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Polaroid might not be making instant films any more, but that doesn’t mean they’re pulling themselves out of the digital camera world. The Pixie CKA-00301S is proof of that, shaped after a console controller of sorts for one simple reason - it comes with 8 pre-loaded games to keep your little ones occupied while you’re busy trying to fix up the house. Other features of this 3-megapixel shooter include :-

• 2.4″ LCD display with viewfinder
• 2x digital zoom
• 16MB internal memory
• SD memory card slot

This AAA-powered camera will retail for $79.99, and is available in yellow/pink and orange/blue color schemes.

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Japanese retailer Aeon Co. has just announced that they will be using a 1.4 meter robot to keep the children entertained as parents peruse the store to make their weekly purchases. These robots will be able to identify the children by name and interact with them, as long as the little ones wear special badges that contain code which the robot can read and decipher, reacting accordingly after that. Good thing it is meant to work with little children only as the robot’s vocabulary is rather limited at this point in time. The robot image shown here is but for illustrative purposes only.

(Read the full post about ‘Robot to Babysit Children’…)

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Pocket Gamer reviews the Motorola U9 and writes, “The joy of finding the U9 adept at mobile gaming was dulled slightly by the entry-level technology found elsewhere on the handset, though. The two-megapixel camera is acceptable but unexceptional, with no auto-focus or flash, while the 25MB of internal storage is unlikely to hold many music tracks. MicroSD support is included but we found it irksome that the slot is located under the battery, meaning that the phone has to be completely powered down in order to swap storage media.” Read more about the Motorola U9. (Read the full post about ‘Motorola U9 Review - Pocket Gamer’…)

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The N95 from Nokia gave us very little to complain about as far as its innards go, but for some the price may have been a little on the high side. If that was the reason you skipped buying it in the first place, the N95-3 in its fiery red incarnation begs for a change. This limited-edition N95-3 is now on sale at Amazon for $504.99, not a big price to pay for those who know what it’s made of. The N95-3, as you already known, is the American version of Nokia’s successful N95 but offers better battery life, more memory, and is known to work seamlessly with AT&T’s HSDPA network. Apart from this, nothing else has changed, it still retains the 5-megapixel Carl Zeiss camera with autofocus, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.5mm audio jack, and TV-out. (Read the full post about ‘Amazon offering a ‘red’ hot deal on the Nokia N95-3′…)

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If you are a big fan of breakfast-on-the-go like I am, you probably spend way too much at your local fast food chain each week. So when I see a kitchen gadget that cooks two-thirds of one of my favorite breakfast sandwiches in one shot, of course I want to know more. Let me introduce the Back to Basics TEM4500 Egg & Muffin Toaster. This toaster has the ability to toast 4 slices of English Muffin and cook two eggs in a matter of just 4 minutes. Now just cook up some ham, sausage or bacon in your microwave while waiting on the muffins and you’ve got a home-made breakfast sandwich as good as the guys down the street. The TEM4500 can be currently found for around $60 dollars at Amazon. (Read the full post about ‘Get your breakfast on with the Egg and Muffin Toaster’…)

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Furthering its efficiency efforts, Intel released two new low-voltage server processors today. The processors are built on Intel’s 45nm process using hafnium-infused high-k metal gate transistors and are designed to cut down on power consumption in the data center without sacrificing performance.

The two processors introduced were the quad-core Intel Xeon L5420 and L5410, which run at 2.50GHz and 2.33GHz respectively. The L5400 series will use 12MB of on-die cache and have a 1333MHz front side bus, but the big news is that they are rated at 50W (12.5W per core). This not only helps to conserve power, but also makes them ideal for use in high density applications.

(Read the full post about ‘Intel expands Xeon line with 50W L5400s’…)

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Posted Mar 25th 2008 9:59AM by Paul MillerFiled under: GPS There’s nothing wrong at all with Blaupunkt’s new TravelPilot 100, 200 and 300, and given the company’s missteps in the past, these new devices are actually quite the relief. That said, there’s nothing too fancy going on either. The TravelPilot 100 and 200 sport 3.5-inch QVGA screens, while the 300 does 4.3-inches at 480 x 272. All three are running Windows CE 5.0, the 200 and 300 include traffic receivers, and the 300 includes Bluetooth and is the only one with maps for all of Western Europe. (Read the full post about ‘Blaupunkt’s new TravelPilot lineup is rather blah’…)

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SlySoft, the makers of DVD cracking software, have finally released the long-promised BD+ crack for Blu-ray discs. We first reported on the company’s claims back in November of last year, but it has taken SlySoft until now to actually make the crack public. Why? According to Peer van Heuen of SlySoft, “it was decided for strategic reasons to wait a bit for the outcome of the ‘format war’ between HD DVD and Blu-ray”. The company remains sanguine about the upcoming cat-and-mouse game which will inevitably ensue as Bluray fixes the security hole. “[W]e are well prepared for this and await the coming developments rather relaxed”, says van Heuen. (Read the full post about ‘Blu-Ray Cracked, For Now’…)

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The Kahva Coffee Maker is definitely different from what you can currently find in the market, as this bean brewer does have its charms that will perk you up in the mornings even before your tongue savors the sweet, rejuvenating taste of caffeine. Why do I say so? Well, it looks as though it lifts the boiling water up to its ceiling, dispensing coffee in a magical manner that defies gravity. The Kahva itself comes in an hour glass silhouette and is designed by Lina Fischer. Electrolux and Kenwood, are you taking notes? (Read the full post about ‘Kahva Coffee Maker Concept’…)

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I admit I have selfish reasons for an interest in this story: a couple of weeks ago, I ordered a laptop (in fact, it’s the Dell Inspiron 1525, which thankfully got the Popgadget thumbs up last week) and I’m expecting it soon. It will be the first time I’ve ever owned a laptop, although I’ve used other people’s and cried when I had to give them back, of course. But I know portability doesn’t come without a price and I’m interested to hear how more experienced laptop owners cope with two of the most common challenges: finding a comfortable place and angle to type, and making sure the machine doesn’t overheat. So Lifehacker’s article on the top home-made laptop stands immediately caught my eye. (Read the full post about ‘Laptops: How do you prop up yours?’…)

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