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Navigon 7100

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Yeah, yeah, I know what you’re thinking: “Great, just another company joining the GPS fray.” But hold up; you might be interested in hearing about the Navigon 7100 and Navigon 5100. First unveiled at CeBit in March, these two portable navigation systems will both come …

Tomb Raider redefined the adventure genre when it was released in 1996, and with Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Naughty Dog hopes to do the same.

For more on Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, please check out our own Dan Ackerman’s first impressions, as he was lucky enough to get some

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Samsung SCH-i760

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Apparently, somewhere deep in cyberspace, there’s a hidden Verizon Wireless Web site that holds some of the carrier’s juiciest secrets, such as upcoming handsets. And though there’s no specific mention of which site (so take this news for what it’s worth), …

Vertus, the Boston-based developer of technology designed to ease the selection of specific elements in a digital photo, has released version 3 of its Fluid Mask software, the first time the product has been able to run as a standalone application and not just as a Photoshop plug-in.

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The BD-P2400 looks impressive from the spec sheet

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Right on the heels of the mostly well-reviewed BD-P1200, Samsung is charging ahead by announcing two new Blu-ray players for the fall. The BD-P1400 offers a few important features that enthusiasts have desired in a Samsung player. First, there’s support for 24 frames per second output, which many claim can reduce judder when viewed on a compatible display. We haven’t been able to detect a difference with 24 frames per second output so far, but we’re holding our final judgment until we’ve paired players up with more compatible displays. The BD-P1400 also has internal decoding for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD (we’re still waiting for confirmation that this means DTS-HD Master audio), which means that most AV receivers (those equipped with either HDMI or 5.1 analog audio inputs) can be used to amplify the high-resolution soundtracks. It also keeps some of the key features of the BD-P1200, like an HDMI 1.3 port, an Ethernet jack to upgrade the firmware and 5.1 analog audio outputs.

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