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This is an incredibly well-rounded and insightful double podcast. It is so well-rounded and insightful that it looks like it might turn into a triple podcast and is, quite frankly, the best podcast the Engadget Podcasters have ever seen. Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller Producer: Trent Wolbe Music: Double Rainbow 00:02:33 – Panasonic’s new Lumix lineup: LX5, FZ40, FZ100, FX700, and TS10 all official 00:06:52 – Canon developing smaller DSLRs to compete with mirrorless cameras

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Engadget Podcast 206 – 07.24.2010

Sure, there’s plenty of devices like the Fitbit that can track your movement and report on your general level of activity or laziness, but only Hitachi has what it’s dubbed a “Life Microscope.” That name apparently comes from the fact that the device is able to track your activity with more detail than other fitness monitors — including, it seems, the difference between sitting and sleeping, and even the difference between eating or playing video games. That data is then naturally able to be transferred to a PC, and it also sounds like the Life Microscope could be incorporated into actual watches as well — if it ever moves beyond the concept stage, that is.

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Hitachi ‘Life Microscope’ promises to track your every movement

Jeff Bezos: What matters more than talents In this Princeton University graduation address, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos makes the case that our character is reflected not in the gifts we’re endowed with at birth, but by the choices we make over the course of a lifetime. Watch Jeff Bezos’ talk > >

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New Best of the Web talk: Jeff Bezos

Who says you need a supercomputer in your den to record four high-def feeds at once? Okoro Media Systems , a long-standing player in the pre-fab HTPC business, has just unleashed the latest update to its OMS-SX100 , which measures in at just three inches tall and should slide in easily to whatever AV cabinet you’re currently using. The base $1,695 system is equipped with a 2.93GHz Core i3-530 processor, 4GB of DDR3 memory, a Blu-ray drive, 2TB SATA hard drive, integrated 7.1 channel surround sound, Windows 7 (SageTV 6.5 is an optional install) and gigabit Ethernet

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Okoro’s ultraslim SX100 HTPC updated with quad CableCARD support

Richard MacManus’ story on how the Internet is running out of addresses was our top post this week. (Isn’t Al Gore responsible for making more?) We also continued our exploration of the significant Internet trends of 2010: There are at least 100 things you can do with RFID on the Internet of Things ; augmented reality gets silky smooth; and Facebook introduces a real-time Tornado. Read on for more.

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Weekly Wrap-up: No More IP Addresses, 70,000 Blogs Shut Down, Bye-Bye Nexus One, And More…

No big surprise here, but HP Personal Systems Group VP Todd Bradley just flat-out confirmed to CNBC that HP will not be making any Windows Phone 7 devices, preferring instead to focus on the newly-acquired webOS for its line of smartphones. Here’s the entire exchange: Q: Can you make webOS successful with developers when you’re selling Windows Phone 7, maybe Android or Linux at the same time? A: We continue to be Microsoft’s biggest customer, and we continue to believe we will drive innovation with Microsoft.

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HP not making Windows Phone 7 devices, focusing on webOS instead

As much as some would like to envision a world entirely bereft of disk-based media, with Blu-ray being the medium’s swan song, that ain’t happening.

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Sony, Tohoku University develop blue-violet laser with 100 watt output, eyeing 1TB optical disk future?

A recent report in the New York Times details a myriad issues that led up to the eventual explosion that started the mess known as the ” BP oil spill ,” but aside from obvious mishandling of warnings and red flags, one particular issue was troubling those working on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig long before April 20th. Mike Williams, the rig’s chief electronics technician, has come forward with a multitude of icky details surrounding the negligence that was involved in the catastrophe, with the one most germane to our discussion being the following: “For months, the computer system had been locking up, producing what the crew called the Blue Screen of Death .” Williams continued, noting that “it would just turn blue,” with “no data coming through.” Of course, it’s not as if BSODs are totally uncommon out in the working world — Microsoft’s Windows powers the vast majority of systems that corporations rely on daily — but this one rubs just a wee bit differently. Hit the source link for the full spill

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Blue Screen of Death amongst issues that plagued Deepwater Horizon

