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I’m taking this rumor with the smallest possible grain of salt. After all, what business would Google have buying gaming company Valve? Sure, the Steam distribution platform is hot and Google would love to have said technology in it’s paws but what good is that going to do for the rest of Valve’s assets? I’m sure Portal and Half-Life aren’t ...

Are you the proud owner of a backyard pool? Excellent. Invite all the ladies in the neighborhood over and get some grilling done my friend; you’ve got beer pong to play. With the Poolside Pong inflatable table, you can get all the girls into bikinis and dripping with cold beer. It holds the cups in place, it has a spot ...

I bet you’re wondering what happened to the lens that was replaced with a Pringles can for that DIY project posted the other day. Turns out, that lens turned up on the Internet as a coffee mug. Express your love of photography and caffeine simultaneously as you pour your daily Colombian coffee into this camera lens. Unfortunately, it’s just a ...

Nothing beats driving 60 miles for one hour only to end up stopping for an 8 hour charge as you run up the electric bill of some random stranger. Not even Chevy can deny the satisfaction of only having to stop at a gas station once a month, so it’s officially announced the Chevy Volt due out on the streets ...

Here at Gearfuse, we’ve seen loads of stuff that has no practical use in real world applications. Take that toaster scanner thing for example, a neat idea but totally worthless to anyone who isn’t scamming people by selling Mother Teresa-faced toast on eBay.� We recently took a look at JooYoun Paek’s website. She’s an artist and interactive designer that takes ...

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Just a heads up that we’ll be covering the T-Mobile HTC Dream press conference in New York next Tuesday. We’ll have all the latest HTC/T-mo/Android information for you and if all goes well, possibly product shots or a video review. Stay tuned!

Girl you know it’s true. Ooh, ooh, ooh, I got links for you. Swype, Swype, baby Even stupider than Bluetooth headsets Wiimote a la Xbox 360 An incredibly disappointing “Beer on a Stick” RFID is coming to Walgreens A pool table that turns into a dinner table Here’s a review of Rock Band 2 I participated in Wario is hitting ...

Wow! These are some delicious-looking cupcakes made by Nick Bilton and Danielle Bilton that take the form of an iPhone menu. They won the cupcake contest that was held at last night’s Ignite NYC II event. I would have gone but I’m not trying to get diabetes. NOM! Link

Boing Boing Gadgets has an interesting write-up on how Blizzard’s World of Warcraft is being used as a tool for practicing terrorism on our home turf. In this case, a particular raid is modified to reflect an attack on the White House. [T]wo World of Warcraft players discuss a raid on the “White Keep” inside the “Stonetalon Mountains.” The major ...