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iPhone 4 owners looking for a bumper or a case to fix the now-infamous “death grip” signal loss issue can get one on Apple’s dime (or qualify for a refund of the Apple bumper they already purchased) today thanks to the Apple iPhone 4 Case Program . Apple opened the doors on the program today; qualifying iPhone 4 owners will be able to sign up to receive an Apple bumper or a third-party iPhone 4 case for free. To participate, all you have to do is download the iPhone 4 Case Program app from the iTunes App Store and launch it once.

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The Apple iPhone 4 Case Program: Get Your Free Bumper or Case

A lot of people told us that two podcasts in a single week was impossible, that it couldn’t be done. But you know, it turns out that most people — most people — don’t mind a second podcast. And because we make the whole thing — the hosts, the production, even the segue noises — we were able to bring all of our talents together and make something truly magical

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The Engadget Podcast, live at 5:30PM EST!

Even with the recession, the US solar market will continue to rapidly expand, according to a new report by research and consulting company Solarbuzz . The company (part of the NPD Group ) said that the market grew 36% in 2009–granted, a slowdown from its 62% growth in 2008. Despite this slowdown, though, Solarbuzz is predicting a tenfold market growth by 2014, from a demand of about half a gigawatt in 2009 to 4.5-5.5 GW.

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Solarbuzz Predicts Solar Market Will Grow Tenfold by 2014

CTA may be best known for its endless array of kid-friendly Wii accessories , but it’s not forgetting about the grown-up gamers out there — or, at least, grown-ups who enjoy shooting plastic guns in their living rooms. Its latest product is the $65 Assault Rifle for the PlayStation 3, which promises to add a whole new degree of “realism and excitement” to games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 — oh, and it also makes sound effects even when you’re not playing a game

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CTA announces PS3 Assault Rifle, dignity sold separately

One of the most obnoxious things about Facebook’s recent changes has been that clicking a Like button around the web just pushed a dumb, inarticulate grunt out into the newsfeed of your friends. “I Like this thing,” it said, and nothing more. Today that’s changing, with the inclusion of a writable comment space inside the pop-up that appears when visitors Like something out around the web.

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Facebook Like Moves Beyond the Dumb Grunt, Adds Comments to Like Button

The battle between Adobe Flash and HTML5 will extend into YouTube video players embedded around the web, now that Google has announced a developer preview of video iFrames that use HTML5 when viewed in a browser that supports it.

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YouTube Begins Experimenting With HTML5 Embeddable Player

Early last week we related the story of a man who claimed he owned 84% of Facebook , calling the suit “weird, to say the least.” Now, more than a week later, and the details of the case are seeming less and less weird and more and more like they could make accuser Paul Ceglia a wealthy man. Henry Blodget, founding editor of Business Insider, writes today that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg could be in much deeper water than we originally imagined. Sponsor The Wall Street Journal originally reported the case of New York Web designer Paul Ceglia, who worked with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in 2003.

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Facebook Ownership Claim Could Leave Accuser a Wealthy Man

A team from Northeastern University and Harvard Medical School has been analyzing words used in tweets by American users in an attempt to gauge the public mood around the country. What they discovered was that users on the West Coast seem to be quite a bit jollier than those on the East Coast. It is not clear whether the data was collected during the summer or winter months and accordingly adjusted, for that surely would affect the readings.

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Twitter Used to Psychoanalyze Entire Nation

Playing first-person shooters is fun, sure, but not matter how realistic the graphics, you don’t feel like you’re really killing some dudes with a controller in your hands. Not the case with this controller!

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Get your violent fantasies out of your system with this realistic PS3 assault rifle

Potentially clearing up some confusion regarding HP ‘s intentions concerning its Slate tablet, HP Personal Systems Group VP Todd Bradley said yesterday at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference that the Slate would be an enterprise focused device running a Microsoft operating system. The announcement follows PC World’s discovery a device called the “Slate 500″ is being listed on HP’s web site. Sponsor HP has registered the trademark PalmPad , suggesting the company will release two different products: the enterprise focused, Windows based Slate and a consumer focused, Palm branded device.

