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Name That Shifter, No. 52

It’s Tuesday, and that means it’s time to present this week’s shifter. You’ll have until mid-day Thursday to identify the make and model of the vehicle from whence this shifter came. The first person to respond correctly in the Backfires section below will win a Save the Manuals button and sticker. Good luck!

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Anorexia: A Serious Threat That Can Affect Your Teenager

Often parents have dilemmas when it comes to handling their teenaged children, thinking that if they interfere too much, the children might rebel and protest. If they don’t, these kids may think that the parents are not bothered about them and turn to self-destructive behaviors or fall in with bad company.
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UFC 140: Machida Crane Kicks Jones in the Face

With UFC 140 less than two weeks away, anticipation is growing for the main-event matchup between current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon "Bones" Jones and former champion Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida.

Machida will enter the bout having won only one of his last three bouts, but that victory came against Randy Couture at UFC 129 in exciting fashion via crane kick. The victory broke a two-fight losing streak, which included losses against Quinton Jackson and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua.

Jones comes into the fight having won three fights this year. His victories include those over Rua, Jackson and Ryan Bader. His first successful title defense came in September versus Jackson, who he submitted in the fourth round.

Much has been made about Machida's unique style of fighting, which is based on Shotokan karate and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. With the help of Steven Seagal, Machida has mastered the techniques used in his fights and what could lead him to defeating Jones.

UFC 140 will be available on pay-per-view and will feature a five-fight main card, including bouts between Frank Mir and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Tito Ortiz and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Mark Hominick and Chan Sung Jung. Brian Ebersole will also be featured in a welterweight matchup against Claude Patrick.

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Tuesday 29 November 2011

Reasons Why You Should Wear Proper Yoga Pants

While in Yoga you could possibly very clearly go right into a meditative frame of mind due to the enjoyable state it may possibly place you in. This can be a bodily fitness practice which could cleanse your body of impurities, support cut down fat though toning up the body and essentially increasing your overall [...]

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Sony 4K home cinema projector coming in January for �18,000

You were so happy with that 1080p projection spread across your garage wall. But then you got up to fetch a beer and noticed horrible fingernail-sized pixels all over Johnny Depp's mustache. The illusion promptly shattered and you realized it was time for an upgrade. An £18,000 ($28,000) upgrade, no less, which will render your Blu-rays bearable again by upscaling them to four times the resolution of Full HD and blasting them out at 2,000 lumens. We've seen the VPL-PW1000ES in action with 2D content from a PS3 and its 'Reality Creation' upscaling algorithm really does make a big difference, but if you absolutely insist on having native 4K video then you'll currently need to budget an extra $65,000 for a player. (Well, you insisted.)

Sony 4K home cinema projector coming in January for �18,000 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lexus Introduces 2013 GS250 for U.K., Won?t Bring to U.S.

Lexus recently unveiled the 2013 GS sedan range, which here in the U.S. will include the GS350, GS350 F Sport, and GS450h hybrid. There?s now a fourth member of the GS lineup, the 250, that will go on sale in the U.K. Packing less displacement than other GS models, the 250 comes equipped similarly to [...]

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Obstructive Sleep Apnea - Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation Improves Airflow During Sleep

A new study from the Johns Hopkins Sleep Disorders Center published online in the Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine has shown that hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HGNS) produced marked dose-related airflow increases in patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) without waking them up. According to the study, HGNS has demonstrated its potential therapeutic efficacy for a wide spectrum of sleep apnea severities...

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Monday 28 November 2011

UK boards the Acer Liquid Express, Tom Hanks not embedded with NFC

Because phones, like fashion, must always look to the future, Acer's hitching its ride to NFC. The oft-talked about, but still sparsely used tech gets top-billing here as the company refreshes its Liquid line for T-Mobile UK and Orange UK with the Express. It's a solidly mid-range Gingerbread affair, packing an 800MHz Qualcomm 7227 processor, Android 2.3 and 5 megapixel shooter into a 3.5-inch package. Okay, so it's not the best of what's around in wireless, but can you really argue with free (on a two-year contract)? We didn't think so. Follow on past the break for the official presser.

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Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray: The Future of the Big Four

Roger Federer finished the year at a blistering pace: He outclassed most of the new blood at the ATP’s World Tour Finals, and is going back to Switzerland with the trophy and a new stand-alone record to boot.

In having surpassed his shared—with Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras—plateau of five titles in the Year-End Championships, Federer now stands alone with six.

