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MSI Wind12 U230 unboxed and benchmarked, trounces netbooks of yesteryear

It's no Pine Trail when it comes to power consumption, but AMD's Congo platform is no slouch, either. TestFreaks recently received the Congo-powered MSI Wind12-U230 for review, and discovered that its dual-core Athlon X2 L335 CPU and speedy Seagate drive made neat work of last year's Atom netbooks, including the formerly formidable HP Mini 311. After shooting the requisite unboxing video and posing the slender machine for a few close-ups, TestFreak s praised the large, comfortable keyboard and touchpad, while scoffing at only four hours of net browsing as the entirety of its battery life. You'll find pics, a host of benchmarks and even CPU-Z screens at the source link; now, we just want to see how the netbook handles a contemporary competitor.
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Easily Add Clouds to Any Picture in Photoshop [Photoshop]

There's nothing like a clear blue sky in real life, but it doesn't create for the most interesting photos—Weblog MakeUseOf has a nice tutorial for easily creating clouds to spice up the skies. More
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Blackberry Internet Service 3.0 Coming March 28 With Gmail Syncing [BlackBerry]

In the wee hours of the morning on March 28, RIM will roll out Blackberry Internet Service 3.0 . During the four hour upgrade, Blackberry users can expect their email service to be a bit wonky, but it'll be worth it: BIS 3.0 brings with it support for WMA and OpenOffice files, and, more importantly, two-way syncing with Gmail. [ Crackberry via Boy Genius Report ] More
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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
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Taking the Windows Phone 7 Series emulator for a test drive (video)

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 to see yet. Microsoft was quite gracious about it, indicating it basically expected this would happen and simply reminded everyone that these newly discovered apps are far from complete. With that in mind, let's take a look at the unlocked version of the OS, and we'll spell out for you exactly how you can do the same to see it for yourself
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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
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Week in Microsoft: Windows Phone 7 and Internet Explorer 9

Let's look back at the week that was in Microsoft news. Here were the top stories: Microsoft shows off Windows Phone 7 Series dev tools at MIX10 : Microsoft's MIX10 Developer Conference kicked off with much ado about Windows Phone 7 Series and Silverlight 4. Ars reports from Las Vegas. Platform Preview gives Web developers first taste of IE9 : Microsoft has released the Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview for Web developers to start playing around with Internet Explorer 9
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Top 10 Remote Control and Streaming Tools [Lifehacker Top 10]

Streaming recorded TV to your hotel room. Grabbing files off your home computer from work. Checking on the dog walker. Your computer can do amazing things while you're nowhere near it, and these 10 killer remote access apps help you do them. More
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Top 10 Modern Gadgets with Retro Styling [PICS]

If you’re a gadget-lover fed up of filling your home with ice white this and brushed aluminum that, then check out this selection of totally stylin’ items offering a design blast from the past. Retro, vintage, old school or just classic, whatever your interpretation, we’ve dug out ten gadgets that boast classic good looks as well as bang-up-to-date functionality. 1.
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Nokia Crowdsources All That Boring "Design" Business [Nokia]

You know what? Nokia's just about had it with you guys complaining about the design of their devices. Let's see you do better, the company says. No, really, use this panel of sliders and buttons to design your dream phone
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