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  I guess I didn’t know this about NiMH batteries, and it’s pretty interesting.
Some people know this, some people don’t, but standard rechargeable NiMHs self-discharge, constantly losing energy (even when not in use), so people often end up with powerless cameras at weddings or powerless radios or flashlights in survival situations. I’ve found it’s quite [...]

I really haven’t gotten into Ogg Vorbis, but maybe I’ll give Ogg Theora a try.  The problem really comes down to the fact that not many portable devices, or set-top boxes support the Ogg formats. 
From heise.de:
Six years after the project was launched, developers at the Xiph.Org Foundation have released a beta version of [...]

  Gizmodo is having a ‘Best Computer Rigs’ contest.  Some of these pictures are insane.  I don’t think I’ve seen so many fluorescent lights in quite a long time.
After a Gizmodo reader sent us a photo of his amazing Star Wars-meet-CTU-meet-Firefly computer setup at the end of his LEGO Collectors Millennium Falcon unboxing images, we [...]

Just a heads up:
It’s the very first episode of Tekzilla: Jessica Corbin and Patrick Norton.

This is definitely something that will be added to my list of shows to watch.  I haven’t seen the episode, but it’s a cross between dl.tv, and The Screensavers from the old TechTV days.
I’m guessing it will be a quite successful [...]

Looks like Gmail has another security hole. 
This is the second major Google security vulnerability to be revealed this week. On Monday, security researcher Fernando Bedford provided a proof-of-concept exploit for a Google cross-site scripting vulnerability in Google’s Blogspot polls API that facilitated e-mail hijacking and address book sniffing. That vulnerability was fixed by Google [...]

Looks like the FCC might be realizing that cable Internet, and DSL really aren’t competing..more like colluding.  The broadband situation in the US is severely broken.
Two FCC commissioners showed up to a Senate hearing yesterday and argued that the US is in dire need of a "national broadband strategy" that would bring universal access and [...]

It doesn’t look like the latest update is causing the iPhone to brick, but there are random reports, according to arstechnica.
Speaking of bricking, we should probably give you our initial word on the topic. Unfortunately, our official word for now is that we have no official word. We’re hearing mixed reports from the wild [...]

Gotta love how quickly the tides can turn on any company…even one as popular as apple.
There’s a question here, of if we liked the stock iPhone before, why not now? First off, the verdict was based on the future value of the iPhone once Apple had fixed a lot of the quirks that resulted our [...]

The $499 LEGO set is not for the faint of heart.  Gizmodo took the dive, purchased it, and has an in-depth unboxing.

The set includes 5,000 pieces, and apparently a 4 pound manual.
Hopefully the Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon set comes down in price some so a few more of us can try it out!
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