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The Daily Engadget: Huge Texas Wind Farm, Rapid Recharging Tech

by Tim Stevens on July 24, 2009 at 09:38 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 (or, at least, what we think is tops). For more details on any of these stories, click on the Engadget links in each story below.

Largest Off-Shore Wind Farm Planned for Texas
Giant windmills are taking over our nation, and now they're wading into our seas, bringing clean, renewable electricity to millions -- millions of Texans, that is.

MIT Researching Rapid-Recharge Tech
Electric vehicles are the future, but they aren't practical without significant advances in charging technology. A group of MIT students thinks it's up to the challenge, and is working on a rapid-recharge station that takes ten minutes instead of ten hours to juice up you ride.

AT&T CEO Discusses iPhone Exclusivity
In the past, AT&T has always spoken of its exclusive access to the iPhone in forever terms, but CEO Randall Stephenson made waves at the Fortune Brainstorm: Tech conference by admitting that there may one day be an end to the deal.

'Band Hero's' DS Lite Peripherals Pictured
Like to rock out on the go? Check out the new 'Band Hero' game for the Nintendo DS, available with a slew of peripherals -- including a new slip-on drum controller.

Sony's Giant Blu-Ray MegaChanger Holds 400 Discs
If you can afford enough Blu-ray discs to fill up Sony's new MegaChanger (which holds 400), you probably aren't going to worry about the stout $1,900 price tag.

Wal-Mart Offering $300 Compaq Laptop
Need a cheap laptop but don't want a netbook? Get yourself down to Wal-Mart, where the biggest of big box stores is now selling a decent Compaq laptop for just $300.

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