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HP Slate Tablet will be Microsoft Based Enterprise Device

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced this week that the Seattle-based coffee chain would soon be expanding its mobile payment program to more stores over the coming months. Launched in September of last year , Starbucks users with iPhones could pay for their purchases via their mobile device using a special Starbucks Card mobile application

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Starbucks Expanding Mobile Payment Program to More Stores

Apple’s latest iPhone operating system, iOS 4, has been available for just over one month now, and already it has managed to edge out the previous operating system, according to online ad network Chitika . The company reports that iOS 4 leads iOS 3 by just 1%, with 50% of all iPhones running the new operating system.

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One Month Later: iOS 4 on 50% of iPhones

Earlier this week, we reported on the removal of iChatr, the iPhone version of the popular randomized video chat service ChatRoulette , noting that we thought Apple had gone too far in its action. Because users were exposing themselves, Apple removed the app as part of the company’s anti-porn stance. Now we hear from DLP Mobile , creators of a mirror app for the iPhone 4, that Apple rejected its app from the App Store because its submitted screenshots were considered “obscene, pornographic, or defamatory.” All we can say to this is: Take a look and see for yourself.

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You Be The Judge: Apple Rejects iPhone App for "Obscene, Pornographic" Screenshots

Sony is working on a new type of blue-violet ultra-fast pulsed laser for optical disks, one that would be used for a new format of super-high-capacity discs. The only problem? We probably won’t be using disks anymore when they get around to releasing it

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Sony’s new optical disk format could fit 50 movies on one disk

Samsung has stepped up its marketing game against the Apple iPhone, sprinkling free Galaxy S devices across the twittersphere Samsung is out with the stretchers, running full tilt towards the customer carnage left by antennagate.

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Samsung handing out free mobiles…but only if you make the grade

Apple has just released a new mobile application for owners of iPhone 4 devices who are affected by the widely-reported antenna issues with the newly redesigned handsets. The app, called the iPhone 4 Case Program, will allow qualified customers to apply for a free rubber bumper case directly from their phone. In a press conference last week , Apple CEO Steve Jobs admitted to the problems with the iPhone 4, which now sports an antenna wrapped around the outside of the handset itself

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iPhone 4 Antenna Issues? There’s a Free Bumper App for That

If you want your free ‘bumper’ for iPhone 4, you’ll need an app – but time limits on applications have led some to ponder whether a redesign is in the works Want a free case – aka “bumper” – for that iPhone 4? There’s an app for that

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Free iPhone 4 case? There’s an app for that – but not for the (delayed again) white version

The Tumi Townhouse Lonsdale Briefcase ($795 direct) is the professional’s bag. Ballistic-nylon with leather trim covers the exterior, and inside are all the features a businessperson could want: And it make you look the part too. The only drawback is you may have to sacrifice comfort for a sensible look

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Hands On: Tumi Townhouse Lonsdale Briefcase

Spring Roo is an Rapid Application Development tool which helps you in rapidly building spring based enterprise applications in the Java programming language.  Google App Engine is a Cloud Computing Technology which lets you run your application on Google’s infrastructure. Using Spring Roo, you can develop applications which can be deployed on Google App Engine

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Creating Application using Spring Roo and Deploying on Google App Engine

A detailed email from the company which owns supportonclick.com and onlinepccare.com says its staff don’t tell people their PCs have viruses – or they get fired. Could ex-staff be behind the scam? Following our stories earlier this week about phone calls in which people are cold-called with claims that their PC “has a virus”, we’ve been in touch with Pecon Software, the company behind supportonclick.com (presently shut down) and onlinepccare.com, which offer “remote PC” support.

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‘PC virus’ phone scam: supportonclick company insists it is innocent