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D.J. Augustin broke out of a five-game slump with 27 points and nine assists to lead No. 7 Texas to its sixth straight victory, a 77-50 blowout over the No. 22 Aggies before a sellout crowd of 16,755.

When it comes to convergence, the trend these days is to cram all sorts of functionality into a single device—even if those functions seem to be massively impractical given the limitations of current technology. However, a UK based design firm named Alloy has taken a more practical approach with their Couple-IT concept. The unit consists of a handset and a pocket-sized "laptop" that share information over a network. The idea is that you ca
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The Gadget: The ezGear UFO, a relatively compact surge protector/power strip that holds six distinct AC adapters so they don't bump into each other. The Price: $39 ($34 for a limited time) The Verdict: Definitely worth it if you have a bunch of large and unwieldy AC adapters to plug into one port—say, if you were building yourself a home charging station for all your gadgets. The outlets are upside down because your chargers need to face
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Unless I'm in a fancy restaurant, I generally don't need to interact a whole lot with the wait staff. When I'm dining at Chili's, its all about getting my fajita as quick as possible. The folks in Japan realize that a middleman is not always necessary, which is why they are developing products like the Deli-Touch. The system works using a pen that collects barcode data when swiped over a selection in a menu. That data is then transferred wirel
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Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment Shortly after Samsung stated its intentions to focus on Blu-ray in the future, along comes LG looking out for those guinea pigs who've already started building up a respectable HD DVD library. Reportedly, the firm stated that it felt it "necessary to provide a player which supports both formats and therefore creates simplicity and convenience for the existing HD DVD consumer." Furthermore, Daniel Aziz, market
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From now until the 2008 Oscars air on Sunday night, I'll be breaking down the five contenders for Best Picture, giving you the scoop on why each film could win and why it might not stand a chance. I started off with There Will Be Blood, and today I'm turning my sights to Michael Clayton. The plot description on IMDB is most succinct: "An attorney known as the Fixer in his law firm comes across the biggest case of his career that could produce di
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Filed under: Motorsports, PeugeotStephane Sarrazin pilots the Peugeot 908 HDi to a record 1:42.801 lap time at Sebring. (Photo courtesy of ALMS.) Race on Sunday, sell on Monday. That's the time-honored, though oft-refuted mantra used by motorsport's patrons to justify the enormous expense of top-class motor racing. It might be a bit of a stretch for Peugeot, however, who announced today their US debut at this year's 12 Hours of Sebring, the first
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Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, ChryslerIt looks like Chrysler won't have to idle its operations for a week to transfer over tooling from Plastech plants to its own. Judge Phillip Shefferly decided to deny Chrysler's motion to seize tools and transfer assembly operations to another supplier. There's been no comment from Chrysler's PR people yet, but we'll update this post as more information becomes available.[Source: Associated Press] Read | 
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I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The US Supreme Court refused without comment the ACLU's appeal of a lower court ruling that prevented them from suing over the government's warrantless TSP program. The problem was a Catch-22: they lack legal 'standing' to sue over it because they can't prove that they were suspected terrorists, but neither can they find out who was actually suspected, because this is a matter of national security. So
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Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web.

Minnie Driver arrived at LAX yesterday covered up in a long scarf. Her FX show, The Riches, will be back on the air March 10th, but it may not be her program people are talking about. Rumor is the actress is pregnant along with the rest of Hollywood. Page Six reported the news based on Minnie showing off some sonograms and being overheard on the phone talking about getting blood tests and keeping quiet so no one hears. Whoops. Sounds like so
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Mandy Moore was back in her favorite Ultimate Fighting Championship sweatshirt around LA over the weekend. Apparently she's more of an UFC than I thought, or maybe it's just good motivation for her at the gym. We're always bigger fans of Mandy's look when she's more put together but the girl clearly loves her sweats. Can't say I blame her ? some weekends are all about the comfy.
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Stephen Wellman, writing on Information a couple of weeks ago, suggests that mobile phone maker Nokia should buy Yahoo, with the number one carrot being Flickr, "the best Web 2.0 application for storing and sharing digital photos". directtrafficmedia reports. He argues that Nokia - the world's biggest camera phone maker - "would be able to leverage its global dominance in the camera phone market and create a truly compelling synergy between it
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The Nautilus is an incredible and ambitious steampunk home theatre setup that is themed like the galley of Captain Nemo's ship in Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. It was built by designers who'd worked on Tokyo Disneyland (the Disney Sea park at TDL is easily the most beautiful human-constructed environment I've ever been to), and is a 900-square-foot, football-shaped room lined with portholes and artificially rusted struts. The theate
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This wall made from 7200 bananas is on display at NYC's Deitch gallery until Feb 23. It's part of artist Stefan Sagmeister's exhibition "Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far." Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far, an interactive exhibition by Stefan Sagmeister, opens at Deitch Projects on January 31, 2008. The exhibition will include works that have a life of their own, transforming throughout the exhibition as viewers engage with them. Thi
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