Facebook hit 500 million users this week , but where do they all live? If Facebook were a country, it would be the third most populous in the world – but it’s not a country. Those 500 million people (give or take a few fake profiles, right?) all live in actual countries, where Facebook is used to a greater or lesser degree

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Where in the World is Facebook Used? (Interactive Map)

Once again, China has proven to the world that it’s the place to be for all sorts of gadgetry miracle. Just look at this 10-inch Windows 7 tablet here — it may not be a full clone of the forthcoming 8.9-inch HP Slate , but it does come with a couple of interesting features: a 1366 x 768 resistive multitouch display (ideal for tackling the complicated Chinese characters with a stylus) and a webcam

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HP Slate lookalike spotted in China, might beat the real thing to the market

Earlier this week, Opsource announced a partner program. The news came on Monday, the first day developers could download code from OpenStack , a separate initiative that has had considerable attention this week. Both companies provide cloud infrastructure based upon open source.

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The Cloud Services Market is Looking Like a Red Ocean

We had a feeling Apple wasn’t done showing off the apparent reception woes of its competitors — after all, the company already updated once this week with the Nokia N97 mini . Now it’s going after Motorola’s celebrity of the moment (and known iPhone 4 bully ), the Droid X . You can see Cupertino’s results in the video after the break, but unlike Apple’s other videos, we can’t seem to recreate this one as easily with our Droid Xs

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Apple keeps antennagate alive with Droid X’s ‘kill switch’ (video)

Do you need an interactive poll for your website? Like, right this very second? If you have a multiple choice question you’d like to ask your site visitors or Twitter followers and don’t feel like signing up for and test-driving a service like PollDaddy or SurveyMonkey, a new startup called Flisti wants to help.

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Build Online Polls Instantly with Flisti

Marantz has unveiled its 2010 line of high end receivers, amplifiers, pre amplifiers and Blu-ray players, and naturally the headlining upgrades have to do with streaming internet video access, Blu-ray 3D and HDMI 1.4 compatibility.

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Marantz adds Blu-ray 3D, internet streaming features across 2010 Blu-ray player, audio line

Well, well — what have we here? It looks as if AT&T is fixing to rebundle its wireless plans starting on July 25th, obviously with intent to push those newly created data packs onto folks who may otherwise be inclined to pass right over.

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AT&T readies new calling plans for July 25, nothing changing at the core

Astaro’s new free software gives you an excellent way to reuse your old P4 computer. Instead of just tossing it away, Astaro’s Security Gateway Version 8 Home Edition can turn your P4 into a killer security gateway with effective network-level malware blocking, a powerful firewall, and a content-based URL filter.

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Turn Your Spare Computer Into a Killer Security Gateway

According to the IT Employee Confidence Index, a survey conducted by Harris Interactive and commissioned by IT staffing company Technisource , IT workers are more confident in the economy than they have been in the past three years, and 37% are planning to look for new jobs in the next 12 months.

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Study: Over 1/3 of IT Workers Ready to Jump Ship

BBC News Magazine has an interesting interactive article that attempts to demonstrate how chance can make or break a reputation of a hospital or a surgeon in respect to their morbidity and mortality outcomes. In a special calculator, simply by selecting the percentage chance of someone dying, and clicking repeatedly, you can get a recalculated variance in outcome results between hospitals. We get the point, but it’s not clear what the practical or political use this story is serving

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How Chance Can Affect Perceived Effectiveness of Clinical Treatment Outcomes

Wolfram|Alpha , the popular data search engine, has recently upgraded its medical capabilities even further with a drug guide that can help patients find out pharmaceutical options for various conditions. Simply by searching for something like “diabetes drug treatment”, you will get the categories of drugs prescribed, and related pharma data. More at Wolfram|Alpha blog: Ask Wolfram|Alpha about Medical Drug Treatments..

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Wolfram|Alpha Adds Drug Treatment Info

If you’re one of the thousands of Halo players who are looking forward to the release of Halo: Reach this September, you may want to consider the Limited Edition Halo: Reach-themed XBox 360 that Microsoft announced today. The limited edition XBox 360 bundle will come in glossy silver with designs from the game printed on the side, a 250GB hard drive, and two wireless controllers that feature artwork from the game

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Microsoft Announces Limited Edition Halo: Reach-Themed Xbox360