There are quite a few email notifiers on the market, but none of those gadgets can give you the satisfaction that comes with building something with your own two hands. Given the fact that I am lazy and unskilled, I would just as soon purchase the device, but for anyone with skills and some determination, having a flashing notification of mail in your Gmail inbox can done with any output device you have lying around, an Arduino board, and some software. Hit the link for a full set of instructions. [j4mie via Make]

Original post by Sean Fallon

Physicists at Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics have developed a new atomic clock that is so accurate, it will not lose a second of time in more than 200 million years. That makes the old atomic clock record holder and its 80 million year accuracy rating look like something you would get out of a gumball machine. According to designer Jun Ye, the secret to making such an accurate clock is to speed up how fast it ticks. That way, any errors will be immediately recognized. This particular clock “ticks” 430 trillion times per second. That’s a hell of a lot of ticks. [Reuters]

Original post by Sean Fallon

Remember the BlackBerry outage? You know, the one that happened on Monday? Palm sure didn’t, and they’re betting that you didn’t either, which is why they’ve taken out advertisements in major newspapers across the country to simultaneously kick RIM in the nads and pump up their own service. As you can see above, they’re emphasizing “uptime” and “no nationwide blackouts”. If you’re going to be this transparent, why not just come out and say “Hey BlackBerry customers, we suck less hard than your current provider!” Classy Palm. Real classy. [Palm via Cool Smart Phone]

Original post by Jason Chen

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Pink phones used to be unusual, but now they’re everywhere, in every shade from blossom to rose, bubblegum to candy heart, and palest peach to bright magenta.

Whether you’re a girly girl taking your fashion cues from Elle in Legally Blonde, a metrosexual man making …

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With the world’s eyes on the 3GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, it seems that we overlooked a handheld of particular interest–the Nokia E71. Fortunately, CNET Australia’s Joseph Hanlon was lucky enough to see a “secret&#