• The Cyber Alice augmented reality system creates a virtual peep show on your desktop.
• It was only a model, but this Lego space elevator was the bee's knees.
• Like Windows? Love convoluted processes? Then enjoy this iPhone pwnage for Windows machines. Kinda.
• One Star Trek-loving watchmaker made himself a kick-ass, hard to break (and read) wristwatch.
• Thwart hit and run drivers with your always on, always watching GPS security system.

Now, go to the Gizmodo home page and read the best gadget news on the face of the earth.

Microsoft
Nintendo
Sony

Microsoft
How your current themes will look on the Xbox 360
Why Microsoft made a new Xbox Experience
Netflix on Xbox 360!
You can play games directly off the Xbox's hard drive
Xbox 360 is getting Avatars
Newly colored Xbox 360 controllers

Sony
Sony knows what went wrong with the PS3's development
How Sony being cheap hurts the PS3
The PlayStation video store is open
The PS3 80GB model gets a $399 price tag in September
PSN gets a simple sign-on
PS2 gets a LEGO Batman bundle

Nintendo
Hands-on With the Wii MotionPlus
Wii Sports Resort gets a price
The Wii ain't so cheap
The Wii finally gets a mic

Elsewhere
Rock Band 2's Instruments look great
EA upgrades its iPhone games
The DS is not as strong as the iPhone
The Dreamcast IS as strong as the iPhone
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed on iPhone
The official Rock Band 2 track list

• Wozniak REDEEMED! Bad reporting and sour iPhone line sitters tried to tarnish his name, but failed miserably.
• Want to jump to the head of the Apple App store class? Just put a space before your app's name and cash in.
• The real first live shots of the touchscreen Blackberry Thunder were spotted in the wild.
• Those yellowish iPhone 3G screens we told you about were by design, Apple said.
• There was a quick update to Gizmodo's iPhone 3G review as the 3G reception got noticeably better with age.

• Same balloon chair, different result. Flying Brazilian priest found dead in Atlantic.
• Some real fireworks went off, in space.
• The Dark Knight's Batpod motorcycle did a few laps at the British Formula One Grand Prix.
• Chair legs are for squares. Real sittin' folk screw their seats forcibly into the ground.
• Combine one part laundromat with one part lounge, and you get the Alternative Clothes Cleaner.

Now get to the homepage lickety-split for the best shiny gadget news in the blogosphere.

• Hands up! This guy's packing Lego heat!
• Addy profiled the fairer Gates, