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Hands-On With The Apex HD+ Goggles: Simple Video Streaming For Snowbunnies

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CHRIS VELAZCO Now I’m hardly what you’d call an athlete, but I’ve often been sucked into a sport because of some of the gadgets involved (don’t ask me how many fitness trackers I’ve bought since I started running). The recently released Apex HD+ goggles, which California-based Liquid Image was keen to show off here at CES Unveiled, is one of those gadgets — skiers and snowboarders can use them to record video on…

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Four new Oregon touchscreen GPS devices pop up on Garmin’s website

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As reported on Engadget. By Jamie Rigg As Garmin hasn’t made any official announcement, we can’t tell you when these sneaky handheld GPS navigators first showed up on the company’s website, but say hello to the Oregon 600, 600t, 650 and 650t. Aesthetically, they all look identical, with a 3-inch “transflective color TFT touchscreen” in portrait orientation (240 x 400 resolution). Similarly, they share the overwhelming majority of internal specs, and all track your jaunts into the great outdoors using…

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Member of file-sharing group given 5 years in prison for uploading movies

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As reported on The Verge. By Adi Robertson Jail terms for members of the BitTorrent-based movie-sharing group iMAGiNE continue to set records: Wired reports that Jeramiah Perkins, who helped lead the group, has been given a 60-month sentence for his role in helping to record and distribute movies online during their theatrical run. Perkins’ sentence exceeds the 40-month one given to fellow member Gregory Cherwonik, making it the longest American jail sentence for file sharing. In their original indictment (PDF),…

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Steven Sinofsky starts a product development blog, continues telling epic-length tales

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas Steven Sinofsky has built a reputation for exceptionally thorough posts on technology, and he’s not about to stop just because of small roadblocks like his departure from Microsoft. The former executive plans to complement an upcoming teaching stint at Harvard Business School by writing Learning by Shipping, a blog discussing the finer points of product development in the technology world. Despite what some would presume, the blog won’t lean heavily on retold experiences from the…

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Wind tunnel PC case pushes the air cooling envelope, does its thing for cancer research

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As reported on Engadget. By Alexis Santos  Pushing air cooling to its limits might mean buying a bigger fan to the mortal PC builder, but for Mike at Total Geekdom, it meant constructing a wind tunnel case. Built from a box fan, medium-density fiberboard, lexan and aluminum, the tunnel increases airspeed by about 240 percent and cools its contents with a brisk 9 mph breeze. At full bore, however, the fan churns out air speeds between 26 and…

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Polaroid plans experimental Fotobar stores that will let you print your photos

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As reported on Engadget. By Donald Melanson Polaroid hasn’t been shy to try various tactics as it attempts to compete in the age of digital photography, but it always seems to come back to the idea it’s best known for. It’s latest effort is a bit more of a roundabout way to get some tangible photos in your hands, though: a series of “experimental” Photobar stores where you can go and have your digital photos professionally printed. The first…

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Google Glass lead says project is still a work in progress

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As reported on The Verge. By Dan Seifert Google’s Project Glass product, the company’s venture into wearable computing, was officially unveiled over half a year ago at the Google I/O conference. Since then, we haven’t heard much from Google about the device, but today IEEE Spectrum published an interview with Babak Parviz, head of the project at Google. Parviz didn’t reveal too much that we didn’t already know, but he did lend a few details about Google’s intentions for Glass…

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The 20 Best iOS And Android Apps Of 2012

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As reported on TechCrunch. by BRAD SPIRRISON Editor’s note: Brad Spirrison is the managing editor of mobile app discovery services Appolicious. Follow him on Twitter@spirrison. Nearly six years after the debut of the iPhone, mobile applications are beginning to mature. The best mobile apps of 2012 – with a few notable exceptions – are more about refined practicality rather than anything revolutionary. So while this year’s list lacks medium-defining breakthroughs like Instagram and Shazam, it showcases new and meaningfully updated apps…

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GigaOM: Intel Media TV service won’t launch at CES, but it is coming soon HD

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As reported on Engadget. By Zach Honig We’ve seen several reports over the last week about Intel’s set-top box efforts, and animpending CES launch. According to GigaOM, some of those rumors simply aren’t true. The site has confirmed with several sources at Intel that a set-top box (and a whole lot more) is in the works, but a CES announcement has not been planned. Instead, Media, the mysterious Intel division, which is run like a startup with staffers hired…

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Road Tripping In The Digital Age

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As reported on TechCrunch. by RYAN LAWLER I’m just wrapping up a week-long road trip, in which a travel companion and I visited some friends in Southern California. We hit up a few different spots along the way, including San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Palm Springs. Not a crazy trip, but enough wandering around to go to a few places I’d never been to. The thing that amazes me about our…

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