Yet, these same Finals in 2010, which Roger also won, did not spell Slam success for the Swiss this year.

Finishing on a more positive note however, Federer compiled a flawless 17-0 record since his heartbreaking loss to Djokovic in the U.S. Open, and in the process displayed some flashes of years bygone to his nostalgic fans.

Is this Paul Annacone’s final product? The refurbished Roger Federer he promised? Or is all this just false hope buoyed by an expected trend from one of the best indoor hard-court players?

The truth could be somewhere in between. On this sober note, let’s take a look at where Roger Federer and his main rivals stand a year from today.

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Home Sales Up In October, But Prices Dip

WASHINGTON -- Americans bought slightly more new homes in October, a hopeful sign for the troubled housing market. But the median sales price fell to its lowest level of the year, and the overall sales pace is trailing last year's - the worst in half a century. RELATED: Read more..

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First Drive: 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG

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A Simple Black Dress With A Leather-Wrapped Baseball Bat

Yes, it's a tired trope. But if there's a pair of well-off empty-nesters, the husband drives a Mercedes-Benz SL and the wife has an SLK. Stereotypes become stereotypes for a reason: As often as not, they're true.

But to dismiss this latest SLK as yet another Executive Assistant-spec coupe/cabrio is to miss three important letters on the boot: A, M and G. Yet again, the crew from Affalterbach have butched up the smallest offering in the Benz lineup, taking the proverbial velvet hammer to the "Chick Car" cliche. The rear wheels of the 2012 SLK55 AMG are driven by V8 power and its brakes and suspension bits have been beefed up for the occasional back road bonanza or high-speed highway assault. And unlike the BMW Z4 that's simply begging for the M treatment, Mercedes actually has die Hoden to build a testosterone-infused droptop. And we can't thank them enough.

2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dev Watercooler: Faction favoritism

Lead Quest Designer Dave "Fargo" Kosak has just posted the latest Dev Watercooler. This time, the topic is faction balance. In the wake of BlizzCon, this perennial topic has flared up pretty brightly. While the devs did indicate they wanted to give the Alliance a bit more good stuff during some panels, some other incidents during and after BlizzCon (including the news that Theramore, one of the most iconic Alliance cities, will be razed to the ground) has left some doubtful, leading to intense debates and 100+ page forum threads on the subject.

The way Kosak explains it, the devs definitely want to make sure that there is faction pride for both sides, and, he argues, while the Alliance may be getting beat up, the Horde has taken its share of lumps too. But in the long run, heroes are not born out of easy times. The Alliance will go through tough times, but it will give heroes the opportunity to arise. The Alliance's time is coming.

One thing he did admit to is that Blizzard needs to do a better job of making sure people can interact with their heroes. He acknowledges that the Alliance may not think of Thrall as theirs or part of their story, and he promises that once Cataclysm as over, we will catch up with other characters.

Whether you agree with all of his reasonings and conclusions or not, it's a good read, and it does prove that Blizzard is hearing us and is at least planning to try to address some of the complaints of faction parity and Thrall overload. Check after the break for the complete text of Kosak's post.

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Dev Watercooler: Faction favoritism originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Volkswagen eT! Concept Theorizes a New Way to Haul the Mail

Unless you lived in Germany in the 1960s or ?70s?where it was omnipresent?or happened to read our coverage of this year?s Concours d?LeMons, chances are you’ve never seen an example of the Volkswagen ?Fridolin.? The small commercial vanlet, which was based on the original VW Beetle, was developed with and for the Deutsche Bundespost, the [...]

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Hypertension Will Affect 26.5% Of Canadian Adults By 2013

According to an investigation in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), the prevalence of hypertension in Canada is on the rise, and over a one-quarter of Canadian adults are projected to be diagnosed with hypertension (high blood pressure) by 2012-2013. Compared with men, older women were more likely to be diagnosed with hypertension. In addition, individuals living in the Atlantic provinces had the highest rates of high blood pressure...

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Continue reading Shifting Perspectives: The matter of Mists talents and abilities

Shifting Perspectives: The matter of Mists talents and abilities

Every week, WoW Insider brings you Shifting Perspectives for cat , bear , restoration and balance druids. Balance news comes at you every Friday -- learn how to master the forces of nature, and know what it means to be a giant laser turkey! Send questions, comments, or requests for something you'd like to see to tyler@wowinsider.com or on Twitter @murmursofadruid.

