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Google Glass Specifications Revealed

Google has published a list of technical specifications for the upcoming head-mounted device Glass. These include a 640x360 display, the equivalent of a "25 inch high definition screen from eight feet away," a 5 megapixel camera with 720p video capture, 16 GB of storage (with 12 GB being usable), and audio delivered via a bone conduction transducer.

 

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The Original 'Google Phone' Revealed

As part of Google's court case continues against Oracle over Android, a set of slides have been shown today exposing photos of the original Google Phone: the first proposed Android device from way back in 2006.

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Codemasters Reveals DiRT Showdown

Codemasters is developing a spin-off destruction-based racing game based on the DiRT series, as exclusively revealed by Gamespot today. 

For many, and us included, DiRT started life as a welcome return for the Colin McRae rally games of generations past. It was a game that relied not on the rough-and-tumble of competitive racing (although there was a fair bit of it) and instead was focused on shaving tenths of seconds off rally stage splits and maintaining the careful concentration associated with listening to your co-pilot.

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Google X: The top-secret laboratory is revealed

The existence of Google X was revealed by the New York Times in a feature they wrote yesterday - detailing a place where engineers were working on the next generation of Google products, and taking a walk on the wilder side of technological innovation.

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