Stern also recorded months of conversations, wearing a secret device when talking to Smith about getting taxpayer funds for the real estate deal, which was a bogus concoction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Before we go any further let me remind you what the E-Cat is: It is a really cheap device that consumes hydrogen and nickel and through the agency of some secret catalyst (hence the device name) produces copper and lots of heat.

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The secret of the Duke device is a spherical lens, a design first proposed in the late 19th century.

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As Hotz describes it, the secret is to figure out how to speak to the device, then persuade it to obey your wishes.

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The primary purpose of the device for him was its ability to stream Netflix easily, though my secret agenda was to get him to play a game or two as well down the road.

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If that mobile device has a name like a pet, you may want to keep it secret.

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In the past, we've made no secret about the fact that we prefer using Windows 8 with some sort of touch input device, but it's still nice to see Lenovo adding an extra option for folks who prefer keyboard shortcuts.

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Tapwave has made little secret about its intention to compete head-to-head with Nokia's N-Gage device, which is set to debut next month, but which has received considerable negative buzz in the runup to release.

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Its not exactly a secret that Nokia has a number of challenges, including a struggling mobile infrastructure joint venture and transitioning its device business toward smartphones while its core low-tier mobile phone business is under attack thanks to ZTE, Huawei and others.

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