Druids, friends, brothers and sisters, we need to have a right good talk. Earlier in the week, Blizzard released the ability list and talent calculator for every class and spec in the next expansion. As we all knew, there were many significant changes that were made in terms of what abilities each spec received and, in some cases, how these abilities worked. Oddly enough, this seemed to cause something of an uproar within the druid community over several choice changes. It's strange to me that a community preaching patience quickly froths at the mouth, but fret not, nothing is nearly as bad as it seems.

The changes are massive -- of that there is no doubt -- but at the core, everything that we've known is still there. The majority of the balance druid spec as it exists today is virtually intact; as far as changes could go, this is close to the best that we could have hoped for. There are still tweaks that should be made, but those shall come in time. For now, allow me assuage your fears.

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Shifting Perspectives: The matter of Mists talents and abilities originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Cruise line to offer an iPad in every stateroom

Cruise lines are always trying to outdo each other on the amenities that they offer to guests. For example, on a cruise I took in September, our large suite not only had a walk-in closet, but came with a laptop and a butler for our use. Of course, I didn't use the crappy HP laptop because I had my Apple devices with me, but it's the thought that counts. Now a major cruise line is equipping every stateroom on a ship with an iPad.

Royal Caribbean's 2,074-passenger Splendour of the Seas is currently in dry dock being refurbished, and one of the new additions to the ship will be an iPad for every stateroom. The idea is to give guests a new way to get information. The daily Cruise Compass newsletter will be accessible from the iPad, providing a list of events and activities, personal daily itineraries, and shore excursions. Guests can also watch movies or surf the Internet. Want to look at a restaurant menu or check your ever-growing bar tab? There's an iPad for that.

Guests will be able to take the iPads around the ship, accessing information from staterooms and any location with a good connection to the ship-wide Wi-Fi network. How Royal Caribbean plans on keeping the iPads from going home with the passengers is a question that needs to be answered. I'm guessing that each device will be outfitted with an RFID tag to keep it from going ashore with guests.

Splendour's sister ships in the Vision class -- Vision, Grandeur, Rhapsody, Enchantment, and Legend of the Seas -- are expected to take on iPads as regular travelers as they also go through renovations over the next two years.

Cruise line to offer an iPad in every stateroom originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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NBA, Players Reach Deal To End Lockout

NEW YORK (AP) -- After nearly two years of bickering, NBA players and owners are back on the same side. "We want to play basketball," Commissioner David Stern said. Come Christmas Day, they should be. The sides reached a tentative agreement early Saturday to end the 149-day lockout and hope to begin the delayed season with a marquee tripleheader Dec. 25. Most of a season that seeme... Read more..

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Obama Pops Into Bookstore, Backs Small Businesses

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has pitched in to help small businesses get into the holiday shopping season. The president took his daughters, Malia and Sasha, along on a shopping run to a bookstore a few blocks from the White House. He says he made the visit because it's "small business Saturday" and he wanted to support a small business. The retail i... Read more..

Transplanted Cells Repair The Brain In Obese Mice

Without neurons reacting to the blood leptin level, the brain does not control the feeling of hunger and fullness. This type of genetic defects results in severe obesity in humans and animals. Scientists from Harvard University (HU), Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Nencki Institute) in Warsaw have demonstrated in their experiments on mice that it is possible to restore brain functions by transplantation of small numbers of new neurons into the damaged area of the brain...

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Continue reading NHTSA releases Chevy Volt fire investigation details

Sunday 27 November 2011

Official: NHTSA releases Chevy Volt fire investigation details

Filed under: Hybrid, Government/Legal, Safety, Hatchback, Chevrolet

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a statement on its investigation into a Chevrolet Volt fire that occurred at the organization's facilities. NHTSA had done a side-impact test on a Volt then parked it outside, and three weeks later Chevy's plug-in hybrid caught fire. The battery was determined to be the cause, after its coolant line was ruptured during the side-impact test. That led the NHTSA to consider a ruling forcing hybrid and electric-car batteries to be drained after a wreck.

On Friday, NHTSA said it is opening "a formal safety defect investigation" to study the risks of fire in Chevy Volts that have been in major accidents. To be clear, though, the larger story is that this isn't just about the Volt, this is about any vehicle with a battery pack, with NHTSA gathering "additional information about the potential for fire in electric vehicles involved in a crash...."

