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Apr 12 News

• View Shopping headlines on HDLNS.com

  HDLNS.com is the easiest to use aggregated content RSS Reader on the net. No need to sign up, nothing to remember. Just browse and read. (read)

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• Selected Poems: Carol Ann Duffy

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• Portable Lapdesk N315: Lifescoop Lapdesk Roundup

  You may never leave the couch again. Check out our lapdesk roundup, Top 5 Lapdesks: Spend More Time in Bed over on Lifescoop. (read)

• Garden Medium Heddy

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• Car Bingo Game

  Are you still resisting the DVD player in the car? You’re gonna need some backup. (read)

• Easter Bonnet Update

  One Easter bonnet please. No frills. (read)

• no. 10

  Then again, a few frills never hurt anybody. (read)

• Fedora

  Bonnets aren’t really your thing. (read)

• Racer Red Hat Bonnet

  Amelia Earhart would be so jealous. (read)

• Victoria Bunny Egg Cozies

  Uh. Product designer? Bunnies don’t lay eggs. (read)

• USB Hub Man

  When you’ve got more USB devices than ports on your computer, it’s USB Hub Man to the rescue! His limbs act as additional USB port and the constant smile on his face tells you that he loves his job. $28.95 @ Spoon Sisters (read)

• Jos. A. Bank to Launch Outlet Stores

  Jos. A. Bank has announced plans to launch outlet stores. Five outlet stores are planned for the company's fiscal year 2010. If these five stores are successful then the company will open an additional 50-75 factory stores. Jos. A Bank also recently (read)

• Kitty Kelley Talks Unauthorized Biography of Oprah Winfrey

  Kitty Kelley appeared on The Today Show today to talk about her unauthorized biography of Oprah Winfrey called Oprah. She told Matt Lauer that she has been blackballed by Barbra Walters, David Letterman, Charlie Rose and other hosts out of fear of of (read)

• Coca-Cola and Emeco Launch 111 Navy Chair

  The Coca-Cola Company and furniture manufacturer Emeco have combined their products. 111 recycle plastic Coca-Cola bottles were used to make a green version of Emeco's Navy Chair. The 111 Navy Chair debuts this week at the 2010 Salone Internazional (read)

• Woodford Reserve Unveils $1,000 Mint Julep Cup Experience

  Woodford Reserve bourbon is offering a luxury $1,000 mint julep cup experience for this year's Kentucky Derby. Woodford Researve will be selling 73 silver cups designed by Tiffany & Co. exclusively for Woodford Reserve. Proceeds from the cups will (read)

• Ken Paves Tweets Photos of Jessica Simpson With Short Hair

  Hairstylist Ken Paves tweeted these two photographs - here and here of Jessica Simpson with short hair. They photographs were taken on a plane. Jessica Simpson retweeted both photos and calls it, 'In flight hairdo fun!' US Weekly speculates that it (read)

• Steve Carell and Tina Fey's Date Night Tops Box Office

  Date Night, a comedy starring Steve Carell and Tina Fey, won this weekend's box office. The film made over $27 million, which was just enough to fend off Clash of the Titans. The film also received good reviews from critics. Clash of the Titans, la (read)

• Ecoist Makes Bags, Chip Bowls From Recycled Frito-Lay Bags

  Ecoist has launched a line of clutches and purses made using recycled Frito-Lay snack bags. The bags were made using recycled bags of Lays potato chips, Doritos, Cheetos, Fritos and Tostitos. Ecoist says the bags were made using an intricate patter (read)

• Over 9,000 New Android Apps Created in March

  ReadWriteWeb reports that data from AndroLib.com indicates that the Android Marketplace is growing rapidly. 9,331 new Android apps were added in March. That is nearly double the number of apps created for the Android smartphone platform in February (read)

• Paris Window Shopping: Chanel's RTW Spring/Summer 2010 Collection on Displa

  The decor from Chanel's RTW Spring/Summer 2010 show is on display 31 rue Cambon in Paris - the address of Coco Chanel's former appartment in Paris. Photo: Chanel Permalink | Recent Headlines | Our News Feeds (read)

• Microsoft: Kin and Windows Phone 7 will share more technology over time

  Sure, Nokia's already proven that it's possible to commercially support multiple mobile platforms at a time, but is it really a great idea? Even Nokia ultimately ended up collapsing Series 80 and 90 in to S60 over the years, but Microsoft's going in (read)

