Price of Gold Affects CPU Prices [Chip Packagers Forced To Raise Costs On Price Of Gold, Will Your Favorite Gadgets Get More Expensive?]

Gold may have been a safe investment during the economic recession the past few years, but now, the record high price of gold may be having an adverse affect on your favorite consumer electronics! DigiTimes is reporting that the high price of gold is causing many processor packagers to raise their prices to their customers. (…) Read the rest of Price of Gold Affects CPU Prices [Chip Packagers Forced To Raise Costs On Price Of Gold, Will Your Favorite Gadgets Get More Expensive?] (199 words) Post by TFTS | © TFTS – Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities , 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us

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Juliette Binoche at Cannes: Promoting a New Movie and Fighting for an Imprisoned Friend

There may not be a more composed, sophisticated, and veteran actress at Cannes than Juliette Binoche. So it was quite a shock to see her crying on the stage of her press conference for Copie Conforme ( Certified Copy ), a mysterious, subtle romance shot in Tehran in which she and actor William Shimell are directed by Iranian auteur Abbas Kiarostami. The question that prompted her tears regarded the status of Kiarostami’s good friend, Iranian director Jafar Panahi (whose most recent, exceptional film Offside follows female Iranian soccer fans who sneak into a match and get nabbed).

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Today Only: Boston Acoustics 5.1 Home Theater Audio System for $300 at OneCall

Get the Boston Acoustics MCS 130 Mist (White) Horizon Series 5.1 Channel Speaker System for $800 – $500 instant discount = $300 at OneCall.com. Small enough to hang on a wall, but powerful enough to play loudly and clear, the new Boston Horizon MCS packages take all the complexity out of multi-channel audio without sacrificing any of its impact

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Princess Jake’s Latest Role Kind of a Stretch

“I’ve always really wanted to play a prince — some people might say I am in a lot of ways a princess.” — Jake Gyllenhaal [ Sun UK ] “[F]or the most part I’m not totally convinced [by women directors, except for] Andrea Arnold, Kathryn Bigelow, Sofia Coppola … [And American Psycho director] Mary Harron to a degree. There’s something about the medium of film itself that I think requires the male gaze. ..

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10% off + up to 3 Free Months of Data Backup Subscriptions at Mozy

Save 10% and get up to 3 months free of Mozy online data backup subscription . Mozy is an online backup service for consumers and small businesses with more than 1 million customers and 50,000 business customers, owned by EMC Corporation

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CrunchDeals: Watchismo’s stock of vintage mechanicals on sale

Mmmm… I love me a jump hour. Mitch at Watchismo is holding a sale on most of his vintage stock including a crazy Jaeger LeCoultre Masterquartz LED and a bunch of Jump Hour “digital” watches from before the era of digital. This crazy Sicura is particularly amazing with its battery lamp lighting up a handwind movement.

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Columbia gets into the sports watch market in a big way

Columbia just jumped head first into the sports watch buisness with nine different model lines spanning three distinct market segments. Chances are that if you need a watch for an outdoors activity, one of these new watches will fit the bill as they feature everything from an altimeter, to a barometer, to a compass — all for a bit less than other sports watches from Casio or Suunto . Each one of the three segments — travel, trail, and water — features three model lines, each at a different price point.

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Brother MFC-495CW Ink Cartridges At Lowest Price!

Brother MFC-495CW Ink Jet Printer The Brother MFC-495CW ink cartridges are at their lowest price here at 123inkcartridges.ca . While the individual Brother MFC-495CW ink cartridges are at $3.99, the Brother MFC-495CW ink cartridges value pack , the LC61 value pack is selling for merely $13.00 per pack! And that’s not all, the Brother MFC-495CW Wireless Colour Inkjet Printer 4-in-1 is on sale right now at Staples.

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Atmel’s advanced touch panels are growing up to tablet size – and you’ll be touching one soon

Recently I bemoaned the fact that the iPhone still has a huge advantage over other phones in that it has the most responsive and accurate touchscreen.

