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Until now, Samson’s Zoom H4n digital recorder has been a staple in niche music equipment stores like Sam Ash, Musician’s Friend, and Sweetwater, but a no-show in more mainstream retailers. Now the two year-old handheld is on sale at Best Buy, making it much easier to walk into a brick-and-mortar store and handle the thing a bit before deciding to shell out $299. The H4n’s undergone some minor upgrades since its debut, with the current model sporting built-in X/Y stereo condenser mics, a rubberized, shock-proof design, an improved UI, a new digitally controlled mic preamp, and the ability to use internal and external mics for four-channel recording. It comes with a 1GB SDHC card, but you can swap it for one as large as 32GB. Last but not least, there’s a tripod mount, making it easier to pair the device with a DSLR that could use some oomph in the audio department — you know, when you film your next My World 2.0 fan video next week.

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This article was written on February 27, 2009 by CyberNet.

As you probably already know Internet Explorer 8 is going to be more standards compliant than previous versions of the web browser. While that sounds great to us geeks that understand what that means it also poses a problem for casual computer users who only care whether a site works or not. Thousands and thousands of sites will likely have some sort of visual flaw or possibly not work at all in IE8.

To get around this issue Microsoft lets users switch to a “compatibility view” so that sites are essentially rendered the same way they were in Internet Explorer 7. They can then go a step further by adding it to a list of sites they want the browser to always render using this compatibility view. In my testing this works great, but Microsoft has also decided to provide something that a user can install on their PC to populate this list automatically.

The executable (available for Vista and XP) goes as far as to add over 2,400 different sites that people have reported issues with. Mary Jo Foley has compiled a complete list of the sites that are included, and I thought I’d see how popular the sites are in that list. Using data from Alexa here are some stats you may find interesting:

• 657 of the sites are in the top 1,000 on Alexa (66%)
• 391 of the sites are in the top 500 on Alexa (78%)
• 209 of the sites are in the top 250 on Alexa (84%)
• 92 of the sites are in the top 100 on Alexa (92%)
• 48 of the sites are in the top 50 on Alexa (96%)
• 24 of the sites are in the top 25 on Alexa (96%)
• 10 of the sites are in the top 10 on Alexa (100%)

Crazy, huh? Microsoft is including a huge chunk of the most popular sites in this compatibiltiy list. Even their own sites like microsoft.com, live.com, and msn.com are included.

As it stands right now this list is only available for users who take the time to manually install it. If IE8 was to ship with this included I’m sure there would be more cause for concern, but I’ve been using Internet Explorer 8 RC1 for a few weeks now and I’d say the website compatibility is pretty good. At this point most sites feel like they have fixed any issues with the browser, or at the very least have inserted the necessary code to make IE8 render with the IE7 engine. Although we probably won’t know for sure until it is officially released.

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We’ve seen apps that ensure you don’t miss the next episode of Jersey Shore, but with the exception of Sling’s, there aren’t many that stream TV to a mobile device. PCTV’s new Broadway 2T does that — but with a boatload of caveats. The box’s built-in Freeview tuner will let you watch your shows over WiFi or 3G from anywhere in the world, but it’ll only pick up over-the-air broadcasts from regions using the DVB-T standard (read: not in the US). It also comes with composite cables, which are perfect for setting up a security camera rig, but a deal-breaker for the majority of geeks who own a high-def set. The 2T streams video through the browser, so it works over Wi-Fi and 3G with Mac, PC, and Apple’s mobile Safari browser, with Android support coming sometime in the second quarter. No word yet on availability, though it’s up for preorder on PCTV’s site for €199 ($287.14) if you can’t live without your EPL matches while traveling away from your European villa.

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Donald and Eric scheme to put America back on top by building a life-size, fully functioning Imperial AT-AT. They also discuss plans for the ultimate retro hipster camera revival and a tool that can preserve your wine or help you in a medical crisis.

It’s not exactly difficult to put into words what the Kyocera Echo is — it’s a dual-screened Android phone, after all — but it’s a wee bit more challenging to wrap your head around who exactly it’s for. The hardcore gaming contingent already has Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play, and those obsessed with screen real estate have options spanning the gamut — everything from Dell’s 5-inch Streak to a veritable cornucopia of choices in the 4- to 4.3-inch range. So, where exactly does this oddball fit in? Quite frankly, we get the impression that it’s doing its darnedest to carve out a market of its own, a thought that’s reinforced by Kyocera’s dedicated app development space and two-faced Simul-Task mode. Early critics (read: us) railed on the fact that double the screens meant double the trouble in terms of battery life, and there’s no question that a second cell was included with our test unit. But are the advantages of having a second 3.5-inch WVGA touchpanel enough to overshadow the obvious pitfalls? Join us as we do a little soul-searching in our full review, hosted up just past the break.

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