• Opera Mini for iPhone approved, will be available for free (update: hands-o

  digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/Opera_Mini_for_iPhone_approved'; Our man Thomas Ricker was just wondering how long it would take before Apple determined the fate of Opera Mini for iPhone, and we've got some good news -- it's been approved and wil (read)

• WePad comes out of tablet hiding, reveals its €450 price and August avail

  There's no I in pad. Only we, of course. Yeah, we've been wanting to make that joke for awhile -- but in all seriousness, Neofonie, makers of the 11.6-inch WePad, held a press conference in Berlin today to reveal a bit more about its Linux-based sla (read)

• Kin is basically a Zune HD inside, can go for a weekend on a charge

  In a discussion with Kin product manager Derek Snyder this afternoon, we've confirmed that both the Kin One and Kin Two are built on the same foundation as the Zune HD -- in other words, they're running NVIDIA Tegra silicon, and there's no reason th (read)

• Commodore Gaming disavows Commodore USA (and its decals)

  Remember back in March, when Commodore USA CEO and longtime Commodore user Barry Altman excitedly told us about how he'd spent 'the better part of a year' untangling the red tape, finally getting the rights to the Commodore name? As far as we are ab (read)

• Palm also looking at licensing webOS and / or finding new investors

  Although we've got the feeling that Palm will eventually be sold off, apparently that's not the only option on the table: Reuters and Street Insider have followed up last night's news that Palm is up for sale with some more details, including the re (read)

• Motorola software update makes 3D automatic, except for the 'buying a new T

  It's not like a couple of button presses on a remote was the big gap between us and the perfect 3D experience but when most people can't even figure out if they're actually watching HDTV, some automated assistance can't hurt. To that end Motorol (read)

• myTouch Slide found in the wild, looking good in red

  Yeah, we saw the myTouch Slide back in January, but it certainly seems to have come a long way in the past few months. For starters, the phone is on now, showing off a slightly custom Android UI and that 480 x 320 screen. The handset also looks to h (read)

• Netflix for Wii now 'fully available' to all users

  Netflix discs have already been shipping out to quite a few Wii users for a couple of weeks now, but Nintendo and Netflix have only just now finally announced that the discs and service are 'fully available' to all users as of today. So, if you were (read)

• NASDAQ and CEA announce Smartphone Index

  The NASDAQ isn't exactly our usual beat here at Engadget, but it's not every day that a consumer electronics market segment gets elevated to the status of having its own index, which is what the stock exchange has now done with a little help from th (read)

• HTC EVO 4G shows up in Sprint inventory, shots of the accessories surface

  Need something to wash that Kin marketing out of your mouth? How about some new tidbits on the superphone to end all superphones? For whatever reason, the HTC EVO 4G has showed up in Sprint's inventory, a couple months early by all accounts. It's ca (read)

• Microsoft Kin One and Kin Two first hands-on!

  digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Microsoft_Kin_One_and_Kin_Two_first_hands_on_Engadget'; We've just spent some time handling Microsoft's just-announced Kin One and Kin Two, and we're not sure what to think; the keyboards have surprisingly good (read)

• Microsoft Kin UI walkthrough

  If you've managed to pull your eyes away from our no-holds-barred liveblog of Microsoft's Kin announcement, you might've noticed that there are videos up on the official Kin site depicting the UI in all its hipster-lite, storytelling glory. Still, i (read)

• Microsoft Kin Studio saves all your phone content to the web (update: video

  digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Microsoft_Kin_Studio_saves_all_your_content_to_the_web'; There's no denying that Microsoft's new Kin phones are a next-gen riff on the Sidekick, and just like the Sidekick, everything that happens on the phone w (read)

• Microsoft Kin One and Kin Two announced: Windows Phone roots with a social

  digg_url = 'http://digg.com/microsoft/Microsoft_Kin_One_and_Kin_Two_phones_announced'; It's finally official: Microsoft Pink -- the product of Redmond's acquisition of Danger -- has just been unveiled as a pair of handsets sourced from Sharp (which (read)

• Live from Microsoft's 'It's Time To Share' event!

  We've been ushered out to lovely San Francisco today (well, actually, not so lovely -- the weather is uncharacteristically yucky) to learn all about this mysterious 'It's Time To Share' thing that Microsoft has been cooking up. The popular rumor is (read)

• Steve Jobs apparently says original iPhone won't be upgraded in the future

  Now that the iPad is out and iPhone OS 4 has been announced, it looks like Steve Jobs is taking a little time to catch up on his email -- in addition to taking up the new SDK rules, it appears he's very tersely confirmed what we sadly suspected all (read)

• Apple iPad vs. Dell Mini 5 / Streak... fight! (Bonus: smartphone pile-on!)

