Gigabyte GA-Z77-HD3 ATX Motherboard

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Gigabyte has dropped their latest ATX motherboard, the GA-Z77-HD3. Based on Intel Z77 Express Chipset, the board supports for Intel LGA1155 processors and features four DDR3 DIMM memory slots (up to 32GB RAM), one PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slot, one PCI-Express 3.0 x4 slot, two PCI-Express 2.0 x1 slots and two PCI slots. Connectivity-wise, it has two SATA 6.0 Gbps, four SATA 3.0 Gbps, four USB 3.0, eight USB 2.0 and Gigabit Ethernet. The GA-Z77-HD3 sells for 10,000 Yen (about $122). [Product Page]

Energizer XP14000 Portable Battery Charger

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Here we have a new portable battery charger from Japan Trust Technology, the Energizer XP14000. Measuring 155mm x 98mm x 23mm and weighing 375g, this travel-friendly battery charger is equipped with two USB 5V output ports, one DC 19V output port, one charging port and a high-capacity 14000mAh battery. The Energizer XP14000 sells for 15,800 Yen (about $194). [Product Page]

Quadlet Quad Core Android 4.0 ICS Tablet

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Chinavasion has just added a new quad core Android 4.0 ICS tablet to its product page, the Quadlet. Measuring only 9mm thick, the tablet packs a 9.7-inch 1024 x 720 multi-touch display, a 1.4GHz Samsung Exynos 4412 Cortex-A9 quad-core processor, a 2GB RAM, a 16GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), dual cameras (0.3MP front & 2MP rear), WiFi, Bluetooth, Adobe Flash support, an HDMI port, a 6000mAh battery and runs on Android 4.0.4 OS. The Quadlet will set you back $309.41. [Product Page]

Republicans Plan To Prevent Another Todd Akin

Read their lips: no more Todd Akins.

In the wake of the GOP’s Election Day beatdown, influential Republican senators say enough’s enough: Party leaders need to put the kibosh on the kind of savage primaries that yielded candidates like Akin — and crippled Republican prospects of taking the Senate in two straight election cycles.

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Western Digital My Book Studio USB 3.0 External Hard Drives For Mac Users

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Western Digital is preparing to launch a new line of USB 3.0 external hard drives ‘My Book Studio’ for Mac users. Coming in 1TB, 2TB, 3TB and 4TB sizes, these plug-and-play hard drives come with a metal enclosure and provide two different types of connection interfaces: USB 3.0 and USB 2.0. The 1TB, 2TB, 3TB and 4TB models will start shipping from November 22nd for around $182, $219, $268 and $342, respectively. [Western Digital]

Broncos Beat Chargers 30-23: Peyton Manning Throws For 3 Touchdowns

DENVER — Passing by Peyton. Dancing by Von.

On the day Peyton Manning threw three touchdown passes and drew even with John Elway in the career win column, it was Broncos linebacker Von Miller who stole the show – not only with the three sacks and two forced fumbles that rattled Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers, but with the ever-evolving sack dance he uses to celebrate.

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The Stratford 4: Where the Ocean Meets the Eye

I don’t know anything about The Stratford 4 really. From what I can scare up with a cursory Google search and their languishing Myspace page, they were a quartet active from roughly 1999 to the mid 2000s and have since disbanded. What I do know is that their song “Where The Ocean Meets the Eye” off their 2003 record Love and Distortion is fantastic. More »

Refresh Roundup: week of November 12th, 2012

Refresh Roundup week of November 12th, 2012

Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don’t escape without notice, we’ve gathered every possible update, hack, and other miscellaneous tomfoolery we could find during the last week and crammed them into one convenient roundup. If you find something available for your device, please give us a shout at tips at engadget dawt com and let us know. Enjoy!

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Patriots Rout Colts 59-24: Tom Brady Outplays Andrew Luck

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots superb offense finally got some help from the rest of the team.

The Patriots used three scoring passes from Tom Brady, two touchdowns on interception returns and another on a punt return to match a team single-game scoring record in a 59-24 rout of the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.

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Chris Myers Gaffe: ‘Panthers Win!… Buccaneers Win!’ (VIDEO)

Matt Yoder, Awful Announcing

Chris Myers certainly isn’t the first nor the last announcer that this will happen to, but the game winning score is the worst possible time to confuse the two teams playing a game in front of you. As Dallas Clark catches the game winning TD in overtime from Josh Freeman for the Buccaneers against the Panthers, Myers shouts:

“Panthers win!”

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