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• GeekDad Giveaway: Angry Birds iPad Speaker Dock
  If it wasn't enough that Angry Birds has conquered your iPhone, iPod, iPad, Android device, e-reader, computer and practically every gadget imaginable, then been made into everything from protective cases to board games, tee-shirts and plush toys, characters from Rovio's game franchise are now prepared to invade musically. No, they haven't formed an irritated ornithological-themed ...
  11.21.11

• Fizik Kurve Saddle, Like a Brooks From the Future
  The first thing fair-weather cyclists do in the spring is to jump on their creaking rides and go for a spin. The second thing they do is hobble to the local bike shop and ask the sales clerk for a bigger, softer saddle to ease the chafing on their sore butts. This is the last thing ...
  11.21.11

• Wishlist Gift Bag: Enter to Win These 19 Editor's Picks
  Too much sexy tech to make sense of? We'll make it easy on you -- enter to win this 19-item stash of gadgets picked by Wired editors.
  11.21.11

• Giveaway: Hurry! You Could Win $100 to Spend at Kodak Gallery
  With the holiday season upon us, digital photos are going to be flying around everywhere. Kodak offers photo sharing capabilities through Group Albums and a new iPhone Kodak Gallery Mobile app that allows family and friends to get together for a special occasion, take some snaps and share them online, with restricted privileges that let ...
  11.19.11

• New Apple Patents Address Geo-Location, Power Adapters and Breaking Glass
  Around three dozen Apple patents made their way through the US Patent and Trademark Office this week alone. Here we share three of the most notable ¿ one helps prevent cracked cover glass, another would deliver power to multiple devices with just a single adapter, and a third is a far-reaching location-based services patent that could keep Apple¿s competitors on their toes.
  11.18.11

• Tiny USB Stick Brings Android to PCs, TVs
  Thanks to FXI Technologies' Cotton Candy USB device, we may not have to wait long to see Android on more than just our mobile devices. FXI essentially built an ultra-lean computer inside a small USB stick. Stick it into any device that supports USB storage, and Cotton Candy will register as a USB drive. From there, you can run the Android OS in a secure environment inside your desktop, courtesy of a Windows/OSX/Linux-compatible virtualization client embedded in the device.
  11.18.11

• iPhone 4S Carrier Quality: AT&T; Wins for Data Speed, Verizon for Call Reliability
  The iPhone 4S is available on three major carriers, leaving potential buyers to wonder whether AT&T;, Verizon or Sprint is the better network choice. Pricing plans aside, carrier is a significant factor in anyone's purchasing decision, and now consumers have hard data to help them choose: A just-released study reports AT&T; is tops for fast data speeds, while Verizon is the most reliable when it comes to making phone calls.
  11.18.11

• Kindle Fire Dragged Into Apple's 'App Store' Suit Against Amazon
  Apple has set its sights on the Kindle Fire as part of the company's trademark lawsuit against Amazon. In an amended complaint filed this week, Apple argued that Amazon began altering its own "Appstore" marketing when it introduced the Kindle Fire in September, and Apple sees the move as an attempt to conflate consumer expectations ...
  11.18.11

• App Measures Vital Signs Using iPad Camera
  Amazingly, it's possible to count your heart rate just by observing tiny changes in the color of your skin, caused by the movement of blood through the body. Even more amazingly, it's possible to detect these changes using the terrible camera in the iPad 2. The app that performs this double-rainbow of technological magic is Philips ...
  11.18.11

• SolarCycle, a Sun-Powered USB Port for You Bike
  If you want to charge your gadgets while you ride your bike, then the best way has been to think ahead and get the bike fitted with a dynamo hub when you buy it. Now, there's another option: a seat-post-mounted solar panel. It's called the SolarCycle Delux, and it comprises an aluminum rack along with the ...
  11.18.11

• Ice Cream Sandwich: Hands-On With Google's New Android OS
  When Google officially unveiled its newest Android operating system almost exactly one month ago, Matias Duarte, senior director of Android User Experience, told a rapt Hong Kong audience, "While people like Android, while people need Android, they didn't love Android." Everyone knew exactly what he was getting at. Android might be the world's most dominant smartphone OS with a 52 percent market share among global users, but compared to iOS, and even the upstart Windows Phone, it's just not very fun.
  11.17.11

• Samsung Galaxy Nexus: A First Look at Android's Next-Gen Handset
  The Galaxy Nexus is the latest in a line of flagship device launches for Google, a program it began after collaborating with HTC to launch the first Android phone, the HTC Dream, in October 2008. Working closely with a single manufacturer, Google prepares each major iteration of Android for launch with a brand new device. The practice eventually became what we now know as the "Nexus" program, beginning with the HTC Nexus One almost two years ago. And now, finally, the ICS flagship has arrived. I've spent about eight hours running the smartphone through its paces, and here are my first-look impressions.
  11.17.11

