While many hacks we feature on these virtual pages are terrifyingly complex , this one is anything but. Even more surprising, it’s actually useful. Mark Bog decided to tether his Magic Trackpad to the sweet, endless power supply of his computer over USB, instead of swapping out AAs endlessly
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Simple hack turns the Magic Trackpad into a USB-powered affair
Though a now-infamous Pennsylvania school district admitted to taking thousands of pictures of schoolchildren without their consent, federal investigators have decided not to pursue criminal charges. That doesn’t halt a class-action complaint against the district (which charges invasion of privacy and wiretapping) but a US attorney told reporters that FBI and police investigators hadn’t found proof beyond a reasonable doubt that school employees had criminal intent to spy on students using their school-issued laptops.
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Lower Merion, PA school district cleared of Federal spying charges, approves new privacy policies
The leaks weren’t wrong , they just weren’t the whole story.
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160GB PS3 Slim, 320GB Move bundle coming to US and Europe this fall
It ain’t the first time this chef-d’oeuvre has been spotted in the wild, but it’s the first time that we’re confident in believing the YP-MB2 is legitimate. The smoke that leads to fire is getting harder to duck under, and for all intents and purposes, this here device is a Galaxy S sans cellular connectivity.
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Samsung’s YP-MB2 Android PMP spotted again in the wild, inches ever closer to release
Art games on consoles tend to be unpopular creations, Mario Paint about the only one to even approach retail success, but maybe all they needed was a proper input method. That’s what THQ is hoping, at least, announcing the uDraw GameTablet for the Nintendo Wii .
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THQ’s uDraw GameTablet is like a Wacom for Wii (video)
One of the following just occurred today: either a GameStop employee just spilled the beans on an upcoming Sony announcement, or someone in the retailer’s IT department has a cruel sense of humor. At any rate, IGN spotted a listing today (since removed) for a slim PlayStation 3 with 160GB of storage, purported to be shipping today for $299.99
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160GB PS3 slim spotted on GameStop’s website
According to Sony, your Ultimate Weapon when it comes to schooling fools on the FPS battlefield is a 3D surround sound headset. Just like its newly minted DR-GA500 above, what a coincidence! Coming with a separate box to process your computer’s audio into a 7.1-channel surround sound environment, this mic-equipped set of cans is targeted squarely at gamers looking to optimize every last inch of their fragging experience.
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Sony’s Ultimate Weapon Gaming headsets are as macho as the name suggests
When will Strong Bad and company become native Android applications?
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Adobe AIR 2.5 coming to Android in Q4 2010, but only to capable phones
We’ve seen our fair share of robots meant to convey emotions , and they somehow never fail to creep us out on some level. At least Flobi, the handiwork of engineers at Bielefeld University in Germany, eschews “realism” for cartoon cuteness.
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Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)
We can all agree that some fresh product is desperately overdue out of Sunnyvale, so the eternal optimists in us want to believe that the departure of the Pre Plus from Verizon’s and AT&T’s warehouses right now means that we can expect new goodies soon. Of course, it’s entirely possible that the two carriers just happened to run out of phones at the same time and that fresh batches are on their way, so it’s too early to say these phones are out for the count; then again, when you consider that Sprint somehow still sells the Centro , anything’s possible. For what it’s worth, both carriers’ stores are still stocking the phones, so if you absolutely must have a Pre Plus right now , you’re in luck — you’re just going to have to put on something besides your underwear and leave the house to get it
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Pre Plus out of stock online at Verizon and AT&T — so what does it mean?
