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Digg Digs Itself Into a Deep, Dark Hole

Digg Digs Itself Into a Deep, Dark Hole

Over the past week, popular social news site Digg.com has experienced a pretty substantial decrease in site traffic after a rather catastrophic launch of a new site design. The new auto-submission feature, which essentially automatically content from popular news and media sites, gives big name sites a huge advantage over smaller, less-popular ones . And, [...]

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Garmin, GPS Giant, recalls 1.25 million navi. units; potential fire hazard is the culprit

Garmin, GPS Giant, recalls 1.25 million navi. units; potential fire hazard is the culprit

Each and every day, I thank god for personal navigation systems… because without ‘em, I wouldn’t be able to get off my own stinkin’ street.

Over the past several years, we’ve seen GPS systems mature into more portable (read: lovable) — and, generally speaking, they’ve sold very well, practically flying off the shelves like “hot-cakes.”
Today however, [...]

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Matt Gibstein Writes Livescribe Echo Smartpen Review for the NY Times

Matt Gibstein Writes Livescribe Echo Smartpen Review for the NY Times

Hi loyal readers,
Before I introduce my latest review, I’d like to apologize for the lack of posts this month. We do have a ton of great tech waiting in our review queue, so be sure to hang tight… I sware, the reviews are comin’!  With that being said, the review below is a particularly special one.

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Dell Streak Launch Details Announced: I yawn.

Dell Streak Launch Details Announced: I yawn.

After a short launch delay in the US of A, it appears that the Dell Streak is finally ready to make its stateside debut starting August 13th. Read on past the break for more info.

As you read above, you’ll be able to get your very own Streak in just a few short days. Of course, [...]

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HP G62: (Video) Review

HP G62: (Video) Review

We’re doing something a little different for this review– video footage only. That’s right, we’re not going to bore you with words!

Be sure to check out the HD YouTube footage of the HP G62 notebook after the break for our complete hands-on review.

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YouTube Extends Time Limit for Videos: we pray 15-minute Beiber mashups don’t ensue

YouTube Extends Time Limit for Videos: we pray 15-minute Beiber mashups don’t ensue

The days of YouTube stringent’s limits (read: ten-minute upload maximum) are officially over. Now, you’ll have FIFTEEN minutes to prove you’re the best beatboxer on the web… or, the most good-looking Beiber look-alike (not gunna’ lie: he scares me).

According to the YouTube blog post, the move was spurred by “overwhelming user demand”  and by the [...]

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The Nation’s First LTE (4G) Phone Zooms Past the FCC

The Nation’s First LTE (4G) Phone Zooms Past the FCC

Even though most of you probably aren’t refreshing our site anxiously anticipating this next piece of technology news, I thought I’d share anyways because it’s actually rather interesting.
Some time ago, HTC and Sprint announced the HTC EVO 4G ; since the device’s launch, Sprint has been lauding the phone’s 4G capabilities. If you ask me, [...]

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Hey, wait… where are the posts?

Hey, wait… where are the posts?

Dear Readers,
It’s been a week since our last post and I bet you’re scratching your heads wondering “Is TechTrackr still alive?”To answer your very fair question, we are very much alive.
Here’s the scoop:

Our Editor-In-Chief, Matt Gibstein, has been working tirelessly with NYTimes Tech Columnist David Pogue on a top-secret project. As you may imagine, he’s [...]

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DealTrackr Alert: T-Mobile Extends Buy One Get One Through September 7th

DealTrackr Alert: T-Mobile Extends Buy One Get One Through September 7th

I’m not sure how many of you are actually with the Magenta Carrier (a.k.a. T-Mobile)… but, if you are one of the few T-Mobile customers we have left in our audience, then this DealTrackr Alert is sure to make you down-right giddy!
T-Mobile’s extended its Buy One Get One promotion through September 7th– man, does it [...]

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Verizon & Motorola come clean (and offer fix) to .1% of Droid X users with defect

Verizon & Motorola come clean (and offer fix) to .1% of Droid X users with defect

I’m impressed: it takes some serious guts to stand up and say: “Hey, we screwed up.” Not: “Hey, there’s nothing wrong with our phones but take a free bumper.”
All jokes aside, you deserve some kudos, Verizon and Motorola.
According to both parties, one tenth of one percent (so .1%) of Droid X users are experiencing screen [...]

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Pogoplug Announces the Pogoplug Biz– a more manly solution to file sharing

Pogoplug Announces the Pogoplug Biz– a more manly solution to file sharing

Remember the Pogoplug? You know, that bright pink rather girly-looking device… the one that lets you share your files across the internet?! [In case you don't, see our review here.]

Well, earlier today, Pogoplug announced a new “Biz” version of its popular device. The update sheds the pink color scheme in favor of a new, more manly [...]

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