  Occasionally we've had strangers -- very likely non-Engadget readers -- coming up to us and ask, 'Sorry mate, but is that the iPad?' To which we reply, 'No, it's the Dell Mini 5.' This may sound like a silly boo-boo to make, but there is this common (read)

• ASUS introduces EeeBox EB1007 with Pinetrail, without Ion

  If you're looking for a nettop without all the fussy ability to play high definition content, ASUS's upcoming EeeBox EB1007 might be your ticket to standard-definition minimalism. According to Netbooked, the vanilla desktop was said at CeBIT to be H (read)

• Sony outs water resistant Walkman NWZ-W250 series

  Sony's just quietly unleashed a new water resistant, wearable Walkman -- the NWZ-250. This tiny little guy comes in both 2GB and 4GB capacity models, and apparently boasts an up to 11 hour battery life. Weighing in at 43 grams, this one's probably (read)

• Meizu Mbook tablet gets pictured, initial specs detailed

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• Who should buy Palm?

  Last night's bombshell news that Palm is allegedly looking for a buyer immediately got us thinking -- who should it be? There are more than a few companies out there who've been caught up in the rumor mill over the years, so let's take a look at a f (read)

• Eric Schmidt spreading word of an Android-based Google tablet, HP building

  According to a report by The New York Times, Google's apparently looking to get into the tablet game itself. Eric Schmidt was reportedly talking up the device at a party in LA recently, saying that it would run Android exclusively -- which seems odd (read)

• Unicat retro TV channels the 1940s, bidding now underway

  How does technology a half-century old manage to be this sexy? We're not certain. But this one-of-a-kind, handmade retro television -- which seemingly combines an old desktop lamp and a giant magnifying glass -- definitely tugs at our heartstrings. (read)

• Best Buy confirms Nook for April 18, Greg Packer still hasn't opened his iP

  With all of the Nook chatter going down at Best Buy lately, it was bound to become official sooner or later: as of this morning Reuters is reporting that the retailer will start carrying Barnes and Noble's e-reader beginning, as previously reported, (read)

• Dell Mini 3T1 and Mini 3iX 3G phones spotted with Chinese mobile regulator

  If we need another reason to be envious of Chinese residents, it'd be the premium treatment that they're getting from Dell these days. Spotted on Chinese mobile regulator TENAA's website are two 3G phones from seemingly different design departments (read)

• Archos promises six Internet Tablets this summer for hands of all sizes

  If you're suffering from Goldilocks Syndrome, unable to find the perfect portable device, Archos is releasing a suite of suite of Internet Tablets this summer and surely one of them will be just right for your choosy tastes. The company looks poised (read)

• Wacom Cintiq 21UX reverently unboxed by honest-to-goodness digital artist

  Though the hive mind of Engadget has drawn the occasional stick figure, we're not exactly what you'd call artists -- and as such, our prior attempts to describe the $1,999 Wacom Cintiq 21UX pen display have been limited to fawning over its gorgeous (read)

• Can Talbots Attract Younger Customers?

  What: Talbots, the mecca of boring fashion, has a plan to keep their business out of debt. Target younger customers….Really. According to the Wall Street Journal: Talbots must complete an image[......]Read more (read)

• Save on Shoes at Zappos

  The Deal: Shop Zappos for Clearance Shoes & Clothing! The Lowdown: Zappos is our favorite spot for shoes, but let’s be honest sometimes the prices are wack. Here’s some picks from one[......]Read more (read)

• Rompers: How to Wear the Grown Up Onesie

  Rompers is one of those trends that’s hard to pull off if you’re over the age of, well, 22. We’re not saying that you can’t pull it off, just that’s it’s hard because the style is very much like a grown up onesie. (read)

• Get 10% Off at Torrid.com

  The Deal: Get 10% Off at Torrid.com – Use code 4AF10OFF at checkout! The Lowdown: Recieve 10% off your entire purchase at Torrid.com by using code 4AF10OFF at checkout. This offer is valid only [......]Read more (read)

• Confessions of a Curb Shopper

  It's a simple fact: you can't keep a curb shopper from her curb shopping for long. I didn't have enough time to make my rounds last weekend (too much yard work), so I packed a quick lunch (in a curb-shopped lunch box), and my husband and I went out t (read)

