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YouTube clips embedded in blogs now can be covered with ads, creating a look that is far more clustered than the clean aesthetic that Google usually aspires to.

Source: By SAUL HANSELL

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We mentioned it briefly the other day, but just so we’re clear: Lenovo’s S10 (pictured) won’t be alone this fall. The company is also pushing out an 8.9-inch version for a few non-US markets, and dubbing it the S9. According to Digitimes, the S9 will be running an 8GB SSD instead of the 80GB HDD of its big brother, but specs otherwise will be pretty much the same. The laptop should retail for 12,900 Taiwan dollars, about $420 US (though we can’t really rely on a straight exchange rate for this), but a decent bit cheaper than the 17,900 Taiwan dollar S10.

[Via TG Daily]

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Source: Paul Miller

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That wasn’t fun at all, actually. Turns out the $-70 128GD SSD option for the ThinkPad X200 was not only a mistake, but the part isn’t even available. Eager orderers received the following e-mail from Lenovo this morning:

Dear Valued Lenovo Customer,

We are contacting you with regard to your recent Lenovo X200 order.

Please note that we recently experienced a web error which caused the price of the 128GB Solid State Drive to be erroneously listed at $0.
Unfortunately, we are unable to honor this pricing; in addition, the part is currently not available.

As a token of appreciation for your patience and understanding, we are pleased to offer you a substitute of either a 64GB Solid State Drive
or a 200GB Hard Disk Drive (7200rpm) free of charge in place of the 128GB Drive.

To accept this offer, please reply to this email and fill out the below fields by Monday August 11th with your selection.

*** If we do not receive a reply by that date, your order will be cancelled at that time.

We can’t exactly hate on Lenovo for not honoring the mistake, especially since they’re offering a 64GB SSD in exchange for free.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Comcast said it would buy DailyCandy, a publisher of net newsletter, for $125 million.

Source: By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED

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Look, we know it’s pointless and likely in violation of even the most rudimentary safety codes enacted since the Middle Ages. But there’s something about DIY hackery of that 500mA USB port that tugs at the little Erector Set cobbling kid in each of us. Just wire up an off-the-shelf pan with some insulated tungsten filament and you’ll be cooking an egg in about 7 minutes — you know, after an overnight pre-heat, presumably. Now prepare to have your noodle scrambled along with an egg in the video after the break.

[Thanks, Mira B.]Continue reading Video: DIY USB pan cooks your egg faster than a cellphone

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The airline said Wi-Fi service would be offered for a fee to customers traveling throughout the continental United States.

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A stretchable circuit allows researchers to make simple, high-quality camera sensors.

Source: By DAVID POGUE

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An ultrasensitive optical protein sensor analyzes saliva.

Source: By MATTATHIAS SCHWARTZ

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