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		<title>Man Orders TV Through Amazon, Receives Assault Rifle Instead</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Grossman</dc:creator>
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		<title>Like the Smell of New Apple Gadgets? There&#8217;s a Fragrance for That</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/04/17/like-the-smell-of-new-apple-gadgets-theres-a-fragrance-for-that/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love the smell of newly-opened Apple products in the morning – smells like glue and styrofoam and aluminum and stuff. If only that smell could be bottled!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=128748&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Please Witness the Jolliest 404 Error Page in Internet History</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/01/20/please-witness-the-jolliest-404-error-page-in-internet-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<title>Finally, Cufflinks That Double as a Wi-Fi Hotspot</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/01/19/finally-cufflinks-that-double-as-a-wi-fi-hotspot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, yes, we all remember the endless parade of cufflinks that doubled as USB storage drives – if you missed it, it happened maybe four or five years ago and it didn't so much resemble a parade as it did a line of preschoolers tethered together on their way to the playground. But this is Y2K12, boyo, and there's a new breed of high-tech cufflinks in town.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=115299&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Supermarket Rolls Out Shopping Carts with Built-in iPad Docks</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/08/30/supermarket-rolls-out-shopping-carts-with-built-in-ipad-docks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve all been there; wandering aimlessly up and down the grocery aisles, silently screaming, &#8220;My kingdom for an iPad dock on this shopping cart!&#8221; One supermarket chain in the U.K. is looking to do the unthinkable by rolling out (pun intended!) shopping carts—or &#8220;trolleys&#8221; as they&#8217;re charmingly called across the pond—with built-in iPad docks. (MORE: Augmented Reality Lets You Try On Clothes from Online Shops) We now go to the Telegraph for more: &#8220;The trolleys come complete with a tilting iPad holder and speakers. Their front bumpers are fitted with a sensor which lets off a warning beep if an engrossed shopper gets too close to another customer, while an onboard battery with a self-charging solar panel ensures that the iPads never run out of power. The trolleys have been developed by broadcaster Sky to highlight its Sky Go service, which allows iPad users to watch live sport or news on their portable devices. The iPads themselves are not included.&#8221; On the one hand, not being able to go shopping without watching live TV is a little on the sad side. On the other hand: Hey, live TV while you shop! The crash sensor is a nice touch, too, and the solar panel should play well with just about every demographic. The supermarket chain, Sainsbury&#8217;s, will be testing the carts in one of its West London stores and if everything goes well, the project may be extended to the rest of its locations across the U.K. No word on whether we&#8217;ll see something like this in the U.S., but this is America. Go start your own supermarket chain and order some of these if you want them that badly. [via The Telegraph] MORE: Supermarket&#8217;s Map App Shows Quickest Routes to Things On Your List<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=95409&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<primary_category>Computers</primary_category><primary_category_link>http://techland.time.com/category/gadgets/computers/</primary_category_link>
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		<title>Please Witness the Best 404 Error Page in Internet History</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/08/02/please-witness-the-best-404-error-page-in-internet-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, the lowly 404 page. Always unwanted, sometimes humorous, but most often a dumpy-looking page like this one: And as far as funny and creative 404 pages go, this one may very well be the most elaborate in the history of the internet: Nosh.me&#8216;s 404 page is actually an embedded video featuring two soldiers of fortune (or something) hunting down the rogue web page. Click the above image to check it out—I&#8217;d embed the video here but you&#8217;d lose some of the effect. And when you&#8217;re dealing with 404 pages that are actually videos, effect is everything, right? Right. Check out this oldie-but-goodie, too, if you&#8217;re interested. (via Reddit) MORE: Set Aside 571 Hours to Watch the Longest Video on