• Check Out Disney's New Pook-a-Looz

  Pook-a-Looz from Disney (compare prices) are reminiscent of Ugly Dolls and that urban pop art style, but they feature Disney characters. Sweet in their minimalism and folksy simplicity, I think Pook-a-Looz will take off as collectible toys. They're (read)

• JoS. A. Bank to Open Factory Outlets

  JoS. A. Bank Clothiers has announced that it will be opening five factory stores this year. According to R. Neal Black, President and CEO of JoS. A. Bank, the decision to open factory stores is based on the success of its seven existing clearance out (read)

• The Infographic to End All Infographics [Image Cache]

  100% of this infographic parody hits the nail right on the head. Confused? Allow us to contextualize that number with a pie chart and the color yellow. See a bigger version at: [Flickr via Daring Fir (read)

• Sharp Using Nintendo 3DS Screen In Netbooks, Tablets and eBook Readers [3D]

  Sharp makes a glasses-less 3D parallax screen that we're all pretty sure is the display behind the upcoming Nintendo 3DS. But Nintendo won't be the only portable product to get the tech—nor wil (read)

• The World Would Be Better If Everyone Watched This Video [Space]

  If every person on our blue Earth watched this video, the world would be a much better place. At least for a few minutes. Listen closely to Carl Sagan's words till the end. It won't fail to get you (read)

• Microsoft Pink's Final Name Revealed [Rumor]

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• Intel, Motorola, Samsung and Others Unite Behind WiMax 2 [Wimax 2]

  The next release of WiMax is coming, and some industry heavy hitters have lined up to support the backwards-compatible 802.16m standard. The group, calling themselves the WiMAX 2 Collaboration Initiative (WCI), is pushing interoperabil (read)

• Google Preparing iPad Rival [Apple Vs Google]

  Confirming the rumors, and after dismissing the iPad as nothing more than a large phone, Google is getting ready its own tablet computer. At least, that was what Google CEO—and Steve Jobs' own (read)

• Sony's Nunchuk Is Called the Navigation Controller [PS3]

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• Australian Astronaut Reality TV Show One Big Scam [Space]

  While the whole world is swept up in Virgin Galactic fever, an Aussie scam-artist who fooled the world with plans for an astronaut reality TV show (even hiring Professor Stephen Hawking as a judge, s (read)

• The iPhone's Popup Problem [Rant]

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• MI5 Firing Non-Techie Spies Who Don't Know How To Tweet [Spies]

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• Sharp to Make A 3DTV [3dTv]

  Sharp looked kind of foolish at CES when all their rivals announced 3DTV sets...and they had only discovered the color yellow. Playing catch-up, they've unsurprisingly announced they're working on 3D (read)

• Adobe Creative Suite 5 Now Available [Adobe]

  As expected, Adobe's Creative Suite 5 has officially become available. Including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash Catalyst and 11 more products, it's pricey—but reaming with the goods ne (read)

• The Hidden Secrets of iPhone OS 4 [IPhone]

  Though iPhone OS 4's real potency will come when developers seize the new tools and build multitasking apps that do crazy, crazy things, many of the OS's inherent secrets are coming to light. More (read)

• Where's That F*cking Lego Piece? [Lego]

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• Media Vodka Creates Bottle With Programmable LED Display

  Medea Vodka, a Holland-based vodka company, has come out with an interesting bottle that contains a programmable LED display. The LED display scrolls messages around the bottle. A faq here says the bottle can hold up to six messages. People can cha (read)

• Apple's Get a Mac Campaign May Be Over

  Justin Long said in interview with AV Club that the long running Apple 'Get a Mac' campaign may be coming to an end. The campaign featured Justin Long as Mac and John Hodgman as PC. Justin Long says 'they might be done' with the funny series of com (read)

• The Joule is a Solid Aluminum iPad Stand

  Joule is a solid aluminum work stand designed for the iPad from Element Case. The minimalist design consists of a solid base and a metal rod for support. The Joule is available in a brilliant polished finish or a black anodized coating. Custom coat (read)

• Gia Coppola Directs Zac Posen for Target

  Gia Coppola directed this short film/music video for the Zac Posen for Target collection. The Like sings 'Fair Game' in the video. The Zac Posen for Target collection arrives in Target on April 25th with prices ranging from with prices ranging from $ (read)

