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The Daily Engadget: Wind-Powered Cell Towers, Android Gets Updated

by Tim Stevens on October 2, 2009 at 10:23 AM

The Daily Engadget: Wind-Powered Cell Phone Towers, and Amazon Clarifies Remote Book Deletion Policy
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.

Self-Sufficient, Wind-Powered Cell Phone Towers Coming Soon

It's one thing to plunk a cell phone tower out in the wilderness, it's another thing to run a bunch of power cables to it. The solution could be turbines from Helix Wind, capable of making a remote tower completely self-sufficient.

Android 1.6 Now Official for T-Mobile

Android 1.6 (aka "Donut") is the new hotness for users of Google's alternative phone OS, and it's now being pushed to most T-Mobile Android devices.

Amazon Clarifies Deletion Policy

Remember when Amazon remotely deleted all those copies of '1984?' Ironically good times, right? Well the online retail giant is saying it'll never do it again -- unless someone else tells it to do so.

Windows 7 Party Packs Now Arriving

If you're so excited about Windows 7 you just can't wait to throw a party, Microsoft has you covered.

The Amazing X-Ray Wireless Network

Those with concerns about the safety of wireless networking hardware in their homes will not find solace in the news that a research lab has managed to turn a wireless router into a sort of X-ray machine, able to see through walls. Guess the ridiculous cell phone technology in 'Batman: The Dark Knight' wasn't so far-fetched after all.

Bell Labs Creates Super Fast Laser Network

Broadband is nice, but if you need to move a lot of data you need to call Bell Labs. They recently managed to beam data at a rate of 15.5 Terabits per second. That's enough to transmit the data contained on about 350 DVDs every second.

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