TechFast: Kindle Fire Reviews, iPod Nanos Recalled, Google’s Secret Lab

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Happy Monday. We’re all in this together, so let’s just push through this and Tuesday will be here soon enough. Until then, here’s what’s going on in tech…

Kindle Fire Reviews

Amazon’s $200 Kindle Fire tablet will be available to the masses tomorrow, but early reviews are already rolling in. Things are looking pretty good so far.

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Google X

Google apparently has a secret lab called Google X. It’s “a top-secret lab in an undisclosed Bay Area location where robots run free,” says the New York Times.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Makes a Lot of Money

In the first 24 hours of its release, Activision reports that “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3  has become the biggest entertainment launch ever with an estimated sell-through of more than $400 million and more than 6.5 million units in North America and the United Kingdom alone.”

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First-Generation iPod Nanos Recalled

Apple has issued a statement saying that iPod Nanos purchased between 2005 and 2006 may be susceptible to overheating batteries “in very rare cases.” If you have one of those old Nanos, you can get it replaced free of charge.

More: Apple

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