YouTube<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=92555&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Five Weirdest Pieces from MoMA&#8217;s New Tech Exhibit</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/07/22/the-five-weirdest-pieces-from-momas-new-tech-exhibit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Author</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A website that maps crowd-sourced data in a disaster. A digital character that giggles when you poke his belly. And a device that allows men to menstruate. Those are just a few of the items that will go on display at Talk To Me, the Museum of Modern Art’s latest tech-focused show in New York City this Sunday. Featuring roughly 200 objects from artists and designers all over the world (all of them laden with individual QR codes), the exhibit is all about communication — of the sort that occurs among humans, but also the types that take place between man and machine. (PHOTOS: Cinema&#8217;s Most Memorable Robots) “We’ve become really communicative animals,” says Paola Antonelli, the MoMA curator behind the show. “Social networks are a symptom of that. This is something that designers can take into account when designing a new object or an interface design technology.” The exhibit, therefore, includes a wide gamut of interactive tech, from a wall-sized installation of Talking Carl, the totally adorbz, touch-sensitive smartphone character, to Ushahidi, a website that aggregates and maps crowd-sourced data in a crisis. The latter has been used to pinpoint danger zones in the aftermath of violent elections in Kenya and the earthquake in Haiti. The show also features a number of totally bizarro pieces — such as the menstruation machine mentioned above. Antonelli gives us a preview of some of the exhibit’s freakier objects.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=91109&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Set Aside 571 Hours to Watch the Longest Video on YouTube</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/07/21/set-aside-571-hours-to-watch-the-longest-video-on-youtube/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Turnbull</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never in the history of cinema have we seen a film that&#8217;s almost as long as the history of cinema. MoldytoasterMedia&#8217;s epic masterpiece, simply titled The Longest Video on YouTube, is an exquisite piece of work examining the essence of humanity contrasted with the fragility of life and the existential nothingness of un-being. It also has some great action sequences. All in just 571 hours. (MORE: YouTube Adds More Search Functionality, Makes Wasting Time Easier) Admire, if you will, the scene-setting of the first 12 and half hours. Note the complex character development that begins around the 17th hour (I can&#8217;t be completely certain because I&#8217;d fallen asleep), and continues all the way through the beginning of the third, devastating act. Watch out, if you can, for the dramatic set pieces in hours 344 and 501. Try not to laugh in hour 99, and if you&#8217;re squeamish, avoid hours 427-431. The twist at hour 568 is shocking, brutal, and tantalizing. In all, it&#8217;s a masterful piece of filmmaking. Like so many masterpieces, I don&#8217;t expect it to perform well at the box office. What worries me most is what we&#8217;re not seeing here. How much of the plot and character development has been lost on the cutting room floor? How many more amazing scenes have we missed? It&#8217;s a good film as it stands, but the cuts (imposed by studio bosses, no doubt) went too deep this time. I hear we might get a 2,644 hour director&#8217;s cut soon. All we can do is cross our fingers. And wait. And wait. Annnnnd wait. MORE: YouTube Launches Live Streaming Content<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=91127&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Is a 70-Year-Old Woman Being Sued for Porn Piracy?</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/07/15/why-is-a-70-year-old-woman-being-sued-for-porn-piracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graeme McMillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who believe that using the BitTorrent protocol for piracy is a young person&#8217;s game, you might want to know about a San Francisco woman risking a potential $150,000 fine for torrenting porn. She&#8217;s 70 years old, you see. Of course, she claims to not even know what BitTorrent is, but who can believe the word of a thief? Well, as you might expect, the case isn&#8217;t exactly a slam dunk. The anonymous 70-year-old was named as part of a lawsuit against multiple users for illegally downloading adult material, but she believes that someone else was using her unsecured Wi-Fi to do so. (More: Is It Illegal to Leave Your Wi-Fi Network Open?) Refusing to pay the $3,400 settlement requested by the lawsuit, the woman plans to go to court and explain to the judge what&#8217;s what. &#8220;It smacks of extortion,&#8221; she told SFGate.com, adding that she&#8217;d &#8220;throw herself on the mercy of the court&#8221; if necessary: &#8220;I&#8217;d say to the judge, &#8216;I have no idea how this happened.