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Supercomputers are great, in fact even the name is great: conjuring images of CPUs in red capes flying to the help of damsels in distress.  However, in the real world they are hundreds of cabinets stuffed full of computer stuff and do in fact look incredibly dull.  The opposite can be said of what they actually do as they push the boundaries of what is capable using solely 0s and 1s to solve complex calculations, help define new theorem, and play Crysis on full graphics. (Read the full post about ‘Supercomputer race gets faster’…)

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FROM GAMERTELL - Akihabara, the epicenter of all that is otaku, has got some stiff competition coming from a little place in the western city of Osaka named Nipponbashi, or now better known as Den-Den Town. MORE » Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: tech, gadgets, speaker, consumer electronics (Read the full post about ‘Welcome to Den-Den Town, Osaka’s Akihabara’…)

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by Darren Murph, posted Nov 17th 2008 at 7:27AM If you’re the type who looks at the Pandora and scoffs at the simplicity, you’ll find oodles to adore in the Meggy Jr RGB. Deemed the “little sister” of the Peggy LED display kit, this gaming handheld from Evil Mad Science is only as fun as you make it; in other words, it provides all the incentive you need to sharpen those programming skills in order to craft engrossing pixel-based titles. The portable unit packs a fully addressable 8 x 8 RGB LED matrix display, a lo-fi audio transducer and plenty of buttons for controlling the action. The unit comes pre-loaded with a single game (isn’t that sweet?), but from there, it’s up to you to put those soldering / coding skills to good use. (Read the full post about ‘Meggy Jr RGB handheld: only as fun as your programming skills allow’…)

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by Darren Murph, posted Nov 17th 2008 at 8:26AM We’ve no clue what kind of sick, demented parent would ever put their child through this, but for those with offspring who like to, say, swallow their hamburgers whole, we suppose it may come in handy. From the wide, wacky and utterly bizarre world that is Japanese gadgetry comes this: a bite counter from Nitto Kagaku. As you’d expect, the headgear keeps track of how many bites your kid takes, and it even plays a little jingle every 1,000 chews in order to celebrate the occasion. ‘Course, there is the proven side effect of obesity, but at least they’ll be making mincemeat out of everything they can get their hands on while gradually growing to 385 pounds.[Via Engadget German]Read PermalinkEmail this61 CommentsFiled under: Misc. (Read the full post about ‘Kami Kami bite counter keeps your kid masticating’…)

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by Darren Murph, posted Nov 17th 2008 at 6:26AM Just last week we heard that Warner Bros. was ending its home video / DVD business in South Korea due to rampant piracy, and now we’ve got a report from China suggesting that sophisticated pirates are duping buyers with faux Blu-ray Discs that are actually DVDs. As the story goes, movie pirates in select parts of Asia are ripping bona fide BDs and then burning them in AVCHD format (which uses 720 horizontal lines of resolution compared to Blu-ray’s 1,080) on writable DVDs. Word on the street has it that these discs are being offered for around $7 each, and they even boast the BD hologram and the iconic blue hues on the packaging. (Read the full post about ‘Chinese pirates offering cheap AVCHD Blu-ray rips on disguised DVD-Rs’…)

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Got a TiVo? Well now you can order Domino’s pizza in the US directly from it. Nuff said.

Want to order Domino’s via your remote? Get a TiVo!

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Tags: video game, gadgetry, technology, M4A

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FROM GAMERTELL - If you ever thought that playing a video game couldn’t destroy your marriage, think again.  This case doesn’t involve playing a game so much that the wife and kids are ruthlessly neglected, it’s about a man who cheated on his wife in Second Life… MORE » Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: mobile devices, DVD, hdtv, gizmos (Read the full post about ‘Couple divorces over Second Life affair’…)

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Back in September we wrote about the ASUS AiGuru S1, the first certified videophone from Skype. I’m delighted to say we’ve recently got our hands on one to review and it’s an impressive piece of kit. With the AiGuru you can make Skype video calls without the need of a PC, it incorportates Wi-Fi and a rechargeable battery so can be used anywhere within range. You can buy the Skype Videophone for £220 from the Skype store, read our full review over on Coolest Reviews. (Read the full post about ‘Skype Videophone - ASUS AiGuru S1 is available now’…)

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Remember that red colored Inspiron Mini 9 that Michael Dell was spotted carrying around during the All Things Digital conference this past May?  Well, it appears that some customers will soon be able to grab an Inspiron Mini 9 of their own in red, and also pink.  Dell has just released both new models, but sadly, as of now, they are available only in Japan.  Additionally, and perhaps a little more exciting than the new colors, is the option of a larger SSD.  Customers in Japan can also now choose to get the “platinum package” which includes a 32GB SSD.  The Mini 9 with the larger SSD is retailing for ¥54,980 or about $565 US and also includes the standard 1.6GHz Atom processor, 1GB of RAM and Windows XP. (Read the full post about ‘Dell rolls out 32GB SSD equipped pink, red Inspiron Mini 9’s in Japan’…)

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Have you ever seen an ad for pizza on television, and immediately wanted to order one from delivery right away? Fortunately (and unfortunately), TiVo has found a way for you to give into that impulse. Here’s how it works: a Domino’s Pizza ad will play, and then all the viewer needs to do is use the remote to select it. You can then access an on-demand ordering screen, similar to the one used by Fandango or Amazon.com. I imagine that there will be some selection of size and toppings, and the pizza should arrive at your door within a half-hour. This is the first time that ordering pizza via the television has ever been offered, and Domino’s vice president of marketing, Rob Weisberg, is especially proud of this new achievement. (Read the full post about ‘Order Pizza through the TiVo’…)

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