal Gear Solid collection going for $20! Evil Dead 2 for $13? Who's laughing now Ash? Dealzmodo is! Happy thirsty Thursday everyone! More »
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  • Amazon

    Amazon Wireless Aims To Make Cellphone Shopping Easier

    For many of us, cellphone shopping really means choosing between the major smartphone brands—but for those of us looking at a broader range of devices and plans, Amazon has developed a new site to help make the process easier. More »
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  • Health

    Pegboard Device Sinks Carpal Tunnel's Battleship

    A pegboard device developed by bioengineering students from Rice University aims to better diagnose and evaluate carpal tunnel syndrome by restraining the hand and analyzing movements with a customized PDA. More »
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    By Sean Fallon

    Comment by valkilmerisawful: This is supposed to fix your 'limp wrist'? (Edit: I really just wanted to waste a comment to check out... 5 Responses | Other threads

  • Smartphones

    iPhone 3GS Upstream Speed Limited to 384Kbps

    While the iPhone 3GS got a download speed boost—to 7.2Mbps—it didn't get any upload power-up, according to PC World: Its upstream speed is limited by its hardware to 384Kbps. But don't get out the torches and pitchforks yet. More »
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  • Science

    Historic, Gigantic Atom Smasher to Be Demolished

    Lawrence Berkeley National Labratory's Bevatron was the world's largest atom smasher when it was build for $9 million in the early '50s. Soon, it'll be reduced to a pile of rubble. More »
    02:00 PM
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    By Adam Frucci

    Comment by OMG! Ponies!: It's a frakkin' atom-smasher! Do you know why you never hear anyone complain about all those useless vacant atom-smashers that litter... 6 Responses | Other threads

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  • Japan

    3mm-Thin Digital Booth Babe Gives Other Booth Babes Inferiority Complexes

    This super-thin booth babe display was recently spotted on the floor of the high-octane International Stationary and Office Supply Fair (slogan: "You'll get punched in the face with excitement!").
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    By Adam Frucci

    Comment by 32ndnote: Is anyone else's page layout really messed up with the bonus "More About Booth Babes" section stretched out on the... 11 Responses | Other threads

  • Roundups

    Man Stuff - The Best of Uncrate

    Epic battles, beer glasses, and bowling - we've got what you need with this week's best from Uncrate. More »
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  • Sun Powered Fun

    Pegasus Open 50 Log: Finally, Through the Fog, a Sunset

    July 8, 9:00 PM PST This is what a sunset looks like in the middle of the ocean, from a sailboat racing from California to Hawaii.
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    By Philippe Kahn

    Comment by mikeness: Wow man, whats the opposite of claustrophobic? I like going out on boats, even small boats, as long as... 4 Responses | Other threads

  • Rim

    BlackBerry's U2 Commercial...Brought To You By Apple

    Is it just me, or does the new BlackBerry commercial featuring U2 look a hell of a lot like an Apple ad? Or, more specifically, the Coldplay Apple ad?
    01:00 PM
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    By Sean Fallon
  • Vizio

    Vizio Import Ban Overturned, Free To Ship TVs To US

    US customs has cleared Vizio in an ongoing patent dispute with Funai, meaning that they will be allowed to freely ship their HDTVs into the US once more.
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  • Announcements

    New Comments System! NEW COMMENTS SYSTEM!

    Hey, transistor faces. Heads up: we've just made a new comment system that will hopefully (we think) make comments much more readable and allow us to do some cool things. Here's what you need to know.
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    By Jason Chen

    Comment by farcedude: Umm, wonder if I'm the first to point this out, but how am I supposed to know if I'm asking... 26 Responses | Other threads

  • Hulu

    Hulu Video Downloader Lets You Save Your Shows For Offline Viewing

    Hulu is great, but what if you want to watch the newest 30 Rock somewhere with no web access? You can just use the new Hulu Video Downloader to sketchily rip video right from the site for you. More »
    12:00 PM
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    By Adam Frucci

    Comment by Kaiser-Machead: No thanks I'd much rather attempt to find the show on iTunes first than dick around with some Hulu exploit that... 9 Responses | Other threads

  • Image cache

    My iPod Is Bigger Than Yours

    Apple designmeisters Jonathan Ive and Jody Turner gave this giant pink nano to fashion genius Paul Smith for his birthday. Smith is the designer—among many things—of my NSFW naked pin-up wallet, which you can see after the jump. More »
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  • peek

    Peek Creators Have Linux Envy, Reach Out to Hackers

    The point of—and in a way, problem with—Peek messaging devices is just how simple they are: their software does email, sorta, and that's it. Now Peek is reaching out to users to port Linux to the device. More »
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    By John Herrman

    Comment by Nick: i don't even think my three year old niece would use this thing. she had grown tired of peek-a-boo and... 3 Responses | Other threads

  • Hygiene

    Bald Man's Comb: Style For The Follically-Challenged

    It starts out as a lame over the hill gift. You laugh, trying not to be offended—but the truth hurts. Don't worry—you'll deal with them, you'll deal with them all. [Taylor Gifts via RGS]
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    By Sean Fallon

    Comment by Curves: Guys with shaved heads are very sexy. Dont ask me to explain why, its perverted, and we ladies dont like... 20 Responses | Other threads

  • Watches

    Urwerk's 'King Cobra' UR-CC1 Watch Makes Time Go Even Faster

    Urwerk, the same company that brought us the ridiculously cool UR-202 are back with a new watch appropriately titled "King Cobra."
    10:30 AM
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    By Sean Fallon

    Comment by alexvanduyn: Lets see, it's either the watch or a house, Hmmmmmm, hard to make a choice here hang on........Watch, definately the... 2 Responses | Other threads

  • Movies

    Would-Be Halo Movie Director Shows the Alien Ghettos of District 9

    Remember those incredible live-action Halo shorts? Well, that director has his first full-length movie coming out, and it looks downright badass. More »
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    By Adam Frucci

    Comment by marcsiry: I guess no one here is old enough to remember when this was on TV and called "Alien Nation." 19 Responses | Other threads

  • Htc

    HTC Handsets Will Have Regular, Non-Stupid Headphone Jacks From Now On

    For years, HTC has been waging a senseless war against the 3.5mm headphone jack, dispatching wave after wave of Mini-USB-dependent handsets onto the public. But their newest, the Hero, has a proper plug. Was that... a concession? Yes, actually. More »
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  • Nokia

    The 3720 Classic Is Nokia's Most Rugged Handset To Date

    As it turns out, the mysterious rugged Nokia that was able to withstand a chip shot and a rugby kick is the 3720 classic—a tri-band GSM phone with a 2.2-inch screen, Bluetooth and a 1GB microSD card. More »
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  • Office

    Office 2010 The Movie Doesn't Star Tom Cruise—Thank Xenu for That

    Here's the trailer for Office 2010: The Movie, full of matrixy characters and missionimpossibly situations. More »
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    By Jesus Diaz

    Comment by midiac: Seriously, MS tries and tries and tries. . . to be cool. . . when I just found this F'n... 10 Responses | Other threads

  • TiVo

    Best Buy and TiVo Tie the Knot, Insignia TVs to Get DVR Software

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