&#8217; If Sony can get hacked, if the Pentagon can get hacked, my goodness, what chance does an individual have?&#8221; You have to hope that this case gets thrown out in court or perhaps dismissed before it even gets there, thanks to a sudden attack of common sense. Although, admittedly, if it turns out that this old woman actually was the one torrenting porn, and her defense was all an act to play on our sympathies and stereotypes, I will kind of love that. More: Big Media Goes Easy with &#8216;Six Strikes&#8217; Anti-Piracy Measure Graeme McMillan is a reporter at TIME. Find him on Twitter at @Graemem or on Facebook at Facebook/Graeme.McMillan. You can also continue the discussion on TIME’s Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIME.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=90396&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>WATCH: The Creepiest Singing Robot Mouth of All Time</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/07/13/watch-the-creepiest-singing-robot-mouth-of-all-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Turnbull</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is not what you think it is. It&#8217;s a talking robot, modeled on the human vocal system. And hey, check it out: it can sing! Kinda. Wait, you say. Robots can already talk. Hell, even my laptop can talk, and I got it at Walmart. (MORE: Cinema&#8217;s Most Memorable Robots) Yes, those things can talk, but only using software and speakers. This talking robot from Kagawa University in Japan is designed to reproduce the human voice the same way our bodies do—by pushing air through a series of tubes, and using the &#8220;mouth&#8221; at one end to adjust the shape of the tubes and therefore the sound that emerges. The metal box underneath is the air compressor, representing the lungs. It pushes air through the creepy plastic tubes and out through the mouth, which uses robotics to move the &#8220;lips&#8221; into the same shapes we use to speak. There&#8217;s a tongue inside the mouth too. Yeah. The weird glistening bulge on the top is more tubes, replicating the human nasal cavity, which has a part to play in the way our voices work too. Don&#8217;t ask me why it&#8217;s glistening. In the video above, the robot is giving its rendition of Japanese children&#8217;s song Kagome Kagome, which you can hear better here. Obviously the singing lessons are going to have to continue for a while yet. Nobody say anything about sex toys, OK? Just don&#8217;t. This is science. [via IEEE Automaton] MORE: WATCH: Robots Win World Cup (of Robot Soccer)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=90072&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Richard Dreyfuss Dramatically Reads iTunes&#8217; Legal Gibberish</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/06/08/richard-dreyfuss-dramatically-reads-itunes-legal-gibberish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 20:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All that fine print that you and I and everyone else who&#8217;s not studying to be a lawyer skips over when installing software is called the EULA—end user license agreement. The one for Apple&#8217;s iTunes software (warning—it&#8217;s a PDF and it&#8217;s reaaaallly long) may very well contain some useful information. Instead of reading through it all, though, wouldn&#8217;t you rather let Academy Award-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss read you some of the high points? CNET somehow managed to talk Dreyfuss into doing just that. The result: four choice snippets, all read in a different character voice. If you&#8217;re looking for the one most resembling Matt Hooper of Jaws fame, check out the third one, which is ominously titled, &#8220;Damages.&#8221; While you&#8217;re at it, check out other classics such as: - &#8220;Please read&#8221; - &#8220;Your responsibility&#8221; - &#8220;Effective until&#8221; I should point out that you can&#8217;t un-hear any of these, no matter how hard you may try. Something to keep in mind. Link: Richard Dreyfuss reads the iTunes EULA [CNET.com]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=85909&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>iCan&#8217;t Believe It: Boy Reportedly Sells His Kidney to Buy an iPad</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/06/02/icant-believe-it-boy-reportedly-sells-his-kidney-to-buy-an-ipad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A high school freshman in China apparently sold his kidney on the black market so he could buy an iPad 2. Read that again, if you must. The story, reported in The Global Times, Shanghai Daily, and elsewhere, says that 17-year-old &#8220;Zheng&#8221; got himself hooked up with a kidney broker on the internet, who offered him a little over $3,000 for the organ. The Global Times reports that the kid was initially offered the equivalent of $3,084.45 for the kidney but wound up collecting $3,392.97 before &#8220;he returned home with a laptop and an iPad.