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Chic Gifts for the Design Junkie

By Adrian Covert on at

You're stuck having to buy a gift for that friend or loved one who has impeccable design sense and the most discriminating of tastes. This isn't easy. But it's not impossible. Here are 10 gifts any design junkie will love.

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CallTrunk Records Calls and Sends 'Em to the Cloud

By Kat Hannaford on at

Another creepy call-recording service has just launched, which doesn't just record phone conversations -- oh no, it stores them in a cloud for spousal-snooping. Or so scaremongerers would like to think. Personally, I think it sounds like a handy tool for journalists and the like.

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Glass Keyboard and Mouse Shrug Off Crumbs and Spills

By Andrew Liszewski on at

Using the same technology as biometric systems that capture fingerprints, Jason Giddings has created a drool-worthy glass keyboard and mouse with multitouch functionality. But he's turned to Kickstarter to fund the prototypes and software needed to make it all work.

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How to Use Photoshop to Make Your Loved Ones Look Pretty

By Jesus Diaz on at

This is a very simple, quick method to make everyone have beautiful skin in your Christmas family photos, even if your family is on meth. I've used a variant of this method the past few years and it works perfectly.

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LG's Rolling Out Ice Cream Sandwich For Select Phones Soon

By Kat Hannaford on at

Got an LG phone? I'm sorry. Anyway, if it's an Optimus 2X; Optimus Black or Optimus 3D, good news! LG has announced Ice Cream Sandwich is a-coming, though the exact dates won't be revealed until December. [Facebook via Pocketnow]

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Siri Can Control Spotify, But Can It Find You Good Taste?

By Kat Hannaford on at

Can someone who has an iPhone 4S ask Siri what type of music she's into? I'm sure it's infinitely better than what you listen to. (I'm joking, of course! Maybe.) Thanks to the SiriProxy software recently created, it's now possible to control your Spotify playlist via Siri, queuing up new songs and even asking her to identify tracks for you.

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Martin Scorsese Thinks Taxi Driver Would've Made a Great 3D Film

By Kat Hannaford on at

Could Goodfellas and Taxi Driver do with a once-over with the 3D paintbrush? While most of us will be screaming "noooooo!" and jumping up and down waving our arms, Martin Scorsese has fallen for the charms of 3D after shooting Hugo and has said he wants to shoot all his next films in the format.

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Watch an Astronaut Play Baseball With Himself Aboard the ISS

By Kat Hannaford on at

Life must be tough aboard the International Space Station. I imagine even astronauts get sick of gazing at Earth, and chomping floating peanuts nut-by-nut. So it's really no surprise that Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa entertains himself by playing baseball...all by himself :(

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Kinect 2: So Accurate It Can Lip Read?

By Jamie Condliffe on at

Since its launch in 2010, the Kinect has changed gaming and inspired a whole new genre of hacking. But Kinect 2 might blow it out of the water, if rumours are to be believed.

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Karate-Kicking PS3 Slim Is Your Deal of the Day

By Andy Dawson on at

Black Friday? It’s dead to us. A mere raindrop when compared to the waterfall of bargains that is CYBER MONDAY! Yes, it’s making us a bit embarrassed that we even got excited about Black Friday, such is the wealth of special offers available today.

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Photographer HAL's Shrinkwrapped People Porn for iPad

By Gary Cutlack on at

The rather "specialist" Japanese snapper who calls himself Photographer HAL is launching a risque (for Apple) app alongside his next book, giving iPad users a chance to enjoy some very odd shrinkwrapped soft porn.

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Amazon Hypes Its Kindle Success Without Actually Naming Any Numbers. Again.

By Jamie Condliffe on at

Unsurprisingly, Black Friday was pretty successful for Amazon, which is shipping out Kindles at a staggering rate. As usual, though, we have no idea what that rate is. You dark horse, Amazon.

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The Droid 4 Looks Like a Big RAZR

By Jamie Condliffe on at

We've been expecting Motorola's Droid 4 for a while, but now official images and specs have leaked into the wild. And it looks a lot like a bigger version of the recent RAZR.

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The Daily Mail Designs the Queen's Next Yacht

By Kat Hannaford on at

I'm not sure how much time Queen Lizzy has for yachting when she's busy tapping the clock and looking expectantly at Kate Middleton's stomach, but the Daily Mail has launched a campaign to deliver a new "mega-yacht" to the Royal Family before the Queen's Diamond Jubilee next June. This might be one of the Mail's most fantastical articles ever.