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Hard drives are the next set of tech gadgets to get a fresh shot of color. As we told you about before, the WD My Passport Essential HD is coming in a range of 11 colors, including black and white (I always forget if they are considered colors or not), and range from 120GB to 320GB. Not only are these drives extremely affordable and reliable, you can finally match your hard drive to your rig! Enjoy our peep show of the Blue drive. Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! (Read the full post about ‘Gadgetell Peep Show: Western Digital My Passport Essential HD’…)

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by Paul Miller, posted Jul 7th 2008 at 11:04AM Look, this top ten celebrity child-rearing tips list of ours is gonna make it to the top, we just know it, and we’re tired of hitting up family members to get stories out of the single digits. Luckily there’s a better way. The robotic Digg arm — which appears to be slightly or entirely fake — refreshes a page, detects Digg badges on the screen, and then moves the cursor over them to “manually” Digg the stories. (Read the full post about ‘Robo arm Diggs without complaining, smells better than your brother’…)

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I’m not certain whether we are at the point where everything is visible on a genetic test, but in case you don’t know, those DNA tests are pretty complex.  Fortunately, some scientists at Berkeley have created a technique that uses something called electrostatic tech.  All a user has to do is put their DNA sample on a microarray surface.  Then these negatively charged things called microspheres are spread across the surface, which can push themselves into clumps as they move away from the like-charged DNA and RNA areas.  These clumps are apparently easy to see, so easy that they can be recorded by an ordinary cell phone camera.  Putting DNA on a mircroarray and taking a picture of it on a cell phone camera is a lot easier than chemicals and instruments.  This new process could be used in underdeveloped third world countries, and help them prevent disease and other genetic disorders.  So, what will this lead to?  Perhaps an age where DNA testing becomes a lot more common.  I suppose that might be good thing if we could really prevent some problems.  Of course, how good is genetic testing anyway?  Via [DVICE] Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! (Read the full post about ‘Excuse me, I need to check my DNA on my cell phone’…)

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At first when reading up on this product I thought it was brilliant.  A water disinfectant to float in your bathtub, it’d be great for those that find it gross lying in their own muck.   Personally, I really question how clean my bathtub really is.  However, I soon discovered they weren’t exactly using this little floating bulb for that reason.  You see, this is yet another creation straight from and for Japan.  It’s meant so that after you’re finished soaking in the tub, you can then hop out and allow the next person to use the water. (Read the full post about ‘Japan gets the Floating bathtub disinfectant’…)

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by Darren Murph, posted Jul 7th 2008 at 8:31AM Wait a second — are absurdly large, overdecorated gaming desktops making a comeback? With Acer’s Aspire Predator and ASUS’ ARES CG6155 lighting up eyes everywhere, we’re beginning to think yes — particularly when you take one glance at Packard Bell’s elephantine ipower X2.0. Revealed at the Electronic Sports World Cup in Paris, this beast features a tremendously large, high-gloss chassis, a liquid cooling system, a dedicated lock to keep PCB snatchers at bay and a nice array of components including Intel’s Core 2 Quad / Extreme processor, a Blu-ray optical drive, hybrid TV tuner, up to 3TB of storage, a NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2, a 21-in-1 card reader and a gaming keyboard / mouse. (Read the full post about ‘Packard Bell reveals gargantuan ipower X2.0 gaming desktop’…)

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Are we heading towards a time when we’ll be able to fulfill all of our material needs without ever making human contact? These vending machines in Japan that dispense fresh vegetables make me think maybe yes. The vending machine craze hasn’t quite taken off in the U.S., though people who are nostalgic about New York’s Automats from the olden days can visit BAMN in the East Village, where you can get hot comfort foods from automat machines. Via Trends in Japan. Tags: speakers, gaming, cellphone, Ogg (Read the full post about ‘Vegetable vending machines’…)

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Pocket-lint does a first look review of the HTC Touch Diamond and writes, “Although we weren’t able to test every facet of the HTC Diamond (GPS, camera quality) what we saw was very impressive…This is a consumer smartphone that packs more specs, and if HTC can sort out the lag issue, more punch than the iphone in all areas. The only thing it appears to be lagging is the audio and video prowess of Apple’s smartphone…If you aren’t fussed about multimedia and just want to stay connected on the go, this is certainly one to watch.” Read more about the HTC Touch Diamond. (Read the full post about ‘HTC Touch Diamond First Look Review - Pocket-lint’…)

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We told you about the LG Chocolate 3 (VX8560), but since then, a pricing scale and release date have since surfaced.  To recap quickly, the 3rd edition of LG’s high selling Chocolate will be wrapped in a clamshell form factor, unlike the previous two iterations which were candybar-styled.  The LG Chocolate 3 will have 1GB of internal memory, with up to 8GB of additional space through microSD cards. The phone’s external display is 1.76-inch (176×220) and the internal display is 2.2-inch with a QVGA resolution. Other features include a 2-megapixel camera, 3.5mm headphone jack, stereo speakers, Bluetooth (with stereo support).  Finally, the Chocolate 3 will have an FM transmitter, so you can listen to your music on any FM radio. (Read the full post about ‘LG Chocolate 3 for Verizon Wireless release date, pricing details’…)

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FROM APPLETELL - Will you still jailbreak your iphone when the App Store is knocking at your door? MORE » Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: Ogg Vorbis, MP3, dvr, mobile phone (Read the full post about ‘App Store or Installer.app? The choice is yours.’…)

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Don’t mind the seemingly explosive brand name. This basic mobile handset from Kyocera is a simple handset that won’t give you any touchscreen features or high megapixel resolution cameras. It’s just your basic mobile handset minus the frills of other high-end phones. But in this trying times, the Kyocera TNT!, which is available now over at Virgin Mobile for a mere $19.99 might just be what everyone needs. So, what do you get from a dirt cheap phone such as the TNT! from Kyocera. Surprisingly, for the not so sophisticated mobile phone users, the TNT! some decent features worthy of its price tag. It has a full color screen, mobile web browsing, text messaging, two-way speakerphone, and a TTY/TDD enabled for the hearing impaired. (Read the full post about ‘Virgin Mobile unleashes the Kyocera non-explosive TNT!’…)

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