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Philippe Starck Designs Spray That Gets You Instantly Drunk For Seconds

This is a truly stellar idea, which stems from one of the world’s best minds — Philippe Starck. While he did not invent the WA|HH Quantum Sensation spray, he did design the canister that delivers the 0.075 milliliters of alcohol that gets you instantaneously drunk. However, its French American scientist creator, David Edwards, says that after those few seconds, you will not be hungover, and interestingly, be able to pass any driving test. The price of this fantastic invention? Only 26 dollars. Nevertheless, I like the mere fact that the creative Mr. Starck can always do something rather unusual in its application.

ViaAFP (French), Le Laboratoire

RIM CEO: BlackBerry 7 Devices Won’t Upgrade To 10 — It’s Ludicrous

As you are now aware, BlackBerry 7 will be the OS of choice for RIM in the future for its low-end smartphones and devices, however the new and shiny BlackBerry 10 will house the top-of-the-line devices released by RIM. Unfortunately, users of current BlackBerry 7 devices will be unable to get an official upgrade to BlackBerry 10, thus RIM is leaving another generation of its users in the dark, unless they buy a new BlackBerry. It’s shameful, really. RIM still hasn’t thought things through. Via: Verge

Alienware’s Laptops Get Some Ivy Bridge Processor Action From Intel

Remember the new Alienware’s from earlier this month? Well, as of today they’re even newer. All three current Alienware laptops — the M14x, M17x, and M18x — are getting 3rd-generation Intel Core technology added on top of the new Nvidia Kepler graphics processors, making for a totally new and more powerful experience. Prices are pretty diverse: M14x (from $1100), the M17x (starting at  a reasonable $1500) and the big, bad M18x (from $2000).

As for what processors they’re getting exactly: the M14x receives an Intel Core i7-3820QM (up to 2.7GHz), while the larger laptops will get their processors nudged up to the 2.9 GHz Core i7-3920XM (M17x) and last but not least, a 2.9GHz Core i7-3920XM for the M18x. There’s massive list for customization available at the source link.

Press release after the break. Via: Alienware

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Origin Outs Its 11-inch Gaming Laptop Powerhouse, The EON11-S

As the days go by, it seems that Alienware’s decision to stop making new versions of the popular M11x is more of a bad decision than before. Today, Origin, a company that sprouted from Alienware’s defected employees, announced their re-branded version of the Clevo 11-inch laptop that many companies are going to use for the basis of their 11.6-inch gaming laptops. This particular version with Origin’s badge on it includes the new Intel Ivy Bridge processors, a 2GB NVIDIA GT 650M GPU for some great gaming, Optimus graphics-switching technology and a battery rated for 6.5 hours of runtime. The laptop starts at $999 (compared with $1,099 for Maingear), except you’d better go to Origin’s site to find out what kind of specs you get for such a low price. At least it looks good and is pretty light.

(Editor’s Note: adding an Ivy Bridge CPU instantly bumps the price to $1,294, and at the base price you get a Pentium processor. Really.)

Via: Origin

Steve Wozniak Says Windows Phone More Beautiful Than Android, “No Contest”

This is a real blow to Android, which Steve Wozniak (an Apple co-founder) was very much a fan of, and owned plenty of Android devices. It is taken into account that Steve probably has a Nokia Lumia 900, which he stated he was eager to acquire. Moving on towards his praise, he says that Windows Phone 7 is like you’re ”with a friend not a tool.” He goes on to say using Android is more of a chore, and there is “no contest” between Google’sOS and Windows Phone. And he’s not done yet; he bashes iOS: it is “more awkward” in its interactions than the Lumia phone containing Windows Phone 7. His only problem? Lack of more (and better) third-party apps for Microsoft’s mobile platform.

Via: Anewdomain

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