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Not down with MSI’s GT725? Just an AMD purist? Either way, you’ll be thrilled to feast your retinas on the company’s latest gaming behemoth, the GT733. This 17-inch beast gets powered by a AMD Turion X2 Ultra dual-core mobile CPU, 2GB of DDR2 RAM, a WUXGA display, ATI’s Mobility Radeon HD 4670 (512MB GDDR3), up to 500GB of SATA hard drive space, an optional Blu-ray optical drive, 2.0 megapixel webcam, and a 4-in-1 multicard reader. There’s also gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, three USB 2.0 sockets, HDMI / VGA outputs and your choice of a six- or nine-cell battery. Per usual, MSI’s keeping quiet on the pricing / availability front, but we reckon it’ll be filtering out here soon.

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MSI launches AMD-powered GX733 gaming laptop originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Touch one icon on the new Palm Pre’s screen and you’ll be transported back in time, able to run over 30,000 old Palm OS applications.

Classic is the name of the software which will run the old applications in an emulation layer reminiscent in both name and purpose of the Classic that Apple used to ease the transition from OS 9 to OS X. Classic won’t run everything for the good old days, but it will cope with almost everything and the developer — Motion Apps — will be releasing a list of compatible applications.

There’s even more good news. Thanks to a tasty combination of Moore’s Law and a little bit of time, applications will run faster than they did before. Those used to the Treo 700p will see a doubling of speed.

This shows just one more difference between the philosophy at Palm and the philosophy at Apple. Can you imagine the nit-picking App Store testers approving a Newton emulator for the iPhone? Of course not.

Back to the future! [Motion Apps via the Twitter]

See Also:

• 6 Reasons Why the Palm Pre Is Special

St. Jude Medical’s announced that patients from Austria, Germany, and Greece are among the first to be implanted with Libra Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) devices to alleviate the symptoms of advanced Parkinson’s Disease. Specifically, it’s able to reduce akinesia, rigidity, tremor, and motor complications associated with taking levodopa.The company’s touting Libra and LibraXP as having the longest-lasting battery of any DBS in their class, meaning potentially less surgical procedures needed for for when they gotta be replaced. No word on when they’ll be expanding use of the device, but we’re sure it’s coming.

[Via Medgadget]

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European Parkinson’s patients receive first Libra DBS implants to help alleviate symptoms originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Instead of focusing on hair types, the latest Japanese hair products focus on the needs of a few trendy styles.

This March, Mod’s Hair (Unilever Japan) launched two new hair waxes designed for two unique hair styles—and ones that the company is predicting will be the trendiest looks for the upcoming spring/summer season. The first, for the “airy bob,” promises both a firm hold and lifting at the roots for a full volume look. Meanwhile the second, for “wave memory,” works to preserve waves created in the morning, no matter how many times their owner brushes or runs a hand through them. Both products retail at major drug store chains for about $7.

We’ve spotted a few other style specific hair products on the shelves suggesting that this is becoming a major trend. Sala also has a line-up of hair waxes for different looks, though these are less trend-focused and include products tailored for more general styles: holding an up-do in place, adding volume to your layers, keeping a perm smooth. These products are easily identifiable by the promotional photos that show just what kind of style matches each product.

This trend is not limited to products marketed towards women; men, with their own unique hairstyles, are getting equally suitable products. Gatsby has likewise identified two currently popular hair styles—giving them the names “grunge mat” and spiky edge”— and created hair waxes accordingly. Meanwhile rival Uno, from Shiseido, has a similar line on the shelves, also with photo images to match.

Trend potential
Hair care products are no longer just about responding to the needs of different hair types—instead they can play an active part in current trends, even shaping them. This can result in an increasingly diversified, ever-changing line-up.

As far as business relationships go, Amazon and Sprint’s Kindle lovechild has proven to be a fruitful endeavor. So it’s with little surprise that other manufacturers have been seeking out that same feeling of carrier companionship. According to Verizon Wireless VP of open development Tony Lewis, there are five e-book readers in the works from various companies that are looking to be certified for use on the network, possibly in the same way Kindle uses its connectivity to download books on the fly. While he wouldn’t provide any names, he did hint they were looking at segments of the market Kindle isn’t currently catering to, such as college textbooks. We’ve also got word that AT&T’s looking to hop on the bandwagon, with head of emerging devices Glenn Lurie chiming in that they want to be a part of that market. If that Whispernet connectivity is the feature that’s been tempting you to go Kindle, looks like you’ll have a few more options on the horizon, if you’re patient.

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AT&T, Verizon looking to join e-book reader market? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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