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Daily Tech: LG Debuts Its XD3 Slim Portable Hard Drive
- LG's new 320GB external hard drive has surfaced in Korea for about $90 — Engadget
- Take a virtual trip around the world with Google's newest 5.1 version of Google Earth — Lifehacker
- Check out which video games made it to store shelves this week — Green Pixels
- Morgan Ritchie took tweets from the past 100 days from British actor and writer Stephen Fry's Twitter page and turned them into an illustrative masterpiece — Mashable
- Wow. You can pick up a Rock Band kit and Rock Band 2 for only $79 — CrunchGear
- It's giveaway and game time on GeekSugar! Be sure to log in and play our Best Video Game ever bracket!
Surf's Up: The Ocean Is Now in Google Earth
Splish splash — Google Earth added the world's bath! The latest version of Google Earth, 5.0, now has a 3D version of the ocean floor.
The "new" ocean features reefs, underwater animal homes, and even surf spot recommendations.
How to Track Santa With Google Earth
Want to watch Santa's flight around the world tonight? Google Earth and Norad (AKA the North American Aerospace Defense Command) are your official Santa trackers, so you don't have to rely on your dad just pointing at some blinking light in the sky (that you're pretty sure is a helicopter, anyway).
All you need is to download Google Earth if you haven't already, and then go to Norad's Santa page.
Daily Tech: $250 Cameras Get Put to the Test
- Since most of us won't be spending a ton of cash on expensive SLR's this holiday season, Gizmodo has put together a helpful list of $200-$300 cameras and how they fare in terms of picture quality. — Gizmodo
- It's rumored that Wal-Mart may be soon debuting a $99 iPhone. Now that is speaking my pricing language.— MacRumors
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Daily Tech: Google Debuts a Slick Google Earth For the iPhone
- Google has just launched a multi-touch Google Earth for the iPhone! — Gizmodo
- Not long now! Netflix will start streaming videos to Macs by the end of the year.
Daily Tech: McDonald's in Japan Tests Out Pay-By-Phone Coupons
- McDonald's in Japan will be implementing a new e-coupon system where customers can pay for their order by placing their phone on a RFID reader. — Wired
- Now with Google Earth, you can check out new environmental layers that are based on future climate change estimates. — Gizmodo
- Here's an entertaining Saturday night Wii game to play with friends.
Where's Waldo on Google Earth? Genius!
Mixing art with technology is exactly what Media Arts student Melanie Coles did for her graduating project. . .
Geek Tip: Use Google Earth to Track the Weather
If you're a Google Earth nut like I am you may have noticed a new weather folder in the layers panel, which allows you to keep up on weather patterns in your area and across the world.
The Google Earth blog reports that the weather folder contains three sublayers (clouds, radar, and conditions, and forecasts) and one information link that gives you some background information on the data being displayed.
The clouds layer depicts a global satellite mosaic of clouds created on an hourly basis so you can log on any time to check out cloud movement in your area.
Google Earth Adds Sky Feature
Following the success of Google Earth, which allows you to get a bird's eye view of most corners of the world and even watch the sun come up, Google has launched a new Sky feature, that will allow you to play astronaut from the ground.
The feature allows you to zoom in to distant galaxies and nebulae, view constellations and the movements of the planets and learn about the lifecycle of a star and different kinds of galaxies. You can also create and share your own imagery, placemarks and more.
Geek Tip: Watch The Sunrise with Google Earth
Google Earth adds another neat dimension to its already cool user experience. Now you can check out some of the most beautiful sunrises across the globe with a new Google Earth layer which allows you to watch the sunrise right on your laptop. Taken from Discovery HD Theater’s “Sunrise Earth” program, you can now select the Sunrise Earth layer by clicking Sunrise Earth Program, scrolling down the left side and clicking the "watch the sunrise (on Google Earth)" link.
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