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WiiWare and Virtual Console Monday Releases For Wii (8/18/08, US)

August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

The original Mega Man arrives on the Virtual Console! Had to start with that classic game, especially since Mega Man 9 is coming soon. Experience where the saga of Mega Man and Dr. Wily began for (500 Wii Points). New to the Wii Shop today are two retro Virtual Console games and a new [...]

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Tags: Game Consoles · Games

Thank You TechCrunch Sponsors

August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

O’Reilly Conferences and TechWeb are presenting Web 2.0 Expo, and are offering TechCrunch readers 0 off of the conference with the discount code “webny08po1″. Thank You O’Reilly. MediaTemple, TechCrunch’s exclusive hosting provider, and a worldwide leader in managed hosting solutions across all major platforms MailChimp, a provider of turnkey e-mail marketing services [...]

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Tags: Gadgets & Gear · Tech News

Microsoft to Jerry Seinfeld: Think Different

August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

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The editor-in-chief giveaway: Win Ryan Block’s gadgets

August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Gaming, Portable Audio, Portable Video, Wearables, StorageYou know, when you’re the editor-in-chief of a site like Engadget, you tend to accumulate a lot of stuff. Companies send you all kinds of interesting promotional materials, gadgets, swag, etc. It’s great. Sometimes, though, you just let it pile up in your living room [...]

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Tags: Gadgets & Gear · Tech News

The editor-in-chief giveaway: Win Ryan Block’s gadgets

August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Gaming, Portable Audio, Portable Video, Wearables, Storage You know, when you’re the editor-in-chief of a site like Engadget, you tend to accumulate a lot of stuff. Companies send you all kinds of interesting promotional materials, gadgets, swag, etc. It’s great. Sometimes, though, you just let it pile up in your [...]

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Tags: Gadgets & Gear · Tech News

The editor-in-chief giveaway: Win Ryan Block’s gadgets

August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Gaming, Portable Audio, Portable Video, Wearables, Storage You know, when you’re the editor-in-chief of a site like Engadget, you tend to accumulate a lot of stuff. Companies send you all kinds of interesting promotional materials, gadgets, swag, etc. It’s great. Sometimes, though, you just let it pile up in your [...]

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Tags: Gadgets & Gear · Tech News

ProClip USA Review

August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Dual Devices… How to Store them in your car… Do you have more than one mobile device? Tired of putting them in the glove box, side console, or even in your brief case? If you are like me you will most likely have more than one device, from your phone, iPod, [...]

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Tags: Gadgets & Gear · Tech News

Microsoft Conducts Research On Facebook With Collabio

August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

A team of Microsoft Researchers have released a Facebook application designed to explore metadata and the logic related to tagging. The app, called Collabio (a combination of collaboration and biography) is a basic game that asks users to tag each other with descriptive keywords. At first glance, Collabio’s Facebook app doesn’t seem to be [...]

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Tiny island nation gets laptop for every child

August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Tiny island nation gets laptop for every child [ Hardware ] The tiny South Pacific nation of Niue has become the first nation in the world to issue laptop computers to all its children, officials said. Full Story… OLPC designer forms own company OLPC programme back on track [...]

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Calcium: The New Taste Sensation

August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

The world may finally be ready for the awesome taste of calcium.
Chemists from the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia have done research that suggests mice may have a specific taste for calcium. Because mice and humans share many of the same genes, the finding suggests that humans may have the ability to taste [...]

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