NHTSA conducted three more tests on the Volt's battery packs over three days, each test involving damaging the pack and rotating the car to simulate an accident and rollover. The battery pack in the third test began to smoke and spark almost immediately, the pack in the second test caught fire a week later. It is due to these results that the formal investigation has been opened. Follow the jump for NHTSA's complete statement.

NHTSA releases Chevy Volt fire investigation details originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Purification of chicken carbonic anhydrase isozyme-III (CA-III) and its measurement in White Leghorn chickens

The developmental profile of chicken carbonic anhydrase-III (CA-III) blood levels has not been previously determined or reported. We isolated CA-III from chicken muscle and investigated age-related changes in the levels of CA-III in blood.CA-III was purified from chicken muscle. The levels of CA-III in plasma and erythrocytes from 278 female chickens (aged 1-93 weeks) and 68 male chickens (aged 3-59 weeks) were determined by ELISA.The mean level of CA-III in female chicken erythrocytes (1 week old) was 4.6 mug/g of Hb, and the CA-III level did not change until 16 weeks of age. The level then increased until 63 weeks of age (11.8 mug/g of Hb), decreased to 4.7 mug/g of Hb at 73 weeks of age, and increased again until 93 weeks of age (8.6 mug/g of Hb). The mean level of CA-III in erythrocytes from male chickens (3 weeks old) was 2.4 mug/g of Hb, and this level remained steady until 59 weeks of age. The mean plasma level of CA-III in 1-week-old female chickens was 60 ng/mL, and this level was increased at 3 weeks of age (141 ng/mL) and then remained steady until 80 weeks of age (122 ng/mL). The mean plasma level of CA-III in 3-week-old male chickens was 58 ng/mL, and this level remained steady until 59 weeks of age.We observed both developmental changes and sex differences in CA-III concentrations in White Leghorn (WL) chicken erythrocytes and plasma. Simple linear regression analysis showed a significant association between the erythrocyte CA-III level and egg-laying rate in WL-chickens 16-63 weeks of age (p < 0.01).

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Herman ?Chocolate Walnut? Cain To Iowans: ?I Can Bring Black Vote?

Herman Cain has another soundbite bomb-dropper for us: He can bring African American voters to the Republican Party in 2012. The Washington Post... Read more..

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Daily iPhone App: Superman

This one kind of came out of left field -- there isn't really any reason for Chillingo to release a Superman game, especially one created by Flash developer Tiger Games. Superman games in general don't usually work well anyway: How exactly do you put a challenge on pretending to be the Man of Steel himself? But this one works because it stays simple -- you control the big blue boy scout running around Metropolis, and perform various tasks, like stopping robbers, killing big robots, or smashing asteroids or missles as they threaten the city.

Most of the gameplay simply consists of flying around, and this is where Tiger Games gets it right -- Metropolis is a nice big 2D world to explore, and arrows on the screen will quickly directly you where Superman needs to go. There's a not-bad storyline propping the whole thing up, but let's be honest, this is superhero fantasy. You really just want to jump in as Superman and blast some robots with your eye lasers. The game's not bad at all, and for a Superman game, given the IP's history, that's enough.

The iPhone version is available for just 99 cents, or you can pick up an HD version for iPad for $2.99.

Daily iPhone App: Superman originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Daily iPad App: Perfect365 touches up faces in a snap

I'm really impressed when powerful applications or techniques migrate to iOS and seem to work as well (or better than) as they do on the desktop. A good example is Perfect365 HD.

This iPad app lets you take a photo of a person and modify it, 'improving' their facial structure, lips, eyes, nose, cheeks -- just about any part of the face that may need a nip here or a tuck there. Basically, the app gives any person a one click makeover. It's plastic surgery without the risk.

Portrait photographers and advertising agencies have been using these techniques for years, but usually the work is complicated and takes a long time. Perfect365 can do it in a click or two. Facial recognition features identify the parts of the face and with a couple of clicks your can turn your significant other into something a bit beyond their normal look. You can be subtle or extreme.

Images can be from your photo albums, or you can activate your camera and take the picture any time you want.

When you're done, the enhanced image can be saved back to your photo album, or sent to Facebook, Twitter or Flickr.

I tried the app on some pictures of people I had stashed on my hard drive, and I must say the results are pretty amazing and easy to accomplish. Some friends really liked the enhancements, some found it all a bit creepy. I found subtle changes were the best, cleaning up complexions or whitening teeth. The app provides a before and after view so you can see exactly what has changed. I have some examples in the gallery.

