Today was the first time the world got a look at Palm's new Pre smartphone. It looks promising, but is it good enough to make Palm a serious competitor again?

Is the Pre Smartphone Enough to Make Palm a Serious Competitor Again?
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Today was the first time the world got a look at Palm's new Pre smartphone. It looks promising, but is it good enough to make Palm a serious competitor again?

Is the Pre Smartphone Enough to Make Palm a Seious Competitor Again?
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Unlike most Wii controller gimmicks, this one brings a new feature to the table: a laser sight. And they tell me it's historically accurate to boot.

You simply pop 2 AA batteries in the handle and suddenly get infinitely better at Link's Magic Bean Shooting Challenge, or whatever the hell it is. In addition, CTA also makes a pretty slick-looking shotgun for Wii, which will make you feel like you're playing Area 51 at a Chuck E Cheese's.

Good times at CES, friends! [CTA Digital]

After releasing the sample-riddled (and critically acclaimed) Feed the Animals in 2008, musical mashup master Gregg Gillis takes center stage in a crowd-sourced documentary about remix culture.

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Memorex introduces TouchMP portable media player originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Looks like Amazon may soon be getting some competition for the hearts of the Kindle-loving literati over at the Algonquin. In a pre-CES interview with Reuters, Verizon's Tony Lewis -- the man in charge of their Open Development program -- doesn't see the current state of the economy as halting production of e-readers or other nonessential consumer electronics. "Competitors to the Kindle are out there and ready," the man said. "In 2009 I'd expect them to come to the market." To date, the company's certified 29 third party devices to run on the carrier, a new attitude that seems to have come about when they realized the bucketfuls of cash they could be raking in if they were a little more... well, open to these sorts of things. If you're a vendor, feel free to peep their booth this week at CES. We're sure you'll be more than welcome.

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Verizon to embrace Kindle rivals, third party devices originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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animusCollards writes "Slate ponders a post-Steve Jobs Apple, including possible successors, and the future is... boring. '..it's certainly true that Jobs' style is central to the company's brand and the fierce connection it forges with its customers. His product announcements prompt hundreds of millions of dollars worth of free press coverage and whip up greater and more loyal fans, generating ever-greater interest in the company. ... At some point, all that will end. Jobs will eventually leave the company. There are no obvious plans for succession; in addition to Schiller, observers finger Tim Cook, Apple's COO, and Scott Forstall, who helped develop Mac OS X and the iPhone's software, as contenders for the job. But Tuesday's keynote illustrated how difficult it will be for any of those guys to replace Jobs.'"

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Just a few years ago, the television industry was incredibly restrictive with its content on the Web, preventing clips from shows like Saturday Night Live from appearing online. Now, sites like Hulu and Joost offer full, legal versions of popular shows — for free.

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An anonymous reader writes "Twitter's been hit by a big phishing scam. Culture Crash blogger Dan Tynan says this is the end of Twitter's innocence. Will tweets become like email, with two out of every three just worthless spam?"

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