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Trade Whatever You’ve Got for Whatever You Want with the Swap-O-Matic

Vending machines would be a lot more user friendly if they didn’t always demand money. Maybe I don’t have $1.25 for that can of soda. Maybe I’ve got a seventy-five cents and four cigarettes

Vending machines would be a lot more user friendly if they didn’t always demand money. Maybe I don’t have $1.25 for that can of soda. Maybe I’ve got a seventy-five cents and four cigarettes

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Google Voice lets you change your digits, keep the old ones for $20

Remember when Google Voice assigned a number to your account with no option to port or integrate with Sprint ? Oh how much simpler things were way back in Q1. When those new features first popped up, you were given a 90-day grace period to receive calls and texts to your old number after making a change

Remember when Google Voice assigned a number to your account with no option to port or integrate with Sprint ? Oh how much simpler things were way back in Q1. When those new features first popped up, you were given a 90-day grace period to receive calls and texts to your old number after making a change

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Bloggers! Your Guardian wants you…

Media and Technology Guardian sites are looking for bloggers interested in becoming part of our network Two futures have emerged in the digital newspaper business. You know where Rupert Murdoch is: with the closed paywall model, in which readers pay and the readership is restricted. That replicates the traditional newspaper model, where editorial control comes from the top down, where the content is produced by a narrow group of professionals and the readership is similarly elitist (it’s hard to imagine millions of online newspaper sign-ups).

Media and Technology Guardian sites are looking for bloggers interested in becoming part of our network Two futures have emerged in the digital newspaper business. You know where Rupert Murdoch is: with the closed paywall model, in which readers pay and the readership is restricted. That replicates the traditional newspaper model, where editorial control comes from the top down, where the content is produced by a narrow group of professionals and the readership is similarly elitist (it’s hard to imagine millions of online newspaper sign-ups).

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Swap Rebel watch phone laughs at your wrist-mounted iPod nano

Apple’s iPod nano and the Sony Ericsson LiveView may have disappointed as wrist computers, but our Dick Tracy dream soldiers on, to the point where we found ourselves taking another look at that most dubious of converged devices: the watch phone . There, we discovered the Rebel, the latest creation from UK manufacturer Swap , a quad-band GSM wrist unit with a 1.46-inch color touchscreen and a built-in camera for both video and stills. It may look like a sterile medical wristband, but that silicone strap actually hides a USB port on one end, the better to let you transfer your MP3s and MP4 video to its paltry 2GB of expandable microSD storage.

Apple’s iPod nano and the Sony Ericsson LiveView may have disappointed as wrist computers, but our Dick Tracy dream soldiers on, to the point where we found ourselves taking another look at that most dubious of converged devices: the watch phone . There, we discovered the Rebel, the latest creation from UK manufacturer Swap , a quad-band GSM wrist unit with a 1.46-inch color touchscreen and a built-in camera for both video and stills. It may look like a sterile medical wristband, but that silicone strap actually hides a USB port on one end, the better to let you transfer your MP3s and MP4 video to its paltry 2GB of expandable microSD storage.

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DVD2Blu trade-up scheme lets you swap any old DVD (plus $4.95) for a Blu-ray

We may have to rethink our original stance comparing Warner’s DVD2Blu trade-up program to a particular Maine shop owner , now that it’s announced it will accept any DVD (only studio releases sold at retail and no porn, please) as trade towards one of its selection of 105 Blu-ray releases with most priced at $4.95 each . Add in the offer to waive the $4.95/per shipping fee for orders above $35 and you’ve got a pretty quick way to fatten up one’s Blu-ray library, assuming you like films like 2001: A Space Odyssey , American History X , National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation , etc. Hit the source link for a full list of titles available and other details (U.S

We may have to rethink our original stance comparing Warner’s DVD2Blu trade-up program to a particular Maine shop owner , now that it’s announced it will accept any DVD (only studio releases sold at retail and no porn, please) as trade towards one of its selection of 105 Blu-ray releases with most priced at $4.95 each . Add in the offer to waive the $4.95/per shipping fee for orders above $35 and you’ve got a pretty quick way to fatten up one’s Blu-ray library, assuming you like films like 2001: A Space Odyssey , American History X , National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation , etc. Hit the source link for a full list of titles available and other details (U.S

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Pixel Qi netbook display replacement kit finally on sale

You’ve waited and waited and, let’s face it, waited for this day to arrrive.

You’ve waited and waited and, let’s face it, waited for this day to arrrive.

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Hitachi claims secret chemical formula will improve battery cathodes, double longevity

Before lithium-ion batteries, portable gadgets were a nightmare, forcing road warriors and Discman-toting teens to either swap disposable cells or deal with rechargables that (with few exceptions ) were tricky to recharge. Of course, Li-ion batteries also have a downside: as laptop and cell phone users have no doubt found out, they too become disposable before long.

Before lithium-ion batteries, portable gadgets were a nightmare, forcing road warriors and Discman-toting teens to either swap disposable cells or deal with rechargables that (with few exceptions ) were tricky to recharge. Of course, Li-ion batteries also have a downside: as laptop and cell phone users have no doubt found out, they too become disposable before long.

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10 Ways to Trick Out Your Barnes & Noble Nook

Before the Apple iPad stole the ebook media limelight with its iBookstore, the Barnes & Noble nook was the most eye-catching e-reader on the market thanks to its second color LCD screen. Although out of stock over the crucial Christmas period, Barnes & Noble has now caught up with demand and is offering the nook in stores as well as online.

Before the Apple iPad stole the ebook media limelight with its iBookstore, the Barnes & Noble nook was the most eye-catching e-reader on the market thanks to its second color LCD screen. Although out of stock over the crucial Christmas period, Barnes & Noble has now caught up with demand and is offering the nook in stores as well as online.

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