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Started by techieguy, Aug 20, 2010, 03:01 PM

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                                                                                        According to Techcrunch's sources, a full webmail client integrated with The One and Only Social Network will debut next Monday. This is why it may become your favorite webmail service.            More »             

Why You'll Give Up Gmail for Facebook Mail [Facebook]



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Through Monday Nov. 15th, Amazon's offering all AT&T handsets for a penny (plus that pesky new two-year contract). This is your first chance—unless you're a Microsoft employee—to pick up a Windows Phone 7 device for practically nothing.



The includes the HTC Surround (probably your best bet, although the Samsung Focus is better), LG Quantum (the pick if you want a slider), and LG eXpo GW820. And if you take them up on the offer, here's what you need to download first.

AT&T WP7 Devices Are a Penny at Amazon Through Monday [Dealz]

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The people at Sciency Stuff got a dead Intel processor, tore it apart and made an autopsy using an electronic microscope. They zoomed in 3,160 times. Play the video while you shout "ENHANCE!" in your brain.

Watch the fantastic voyage into a computer's brain [Video]

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                                                                                                                                              You'll have to wait until Tuesday to buy the mega three-disc Avatar Extended Collector's Edition Blu-ray. But you can watch this exclusive featurette on how Zoe Saldana became eight-feet tall and blue right now. And yes, even horses get motion-captured.            More »             

Exclusive Look at How Avatar's Human Actors Transformed Into Towering Na'vi [Video]



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Photography is more accessible than it's ever been, thanks to the rise of cheap, amazing cameras. There's never been more potential photographers than this very moment.



The Potential Photographer is that person that has the eye. You see something in their cute kitty pictures or whacked out food photos that you don't see in the thousands of others streaming by on Flickr. Lots of their photos are somebody's favorite. And they want to take it further. This is what you buy them.         

Guaranteed Awesome Gifts for the Would-Be Photographer [Giftguide2010]

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The Cuban government is very angry. The reason: This scene from a Call of Duty: Black-Ops mission that requires to kill Fidel Castro. They are claiming some bullshit about it being "perverse." I wonder if the victims of Castro's dictatorship agree.         

The scene In which gamers blow Fidel's brains off [Video]