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Santa was good to me this year, mostly because I told her exactly what I wanted: LEGO Mindstorms NXT. Now I can build my very own robot overlord, who I for one would welcome.I loved LEGOs as a kid, and I like to program, so combining the two is surely good for hours of useless [...]

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It’s shiny and pretty and reeks of fine technology. Yes, when I saw the iPhone demo, I had to wipe my chin. When it ships, nothing will say Chic Alpha Geek more than the new iPhone. But, that being said, I doubt I will be the first person standing in line to get one when [...]

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So the Nosuch household got a TiVo Series 3 a while back, pretty much when they first came out. For those not in the know, the Series 3 is TiVo’s HD offering, priced at an extravagant $800. After having it for several months, I feel I can answer the question “is it worth it?”. Or [...]

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I’ve had a little more time with my Sidekick 3, and two things are bugging me.
One is the reception and its ability to sustain a network connection seems worse than my Sidekick 2. There are places in my office where my Sidekick 2 could eke out a serviceable connection that my Sidekick 3 utter fails. [...]

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I’ve been a pretty content Sidekick user for several years now. I started with the first Sidekick, migrated to the Color Sidekick, and now, I have moved to the recently released Sidekick 3.
If you want a detailed review, CNET seems to hit the high points. The changes in a nutshell:

Bluetooth support for phone headsets.
An all [...]

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