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NASA will definitely beat the Mt. Everest phone calls when they launch mobile phone service on the moon around 2012. Their MoonLite system will link astronauts, the lunar base and Earth via satellite. Even though there is over four years until launch, the service will only have a speed of 3kbps down/2kbps up. One small call for man...ah forget it. [Silicon.com via Newlaunches]

We're not sure if this video is of the same Dell laptop that caught fire at LAX about a year and a half ago during the laptop blaze of '06, but we've watched the thing three times already with our carpet-matching CSI kit out. It looks different. Nevertheless, if it is the same laptop, you've now got a video of the somewhat-scary fireballs that emit from the Sony battery-infested body of this Dell. The people in the terminal sure are freaking out,
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The LiveSpeakR is a speaker that fits snugly behind the iPhone—or iPod touch—to provide a much needed sound boost. The speaker is unique because it plugs into the USB port unlike many others made for these devices. It also has RF protection so you won't have to worry about interference from the phone. The speakers work in landscape or portrait mode to match what you are doing, and run on two AAA batteries or an AC adapter. The creator
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Filed under: Tablet PCs There's certainly no shortage of rugged tablet PCs out there, but those still undecided computing options for their next trek through the wilderness now have yet another possibility to consider, with Roper Mobile Technology introducing its new Duros tablet. On the ruggedness front, this one is sealed to IP-65 levels for dust and water protection and tested to MIL STD 810F standards for vibration, shock, high/low temperatur
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Filed under: Displays, HDTV Just yesterday we learned that Hitachi's Ultra Thin LCD lineup would be gifted with ultra-wideband technology courtesy of Tzero, and now it seems that the family is edging ever closer to hitting storefronts outside of Japan. Reportedly, the series will include the 32-inch UT32MH70, the 37-inch UT37MX70 and the 42-inch UT42MX70, all of which will feature IPS LCD technology. Additionally, a digital tuner for the UT serie
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Consumer advocates Wednesday hailed the settlement of a class-action lawsuit over Sears stoves in which the retailer agreed to install safety brackets for free to prevent the appliances from tipping over or provide other reimbursements.

The director of the latest Spanish adaptation of a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel, "Love and other Demons," is hoping for a better reception than the English-language "Love in the Time of Cholera."

"The A-Team," "Kojak" and other blasts from television's past will be streamed online, NBC Universal announced.

Mika, Leona Lewis and Take That were the front-runners for Wednesday's Brit Awards, the British music industry's most prestigious prizes. But much of the anticipation focused on an artist who isn't nominated for any awards - Amy Winehouse.

Sets are being built. A stretch of Hollywood Boulevard is closed. Rehearsals have begun. With the writers strike finally in the rear-view mirror, round-the-clock preparations are under way for Sunday's Academy Awards.

A judge put the brakes on Britney Spears' driving-without-a-license case Wednesday after hearing her attorneys don't believe the troubled pop star is capable of resolving the matter.

Filed under: Garage, Crossovers/CUVs, InfinitiClick above for high-res gallery of the Infiniti EX35Infiniti first showed the world its new EX35 as a concept at last year's New York Auto Show and then put it on sale in fall essentially unchanged. Although the Acura RDX has been described as a sports car in CUV clothes, it's based on a fundamentally front-wheel-drive architecture. If Honda had instead taken the S2000 roadster, stretched it and jack
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Filed under: Videos, Supercars, Bugatti Dubai may be home to one out of every five Bugatti Veyrons sold, but Abu Dhabi has a Pur Sang. Only five examples of this special-edition Veyron were built, and all were immediately sold at a $300k premium. We don't know where the other four have gone, but one of them just turned up in Abu Dhabi, the largest of the United Arab Emirates. Some have mistaken this Pur Sang, spotted at night in the UAE, as a chr
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Filed under: Aftermarket, Tuners, Green"We understand in order to continue our sales trend, we need to look beyond Ford." That's the crux of the conversation that took place between InsideLine and John G. Clark, the communications and motorsports manager for Roush Performance Products.With a record 2007 under its belt, Roush is looking to expand its operations to include foreign brands, develop alternative-energy products and continue to provide
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