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About Jeff Blagdon

My name is Jeff, and I report for The Verge from Tokyo. When I'm not writing about new cellphones and cameras, I like eating tonkotsu ramen, listening to loud rap music, and spending a lot of time trying to be productive.

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Jeff Blagdon

On The Verge since Nov 11, 2011

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Posted: Computex 2013: Taiwan's computer makers exhibit the year's upcoming tech

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Office is actually bundled. Looks like a pretty good deal for students.

about 2 hours ago on Acer's 8-inch Iconia W3 is the first one-handed Windows 8 tablet 5 recommends
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Posted: Acer Iconia W3 images

about 3 hours ago
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Posted: Acer Aspire S7, Aspire S3, and Z3 images

about 3 hours ago
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Posted: Acer upgrades Aspire S7 with Haswell and bigger battery, introduces S3 performance model

about 3 hours ago 38 comments
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Posted: Acer's 8-inch Iconia W3 is the first one-handed Windows 8 tablet

about 3 hours ago 66 comments
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Posted: First online election in France tarnished by reports of fraud

about 4 hours ago 13 comments
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1 day ago on China and US to begin first high-level meetings on cybersecurity and industrial espionage 2 replies 8 recommends
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Posted: China and US to begin first high-level meetings on cybersecurity and industrial espionage

1 day ago 18 comments
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What’s the prime that you shoot with? I checked out some Leicas on the 7 but they cost a fortune.

2 days ago on What's in your bag, Jacob Kastrenakes? 1 reply 1 recommend
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Yeah, I’m thinking the same. Always wanted to play around with soldering, this seems like as good a project as any.

2 days ago on What's in your bag, Jacob Kastrenakes?
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Posted: DARPA's new mind-controlled prosthetics let patients feel again

3 days ago 19 comments
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Posted: Twitter raises limits on lists, enables 1,000 groups of 5,000 accounts each

3 days ago 22 comments
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Posted: US removes sanctions on computer exports to Iran ahead of next month's elections

3 days ago 47 comments
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No problem, and I didn’t take it as an attack at all. It’s always worth questioning companies’ motivations.

4 days ago on Despite opposition, Google will make critical security exploits public after seven days
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I took it to mean that they’d expect to have to deal with exploits within seven days of being notified.

4 days ago on Despite opposition, Google will make critical security exploits public after seven days 1 reply 5 recommends
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Got 600km and forgot to convert. Thanks for the heads-up.

4 days ago on Elon Musk teases June news on Hyperloop, his rapid transit system for the future 1 reply 1 recommend
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Recommended Jon Ghast's comment in Elon Musk teases June news on Hyperloop, his rapid transit system for the future

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Posted: Despite opposition, Google will make critical security exploits public after seven days

4 days ago 210 comments
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Posted: Justin Timberlake to headline September's iTunes Music Festival

4 days ago 12 comments
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Posted: Elon Musk teases June news on Hyperloop, his rapid transit system for the future

4 days ago 95 comments
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Posted: Tesla Supercharger expansion will enable electric vehicle rides from LA to NY

4 days ago 109 comments
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Posted: Dish tops Sprint's bid for Clearwire (update: shareholder vote postponed)

4 days ago 67 comments
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Recommended herki's comment in Netflix's 'Arrested Development' illegally downloaded 100,000 times in first 24 hours

4 days ago
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Posted: Amputee in rural China builds bionic arms from steel and pulleys

5 days ago 43 comments
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Recommended edwardkb's comment in Netflix's 'Arrested Development' illegally downloaded 100,000 times in first 24 hours

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Posted: Netflix's 'Arrested Development' illegally downloaded 100,000 times in first 24 hours

5 days ago 138 comments
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Posted: Remember the Milk productivity app adds syncing with Evernote Reminders

5 days ago 1 comment 2 recommends
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Thanks, fixed.

5 days ago on Apple hires former EPA chief Lisa Jackson to coordinate environmental policy 2 recommends
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Posted: Apple hires former EPA chief Lisa Jackson to coordinate environmental policy

5 days ago 15 comments