Seraku’s Android mirror lets you reflect on your operating system

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Phones , watches , TVs and in-car entertainment . Android has been put to work in many corners of our technological world

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ATD: Yahoo’s CEO Scott Thompson to step down amidst degree scandal

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While thousands upon thousands of Americans are celebrating graduation weekend with degree in hand, it looks as if the CEO of one particular internet company will be wondering why he lied about his. After weeks of investigating, word on the street has it that freshly appointed (as in January 4th ) CEO Scott Thompson will be "stepping down." In other words, he's being canned. The news comes from an All Things D report on the matter, with the official word expected soon.

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Arduino mechs learn RobotC, plot assimilation with Lego Mindstorms

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Arduino boards have smoothed the creation of lots of eccentric thingamajigs , but robotics and controllers are still not for the faint of heart . Luckily, RoboMatter is coming to the rescue of would-be roboticists with a public beta version of its C-based RobotC language for Arduino.

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Ask Engadget: best smartphone for the over fifties?

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We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is from is from Daniel (no relation), who wants to upgrade his parents cellphones. If you're looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com

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MIPS unveils new Aptiv mobile chip design, vows more speed in a tiny space

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MIPS has only had a slight amount of traction in smartphones and tablets given that its best friend is Ainovo . It might get a better footing in an ARM -dominated world with a new range of processors in the Aptiv line. The highest-end chip of the bunch, the ProAptiv, is reportedly much smaller than its ARM opponents across the aisle while managing the same speed, goosing the floating-point math, memory addressing and multi-core support to where it's as much as 75 percent faster over the previous generation

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Apple’s iPad WiFi + 4G renamed ‘iPad WiFi + Cellular’ across many of its online stores

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Remember Apple's new iPad WiFi + 4G ? Well, forget that moniker, as this variant of the company's latest slate has been quietly re-dubbed as the iPad WiFi + Cellular

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NVIDIA confirms no ‘Project Grey’ until 2013, Tegra 3 LTE later this year

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While earnings calls are rarely the veritable dial-in party, sometimes they do toss up a juicy gambit or disappointing revelation. While NVIDIA was dishing out projections for Q1 2013, it pretty much quashed any hopes of seeing an in-house LTE Tegra chip in 2012

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PSA: Dropbox Dropquest begins right now!

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Big Dropbox fan are you? Got plans for the weekend

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Tesla coil gun exists, may shoot lightning

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Inspired by the graphic novel "Five Fists of Science" -- and perhaps encouraged by the plucky MIT student who made his own Tesla coil hat and survived -- a DIYer named Rob designed a Tesla coil gun, which he says is fully functional.

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Thunderbolt on Windows gets hands-on, lacks Mac’s hot-swapping

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Thunderbolt's 10-gigabit interface is only just making its way to Windows after spending more than a year as a Mac-only feature , so it's not surprising that a lot of questions surround how well the Apple- and Intel-developed connection works for those of a Microsoft persuasion. A thorough test at AnandTech of one of the first motherboards to support the spec on Windows PCs, an Ivy Bridge -ready board from MSI , has shown some positive signs along with a few flies in the high-speed ointment. The good news

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