How to create your own custom short URLs

With the tremendous growth of Twitter in the past years, URL shorteners have become a valuable tool for shrinking long links into small ones that can be tweeted. And with more and more businesses making their way onto 140 chracter limited, social media paradise, they require more custom solutions. Websites like Facebook, Digg, and even T3ch H3lp have custom short links that make sending out tweets so much easier. Find out how to create your own custom short links with our how-to guide. — More after the break!

Commentary on Engadget's hands-on with Xperia Play (PlayStation Phone)

As of late, Sony Ericsson’s mobile offerings haven’t exactly embraced the highest rung of the ladder, a feat that was continually achieved with several of their feature phones. In fact, we recently dove into the mobile company’s past, present, and subsequent future. But now, one of the devices we talked about — the PlayStation Phone — has finally managed to hop across the pond for a full early access, no strings attached, jubilant preview thanks to the folks of Engadget. — More after the break!

4 beautiful slideshow tools to fancy up your website

If you want to spice up your website but aren’t sure what to do, adding a slideshow can be a great addition. Whether it’s for a business or personal related website, slideshows can be the ultimate tool to entrance your readers’ eyes. So why not take a look at these four free, open-source website slideshows and pick the one most suited for your needs. — Details after the break!

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HDblog gets full hands-on with Xperia Arc

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HDblog gets full hands-on with Xperia Arc

Shown off during CES, Sony Ericsson touts the Xperia Arc as being one of the world’s thinnest phones. Throw in an HDMI port, 720 HD video recording, and a 8MP camera, and you have the makings of a possibly epic handset.

But no matter how awesome the specs are, if it doesn’t run smoothly and its UI isn’t intuitive then what’s the point?

t3ch Review - Kensington Charging Dock with Mini Battery Pack

The first generation iPhone came with a plethora of accessories, including a charging dock. That soon changed as newer generation adopters were forced to either buy a separate dock (sold by Apple) or be left with nothing to prop their phone up. Kensington took this opportunity to create their own dock; one that took it a step further and added in a mini battery pack. How does it fair in comparison? — Our review after the break!

How to get Gmail desktop notifications without Chrome (PC and Mac)

Yesterday, Google flipped the switch to enable HTML5 desktop notifications for Chrome — sorry Firefox and IE users. So for all you guys who haven’t warmed up to Google’s browser and don’t want to wait around for Google, here are a few different ways to go ahead and start getting notifications for Gmail sent right to your desktop. — More after the break!

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PSP2 "NGP" gets Pre-Release trailer

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PSP2 "NGP" gets Pre-Release trailer

The PSP2 — a.k.a. the NGP — has been unveiled and boy was there a lot of information to take in.

However, for all the specs and hardware changes given to this new PSP model, let us not forget about how it’ll all come together. There are a lot of moving parts here, and we’re still nearly a year away from its release. So for now, let’s enjoy this irrelevant pre-release trailer.