Miyamoto's Plan: Nintendo to Put DSes in Schools

Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto says he's now focusing on bringing Nintendo's handheld DS consoles to the classroom.

Nintendo executive Shigeru Miyamoto is famous for bringing us Mario, the Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong and Animal Crossing but the video game designer is busying himself with a different kind of project these days. Miyamoto has said the area he is devoting himself to the most is turning Nintendo brand of handheld consoles into educational aids and teaching tools.

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New Bike Suspension Adapts to Terrain in 7ms



Whoever said making things more complicated was a bad thing?

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Baby Monitor 2.0 Features Bluetooth and USB Tech



Two bracelets and a base station

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Google Took Illegal Street View Pictures of SAS HQ



Google was last week forced to remove a set of images from Google Street View after it emerged that the photos showed the location of the SAS base in Credenhill, Herefordshire, UK.

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Another HTC Magic Smartphone Sports Malware



Panda has uncovered another HTC Magic from Vodaphone sporting malware.

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The 20 Cell Phones Giving Off the Most Radiation

How much radiation are you absorbing through cell phone use?

For years, doctors, researchers, experts and gadget enthusiasts have been debating the possible effects of cell phone radiation on your health. With possible links to cancer, a lot of people view it as a serious concern. So how much radiation is bad and how much does your cell phone give out?

For the last 10 years, CNet has been compiling a list of the 20 cell phones that give off the most radiation. According to CNet, to understand the list, you have to know that the amount of radiation absorbed by your body is called the specific absorption rate, or SAR. The maximum amount of radiation allowed by the FCC in the US and Canada is 1.6 watts per kilogram and in Europe this SAR figure is capped at 2 watts per kilogram.

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HTC Responds to Apple's Suit With Disagreement



Cell phone maker HTC has responded to the patent infringement suit recently filed by Cupertino-based Apple.

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BlackBerry Users Restless, Disloyal to Brand



According to a survey, 40 percent of BlackBerry users plan to trade in their smartphone for an iPhone when their contracts are up and a third of them plan to go to Android.

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Obama Contemplating Three-Strikes Piracy Law



President Obama is reportedly considering a three strikes law similar to what's already in effect in France.

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