13 Wicked Robots That You Wouldn’t Want to Mess With

There’s something weird about it, but we geeks/nerds just can’t react naturally or convey normal emotions when we lay our eyes on a cute little robot. Well folks if cute is your thing, you may want to browse away as today we’re into wicked robots that bring fear to your veins and make you run for your life. Here are 13 robots we’d certainly keep away from.

The Seducing Fembots

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Blonde haired with baby-doll lingerie, I don’t think robots can get any sexier than that. With an appearance that emphasize their sexuality, meet Fembots, the female androids that try to seduce and kill Austin Powers. Although the Fembots don’t succeed in their mission, I’m pretty sure their breast-mounted machine guns would be fatal for mere mortals like you and me. Definitely keeping away.

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Nintendo DS2 will have bigger high-res displays, accelerometer ; may launch by late-2010

The Nintendo DSi XL has not even been released in the US, but already, fans are eager for information on the next gen handheld console. News about the Nintendo DS2 came out first at the GDC 2010 with a few details being leaked in the process. It is being called the DS2 – but nobody really knows what the official name will be. Like the existing DS, the DS2 will have dual-displays, but they will be much larger and will be of higher resolution and will be placed close together so that they can be combined into one large screen if necessary.

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HTC Legend to release in UK exclusively on Vodafone; will launch along with HTC Desire in April

Vodafone announced today that the HTC Legend will be available in the UK exclusive to their network. The aluminium-finish successor to the HTC Hero will release along with HTC’s rehash of the Nexus One, the HTC Desire come this April. The two devices will be accompanied by Sony Ericcson’s X10 and the Nexus One. But a launch date for the Vodafone N1 is unknown as of now.

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Nokia C6 entry level touchscreen QWERTY slider to release in Summer 2010

According to the rumor mills, the Nokia C6, seen here in this leaked shot, will possibly become the newest addition to Nokia’s entry-level C series range of smartphones. It is a successor to the candybar Nokia C5 which was officially announced earlier this month. The C6 is expected to by a 5800 with a slideout QWERTY keyboard attached, but the keys look way better than those on the N97 and N97 mini. The new touchscreen slider is expected to launch in Europe before summer 2010.

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Hanvon Touchpad BC10C to make China debut on March 25; may sell in US soon for $877

China has brought to the fore an innovation that has all in it to take on the front runners in the tablet space. The new Hanvon Touchpad BC10C comes across as a multi-touch Windows 7 device that boasts of all properties that could make a top class notebook look silly.

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Samsung TL350 compact digital camera to arrive in US this Spring for $349.99

Samsung has introduced a new compact digital camera with a promise of delivering full high definition video recording and a slew of other top-of-the-line features never heard of before. Christened the Samsung TL350, the compact digital camera will be yours to pick by the dawn of Spring and is expected to sell for $349.99 in the US.

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Secrets to Effective iPhone App Marketing, eBook for iPhone apps developers, now available

In case you need to know the marketing wizardry that iPhone app makers can wear on their sleeve, here’s how. The main aim of the new eBook, which has been pushed out for the people to read, aims at helping enthusiasts with the successful promotion of new iPhone apps. The eBook, titled ‘Secrets to Effective iPhone App Marketing’, has been authored by Bryan Bowers of iProduceApps and Michael Vallez of CrazyMikesApps.

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Bulgaria’s Largest IT Portal Dir.bg Offline Due to Fire Incident

Over the weekend, a fire broke out in the main server room of Bulgaria’s largest IT portal – Dir.bg. Firefighters failed to react accordingly, putting out the fire with water. It’s not clear why exactly they were ordered to react this way, knowing that there’s electronic equipment with valuable information in the room, and an investigation is underway.

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Verizon Nexus One to have HTC Sense ; may release on March 23rd

The upcoming Verizon version of the Google Nexus One will have HTC’s proprietory ‘Sense’ UI enhancement applied on it.  This comes from the online equipment guide at Verizon. It says that the phone along with switching to CDMA, will also use HTC’s own custom interface and not the plain Android 2.1 . Sense UI for Android 2.1 brings in a lot of enhancements such as an all-at-once view of the homescreens, new widgets, multitouch inputs and more.

MobileMag says the phone will be releasing on March 23rd, but this is not confirmed.

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Spring Design Alex to be released on March 16

According to an unnamed source, the Spring Design Alex e-reader which was supposed to be release in early March 2010, is now all set to start shipping on March 16. Initaly the device was also rumored to be releasing on Feburary 22nd. It is not known what is the reason behind the delay.

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