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It seemed earlier this week that AMD’s new Conesus chips would take on Intel’s dominant Atom platform in the netbook market, but it sounds like that was just wishful thinking — according to CEO Dirk Meyer, the chipmaker is “ignoring the netbook platform” in favor machines “above that form factor.” AMD says that it’s seeing high return rates on netbooks, a phenomenon it’s chalking up to an unsatisfactory user experience on smaller machines. Of course, that doesn’t quite jive with the sales numbers being posted by Acer, ASUS, and HP — and even though return rates are indeed higher for Linux machines than for XP, we’re puzzled as to why AMD cares about anything other than raw chip sales to OEMs, since we were under the impression that that’s how AMD makes money. Of course, really smart companies don’t just sell what people want, they convince people to want what they sell, and that seems to be AMD’s tactic: it says that the higher-powered, dual-core Conesus with ATI RS780M graphics will deliver a full-featured user experience that more people will spring for, even if it’s in a slightly more massive package. We’ll see if this strategy plays in the market — while we’d love to see a machine like the Inspiron Mini 12 with some real horsepower in it, it’s hard to argue with a $280 Atom-based Eee.

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The OLPC, Give One Get One program is heading to Europe on November 17th — the same day the deal kicks off in the US. Thanks to the Amazon hook-up, 27 EU nations as well as Switzerland, Russia, and Turkey can grab an XO laptop at a cost of about

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Unlike other data centers, this one “has a huge fishtank, artificial waterfalls, simulated daylight, German submarine engines (plus the original sound-horn alarm), a space-themed conference room (where the floor is the surface of the moon) and is located deep within the bedrock of Stockholm city.” Click here for first picture in gallery.

And it is real. It is a newly opened high-security data center run by one of Sweden’s largest ISPs, located in an old nuclear bunker deep below the bedrock of Stockholm city, sealed off from the world by entrance doors 40 cm thick (almost 16 inches).

[via Pingdom]

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A batch of Nissan 370Z press shots have been leaked one week before its official unveiling at the LA Auto Show. On the inside, “the rear strut tower brace that seriously compromised the 350Z’s trunk space has been moved just aft of the doors and everything in the engine bay looks ready for production.” Click here for first picture in gallery.

While the new head- and tail-lamp treatments have garnered the most attention, a few elements haven’t been in clear view until now.

[via Autoblog - GTR-World]

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You’d think a knockoff would at least come up with an interesting name, rather than just misspelling Sony Ericsson. Meet the Sany Ericssan X1. This knockoff features a 2.8-inch display, 1.0-megapixel camera (listed as 8.0MP on back casing), microSD card slot, USB connectivity, and Bluetooth. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Strategic advantages Sany Ericssan holds over Sony Ericsson: A quarterly sales volume measured in the hundreds is considered a rousing success. Neither Sany nor Ericssan have any intention of pulling out of the joint venture.

[via Engadget]

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Priced from $15,000 - $500,000, these DNA watches feature real moon dust (face), Apollo 11-sourced casing, and a wrist strap that’s made from ISS spacesuits. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Okay, that…is…awesome. But now for the sticker shock - a symbolic quantity of 1969 watches will be made to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission.

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That’s right, the picture above depicts a 47,554-76,500 pound digger “climbing a column using its front arm.” Unfortunately, a how to video wasn’t provided. Click here for first picture in gallery.

I don’t even know if it’s real, and I’m sure that a hundred people will probably exclaim: “Photoshop!” But it looks real and I want to know what is going on here and how is this possible at all.

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Called the “Cycle Life”, this watch concept essentially demonstrates the “boring lifestyle of modern man, which can be designated as one pose (sitting) and three objects.” Click here for one more picture.

Each segment is assigned the machine most used: Television, Personal computer, or Vehicle, beginning with WAKE UP! and ending with GO TO SLEEP!

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Sure, most of us have a QWERTY keyboard, but this custom WHATNO layout really gets the message across to those who like snooping where they shouldn’t. Though we’d like to see this on newer models, it would be even superior as a keyboard cover.

(Thanks, Jackson)

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Apparently, this is the first time ever where “astronomers have captured an optical image of a planet orbiting a star like our own.” Click here for first picture in gallery.

Do you see it? That tiny spark, that wee blip of light? It may not look like much, but it is in fact a normal planet orbiting a normal star, 250 trillion kilometers from Earth.

[via Gizmodo - Badastronomy]

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