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Filed under: Robots

You may remember this little dumbell-looking Recon Scout drone we saw last year, when it had just been implemented in the military. If you’ll recall, the robot selflessly allows itself to be thrown into wild and unpredictable situations deemed “too risky” for people, then transmits grainy video back to an Operator Control Unit. [...]

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Finally, the promise of the 0 Eee PC is, uh, promised again. Jerry Shen, apparently in a meeting with analysts, said that ASUS will launch an Eee PC priced at US0 in 2009. He also said that 7- and 8.9-inch Eee PCs will be phased out of the market to be replaced by 10-inch models. [...]

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Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

It’s like Christmas in October. Hanukkah on Halloween. Festivus on Friday. You get the idea — we just unwrapped one of the fall season’s most-anticipated AT&T handsets, the BlackBerry Bold from RIM, and we’d just love to show you. Follow us over to Engadget Mobile, if you will; right this way, folks. [...]

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Venture capitalists: We’re still open for business Rafe Needleman talks to entrepreneurs about the effects of the economic downturn on the tech industry.
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Ozzie paints Windows Azure Ray Ozzie talks Windows Azure and cloud computing
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How to fly a zeppelin Pilot explains how a modern zeppelin flies
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Take a ride in a modern zeppelin Zeppelins return to the American skies
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Shigeru Miyamoto talks about ‘Wii Music’ Creating a new generation of musical stars?
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Time Magazine has named 23andMe, one of the first consumer genetic testing services, its 2008 Best Invention of the Year.
(Credit: 23andMe)
23andMe, named for the 23 chromosome pairs every human has, set itself apart from other DNA-testing services, because “it does the best job of making them accessible and …
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Did you know there’s some leeway on when a refrigerator must run its automatic defrost cycle?
Well, apparently, there is, and it could help ease the stress on local energy grids during peak hours, according to GE Consumer & Industrial.
Currently, GE refrigerators’ automatic defrost modes are prompted by factors …
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