People who need to carry a communication device, but are who otherwise more interested in games than music, may not have to make do with iPhones and random little apps for much longer.  A new report indicates that Sony may add a phone to its handheld PSP.

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Generally speaking, computers don’t “get” images.  Unless you’ve spent 20 minutes tagging them, images of beautiful, snow-covered mountains and images of garbage dumps get treated the same way.  But this morning, Google highlighted something of a breakthrough.

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Here’s an interesting question: would you put up with loud noises for the sake of saving some fuel and reducing carbon emissions?  Well, this is the issue scientists are facing as they try to develop the next generation of airplane engines.

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Well, the iPhone 3G S has arrived, and there’s little doubt that versions will find their way into lots of pockets.  In terms of features, performance, and price, it’s an impressive little gadget.

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Microsoft wants the Wii to move over.  At this year’s E3 conference, people representing the Beast from Redmond unveiled a motion controller that really elevates things in terms of both complexity and accuracy.

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iPod and iPhone news has taken over the tech blogs again today.  There are fresh reports - and even artists’ renditions - concerning what the next-gen iPod nano and iPhone will look like and what sort of features they’ll boast.

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Your local doctor’s office - and the overwhelmed clinics in some third-world countries - may soon get a lot more efficient.  An interesting new way of conducting medical tests has been devised, and it seems to be fairly well along in the development process.

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At some point, men may wind up getting their chests stared at all day.  A group of scientists recently showed off a material that can display information in the manner of a primitive screen, but also bend and stretch a bit like clothing should.

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An era in which your friends are at all times represented by moving dots on a screen isn’t yet here.  However, a couple of nifty new applications that take advantage of Google Latitude technology are ready to bring us a little closer.

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If asked to name some of the most precious things in their lives, most people would put their pets, cars, and kids on the list.  Unfortunately, these things can prove difficult to keep an eye on at all times.  So a company called Zoombak is trying to step in and let you track them from an Internet browser, instead.

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