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If you take the guts of a Blu-ray or DVD player, blow it up, and spread it across a work bench, it looks like this. So you might be surprised to know that you’re looking at the future of storage . More

Remember that wild January day a bit over a year ago, when Palm debuted webOS and shares went wild ? Well, after months of setbacks in the sales arena, and a rough $22 million Q3 loss announced yesterday, Palm’s stocks took over a 25 percent dive today, dipping below $5 for the first time since the Pre was announced. At the time of this writing things seem to be leveling off a bit, but it’s the most damage the shares have seen since October of 2009. Morgan Joseph analyst Ilya Grozovsky has downgraded the stock to “sell” and set a target price at $0. Canaccord Adams analyst Peter Misek has set a similar target, saying that he sees a “complete lack of earnings visibility.” So, candlelit vigil time? Imminent buyout? Riots in the streets? Hardly. Palm’s own Jon Rubinstein said in the earnings announcement that the company is “looking forward to upcoming launches with new carrier partners” which should (hopefully) brighten spirits a bit, and we haven’t heard a single credible buyout rumor, despite plenty of wild conjecture. There are also still a pair of analyst hold outs (just two, to be exact) that have buy ratings on the stock, reports Thomson Reuters . As for rioting? Well, that’s up to you. No matter what, Palm has some serious soul searching to do. Palm shares take 25 percent plunge after downer earnings announcement originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Palm is dying. They’ve been hemorrhaging money since late last year, and yesterday’s woeful earnings announcement sealed its fate. It didn’t have to be this way. But it’s been coming for a long time. More

Haven’t updated your laptop’s trackpad driver lately? Then you may well want to consider doing so, at least if your laptop is equipped with a Synaptics trackpad. As a user on the Hardware Zone forums discovered, the latest Synaptics driver seems to enable multitouch gestures on older laptops that didn’t previously support them, including two-finger scrolling, and three-finger click. What’s more, while the drivers themselves come from HP, they should work just fine on other laptops with a Synaptics trackpad. Hit up the link below to try it out for yourself. Synaptics driver enables multitouch gestures on older trackpads originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Nothing brings up memories as smells do. In my case, it’s the smell of plastic. Thousands of little colorful plastic pieces in cardboard boxes. Literally, all those memories live in a secure, temperature- and humidity-controlled, fireproof archival vault in Denmark. More

The Large Hadron Collider is no stranger to setting energy records: back at the end of November it broke the 0.98 TeV record by hitting the 1.18 TeV mark. Well, the problem beleaguered collider’s just handily surpassed itself — this time with a truly stunning 3.5 TeV — with beams of protons on record as having circulated at 3.5 trillion electron volt. Now, we’re not scientists or anything, but that sure is a lot of volts! CERN’s moving on later this week and will begin colliding the beams so they can check out the tiniest particles within atoms in the hopes of finding out more about how matter’s made up. We look forward to hearing all about that, too — but until then, we made do by reading the source over and over. LHC breaks its own energy record, still less powerful than Lady GaGa originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Sandra Bullock’s husband Jesse James has apologized for having an affair. The motorcycle enthusiast has spoken publicly about allegations he cheated on the Oscar-winning actress with tattoo model Michelle ‘Bombshell’ McGee and admits he deserves “everything bad” which may come from his “bad judgement”.

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Jesse James apologizes to Sandra

Peter Andre is having a tattoo of his ex-wife Katie Price’s name lasered off his finger. The Australian singer – who divorced the glamor model last year – has already had his first of three treatments at a clinic in Brighton to remove the inking from his wedding finger, despite previously saying he wouldn’t do it because of his children.

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Peter Andre lasers away Katie

Lady Gaga says being gay is not a choice. The 23-year-old singer, who has previously discussed her own bisexuality at length, believes homosexual men and women are “born” that way.

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Lady Gaga says homosexuality isn’t a choice

Kate Moss needed a helping hand from boyfriend Jamie Hince as she left a London nightclub last night (18.03.10). The couple enjoyed an evening out at exclusive nightspot China White but as they left just before midnight Kate took a wobble on the street.

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Kate Moss’ wobbly exit

50 Cent will never retire from music. The rapper says he will always be involved in the hip-hop scene but realises he may have to adapt to fit in with the ever-changing industry.

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50 Cent won’t quit rap