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It’s kind of strange that the most anticipated sample media from the latest crop of DSLRs is actually HD video, but that’s the way the market’s going, and the new Canon EOS Rebel T1i and Nikon D5000 are no exception. Demystifying Digital has footage from both, and while Nikon’s newest seems to deliver essentially the same CMOS jelly-motion results from its 12.3 megapixel sensor as the D90, the T1i is a pleasant surprise — we’re not seeing much wiggle at 720p, which might be a result of the higher-res 15 megapixel sensor. We’ll wait to see full-res samples and some actual still images before we crown a winner, but we’ll tell you right now that neither one of these is going to make us leave a dedicated camcorder behind when it’s important — the lack of autofocus and the windblown internal mics just don’t cut it. Videos after the break.

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Our rocky history with the MacBook Air Rev. A has been well documented, and while Apple would very much like us to forget all about it and plop down another $1,800 for the much-improved Rev. B, not everybody has that sort of birthday money to throw around. Reports of cracked hinges on the laptop are nothing new, but we always assumed Apple would eventually ‘fess up to the problem and comp those repairs. Sadly, that doesn’t seem to be the case, and we just got another report of a hapless MacBook Air owner who has a broken hinge that Apple says will cost $800 to repair, despite the fact the laptop is under warranty. Our own MacBook Air Rev. A had the exact same problem — the hinge becomes loose over time, then suddenly catches and cracks from normal use, it’s not from undue stress — and Apple did the repair for free, but only after we escalated the issue to a manager, who let us know how very nice of them that was. From reading various reports, that seems the exception to Apple’s repair policy, which lists this sort of damage as “accidental,” and we’re wondering how widespread this issue may be. If you or a loved one has been affected, hit up the poll below and pour out your heart in comments. If you’re unscathed or MBA-free, feel free to show very little compassion to your fellow man. Wiggle hinge and broken hinge video is after the break.

[Thanks, Alex, and sorry for your loss! Photo courtesy of LanDung2008]

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Emo Labs didn’t stir up too much commotion while CES was going on, but apparently it did have a tiny presence in Vegas. The crew at Technologizer was able to listen to a sneak preview of the startup’s Edge Motion technology, and if the demo is indicative of the end result, we could be onto something special. Much like NXT’s SoundVu tech that seemed to fizzle out about as quickly as it hit the scene in 2005, this system creates a so-called invisible speaker by “using arrays of motors to wiggle the edges of a clear membrane.” Gurus at the company are hoping to have it integrated into panels of TVs by the end of this year, though it’ll be a bit longer before the same can happen on space-constrained laptops.
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