Put a Starbucks card on your BlackBerry (hands-on)

The new Starbucks Card Mobile App lets you add value and even pay for drinks and snacks from your BlackBerry smartphone. We’re looking forward to seeing Starbucks expand their trial partners to cover more ground.

Originally posted at Dialed In

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New HP laptops and accessories on the way, from Netbooks to 3D desktop replacements

New tweaks to HP’s popular Envy and Mini 210 product lines have arrived, along with an interesting new way to stream HD video to a TV.
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World’s most amazing subwoofer has no woofer

Subwoofer designers usually stuff a big woofer in a box, but Eminent Technology’s TRW-17 sub doesn’t have a woofer or a box.

Originally posted at The Audiophiliac

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Takeoff in Boeing’s 787 simulator (video)

CNET took a ride in the full flight simulator for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner aircraft in Renton, Wash. Catch a glimpse of our virtual flight.

Originally posted at News – Cutting Edge

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Is your phone the wallet of the future?

Smartphones are central to several companies’ plans to make payments–either through mobile credit-card readers or by using the phone in place of a credit card.

Originally posted at Circuit Breaker

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Digital City 94: Why isn’t cable TV dead yet? Plus, laser guns for jails, and a live MIDI guitar demo


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This week, a heated argument breaks out over the cable TV regulatory landscape (we’re sure you were just think about that as well).

Plus, check out footage of a new laser weapon ready for use on LA County jails, and groove to some live music on the YouRock MIDI guitar.

Cheetos bags, diapers remade into trash cans

How green is your trash can? Recycling firm TerraCycle has created plastic garbage cans out of chip bags. The process reportedly produces about 40 percent less CO2 emissions compared with virgin plastic.
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Rolling Tocky clock wakes incorrigible snoozers

Uh-oh. Clocky, the annoying wheeled clock that rolls away from you and keeps beeping until you chase it down, now has a sibling.
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New pictures of AT&T’s next Android handset arrive

Judging by the polished look of the device, AT&T’s next Android phone should be arriving shortly.

Originally posted at Android Atlas

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R2-D2 Droid 2 edition to arrive in September

Everyone’s favorite Astromech Droid comes to Verizon next month in special edition of the carrier’s latest Android phone.

Originally posted at Android Atlas

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