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Computing

Quest For Netbook Nirvana: HP Mini 2140

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10 Inches, it seems, is a bit of a sweet spot for netbooks, and the HP Mini 2140 has a 10-inch screen. But sadly, that line that drivers of expensive sports cars tell themselves all the time: “It’s not how big it is, it’s how you use it that counts” is ultimately true, at least with this particular device.


Mobile

Mobile-Smuggling Pigeons Are a Jailbird’s Best Friend

Hey you jailkeepers, you know how the inmates been asking about keeping harmless little pigeons around? Well, it’s a con: They’re using them to smuggle in mobile phones.


Entertainment

Major Woz Dancing With the Stars Development! (Spoilers)

Spoilers Ahead!


Moixa Defies Natural Interface, Creates Crazy Interface ‘Sphere’

Whoever thought the future wouldn’t be filled with humming radio-connected spheres is just plain dumb, but Moixa’s mesmerising Sphere i/o interface device seems to buck the current trend of natural interaction.


Mobile

Samsung Mondi Is a 4.3-inch Touchscreen WiMax/Wi-Fi Mobile Internet Device

Samsung’s Mondi is a WiMax and Wi-Fi MID that uses Samsung’s TouchWiz UI on the Windows Mobile 6.1 platform. The device has 4.3-inch screen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and comes with Opera 9.5.


Entertainment

Dissected Samsung LCD Panel Bares It All

If you’ve ever wanted to see a flatscreen TV’s innards and how all its gizzards fit into the TV’s supermodel-thin body—but you’ve never had the guts to do it yourself—Samsung has dissected it for you.


Software

BlackBerry Gets Turn-By-Turn Directions Tomorrow

BlackBerry users can get loss slightly less frequently starting tomorrow as its first turn-by-turn GPS navigation app for their app store hits for an unspecified amount of dollars.

Check back tomorrow for more details.


Software

Reminder: How to Fix Conficker

Afraid you’ve got the evil Conficker worm that’s already begun snaking its way around the world? Thanks to herculean efforts by researchers, the detection and fix is pretty easy.