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We still have memories — some would say nightmares, but we digress — of hanging out at a neighbor’s house and taking turns playing matches of Mario’s Tennis , our biological ocular displays assimilated into a rubber mask that engulfed our brains and left us in a permanent state of viewing the world in red wireframe. Crude 3D though it may be, it’s still a part of history we must accept, and if you happen to own a Virtual Boy, we have just two things to say to you.

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iFixit celebrates Friday with teardown of Virtual Boy, the greatest game console man has ever known

We’re excited about the Boxee Box , and the new-look Apple TV is intriguing, but no single box is as good as a box that doesn’t exist yet does the same stuff. Confused? Sit down, let us explain.

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Plex announces partnership with LG, pledges to beat Boxee Box and Apple TV for free

The UK’s Royal Mail may’ve been kicking around in some shape or form since 1516, but they’ve become the first postal service to create an ” intelligent stamp ,” readable like a QR code by an Android or iPhone app. More »

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Postage Stamps Go High-Tech With QR Code-Like Stamp Readable by Apps [IPhone Apps]

Skype ’s Windows client is showing a bit of ambition today as its latest beta version now boasts a mighty 10-way video calling implementation. The earlier v5.0 beta threw up five-way vidchat , but it’d seem Skype kept its software engineers working through the summer and now we’ve got double the visual fun. Which would be awesome if we actually had nine other people we cared to see while talking to them

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Skype 5.0 beta brings 10-way video calling to the world

Whoa, welcome to the new decade SageTV ! Nearly two full years after introducing the HD Theater HD200 , the aforesaid company is hitting back with the HD Theater 300 — and frankly, the timing couldn’t possibly be worse. Last month, a $149.95 price tag on a no-name streamer may have looked attractive, but with the revised Apple TV and price-adjusted Roku line, we get the feeling this one will be a hard sell

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SageTV puts $150 HD Theater 300 up for pre-order, breaks down the specifications

Our friends at Engadget en Español have turned us on to some pico projecters that recently popped up on Philips’ Flickr account.

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Philips unveils new PicoPix pico projectors

We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Calvin, who needs a replacement for his recently broken Switztool 6-piece screwdriver kit

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Ask Engadget: best screwdriver kit for DIY computer work?

Feel like connecting a HTPC or even one of the many streamers to your HDTV is overkill?

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Toshiba StorE TV+ drive connects up to 2TB of media directly to your HDTV

Toshiba’s new LED-based pico projectors won’t shake the world with VGA resolutions, 14 lumens and just 80 minutes of battery life, but we have to admit the Lumileo P100 and Lumileo M200’s focusing dial and keypad do look a spot more stylish than some of the cubes and rectangles we’ve tried. And while we’ve just pretty much described the P100 model in full, the M200 has an additional feature that might be worth your while — like the 3M MPro , it plays back video (including DivX), Word, PowerPoint, Excel and PDF files directly from 2GB of internal memory or your microSD card of choice, with no attached PC required. Otherwise, both project up to 60-inch pictures from VGA or “TV in” ports not shown here, and both will appear in Europe to claim an unspecified amount of that continent’s discretionary cash during the fourth quarter of this year.

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Toshiba outs Lumileo pico projectors, only one of which requires a plug