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C’mon, who couldn’t adore someone, er, something with a face like that? Pictured to the right is YABO, a conceptual robot that was apparently designed for “lonely, unmarried persons.” If brought to reality, it would sport a myriad sensors including one for hearing, feeling and infrared, while also featuring a built-in camera, internal speaker, wheels and an LCD display. YABO can communicate with its (presumably single) owner by rotating and changing the color of its face, or it can just snap back responses if it’s feeling talkative. Moreover, the bot could reportedly disable unused devices and adjust the temperature to save energy while you’re out trying to find an actual human to love. Sounds like a real winner to us.
 
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Original post by Darren Murph

The summer Xbox 360 HD DVD promotion that offered you five free HD DVD movies of your choosing (out of a pile of their choosing) has been extended to February 28, meaning you can still get in on this free film deal if you’re planning on going high def for Christmas. Bettter yet, they’ve added additional movies from Swordfish (lousy film, topless women!) to Troy (lousy film, topless men!) to The Frighteners (pretty decent film, topless Michael J. Fox!). Best to check out the list if you’re even thinking about this deal.
Category A
Aeon Flux
Babel
The Italian Job
Category B
Hulk
Pitch Black
The Thing
Category C
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Swordfish
Full Metal Jacket
Category D
Firewall
The Frighteners
U2: Rattle and Hum
Category E
Black Rain
Darkman
Troy
Only one disc per category. [Xbox via Kotaku]

Original post by Jason Chen