• Jonathan Coulton is on Fire (But Only Figuratively)
  Say, who's that way up at the top of Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart? Why it's our old pal geek rock troubadour Jonathan Coulton! Congrats to JoCo (and to producer John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants fame) on the success of Artificial Heart. And, if upon hearing of Coulton's mainstream acclaim, you immediately thought about how ...
  11.17.11

• Mission Cycling Wallet Keeps Phone, Cash, Cards Together
  The Mission Cycling Wallet comes from bike bag maker Timbuk2, and it's designed to be used while you ride. No, not so you can text as you roll down the street, oblivious to cars and pedestrians: The Cycling Wallet is meant to keep your iPhone and other essentials safe and together while you ride. The zip-shut ...
  11.17.11

• Frankencamera: The Home-Made DigiLomo
  Most photography nerds have dreamed of putting a digital sensor into the guts of their favorite 35mm film body but--unlike us lazy dreamers--designer Joel Pirela actually went and did it. The body of his "DigiLomo" is hand-built from aluminum and wood, the guts come from a "craptastic 5 megapixel Vivitar Vivicam" and the lens mount is ...
  11.17.11

• Your Phone Is Too Fat
  Motorola has brought the Razr brand back, pasting it onto an Android phone that's beautiful, extremely slim and remarkably powerful. Sort of like a '60s-era Twiggy, only transported to 2011 and juiced out of her gourd on Muscle Milk.
  11.16.11

• Strapped to Android, Google Aims for iTunes With Music Store Debut
  With sights set firmly on its Silicon Valley nemesis Apple, Google launched its music service at an event in Los Angeles on Tuesday. The move into the space signals Google's aim to challenge the mighty iTunes head on.
  11.16.11

• Why Would Google Sell Music? 4 Big Reasons
  Google will announce a music service later Tuesday, but the news appears to be a rather poorly kept secret. Here are four reasons that Google, which seems to be all about music this year, would bother selling music.
  11.16.11

• Belkin LiveAction iPhone Camera Accessories
  Belkin has popped out two new accessories for iPhone-wielding photographers -- the LiveAction Camera Grip and the LiveAction Camera Remote. The Grip adds a physical shutter-release to your iPhone, plugging into the 30-pin dock connector and working in tandem with a free companion app. It has two buttons, one for stills and one for video, and ...
  11.16.11

• Genius: Holga Lens Filter iPhone Case
  If you have any interest in lo-fi Instagramography, then you're going to love this iPhone case. It comes from Holga, the company normally seen making plastic-lensed, light-leaking film cameras, and it makes your wonderful 8MP iPhone 4S's camera work just like the crappy junk of yesteryear. Instead of mimicking analog glitches with software, the Holga iPhone ...
  11.16.11

• Kindle Fire Teardown Shows It's Easy to Repair
  The guys at iFixit didn't waste any time. A single day after the Amazon Kindle Fire goes on sale, and they've already ripped it apart to gawk at its insides. They found that the Fire wasn't difficult to take apart at all, and (surprise!) its insides aren't too different from other tablets on the market. It ...
  11.15.11

• Steve Jobs Wanted iPhone on Its Own Network, Carrier-Free
  When Steve Jobs first dreamed up the iPhone with his team at Apple, he didn't want it to run on AT&T;'s network. He wanted to create his own network.
  11.15.11

• Apple Board Names Levinson Chair, Adds Disney's Iger
  Steve Jobs stepped down at CEO of Apple a few weeks before his death but remained chairman of the board to his last breath. Today, Apple edged further into the post-Jobs era by naming a new chairman: Art Levinson, who has been a co-lead director since 2005. "Art has made enormous contributions to Apple since he ...
  11.15.11

• Android Crushed the Smartphone Competition Last Quarter
  The smartphone OS space looks a whole lot different than it did a year ago. Android has seriously stepped up to become the top dog, Symbian is a force no more, and iOS ... well, not everything changes.
  11.15.11

• The Quest to Put Siri on all iOS Devices
  Siri is the iPhone 4S's not-so-hidden weapon. The artificially intelligent voice-recognition system is the biggest feature separating Apple's sparkly new handset from every other smartphone available. But people also want Siri on their iPhone 4s, iPads, and MacBooks, too. Hackers have been working tirelessly to accomplish this feat, and recent attempts show they're getting oh so close.
  11.15.11

• Buying Guide: Choosing a Smartphone
  Dozens of phones come out every season, and most of them are very closely matched on features. There are a few stand-outs, so if you're in the market, we've got some recommendations.
  11.15.11

• Video: iPad Tossed from a Plane, Survives
  Sure, an iPad probably reaches terminal velocity after a few tens of meters, but if you want to demonstrate how tough your iPad case is, why not toss it out of an airplane? After all, a gullible gadget blogger is much more likely to pimp your case for you, right? [HTML1] Obviously these two skydivers have been ...
  11.15.11