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	<title>Gears and Widgets :: A Heaping Helping of Tech</title>
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		<title>Video: Hot Jetpack Action</title>
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A friend passed this along to me earlier today &#8211; the Martin Jetpack is a real device; works (as the video shows) fairly well, and gives the controller incredible control over their flight. The jetpack is made by the Martin Aircraft Company, a company with a history of experience in flight, so this isn&#8217;t your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s Suing Who in the Mobile World</title>
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The image above is from a post on the Bits Blog from the New York Times; a lovely infographic detailing who&#8217;s suing who in the mobile space right now. 
A lot has been made of Apple&#8217;s lawsuit against HTC over gestures, but when Nokia sued Apple for something similarly inane, at best I heard silence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gearlog :: Hands on with GelaSkins New Marvel Comics Collection!</title>
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GelaSkins had an exciting announcement today: they unveiled a new line of iPod, iPhone, and laptop skins based on Marvel Comics superheroes, including Iron Man, Spider Man, and the X-Men! All of the designs are available now in their store in the various shapes and forms they come in, but they were kind enough to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Set Up a Fully Automated Media Center</title>
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This one goes in the box of &#8220;things I definitely need to do.&#8221; Lifehacker has an excellent wrapup of how you can build a fully and completely automated media center; that is, not only does it automatically snag the movies and TV shows that you want to watch, but it take care of archiving itself, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gearsandwidgets.com/2010/02/27/set-up-a-fully-automated-media-center/</link>
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		<title>5 Cool Things You Can Do with Google Voice</title>
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I absolutely love Google Voice. I was skeptical about it at first, but now that I have it, and I have the app on my phone, I don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;d do without the ability to review, listen to, and archive voicemail without actually having to place a call to anyone. And while I find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>14 Fantastic Free Wordpress Themes</title>
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Mashable.com posted a number of beautiful free Wordpress themes lately, a topic which is near and dear to my heart. Wordpress is the backend of all of my blogs, including this one, and while I love the themes I&#8217;ve chosen, they&#8217;re only getting better over time and I love watching new ones be developed, designed, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spinning Gears :: Thoughts on Windows Phone 7</title>
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Earlier this week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Microsoft took the stage and finally announced a product that people in the mobile space have been waiting for for a long time: Windows Mobile 7, or more appropriately (since Microsoft re-dubbed the product a couple of months ago &#8220;Windows Phone,&#8221;) Windows Phone 7 Series. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Showcase of Minimalist Workstations</title>
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As you all well know, I&#8217;m a huge fan of really impressive and creative-looking workstations. Desks, home offices, you name it, I love seeing them &#8211; and this roundup of what the author called &#8220;minimalist&#8221; workstations at Webdesigner Depot is no exception. I wouldn&#8217;t call them all minimalist, but I can definitely see the contrast [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gearsandwidgets.com/2010/02/10/a-showcase-of-minimalist-workstations/</link>
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		<title>10 Awesome USB Thumb Drives for Geeks</title>
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Whether you like your thumbdrives to also open beers for you or you just want them as flush to the side of your computer as possible, over at Pixelelement I noted a roundup of 10 awesome thumbdrives perfect for geeks of all tastes! Whether you love to skate, snowboard, or surf, or perhaps you&#8217;re like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spinning Gears :: Why Are Rented Movies Okay but Rented Music Not?</title>
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VIdeo game console manufacturers, set-top box makers, and even television manufacturers are all clawing to get their hands on a partnership with Netflix or Blockbuster Online so buyers can do what they obviously want to do; stream audio and video straight to their HDTVs. 
The rationale is simple &#8211; streaming Netflix and Blockbuster Online over [...]]]></description>
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