&#8221; I&#8217;m almost curious about where that extra $308.52 came from but this story&#8217;s already crazy enough as it is. The boy&#8217;s mother, curious about how he all of a sudden had both an iPad and an iPhone, got him to confess and promptly took the issue to the local authorities. Police were unable to locate the kidney broker but they paid a visit to the hospital that performed the surgery. The hospital! There&#8217;s more. When confronted with allegations of performing the kidney removal, Shanghai Daily says, &#8220;The hospital claimed they had no idea about Zheng&#8217;s surgery because the department that did the surgery had been contracted to a Fujian businessman.&#8221; Unreal. (via TNW)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=85109&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Your Next iPhone Case: Steve Jobs in Carbonite</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/04/26/introducing-your-next-iphone-case-steve-jobs-in-carbonite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next iPhone case you purchase will surely be this $35 Steve Jobs in Carbonite masterpiece found over on Society6.com&#8217;s website. &#8220;But Doug, $35 is far too expensive for a plastic iPhone case,&#8221; you say. Remember the part about how it&#8217;s Steve Jobs in Carbonite, though. While it&#8217;ll almost certainly be your next iPhone case, Wired points out that it may be Apple&#8217;s next legal case, too. And that&#8217;s assuming George Lucas doesn&#8217;t want a piece of the action as well. The case is available in both iPhone 4 and iPhone 3G(S) models—for now. More on TIME.com: Nightmare Over: You Can Now Mow Your Lawn from an iPhone Fake &#8216;Cloud Girlfriend&#8217; Will Post Messages to Your Facebook Wall Radio Toaster: Ultimate Convergence Device?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=79016&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nightmare Over: You Can Now Mow Your Lawn from an iPhone</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/04/22/nightmare-over-you-can-now-mow-your-lawn-from-an-iphone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve all been there. Does this sound familiar to you? You&#8217;re at work and you realize you forgot to mow your lawn. You rush home in a panic. You miss several important meetings—or meetings that your company considers important, yet you&#8217;ve calculated how much it&#8217;d cost to build a lifelike dummy of yourself that lives in the conference room and has a head that automatically nods whenever it detects nearby voices. Those days are over thank to Husqvarna&#8217;s My Automower, a free iPhone app that lets you control your lawn mower from afar. &#8220;Wow, Doug. And this app works with any lawnmower?&#8221; you just said out loud. No, of course not. You&#8217;ll need a special GPS-enabled Husqvarna (that&#8217;s not any easier to type the second time around, by the way) lawn mower. They start at a cool $2,400 and leverage the magical science of robotics. Once you&#8217;ve purchased your robotic lawn mower and downloaded the app, here&#8217;s what your life will be like, according to Husqvarna (still hard to type): - You’ll be able to display the location of your Husqvarna Automower on Google Maps. - Use shortcuts to send instructions and take control of your Automower. - Tell your machine when to start mowing. - Tell your Automower when stop and return for charging. - Set timers. - Check your Automower status. So it&#8217;s up to you whether you want to be remembered as the quiet, kind of creepy guy at the party who stood in the corner all night or the quiet, kind of creepy guy at the party who stood in the corner all night but HAD THE REMOTE LAWN MOWING APP ON HIS PHONE! &#8220;Can I get you a beer, Guy With iPhone Lawn Mower?