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Think of Mad Processor’s Parcel Panic as a Crazy Taxi-style game for the iPhone, iPod Touch. In other words, “a fun and fast paced driving game with tons of jumps, unlockables, great graphics with effects that scale depending what device you’re using.” Video after the break. Starting the game, you have 60 seconds to get to the first package pick up location indicated by a green circle on the ground. Once there, the bed of your truck is filled with crates and you need to race the packages to their destination. [via Toucharcade ]

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Parcel Panic is Crazy Taxi for the iPhone, iPod Touch

FOX and Time Warner have come to terms temporarily, agreeing on extensions to continue negotiations regarding retransmission consent fees. Currently, FOX insists “on $1 per subscriber per month, while TWC keeping its counteroffers to less than 50 cents.” FCC chairman Julius Genachowski on Thursday also “urged Fox and Time Warner Cable to agree to a temporary extension of carriage if they do not come to terms on a new carriage agreement today, in order to prevent disruption to their viewers.” [via THR - image via ]

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FOX Time Warner Talks Extended

For those who weren’t able to make it out to Seattle’s Space Needle for their end-of-year fireworks show, we’ve got just the video for you. Continue reading to ring in 2010 with a bang.

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Space Needle Fireworks 2010

AT&T customers in the Norwalk (CT), Keller (TX), Ville Platte (LA), Los Angeles (CA), and Orange County (CA) areas are currently experiencing network issues. So far, there have been 3G and SMS outages reported due to heavy network traffic. The latter seems to have been fixed for most, but many customers are still having problems with 3G data and voice. We’ll keep you posted as more information becomes available. [image via ]

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AT T Down 3G, SMS Outages Reported

When is a Dell Mini netbook not just a netbook? When it gets transformed into the world’s largest Android-powered smartphone, retaining its 10.1-inch LCD display. Continue reading for a video demonstration. Of course, this thing won’t exactly fit in most pockets, but as a curiosity (and a conversation starter) it performs admirably. [via Engadget ]

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Dell Netbook Gets Transformed Into World’s Largest Android Phone

Available now from the App Store for free, the LEGO Photo iPhone app recreates any image on the handset into a colorful brick creation. Or, you could just “point the camera, snap a pic, press the button, and watch the masterpiece build!” Video after the break. Then easily share your LEGO portrait with everyone - upload to your social networking pages, send it to grandparents, print it, or tweet about it! 
It’s simple, really. Just click your way to a LEGO masterpiece! [via OhGizmo ]

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LEGO Photo iPhone App is Free, Bricks Any Image

Amazon is selling the Nikon Coolpix P90 for just $322.98 shipped, originally priced at $399.99. Featuring “12.1 effective megapixels and an incredible 24x optical Zoom-NIKKOR ED glass lens for stunning prints as large as 16×20 inches.” Product page . Video after the break. The camera’s bright, 3.0-inch high-resolution vari-angle LCD and Electronic Viewfinder make it easy to compose and share your pictures. [via Amazon ]

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Deal of the Day: $399.99 Nikon Coolpix P90 12.1MP Digital Camera for $322.98 Shipped

That’s right, Travis Pastrana has successfully completed the 269-foot New Years Eve jump “from the Pine Street Pier onto a barge anchored in the harbor [Long Beach].” Continue reading for the video. His Subaru skidded sideways after landing and slammed into a safety wall at the end of the barge, but Pastrana emerged unscathed. [via ESPN ]

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Travis Pastrana Successfully Completes New Years Eve Jump

Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at Waterford Crystal’s new ball design, which is set to hit the Times Square New Years Eve 2010 bash. The installation’s “triangles, each about 3/8″ thick and 6.8 ounces in weight are custom made and built to exacting standards to withstand the stresses of high winds, precipitation and temperature fluctuation that exist over 400 feet above Times Square.” Video after the break. 288 are being installed alongside crystal installed in previous years. Waterford has also released a New Year’s Eve iPhone app called “Clink-Clink” [via Gizmodo ]

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Times Square New Years Eve 2010

Unlike other year-end parties, 2009 will go out with a blue moon, or in other words the “second full moon in a calendar month, something that hasn’t happened on a New Year’s Eve for nearly 20 years, NASA says.” So, be sure to keep your eyes peeled tonight should you take a break from partying. Full moons used to have 12 names, one for each month, such as “harvest moon,” NASA said. The term “blue moon” referred to the 13th full moon in a year. [via CNN - image via ]

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Blue Moon 2009