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The Daily Engadget: TiVo and Best Buy Partner, Kindle 2 Price Cut

by Thomas Houston on July 9, 2009 at 11:01 AM



Our friends over at Engadget obsessively cover everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics, which is why we compile this daily roundup of their top stuff. For more details on any of these stories, click on the Engadget links in each story below.

TiVo and Best Buy
This morning, Best Buy and TiVo announced a "broad partnership" that includes a strong TiVo retail push at stores nationwide. Per the announcement, TiVo and Best Buy are also developing a co-branded digital video recorder (DVR), and TiVo's software will be included in some of Best Buy's branded televisions.

Kindle 2 Price Cut
Amazon's Kindle 2 just got a bit more affordable. The online mega-retailer just hacked $60 off the price of the popular e-reader. It now retails for $299.

Watch Out, Booth Babes!
We've always thought being a 'booth babe' was a stable line of work, but a new technology from 3M and Epson may soon render those jobs obsolete. Using backlit, video-display technology and 0.3-mm-thin material, the talking spokesperson will repeat your pitch without ever getting tired. That said, the delivery's a little flat. Don't miss the video.

World's First Fuel Cell-Powered Plane
 Fuel cells are popping up everywhere these days, and they're finally taking to the air. The Antares DLR-H2 is the world's first piloted airplane powered by fuel cells. Check out the video here.

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