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HP Mini 210 Netbook Now Available With Verizon [Verizon Wireless Now Offering The Windows 7 Powered HP Mini 210-1076NR Netbook, Priced At $149.99…

Verizon Wireless has quietly added another netbook into their current lineup. The new model is the HP Mini 210-1076NR and its priced at $149.99 on a two year agreement

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IBM software in your home? Pact enables five-city smart meter pilot in Europe

A new relationship between IBM and Hildebrand, an energy consulting firm, will combine the tech giant’s data management software with energy monitoring devices in five European cities: Birmingham, Bristol and Manchester in the United Kingdom, and Plovdiv and Ivanovo in Bulgaria.The deal was made possible by funding that Hildebrand received for a 30-month pilot into

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iPhone voted the eighth wonder of the world

What, in your opinion, is the most important invention in the world? It isn’t an easy question to answer without some thought, but Tesco Mobile has attempted to pin down the most important inventions ever with a poll of 4,000 people. And stone the crows, the iPhone managed to make the top ten all-time inventions.

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EA Talked With Bungie Before Activision [EA Exec Says They Talked With Bungie Over New IP, A Bungie-EA Partnership Is Still Possible]

When news broke that Bungie (the game developers behind the popular Halo series, formerly owned by Microsoft for many years) had partnered with Activision for a 10-year deal that saw Activision publishing their next great video game franchise, it took a lot of people by surprise. But now, it’s come out that EA was also in talks with Bungie regarding the same new IP franchise

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Daily Dispatch: Google Wave for all; Togetherville launches a safe social network for kids

Combing through hundreds of blog posts and news articles daily, Dirk Klingner, our technology-trend watcher, sifts through the noise to bring you the tech news most important to consumers. If you have a tip on a story you want to share, leave a comment below.

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DIY Volume knob built using a tea caddy and tinfoil

Over at MAKE: Japan, Takumi Funada found this excellent tea caddy variable capacitor ( translation ), which uses a homemade capacitor to turn a little plastic container into a volume control. Nice hack! More: MAKE presents: The Capacitor DIY electronic inclinometer: Measure tilt using water! Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Electronics | Digg this!

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European Commission launches ambitious Digital Agenda

Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 17:48:00 Long-awaited action plan aims to speed up Europe’s economic recovery The European Commission has set out its long-awaited Digital Agenda action plan, promising long-term investment and the removal of obstacles to maximising the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs)…

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Adobe Embraces HTML5 & Adds HTML5 Pack for Dreamweaver CS5 [Did Adobe Just Realize Flash Is Going to be Replaced by HTML5 in the End?]

As you already know Google I/O is already underway and we have already told you how Google Wave is now available to everyone and how the company has introduced a Chrome-based Web Store . (…) Read the rest of Adobe Embraces HTML5 & Adds HTML5 Pack for Dreamweaver CS5 [Did Adobe Just Realize Flash Is Going to be Replaced by HTML5 in the End?] (511 words) Post by KevinSchram | © TFTS – Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities , 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us

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Facebook privacy changes expected soon

Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 17:46:00 Company admits settings are ‘too complex’ Facebook has acknowledged widespread criticism about its privacy policy and said it is working on a response, although it couldn’t provide a timeframe….

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Google I/O: Google Announces & Previews The Chrome Web Store [Google Unveils App Store For the Web, Dubbed The Chrome Web Store]

Google I/O 2010 has barely kicked off and we are already seeing some interesting goodies come. One of the more recent was the announcement of the Chrome Web Store, which will be an app store for the web. (…) Read the rest of Google I/O: Google Announces & Previews The Chrome Web Store [Google Unveils App Store For the Web, Dubbed The Chrome Web Store] (305 words) Post by Chris Smith | © TFTS – Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities , 2010.

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Novell unveils SUSE Linux updates at BrainShare

Sharon Brennan, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 17:24:00 Firm launches SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1 and Identity Manager 4 Novell has released an update to its SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 designed to offer improved virtualisation, availability and support.

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