• Tiger Woods Unhappy With His Masters Play

  The Masters was the first professional golf outing for Tiger Woods following his string of tawdry affairs. There was a lot of attention on how well he would play following the scandal. Tiger Woods never really challenged for the lead and finished fou (read)

• Nokia teases 'everyone connect,' keep your hands to yourselves until then

  No idea what this is but the Twitterverse has an inkling that we'll see Ovi Maps integrated with Nokia Messaging. Jury's still out on hardware like, say, the N8-00 -- though as the rumored flagship S^3 device we'd expect its reveal to be a bit more (read)

• Windows 95 on iPad completes the Bill Gates vision (video)

  var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/microsoft/Windows_95_on_iPad_completes_the_Bill_Gates_vision_video'; Ok, ok, it's just Windows 95 running in an x86 emulator according to its creator. But even with such clumsy performance you know you love seeing (read)

• Microsoft One and Two Project Pink phones appear in Verizon database? (upda

  What's this? Two devices apparently of Microsoft origin in Verizon's database prefixed by MSONE and MSTWO on the eve of Microsoft's big presser -- an event widely thought (and even announced) to be the unveiling of Project Pink. We're also seeing Sh (read)

• Hitachi 3.1-inch 3D IPS display is another Nintendo 3DS contender

  Step aside Sharp, Hitachi has a parallax barrier 3D display all its own that likewise doesn't require special glasses to view. While not as bright (400nits vs. 500nits) or big as Sharp's 3.4-incher, Hitachi's contribution brings a 3.1-inch IPS panel (read)

• Keepin' it real fake: Nexus One clone spotted running iPhoney OS

  Well, here's a bit of an extra special KIRF to start the week on the right note. Not only one of the first Nexus One clones we've seen (HTC Desire aside), but a Nexus One clone running some sort of reasonably faithful imitation of iPhone OS (or the (read)

• Sharp's 3D tablet panel doesn't require glasses, RGBY 3D TVs launching this

  Don't think Sharp's going to sit by and let Panasonic, Samsung, and Sony have all the 3D TV fun. The Japanese company, and fourth-largest LCD TV maker, plans to begin selling its own 3D TVs in Japan this summer before launching in the US, Chinese, a (read)

• Panasonic's AF100 Micro Four Thirds video camera considers itself 'professi

  We're not sure where Panasonic gets off calling its AG-AF100 a 'professional' digital video camera. It's certainly not in the same class as RED or ARRI Alexa. It is, however, a very interesting video rig for shooting flicks on a budget with its Micr (read)

• Samsung i8910 HD runs 62 apps at once, multitaskers bow their heads

  While iPhone 3G owners and would-be Windows Phone 7 buyers sit in the corner, quietly weeping over their lack of true multitasking, webOS and Symbian continue to point and laugh. In mid-January, a Palm Pre Plus was seen cackling with joy over its ri (read)

• PlayStation Move sub-controller hits FCC, will be named Navigation Controll

  Wondering what Sony's going to call that PlayStation Move sub-controller -- you know, since 'nunchuk' is already taken? Wonder no more. Sony part number CECH-ZCS1U just hit the FCC's database, and 'Navigation Controller' is written in nice bold let (read)

• Seagate teams with Paramount, pre-loads movies onto 500GB FreeAgent Go

  Another fine day in paradise, another fine external hard drive for archivists to consider. Seagate has just announced its latest FreeAgent Go USB 2.0 drive, a pocket-sized external HDD with a 2.5-inch 500GB disc in there ready to be stuffed with you (read)

• Bloomberg: Palm is up for sale

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• Inhabitat's Week In Green: solar panels, solar planes, solar trains

  The Week in Green is a new item from our friends at Inhabitat, recapping the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us. It was an interesting week in green tech, as Inhabitat explored the past and future of solar techno (read)

• Flip Slide HD inevitably sold early by Best Buy

  At this point it would have been more surprising if Best Buy hadn't just gone ahead and sold the Flip Slide HD before its official launch -- we've been getting leaked info and product shots from the retailer for a week now, and it was really only a (read)

• Entelligence: What can Courier teach the market?

  Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech. In these articles, he'll explore where our industr (read)

• Home Root Beer Brewing Kit

  Make old-fashion root beer without the old-fashion hassle with this complete root beer making kit. With brewing yeast included, making this refreshing, naturally carbonated beverage has never been so easy or fun. Use the included blank labels to cre (read)