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Looks like someone’s gonna have to explain why there’s a “no longer in a relationship” status update on her Facebook profile. Just ten or so days after Dell officially hooked up with its female counterpart Della, helping real womenfolk find computers that meet their recipe-finding, calorie-counting ways, she’s now been thrown the wayside and all mentions of her have been replaced with (or redirected to) the similar, yet decidely more androgynous “Lifestyle.” Last we heard, Della was sitting on the couch watching Notting Hill with a pint of Ben and Jerry’s, crying softly to herself and wondering what other female stereotypes she can best beat with a dead horse.

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Dell dumps Della, just wants to be friends originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 May 2009 22:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s the podcast you’ve been waiting for, maybe! Join Josh, Paul, and Nilay as they rock through their greatest hits, including: Palm Pre Launch Details, Storm 2 (The End of SurePress), Moblin Two-Point-Oh, and everyone’s favorite, a little ditty called Slim PS3 Cease and Desist. Available now for just four easy payments of clicking below!

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Engadget Podcast 147 – 05.22.2009 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 May 2009 16:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We know you’ve been avoiding Chrome because it puts your most visited sites on a display the size of the JumboTron in Times Square, and we don’t blame you. You don’t need the folks in Accounts Receivable knowing every detail of your life (including all the time you spend in the Cat Fancy online forums). Well, you’re in luck! Google’s infamous browser is now officially out of beta, and has been designated version two — and among the improvements is a feature that allows you to remove those pesky thumbnails from the browser home screen. Also in store for faithful users are such key features as Form Autofill and Full Screen Mode. Sadly, neither Linux or Mac users get to join the party just yet — but we’ll let you know as soon as that changes. Check out the video after the break.

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Google Chrome celebrates version 2 release with autofill, fast-paced video originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 May 2009 10:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Coming to you live from left field, it’s this week’s edition of Ask Engadget. Once your done reading and replying (in comments below, naturally) to the question here, feel free to send us your own to ask at engadget dawt com.

“I am looking for a portable hard drive with memory card slots so that I can save my photos onto it, straight from the memory card. It needs to function without the use of a computer. I have seen a few of these, but nothing name brand, and I was looking for some recommendations. A color screen to view photos would be nice, but not necessary. It doesn’t need to be very large, 100GB should be more than enough.”

You’re right Seth, most of these things do indeed come from relative unknowns. That said, we’re sure a few of our readers have taken the plunge, so hopefully you’ll find out who likes and dislikes the one they chose. Right, folks?

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Ask Engadget: Best portable photo backup / storage device? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 May 2009 01:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We expected these to launch sometime in late March or early April, but it looks like Lenovo’s IdeaCentre A600 is just now started to roll out, and along with it a handful of reviews. There seems to be a consensus that this all-in-one’s a really good bang for the buck, especially with the TV tuner and somewhat useful remote / gyroscope controller / VoIP handset. Performance-wise, the Intel Core 2 Duo / ATI Mobility Radio HD3650 powered device is good but nothing worth writing home about. Boing Boing Gadgets suggests it won’t match the latest iMac at gaming. While the body’s well built and sturdy, the jury’s still out on the glossy screen and that front “bump” of sorts — you should also be warned that there’s a rather hefty power brick that comes along with the PC. As with all AIO’s, if a 21.5-inch screen isn’t large enough, there isn’t much you can do about it. If, however, the specs and features are just what you’re looking for, you’ll be happy to hear the company’s turned those bullet points into a well-oiled machine. But don’t take our word for it, hit up the read links below for more in-depth critiques.

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Read – Desktop Review

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Lenovo IdeaCentre A600 review roundup originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 May 2009 19:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve got to say, we’re guessing both Survivor and Prince would approve here, as this is easily one of the most impressive uses of a heart rate sensor yet. Anaid Gomez Ortigoza, a bright young lad at NYU, has whipped up what he’s calling kokoro, which translates into “the heart of things” in Japanese. Put as simply as possible, this prototype project allows for iPod playlists to be shuffled depending on one’s current heart rate; if your heart is pumping some kind of fierce, the device will likely cue up a little M83, and if you’re at rest, you just might get to hear a smooth jam from the likes of Copeland. Don’t believe us, though — hop on past the break for a demonstrative video.

[Via talk2myshirt]

Continue reading Sensor-laden kokoro adjusts playlist to match the rhythm of your heart

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Sensor-laden kokoro adjusts playlist to match the rhythm of your heart originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 May 2009 13:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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To be totally candid, we can’t even utter the word “ionic” without thinking of Sharper Image, but the concept here actually seems like one that just might benefit the public at large… or at least those of us forced to cook our upper legs on a daily basis. San Jose-based Tessera, in cooperation with the University of Washington, has adapted an ionic cooling system for use in everyday laptops. The magic elixir consists of two electrodes, one of which is used to ionize air molecules such as nitrogen, while the other acts as a receiver for those molecules. According to reports, this method can extract around 30 percent more heat from a lap burner than the traditional “fan and more fans” approach. Still, a major obstacle remains in terms of ensuring that the electrodes remain reliable throughout the life of a laptop, but if Tessera has its druthers, some form of the system will be commercialized next year.

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Ionic cooling system adapted for laptop use, scalded legs cautiously rejoice originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 May 2009 07:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Where 2.0] Glympse has launched at Where 2.0. and it uses two simple but powerful concept to share your location in a useful and practical way:

• It shares your location only for a limited amount of time
• The recipient does not need a smartphone or create an account

In my opinion, that’s a powerful combination and that’s the way I want things to work. There’s no way that I would share my position 24/7, and I have to go down a couple of menus to turn the sharing on and off in Google Latitude. That’s basically why Latitude does not work (one bit) for me, and I tried, really. Also, having to use iGoogle to see my friends on my desktop PC isn’t great. This seems like a bad way to promote iGoogle.

Glympse has a weakness: it’s available for the G1 only… ouch, my Blackberry hurts. iPhone and Blackberry users will have to wait.

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Microsoft really, really wants to convince you that in the high stakes world of multiple displays, SideShow is the only way to go. To that end, the company has put together a little white paper meant to sell us on the idea of using their product to for extra screen real estate as you flail about Azeroth (or whatever it is that you do in your free time). And it’s not like we need to be sold on the concept — we love our Mimo as much as the next guy or gal — but as wary as companies have been of this technology, we’re guessing that it’ll take more than some fancy Photoshoppin’ to get hardware vendors on board. But who knows? Hit the read link to discover all of Microsoft’s thoughts on the subject.

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Microsoft is desperate for gamers to adopt Windows SideShow originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 20 May 2009 16:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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