&#8221; That&#8217;s your new nickname. That&#8217;s what people will call you as they offer to get you a beer. Your name is really Paul, but that&#8217;s not important. Here&#8217;s the app and here&#8217;s the press release. More on TIME.com: Lenovo May Unveil a 23-inch Tablet This Year (Not a Typo) Fake &#8216;Cloud Girlfriend&#8217;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=78451&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lenovo May Unveil a 23-inch Tablet This Year (Not a Typo)</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/04/12/lenovo-may-unveil-a-23-inch-tablet-this-year-not-a-typo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d actually like to see this. So would Harry, I&#8217;m sure. Lenovo seems dead serious on bringing a 23-inch tablet to market this year. It&#8217;d apparently be portable in the sense that you&#8217;d move it around the house with you but beyond that, it&#8217;d only serve to fetch you weird looks on the bus if you actually left the house with it. A Lenovo rep &#8220;expressed his belief that a tablet that could be moved from room to room and used on tables as well as docked as an All-in-One could be an elegant answer,&#8221; according to TechRadar. Such a tablet would basically be an extension of Lenovo&#8217;s existing line of all-in-one computers, several of which are available with 23-inch touchscreens. The rep said, &#8220;We&#8217;d have to take care of battery life and we are working to get the weight down.&#8221; See that? We are working. Not thinking about working or trying to get a focus group together. The rep told TechRadar: &#8220;It&#8217;s obviously not for full mobility use, but it could be moved from room to room in the house and used with a full keyboard, or as a television.Or you could lay it on a table top and use it for family games. We&#8217;re hoping that we can launch it later this year.&#8221; This thing may actually happen. Would you A) buy one and B) how much would you expect to pay for such a specimen? More on TIME.com: Am I the Only One Who&#8217;d Buy a Huge Honkin&#8217; Tablet?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=76275&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fake &#8216;Cloud Girlfriend&#8217; Will Post Messages to Your Facebook Wall</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/03/29/fake-cloud-girlfriend-will-post-messages-to-your-facebook-wall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cloud? Good. No girlfriend? Bad. A cloud-based girlfriend? Better than no girlfriend, apparently. The idea behind Cloud Girlfriend is simple: You pay a yet-to-be-determined price to have your ideal (yet not for real) girlfriend leave you loving messages on your Facebook Wall for all to see. It&#8217;s an easy four-step process, says the site: &#8220;Step 1: Define your perfect girlfriend. Step 2: We bring her into existence. Step 3: Connect and interact with her publicly on your favorite social network Step 4: Enjoy a public long distance relationship with your perfect girl.&#8221; Step two sounds… odd. Are we talking about the fun Weird Science existence or the creepy, goopy Battlestar Galactica kind? And what about those pesky terms of service Facebook has in place forbidding the creation of fake accounts? Company co-founder David Fuhriman said, &#8220;The girlfriend is operated by a real girl. It is not a sex chat or pornography service,&#8221; according to PCMag. She&#8217;ll apparently hit you up on Twitter, too. I can&#8217;t imagine anyone being remotely interested in this serv—whup, the site says, &#8220;Due to high demand we are only able to accommodate a limited number of users to the site. Register early to get in line.&#8221; I stand corrected. Some questions remain: Cost? Actually a girl? What about Cloud Boyfriends? English as your primary language? Did I remember to pick up ground turkey for turkey burgers? Weren&#8217;t you going to do that? I don&#8217;t even like turkey burgers. How the hell are we even arguing about this? You don&#8217;t exist! Oh and keep in mind that April Fools&#8217; Day is right around the corner, so any dumb tech news you hear between now and then could either be fake or just plain dumb. Sometimes both. More on TIME.com: Will You Webcast Your Funeral? Radio Toaster: Ultimate Convergence Device? Vacation With Your 12-Year-Old Virtual Girlfriend!? Seriously!?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=73535&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Will You Webcast Your Funeral?</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/03/28/will-you-webcast-your-funeral/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That question was phrased poorly. You won&#8217;t be doing much of anything at your funeral. But would you want your funeral to be webcast for those who can&#8217;t attend? The practice is growing in popularity, according to a recent USA Today article. The benefits, of course, are that those who live too far away, have no drivers license, can&#8217;t stand the smell of formaldehyde, are agoraphobic, or any combination of the aforementioned challenges can virtually attend a given funeral without actually being there in person. The potential downsides are that you&#8217;re not, you know, actually there. And the article makes no mention as to how much of an additional cost webcasting a funeral adds to the total bill either. Whatever the case, streaming live video of funerals is apparently catching on. John Reed, an owner of two funeral homes in West Virginia said, &#8220;In the past three years we&#8217;ve gone from absolute zero to the point where we now do 50% of our funerals on the