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  1. iPads and iPhones can now be used as desktop phones on.mash.to/zdsiOg
  2. Answer from Tech Tuesday: The first PC to use a GUI had a 5 MB hard drive! bit.ly/wkR7Sv
  3. Hey all you gamers! Here bit.ly/ypeWXt are some leaked screenshots of Halo 4!
  4. The military has crazy robots: bit.ly/xcxGMU this robotic arm can carry luggage.
  5. Tech Tuesday Trivia: How big was the hard drive in the first Macintosh PC?
  6. Yesterday we showed you some strange tech that goes around your ear. Here is a link to learn what it was: bit.ly/xxc7sy
  7. News.me, the news app that filters social media feeds for stories, is now available on the iPhone: bit.ly/Ay0NQj
  8. Welcome to the work week, guess what this tech is: bit.ly/xoI9nN
  9. Happy Monday! bit.ly/xoI9nN Guess what this is, it may be easier, but it’s strange.
  10. The federal appeals court has ruled that police can now legally search mobile phones found at crime scenes: on.mash.to/ysuMAp
  11. Some things slow down, but not NASA! bit.ly/AAum5A Watch this video of some Project M success.
  12. DIY Friday! Learn how to make your own hand warmers here: bit.ly/yqaNfU
  13. Your clients want to Skype, text, and email. But here bit.ly/yMABfU are 5 reasons why you still need face-to-face.
  14. A-Solar has unveiled a solar powered charging doc for iOS devices: bit.ly/yyOi8q
  15. Term of the day: COM Port! Computers use these ports internally and externally to physically connect to devices such as modems and scanners.
  16. Intel plans to make Android chips smaller while making them more powerful by 2014: vrge.co/AbWbzc
  17. Don’t waste your talents! The world would be a lot blander without you! bit.ly/uLAohK
  18. Did you guess correctly? Music lockers is the term now used for online music storage services.
  19. Dell says it’s no longer a PC company. Is this semantics or something bigger? bit.ly/A0DTDu
  20. This read.bi/wuC1zb is probably what the iPad 3’s retinal display will look like.