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MoviePeg iPhone Stand Keeps It Simple, Stupid [Accessories]_

There are plenty of good reasons you might want to prop up your iPhone. Say you're using it as an alarm clock. Or (sorry David Lynch) watching a video. MoviePeg, without being cutesy or funny or DIY-y, just does it. More »

  

New Bing App For the iPhone Adds Bookmarks [Bing]_

The official Bing app only dropped in December, but the Bing blog reports that a new and improved app is now available for free from the App Store. Some new features include the incorporation of bookmarks, copy and pasting URLs, and direct sharing via e-mail, along with a host of other new features and tweaks. More »

  

Sprint to release Android 2.1 update for Hero and Moment 'over the coming weeks'_

If you recall, about a month ago Sprint tweeted that it was working on delivering Android 2.1 upgrade for its HTC Hero and Samsung Moment in early Q2 this year. An optimistic guess would be April, right? Funnily enough, Techie Buzz has heard that two eager customers managed to squeeze a more precise date out of Sprint over a phone call -- end of March or even March 26th. Don't go reaching for tha

  

Xbox 360 Coffin Is the Only Suitable Resting Place For Your Red-Ringed Console [XBox360]_

To serious gamers, the thought of just trashing a console—even if it's an Xbox 360 that's been claimed by the red ring of death—is just downright disrespectful. This coffin lets it rest in video game peace. More »

  

How To: Hide Your "Collection" [How To]_

All this talk about preserving digital legacies got me thinking: What about the bits we don't want to leave behind? Y'know, the risqué material? Don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about. More »

  

New Bing App For the iPhone [Bing]_

The official Bing app only dropped in December, but the Bing blog reports that a new and improved app is now available for free from the App Store. Some new features include the incorporation of bookmarks, copy and pasting URLs, and direct sharing via e-mail, along with a host of other new features and tweaks. More »

  

Taking the Windows Phone 7 Series emulator for a test drive (video)_

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/microsoft/Taking_the_Windows_Phone_7_Series_emulator_for_a_test_drive'; If you've been following the news about Microsoft's reinvention of its mobile presence, Windows Phone 7 Series, chances are you heard about how the company's developer-friendly emulator was... modified slightly by Dan Ardelean to expose a series of applications and hubs that you weren't supposed

  

Microsoft SenseCam Review: Recording Daily Memories [Memory Forever]_

Imagine a format that lies somewhere between photos and video, and a device that takes that format automatically, without you having to click a button. Microsoft's SenseCam is a prototype that hangs around your neck, lifecasting everything you see. More »

  

Subretinal implant successfully tested on humans, makes blind narrowly see_

How many scientists does it take to properly install a lightbulb? When that lightbulb is an implant that stimulates retinal photoreceptors to restore one's sight, quite a few -- even if they disagree whether said implant should be placed on top of the retina (requiring glasses to supply power and video feed) or underneath, using photocells to channel natural sunlight. Now, a German firm dubbed R

  

How would you change HTC's Sense?_

Microsoft's not going to allow HTC to cover Windows Phone 7 Series with its Sense UI overlay (which is going to be an interesting thing to watch in and of itself), but there's no question that the homegrown user interface has made a-many Windows Mobile phones look and feel a whole lot better than stock. Sense is also gaining traction in the Android realm, a sector where it's far more likely to ei

  

GameBone Accessory Will Turn iPhones Into PSP Look-Alikes [IPhone]_

When we last saw renders of the GameBone iPhone gaming accessory it looked ridiculous. But the latest design actually looks like something we might slip our iPhones into to give them four buttons and a d-pad. More »

  

ASUS' Express Gate 2.0 instant-on OS demoed on video_

ASUS' original ExpressGate instant-on OS may be getting a little long in the tooth, but it looks like it's finally due for a serious replacement. While it didn't cause much fanfare at the time, ASUS was apparently showing off version 2.0 of the SlashTop-based OS at CeBIT earlier this month, and Notebook Italia has just now provided a quick hands-on video that gives us some idea of what's in store