NewYu fitness monitor tracks wide range of activities

The wearable, connected fitness monitor uses a special algorithm to differentiate among activities, such as running, walking, aerobics, and even cooking and cleaning.

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This Is How 28 Flash Mobbers Rob a 7-Eleven In Under a Minute [Video]

Usually, people showing at flash mobs do some kind of artsy fartsy performance in a public place, summoned by viral tweets or Facebook status. These people did the same thing and robbed a 7-Eleven in Maryland in under a minute. More »


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T-Mobile Lands The BlackBerry Bold 9900, Its First 4G BlackBerry

Screen shot 2011-08-17 at 11.23.41 AMThe BlackBerry Bold 9900 just hit T-Mobile shelves, but wait just a second before you bolt to run and grab one. The handset from RIM is launching for business customers only until August 31, at which point the rest of us can get our BBM on. Of course, BlackBerries are built with the enterprise in mind, so it kind of makes sense that suits would get first dibs. Then again, RIM isn't necessarily thriving at the moment, so it's not entirely clear why the phone wouldn't be available to everyone right from the get go.

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HP TouchPad Sales Flagging at Best Buy: Report

Hewlett-Packard's TouchPad is facing anemic sales at Best Buy stores, according to an AllThingsD report. HP really needs the TouchPad to succeed. - Sales of Hewlett-Packards TouchPad are flagging at Best Buy stores, according to a new report. If accurate, thats a potential sign of wider trouble for HPs tablet. “According to one source whos seen internal HP reports,” read an Aug. 16 piece by Arik Hesseldahl on AllThingsD, “Best Buy has taken...


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Will Nokia Show Mango Phone On Aug. 17?

Microsoft and Nokia are hosting an event in Germany on August 17, which may be the official unveiling of the Windows Phone 7 mobile phone offspring from the partnership of the two tech giants.

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Samsung's 6Gbps SSD gets a consumer label, October release date


Many SSDs could easily blow away that legacy spinning drive in your notebook, but there's always room for a performance boost when it comes to tech. Announced last week, Samsung's 830-series SSD packs up to 512GB of storage, and full support for SATA's 6Gbps max throughput -- a 100 percent boost over Samsung's previous gen drive. There's only one problem with last week's version: it's only available to OEMs, leaving a DIY upgrade out of the question. Well, today Samsung announced consumer availability for the same drive, letting any Joe Bag O' PC Upgrades pick one up at retail come October. Drives will be available in 64, 128, 256, and 512GB capacities, with pricing details coming at the official launch this fall. Jump past the break for the full PR, should you care to read all about the drive's "precision engineered" brushed metal enclosure, with "deep black" highlights and a "stylish and chic exterior" -- exactly the features you should be looking for in an SSD.

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HP Pre 3 now available for purchase on official European store

Pop quiz: what's the best way to launch a phone that's left us waiting with anticipation for seven months? HP's answer is to quietly release it on its European store without any pomp or circumstance. We have no idea why the company chose to start selling the Pre 3, its new flagship phone, without any media buzz; the important thing here, however, is that the SIM-free device is now available for purchase on the Palm Eurostore. The phone can be all yours for £299 -- the equivalent of $490 in the US -- which is a respectable price point for a no-commitment smartphone of its caliber. So far we've only seen the phone get pushed out across the pond; European retailers Clove and Box are following HP's lead by offering the Pre 3 as well, just in case the official store runs out of stock. It's probably not too likely, given the company's lack of marketing efforts on this particular launch, but we could always be surprised. After all, we've been waiting for seven months.

Update: PreCentral just received an official statement from HP confirming that the Pre 3 is indeed launching in Europe, and more information will be available for the US soon. Here's the full quote:

HP is excited to begin its regional rollout of Pre3, the only phone today that offers users a slide-out keyboard coupled with a large touchscreen and the fastest speed (1.4GHz processor - the fastest on the market). We expect to share additional information for U.S. customers soon.
So that's it -- a four-line announcement to launch the Pre 3. But hey, it's at least something.

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New Microsoft Blog Sheds Light On Windows 8 Development, Project Goals

Microsoft's initial declaration that Windows 8 would run on ARM CPUs and early product demonstrations earned the nascent OS a great deal of attention. Since then, however, the company has remained largely silent on the features and capabilities of the new operating system, even as questions regarding the OS's support for legacy software, its...

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Sleep Soundly with Bedphones Headphones

When I’m drunk, I always think it’s a fantastic idea to fall asleep while listening to some kick-ass rock like the White Stripes’ Catch Hell Blues, only to wake up a few hours later tangled in my headphone cable. These Bedphones won’t save me from drunken nocturnal choking, but they’ll sure make it more comfortable [...]

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