Chocomize personalized chocolate: giveaway and discount code

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Okay, I know what you're thinking: chocolate on Download Squad? That's right! That's because Chocomize is one of the nerdiest ways to get chocolate online: it's a website where you customize your own bar using a multi-step process.

We've covered Chocomize before in our holiday gift guide, so when they reached out to us offering to do a giveaway, we really couldn't resist.

Chocomize is giving away ten gift certificates, each worth $50, for you to create your own customized chocolate. They sent us some pictures of their recent creations, which you can find in the gallery below.

Regardless of the giveaway, you can use the discount code switched to get 10% off any Chocomize order. The code is valid through April 20th - just in time for Easter!

To participate, simply leave a comment. Fine print is after the jump.

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Chocomize personalized chocolate: giveaway and discount code originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Balance is a challenging mouse-based physics game

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Years of computer use have taught us that the mouse cursor is "above" the windows. It doesn't push anything around; at least not without you clicking anything.

Balance takes that ingrained bit of knowledge and cancels it out. Suddenly your cursor (a blue dot) is solid - and if it touches the blue block, it pushes it around.

Your job is to use your cursor to nudge the blue block over to the orange block. You will have to push it, lift it and even flip it on its side, and then balance it. It's a very tricky game - one I wouldn't recommend tackling with a laptop trackpad.

Still, if you have a mouse and a hankering for a little physics gameplay, this is a cute little game. I like how the blue block never stops smiling, it makes me feel better about the world.

Balance is a challenging mouse-based physics game originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Measure body temperature and more with Spree Biometric Headband

We've seen lots of fitness oriented products here at CES 2013 such as the Fitbit Flex which allows you to monitor stats such as steps walked and calories burned. But what if you want to know more on how your body is actually doing while you're working out? The Spree Biotmetric Headband can help you do just that.

Most fitness apps and accessories made for iOS and Android tend to usually focus around calories burned, steps walked, and how you're doing diet or workout wise. Another important thing to monitor is how your body is actually handling and responding to a workout.

This is what Spree Biometric Headbands should help with. Instead of just telling you how many calories you're burning, the Biometric Headband is more concerned with how your body is handling the routine it's going through. The main three things that Spree monitors are your body temperature, movement, and heart rate.

For anyone who plans on becoming serious about working out this year and integrating your iPhone or Android device into that routine, Spree's line of products is worth a look. The Biometric Headband should be available this summer for around $200. You can also hit the link below to pre-order.

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Quantum dots help return 'Triluminos' RGB LED lighting to Sony HDTVs

Quantum dots power the return of 'Triluminos' RGB LED lighting to Sony's 2013 HDTVs

While 4K TVs are excellent, for the next couple of years most of us will still be selecting a 1080p model when we're out shopping, and now we've got a little more detail about some of the new ones Sony announced last week. After letting its "Triluminos" RGB LED lighting technology fall by the wayside after 2009 because of its high cost, Sony has brought the brand back in this year's HDTVs. Noted in the press release and highlighted today in the MIT Technology Review, this iteration uses QD Vision's quantum dot technology to enhance the red/green/blue LED backlighting the series is known for. According to the CTO of QD Vision, the TVs start with a blue backlight -- instead of the standard white LED -- which stimulates quantum dots that emit "pure green and pure red." Sony was very proud of its Triluminos tech at the show and our experience at demonstrations seemed to validate the quality of the approach. While we've been hearing about quantum dots for years, this is reportedly their first appearance in a mass produced consumer product, once it hits homes we'll be able to tell if the wait was truly worth it.

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Windows 8 getting a built-in PDF reader, Metro-style

For what seems like an eternity, Download Squad readers have reacted to news of security exploits targeting Adobe Reader with a common sentiment: why doesn't Microsoft build its own secure PDF reader into Windows? Apparently the Windows 8 team agrees, and they're working away at an application called Modern Reader which is exactly that.

From the handful of screenshots Paul Thurrott has shared, it's clear that Modern Reader has been built with Metro in mind. You can see the Reader back button in the top-left corner of the yellow image and the minimal page navigation bar on the right. We've posted some larger images we managed to scrape from Google's cache after the break.

Thurrott also mentions that Modern Reader is the first program spotted which is built using AppX -- a packaging technology that may allow developers to roll a single build to both Windows 8 desktops and Windows Phone 8 mobile devices.

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Windows 8 getting a built-in PDF reader, Metro-style originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Star Wars Fans Prepare For an Intergalactic War Over This Stunning X-Wing Coffee Table

Most of us look can look at this beautiful hand-carved X-Wing themed coffee table and appreciate the craftsmanship that went into its creation—even if we would never even think of putting in our living rooms. But for die-hard Star Wars fans, this could very well be the holy grail of Lucas-inspired home decor. More »

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Add playback hotkeys to Amazon Cloud Player with a Chrome extension

Sure, Amazon's Cloud Player works -- as long as you're in the U.S. or willing to do some tinkering -- but it's fairly simplistic at the moment. There are plenty of features missing which we'd like to see added -- but since Cloud Player is a Web app we don't have to wait for Amazon!

Google Chrome users, for example, can add playback hotkeys with an extension called keyMazony. Once installed, you'll have keyboard control of your Amazon Cloud Player queue. keyMazony commands will work as long as you're in the same Chrome window as Cloud Player, even if its tab doesn't have focus. The key combinations are customizable as well -- just make sure you don't set up a combo that conflicts with another extension or Chrome's built-in keyboard shortcuts.

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Daily Crunch: Shape

1409Here are some of yesterday’s posts on TechCrunch Gadgets: TomTom Discovers Apps, Puts Twitter, Yelp And More In The Go Live 1535 M PND Windows 8?s New Explorer: This One Goes To 11 Review: Fujifilm X100 New Zelda And Golden Wiimote To Arrive November 20th Video: New Atomic Clock Reaches A 100 Quadrillionth Of A Second Accuracy

Source: http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/30/daily-crunch-shape/

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Daily Crunch: Swimmingly

1394Here are some recent stories on TechCrunch Gadgets: The PenMoto, Reborn Video: New Construction Material ?CO2 Structure? Could Serve As Alternative To Concrete HDI 3D Projectors Look Like Something Aliens Gave Us CableKeeps Keep Your Jumbled Mass Of Apple Chargers Nice And Neat Video: Free-Moving Kinect Used To Map Room And Objects In Detailed 3D

Source: http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/11/daily-crunch-swimmingly/

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Iran Peppers US Banks With Steady Barrage of Cybertraffic

Iran is to blame for a wave of distributed denial of service attacks that hit U.S. banks in the past few weeks, according to a report in The New York Times. The amount of traffic flooding American banks' sites was several times the volume Russia aimed at Estonia in a month-long online assault back in 2007, said James A. Lewis, senior fellow and director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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