The app sells for US $4.99. I've used some Mac applications that are far more expensive but give similar results, although they offer more control and features. There's an iPhone version of the app that is now selling for $1.99.

If you're a casual photographer with friends that aren't happy with their 'look' I'll bet this app will please them and make you popular at the same time.

With the holidays here up you may be taking a lot of photos, and I think you'll be pleased with Perfect365.

The app requires iOS 3.2 or greater. Arcsoft, the company that created the app, also has a Mac OS X version coming with, you guessed it, more control and more features.

Check the gallery for some before and after photos.

Gallery: Perfect365

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2012 BMW 528i Driven: Small DI Turbo Four Makes 5er More Efficient, but Not Better

Future-tech?s holy trinity makes for a more efficient base 5-series, but not necessarily a better one. We?ve been skeptical of claims that direct injection and turbochargers could replace displacement while returning sky-high fuel economy since the beginning. Our observed mileage with many such engines has suggested that potential fuel savings are being overstated, but in [...]

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Ocean Spray Original Flavor Craisins Recalled, Hair-like Metal Fragments Found

Small hair-like fragments were found in certain lots of Original Flavor Craisins Dried cranberries, triggering a voluntary recall, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. have announced. The affected produce comes in 5-ounce, 10-ounce and 48-ounce packages. The company emphasized that the hair-like metal fragments are extremely unlikely to cause any harm or injury to consumers, it added that this current recall is a precautionary measure. Craisins are fresh cranberries that have been partially dehydrated, a process similar to making raisins from grapes...

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Day 21. Sleep, remember that?

Deep sleep. Haven't had it in a long time. Nice to have it again.

Holidays - such a habit to drive to the liquor store to pick up the T-giving stash, right after dropping off packages at the...

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The Queue: What does that even mean?

Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mike Sacco will be your host today.

"China is here"? I don't even know what the hell that means.

Glasscannon asked:

Which race has the best 2H weapon animations in your opinion?

Unequivocally, male blood elves.

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The Queue: What does that even mean? originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Continue reading Cricket unveils ZTE Chorus, its third Muve Music smartphone

Source: http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/11/26/the-queue-what-does-that-even-mean/

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Cricket unveils ZTE Chorus, its third Muve Music smartphone

We're not saying much, but a little bird told us about this travesty months and months ago. Now, it seems that Cricket is ready to act on its plans, and well, here's the ZTE Chorus. It's certainly a handsome device, but sadly, there's not a whole lot going on underneath the hood. It combines a 3.2-inch 400 x 240 (WQVGA) resistive touch display with a 600MHz CPU, a 2 megapixel camera and a 1000mAh battery. Seeking redemption, the Chorus is the third smartphone in Cricket's stable to offer Muve Music access, and its $40 price tag (after some hefty rebates) is nothing to sneeze at, but really, even without contract, don't saddle yourselves down with this one, folks. The Samsung Vitality is a much better device, costs only two Jacksons more, and is free of all that self-loathing buyer's remorse. Yes, we hear the chorus, but why not travel to the beat of a different drum? If you haven't been fully dissuaded, you'll find the complete PR after the break.

Cricket unveils ZTE Chorus, its third Muve Music smartphone originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Chrome to gain plug and play gamepad support and WebRTC video chat in 2012

Seems like Big G updates its browser of choice with fresh features every time we turn around, and one of Google's own, dev advocate Paul Kinlan, revealed that another spate of upgrades are arriving for Chrome early next year. The headliner is plug-and-play support for gamepads, but native support for cameras, microphones and open-source video chat framework WebRTC are on the docket too -- features that give Chrome some considerable gaming chops when combined with its existing WebGL and HTML 5 prowess and, he says, could bring OnLive to the web without plugins. If you thought Angry Birds on a browser was a great, we can't wait to see what's in store when a proper controller and integrated video chat are involved.

Chrome to gain plug and play gamepad support and WebRTC video chat in 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony Tablet P available online, the P is short for pricey

Sony's second avant-garde tablet a la Android, the Tablet P, has finally made its high-fashioned self available online in the UK. The 3G-capable model has been slapped with a hefty £500 ($774) price tag, possibly explained in part by the pair of 5.5-inch touchscreens, which both tap into the same TruBlack technology used in Sony's Bravia TV range. The dual screen setup means that controls can be split to the lower half -- ideal for PlayStation-certified gaming or the occasional email barrage. If curiously curved clam shapes are doing it for you, offer up your pound sterling at the source link below.

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