Mashable – Alexander B. Howard (@digiphile) is the Government 2.0 Washington Correspondent for O’Reilly Media, where he reports on technology, open government and online civics. He will share open source technology news at the OSCON convention in Portland, Oregon, on July 19-23.

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(Credit: Screenshot: Chris Matyszczyk/CNET) The air conditioner in the studio where we record the show might be broken, but we’re sweating it out this morning to bring you this Friday’s episode of The 404 Podcast. Yesterday, we talked to Jasmine France about her new Tech Dos and Don’ts column on the MP3 Insider blog and we all left the show convinced there’s an online dating Web site out there for everyone’s interests, no matter how niche….and we were right! There’s a new e-Harmony-style dating Web site called Cupidtino marketed specifically for Apple fanboys and girls to meet up and share a love for all things Apple…and hopefully each other! The site is still in beta and set to launch next month; everyone’s invited, but with a catch–the only way you can access the site is through Safari and iPhone/iPad apps! Apologies in advance for Wilson’s silence during this segment–that profile ain’t gonna write itself

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Turbo's 'Stuff I Like & Hate' List Internet Evolution As a part-time blogger, and full-time technology news junkie, I depend on a lot of different information sources and RSS feeds to try to keep up with it all …

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Macworld.com – If you’ve been keeping up with your technology news over the years, the name Eolas may very well ring some alarm klaxons.

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Canon camcorders taking a dive

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

(Credit: Canon USA) The Canon Vixia HF20 and Vixia HF200 aren’t even available yet, but they’ll be ready for a summer vacation at the beach when they ship–that is, if you accessorize them with the new WP-V1 underwater housing. The plastic casing allows you to shoot your HD …

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Sanyo steered clear of the madness that was CES 2009, and instead opted to announce its spring 2009 lineup of Xacti camcorders on Wednesday. Headed to stores in March are six new models (three horizontal and three vertical, pistol-grip siblings), all of them capable of shooting in HD–two of them …

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LensAlign system helps you sharpen focus

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

RawWorkflow has announced its new LensAlign Focus Calibration System for testing for focus issues on lens/camera combinations. LensAlign comes with a focus target, depth-of-field ruler, and custom sighting system to help ensure that the camera is evenly aligned with the test target. The system is available in two versions: ..

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Panasonic camcorders let you get a lot closer

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

(Credit: Panasonic) Part of Panasonic’s CES 2009 product announcements is a triumvirate of camcorders featuring a 70x zoom lens. That’s apparently a “world’s first and most powerful” lens, though I’m still not sure this was something the average consumer was clamoring for.

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Rest in peace, UIQ

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Before there was the Series60 (S60) 5th Edition, Symbian already had a touch-screen alternative through UIQ Technology’s interface. This was famously used in some of Motorola’s first 3G handsets and Sony Ericsson’s business-oriented P-series.

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