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  • Canon captures your coffee in a 70-200mm telephoto lens

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    Richard Lai
    Richard Lai
    03.04.2010

    OK, not really, but Canon was indeed giving out these novelty coffee mugs -- in the shape of an EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens -- at the Winter Olympic's press center, and here's Microsoft's Josh Weisberg (Director of Rich Media Group) showing off his swag to the whole world. Yes, we're just a bit envious. So anyone got a spare Canon L-Series lens that we can tamper with? Or maybe that big-daddy Sigma lens if you're game with sharing coffee?

  • NBC turns off the tape delay, will air Men's Hockey final live in all time zones Sunday

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    Richard Lawler
    Richard Lawler
    02.26.2010

    We doubt this represents a long term shift in NBC's Olympic broadcast strategy, but it has announced it will broadcast the Gold Medal Men's Hockey game live in all time zones. That's right, even PST & MT denizens can tune into the game, originally scheduled to air later on tape delay, as it occurs beginning at 3 p.m. EST / noon PST Sunday afternoon. Still, after 16 days of continually shifting delay strategies OTA, cable and online, it's probably too little too late to wipe the bitter memories from the minds of many viewers.

  • Winter Olympics 2010: The iPhone experience

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    Michael Grothaus
    Michael Grothaus
    02.12.2010

    The Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics kicks off tonight at 7:30pm ET/PT. Here's a list of some ways you can enjoy this year's games on your iPhone. 2010Guide - Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games: The Official Mobile Spectator Guide [iTunes link] Free. This app is a location-aware schedule detailing more than 2,000 sport and cultural events taking place over 17 days between February 12 and 28, 2010. Updated throughout the Games, the schedule adjusts to your time zone and works even without a data connection. Plan your Olympic experience by creating a personalized itinerary using Favorites. The app also includes real-time results for every sport as well as headlines, photos and twitter streams. CTVOlympics.ca [iTunes link] Free. The official CTVOlympics.ca iPhone app. Covers up-to-the-minute headlines and news on every sport at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Stunning photo galleries with hundreds of spectacular photos, in-depth Canadian and International athlete profiles, venue information and the upcoming event schedule for the Games. It's everything you will need on the Games from Canada's official broadcasters: CTV, TSN, Rogers Sportsnet, RDS, V, RIS Info Sports, OLN, OMNI, APTN and ATN. More Games-related apps and downloads after the break.

  • Poll: Best HD sporting event this month?

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    Richard Lawler
    Richard Lawler
    01.31.2010

    Yeah we know March has laid claim to the Madness title, but for such a short month the sports lineup for February is out of control. Kicking off with Winter X Games 14 this weekend and leading into the Super Bowl, Daytona 500 and Winter Olympics there's more than enough reasons for us to stay inside and out of the cold than ever. So which event are you most excited to see? %Poll-41022%