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Check it out: According to a memo obtained by the Boy Genius Report, AT&T has some sort of big “promotional launch” planned for this summer. As such, the company is asking its employees not to schedule any holidays from mid-June to mid-July so as to ensure adequate staffing. Me, I’m banking on that highly anticipated 3-G blackberry 9000, but there are others in the blogosphere that seem to think it could be related to another launch. Peep the full memo below. AT&T Mobility Vacation Schedules To: All Employees Last year at this time we asked that all vacations be scheduled before June 15 or after July 15, to ensure adequate store staffing and to give everyone an equal opportunity to benefit from an exciting product launch. (Read the full post about ‘AT&T to Employees: No Vacations Between 6/15 and 7/12′…)

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What lessons can we learn from founders of companies that either made a lot of money in the dot-com days or should have and missed the opportunity? A new book by Sarah Lacy, “Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good”, aims to show us by including lessons from Marc Andreessen and other notables from companies like Digg, Facebook, PayPal, and others.

If you’re looking for some instant lessons now, CNNMoney put together lessons learned from four New York City dot-com guys who are making a Web 2.0 play.

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In honor of the Big Day - of course, I’m referring to Mother’s Day this Sunday - Sony Electronics is offering a special package for all of you out there who are gift-challenged; the Sony DCR-SR45 Handycam camcorder with the DVDirect VRD-MC5. Tape those priceless family moments with the Sony Handycam camcorder and then transfer them to DVD with the DVDirect VRD-MC5 recorder. The VRD-MC5 recorder can transfer home videos to DVD without using a computer from virtually any camcorder, VCR or digital video recorder. Tthe Handycam camcorder has a built-in 30GB hard drive for storage and up to 20 hours of recording time (LP).

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While the iphone has been out for about a year now, we’ve seen plenty of custom jobs done on it on an unprecedented level where gadgets are concerned. Knight Creations does not intend to miss out on this money-spinning opportunity, coming up with the Black iPhone custom which has been upgraded with black replacement parts, consisting of an anodized aluminum back as well as TiAlN-treated Apple logo and front bezel. The main drawback I can see is the price - it will retail for a whopping $849, never mind that there is 16GB of memory inside. (Read the full post about ‘Black iPhone Custom’…)

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id software have confirmed that their latest game, Rage, is not the only title they have in development. Another internally-developed game is also in production, which will see the company return to the world of Doom once more. That’s right, id are developing Doom 4.

Little detail has been released about the game, but with id also now utilizing their latest id Tech 5 engine there are a few things we can assume. The new engine is cross platform, so we will likely see the game on PC, Xbox 360 and playstation 3.

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It seems like its been forever since we have posted anything Vonage related aside from patent disputes and personal changes that we almost forgot they were still around. This latest news however seems to be positive, Vonage and Covad Communications have announced a partnership that will allow Vonage to offer a DSL service. The new offering from Vonage will be a re-branded version of Covad’s DSL service and it will simply be called Vonage Broadband. The service is expected to be available by the end of this year and will offer download speeds of up to either 3.0 or 6.0 Mbps for home or small business customers, no mention of just how much this will set you back. (Read the full post about ‘Vonage partners with Covad Communications to offer DSL’…)

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Security researcher Aviv Raff is celebrating the fact his country, Israel, has been independent for 60 years. In order to celebrate, Aviv has decided to start a treasure hunt on his site for a zero-day vulnerability he has found. The vulnerability occurs in Internet Explorer 7 and 8 and Aviv has hidden the proof of concept code somewhere in his blog.

Why would he do this you may ask? Aviv has already informed Microsoft of the vulnerability that allows malicious code to be run on a machine, but their response to these findings has never been fast sighting one he reported taking 6 months to fix.

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I don’t care whether you’re a pilot or a frequent flier, there are still ways for the good old time zones to wipe your body clock clean of any past rhythms. Taking a trip from The U.S. to the U.K. is only fun once you’ve got your sleeping patterns back under control. At least enough so you can get a taste of both the night life, and the day light festivities. The BC4 Flight Timer from Oris is a awesome way to keep tabs on up to three time zones at once right from your wrist. The BC4 features an automatic movement with the second timezone subdial, while the extra-large crown can adjust the third dial for yet another time zone. (Read the full post about ‘Oris BC4 Flight Timer Keeps Jet-Setters Up To Snuff’…)

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The world is definitely getting smaller and smaller by the day, and the advent of the Internet surely helps everyone see the big picture - we’re all living in a global village. Most folks are bound to have friends living in different time zones too, so it can be quite the hassle trying to find the best time to chat with one another over the phone. What better way to do away with mental math as you have the Timetranslator to show you instantly what the local time at the destination is currently whenever you make a call with your phone. It is compatible with handsets running on Windows CE 5.0 and 6.0m converting all of your dialed phone numbers and saved numbers in your contact list.

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For folks who have been waiting for the BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone for a long time now, I am pleased to announce that the long wait is finally over, thanks to the efforts of Verizon Wireless who will be making this smartphone available for purchase. You will be able to pick it up from Verizon Wireless Communications Stores, including those in Circuit City, this coming May 12th. The BlackBerry Curve 8330 holds the distinction of being the smallest and lightest full QWERTY BlackBerry smartphone in town at the moment without sacrificing on functionality as you will be able to see the full (but not exhaustive) list of capabilities and features right after the jump. (Read the full post about ‘Verizon Wireless announces BlackBerry Curve 8330′…)

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