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We had a great interview with Twitter COO Dick Costolo at the Real-Time CrunchUp on Friday. Costolo always gives the audience a few good nuggets of news and handles the more difficult questions with ease. He’s a pro. After the conference I reviewed some of the backstage footage we shot of Costolo before he went on stage for the formal interview. We ask lots of great questions – about... visit http://www.GadgetSurvey.com for more gadget reviews and gadget news.

Roku owners already have access to Netflix , Amazon Video On Demand and MLB.tv , but now the set-top box is about to get a lot more interesting. Starting tonight and running throughout the next fortnight, existing owners of the Roku SD, Roku HD and Roku HD-XR will receive an automatic (and free) update that delivers ten new content channels. Pandora, Facebook Photos, Revision3, Mediafly, TWiT,... visit http://www.GadgetSurvey.com for more gadget reviews and gadget news.

Internet-enabled set-top box makers Roku (who we wrote about in our top 10 gadgets for social media addicts feature recently) have some welcome announcements today about 10 new, free content partners being added to the platform in an also new Roku Channel Store section. Coming to the new “App Store”-style store are popular video providers blip.tv , independent netcasters Revision3 and... visit http://www.GadgetSurvey.com for more gadget reviews and gadget news.

You thought the DreamTrooper would be the last portablized Sega Dreamcast mod you'd ever see? Nah. Turns out some folk in China quietly showed off an Oriental take on the mod -- not too dissimilar from the form factor of the GameBoy Advance -- just before the DreamTrooper's debut. Details are thin here, but we're hoping for a built-in optical drive and a decent battery life. If we're lucky, some... visit http://www.GadgetSurvey.com for more gadget reviews and gadget news.

Over the past decade, Amazon.com and eBay have continued to dominate the online retail market in the United States. However, there have been signs that more social and distributed forms of online shopping are gaining traction. eBay, in particular, is beginning to lose ground . In this post, we review the past decade of e-commerce and the key trends. Advances in recommendations technology,... visit http://www.GadgetSurvey.com for more gadget reviews and gadget news.

LUPO 3 pin USB Power plug wall charger suitable for charging. Just plug in your USB cable into the input - then charge you MP3 player or other device. NOT compatible with ebook readers. visit http://www.GadgetSurvey.com for more gadget reviews and gadget news.

There's a decent chance you North Americans in attendance won't ever see the likes of AOpen 's XC Mini GP7A-HD, but for those in places where having a say on what innards are shoved into their next nettop (we're lookin' at you, Japan), this mini PC is apposite to fill quite the void. Boasting only a small frame, NVIDIA's Ion graphics technology and space for a multicard reader, it's up to the... visit http://www.GadgetSurvey.com for more gadget reviews and gadget news.

Hudson River water landings? Those are so yesterday, man. Somewhere in the Congo today there's a pilot who, after a slight, um, miscalculation , crash landed his plane in a lava field. Now, we can make light of this incident because all 117 passengers and crew walked away from the crash largely unharmed. The only real casualty was the captain's ego, although I think he's probably the talk of the... visit http://www.GadgetSurvey.com for more gadget reviews and gadget news.

What’s that sound we hear in the distance? It’s probably cash registers at AT&T going wild as today, the new BlackBerry Bold 9700 is publicly available for sale. The device was offered up to Premiere customers starting at the top of the week , but since general availability is this morning, we have to ask… are you going to hit an AT&T store and grab RIM’s finest?... visit http://www.GadgetSurvey.com for more gadget reviews and gadget news.

Filed under: Software , Cool tools , Reviews I had the opportunity to speak with the creators of Checkout : an excellent Point of Sale application for the Mac. I've been working with the app for several weeks now and have been thoroughly impressed by it, especially after the developers shared their perspectives. Many thanks to Ed and Dirk for walking me through it. Whether you're starting a new... visit http://www.GadgetSurvey.com for more gadget reviews and gadget news.