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Android-Powered T-Mobile G1 Hands-On Impressions and Launch Information

Android-Powered T-Mobile G1 Hands-On Impressions and Launch Information

T-Mobile, Google and HTC, in a joint collaboration, unveiled the world’s first Android-powered cell phone today in New York City, and OTR attended the media blowout event to get hands-on with the groundbreaking new device and bring all you tech-loving college students out there our impressions.

 

Originally codenamed the “Dream,” the G1 offers a...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: wow this is maizing

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Must-Have Back-To-School Tech: MOTOROKR S9

Must-Have Back-To-School Tech: MOTOROKR S9

Sadly, summer is over, and it’s time for students to return to their alma maters and prepare for another semester filled with late-night studying, grueling examinations and epic-length term papers.

 

Depressed yet? Don’t be, because going back-to-school does have one major benefit (besides binge drinking Thursday nights with friends): back-to-sc...

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Desperate Schools Bribe Students With iPods

Desperate Schools Bribe Students With iPods

As if Apple wasn’t everywhere already, it may be invading your campus soon.
 

More and more colleges are choosing to hand out iPods and iPhones to incoming students. School officials claim it has to do with integrating technology with education and all that, but there may be an ulterior motive.
 

The New York Times explains:

While schools emph...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: I believe the mild mannered rambler left his nuggets at home today. If you investigate the programs, you will see its not about gadgets and gimmicks, its about teaching our youth in a way they want to learn as opposed to trying to force them into a method that was state of the art in 1894.

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5 I-Can't-Believe-These-Really-Exist Gadgets

5 I-Can't-Believe-These-Really-Exist Gadgets

The unbelievable gadgets in science fiction movies used to be just that: unbelievable. But in today’s tech-obsessed society, nothing is out the realm of possibility.
 

With the latest unveiling of a new jetpack, Sci Fi geeks are poised to see their dreams come to life. Here’s a look at 5 recent innovations based in pop culture:
 

1. The Jetpack...

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Schools That May Cause the Earth's Destruction

Schools That May Cause the Earth's Destruction

Experts are holding a four-day conference this week on global catastrophic risks. To clarify the purpose of the event, these "experts" are discussing preventative measures to enhance the quality of human life, while deterring the end of it. The conference covers everything from super intelligent machines, a la I, Robot, to enhanced weaponry. In ...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: re: Olin -- *three* years, to be exact. The first class graduated in 2006. Now, our ranks are slowly yet inexorably swelling...

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Creepy, Sexy or Cool? The Nokia 888

Creepy, Sexy or Cool? The Nokia 888

Nokia's newest concept phone is the Nokia 888.  It is a flexible phone, which means it can be shaped like a clip, a bracelet or rolled up and shoved in your pocket.  The idea is to use flexible battery and touch screen technology to create new ways of communicating called E-motions.  These E-motions are movements that can be sent to other Nokia ...

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Latest comment by unc11: things like this always suck when they first come out, it'll probably be a while before rubber phones are worth having (if they're worth having at all)

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$50,000 to the National Texting Champion

$50,000 to the National Texting Champion

What's with generation Y? I know they're only a few years younger than us, but today's high school and middle schoolers are bizzarely tech saavy--take this: LG's national texting competition.

 

The national texting competition offers a chance to showcase one's--what else?--texting skills. Last year, the winner was a 13 year old girl from Pennsyl...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: I love this message! As a former Vandy Sorority Girl (and proud of it) I think its fabulous! The competition, not that great, but the graphic--darling!

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