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If you’re looking to keep up with today’s highly anticipated race and don’t have SPEED TV, then this website is all you’ll need for Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona live updates. Here’s what Dario Franchitti (No. 02 TELMEX/Target Chip) had to say at the 5-hour mark: “Traffic is about as bad as normal. There were a few of the quicker GT cars that I was having some trouble with, which I didn’t expect. Most everybody is behaving themself.” Continue reading to see the highlights from the first 6 hours.

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Rolex 24 Hours Daytona Live Updates and Highlights

Amazon has the Autoloader 6-in-1 Auto Loading Screwdriver for only $24.99, originally priced at $89.98. The screwdriver’s “zero-contact bit change mechanics let you quickly find the right bit for the job, and the anti-roll handle fits comfortably in your hand.” Product page . Video after the break. And thanks to its high-grade metal component construction, the Classic Autoloader meets or exceeds ANSI (American National Standards Institute) specifications and can withstand up to 150 pounds of torque. [via Amazon ]

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Deal of the Day: $89.98 Autoloader 6-in-1 Auto Loading Screwdriver for $24.99

Afsaneh Rabiei, a mechanical and aerospace engineer professor, has developed metal foam, “a material as light as aluminum and stronger than stainless steel.” Continue reading for the news report. Her goal was to create something that could be used in products that would save lives, save energy and eventually save money, all at the same time. New material absorbs seven to eight times the energy absorbed by similar foams. [via YouTube ]

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Metal Foam: A Material Stronger Than Real Metal

Thanks to ESPN360, tennis fans can watch the Australian Open Final 2010 online and free of charge…if you’re using a participating broadband provider such as AT&T (DSL and U-Verse customers only), Comcast, and All West Broadband that is. Click here to get in on the action. Continue reading to see how IBM Seer combines augmented reality with the Australian Open.

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Watch Australian Open Final 2010 Online Free

For any iPhone or iPod Touch user looking for a tabbed browsing experiencing, look no further than iDroid. This free application, normally priced at $0.99, features interactive tab browsing, full-screen browsing, an advanced cache algorithm to ensure optimum speed, and quick links. Video after the break. Click here to download now.

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iDroid Mini Browser Brings Tabbed Browsing to the iPhone, Free This Weekend

If the wood roof shingles don’t throw you off, just take a look inside the Archipod, a pine-cone inspired pod home/shed of sorts. The interior could most certainly pass for a section of any Apple Store. Click here for first picture in gallery. Created in the UK, the Archipod was conceived out of “frustration at the commuting lifestyle, with its attendant road congestion, air and noise pollution, road rage, running costs and time loss.” [via Gizmodo ]

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Archipod: The Pine Cone-Inspired Pod Home

Taking notes in class may be easy enough, but Notehall takes it a step further by giving both tutors and students the ability to buy or sell study guides, notes / documents, and even outlines for just about every subject. So far, students spanning 36 colleges have earned a total of $61,322 and counting. More information .

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Notehall Offers Easy Way to Buy and Sell Class Notes

Not even a week after the iPad’s unveiling, modders have already ported the user interface over to the iPhone and iPod Touch, though you’ll need a jailbroken device. Continue reading to see it in-action. More information . At this particular point, 50-something days away from the earliest iPad deliveries, we doubt too many people are up in arms about the iPad’s ability to act as a jumbo iPhone. [via Engadget ]

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Give Your iPhone, iPod Touch an iPad Makeover with This Theme

Have you ever wondered just where the currency in your pocket has been? Well, Where’s George is your answer. This website lets you “track US or Canadian dollar bills as they travel across the country; enter the serial number and zip code to track its past history.” Click here to try it yourself. [image via ]

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Where’s George Lets You Track US or Canadian Bills

According to EPL Talk, the Fox Soccer Channel is now broadcasting in HD and “the next step for cable and satellite carriers will be to manually add a HD channel (cable) or HD sub-channel (satellite).” Viewers across North America are reporting that FSC HD is only in testing mode currently, and will be launched nationwide on March 1st. DirecTV is receiving the HD signal from Fox Soccer Channel but DirecTV has not yet added the HD feed, a source confirmed to EPL Talk on Thursday. [via EPLTalk ]

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Fox Soccer Channel HD Now Live for Some