Web,&#8221; according to the article. And even for funeral homes that don&#8217;t offer streaming services, the ability for even mildly savvy funeral attendees to stream video from most smartphones is limited only to a decent web connection and an app from the likes of Qik, Ustream, Justin.tv or similar services. For the record, I&#8217;d like my funeral to be webcast and I&#8217;d like it to be webcast by one of the attendees—if only for the sheer irony of being the one and only person in my entire family, extended family and network of friends that&#8217;s even remotely interested in technology. More on TIME.com: Internet Pioneer Paul Baran Dies at 84 Radio Toaster: Ultimate Convergence Device? Finally! World&#8217;s Largest Gummy Worm: 4,000 Calories, 3 Pounds<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=73313&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Radio Toaster: Ultimate Convergence Device?</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/02/21/radio-toaster-ultimate-convergence-device/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fact that it took until 2011 for this to exist should make us all sad. But that sadness should only last for a short while because an invention as epic as the Radio Toaster brings only joy. And toast. And music! The toast portion… well, makes toast. The radio portion does AM and FM, features 10 station presets and sports an auxiliary input for when you decide you&#8217;ve had enough of conventional radio and want to listen to your MP3s. Is $80 too much to ask for a radio with a built-in toaster? Perhaps. But we can all agree that it&#8217;s a fair price for a toaster with a built-in radio. More on TIME.com: Paycheck Friday: Purchasing Suggestions for Your Perusal Build! Launch! Destroy! Angry Birds Toys Coming From Mattel Finally! World&#8217;s Largest Gummy Worm: 4,000 Calories, 3 Pounds<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=67507&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nikon Patents Gimmicky DSLR Projector, Everyone Groans</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/01/28/nikon-patents-gimmicky-dslr-projector-everyone-groans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Gayomali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nikon has filed a patent in Japan for a built-in DSLR projector, which should come in handy should you be the type to always carry a blank wall  in your camera bag. According to a Nikon Rumors report, the image will be projected through the eyepiece of the electronic viewfinder so that &#8220;two or more persons can see the reproduced image simultaneously projected on a screen.&#8221; (More on TIME.com: &#8220;Path&#8221; Photo Sharing Has Big Backers, But Will it Stick?) Check out the preliminary sketches: This seems more bells and whistles-y than anything, and will likely be utilized as a selling tactic targeted at entry-level consumers (can&#8217;t you already see Ashton prancing around?). While projection technology is nothing new, I&#8217;m wary of the added weight and bulk that&#8217;s likely to deter photo purists, especially since the DSLR arms race is trending towards HD video and more compact camera bodies for portability. But while we&#8217;re at it, here are a few other features that I think Nikon should go ahead and patent for future models. Just for kicks: An MP3 Player that syncs with iTunes A &#8220;Clap On!&#8221;-activated shutter release An LCD touchscreen for navigation (would actually be pretty cool if it worked well) A pedometer 3D 4G Photo recognition tagging (creepy!) An integrated &#8220;like&#8221; button A cupcake froster Anything I missed? More on TIME.com: Digital Camera Sales Up in Emerging Markets Visions of a 3D Point and Shoot Camera Coming Soon to Your Digital Camera: The FluCard?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=64928&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Build! Launch! Destroy! Angry Birds Toys Coming From Mattel</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/01/10/build-launch-destroy-angry-birds-toys-coming-from-mattel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If a mobile game featuring birds with special powers that destroy the elaborate dwellings of their pig-like enemies has gotten too complicated for you, perhaps you&#8217;d like to try your hand at the analog version. This May, Mattel will see how the masses take to the $15 Angry Birds &#8220;Knock on Wood&#8221; play set. As iLounge reports, the getup consists of red, yellow and black birds, a slingshot launcher, and several green pigs and wooden blocks to wreak havoc upon. If that sounds too barbaric, Mattel will also apparently be launching &#8220;a card-based Angry Birds game,&#8221; according to iLounge. [via Geekologie]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=62555&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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