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I’m Completely Fascinated With This Handheld Wind-Up Pong Clone That Doesn’t Use Any Electronics
It’s absolutely primitive by today’s standards, but when Pong arrived in 1972, it was a technological marvel. So how did Tomy create a handheld knock-off of the game in 1977 when the electronics needed to miniaturise it didn’t exist yet? It created this mechanical alternative that might be one of the most bizarre portable gaming…
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Turns Out Indie RSS Reader The Old Reader Won’t Shut Down After All
Turns out indie RSS reader The Old Reader isn’t going to shut down after all…
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Take Note: MacDefender Malware Now Calls Itself Mac Shield
New name, same headache. The MacDefender malware we’ve told you about in the past has morphed into a similarly fake anti-virus application that is still attempting to trick unsuspecting users into a download. Be wary, but don’t panic. [MSNBC]
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Subtle SSD Vendor Change Gives MacBook Air A Subtle Speed Boost
Apple uses multiple vendors in interchangeable ways to make a single product, but rarely if ever do performance specs change when this happens. Not so with the MacBook Air! The Toshiba bits that are inside my Air, from October, are actually slower than those in the latest batch, which house an SSD blade from Samsung.…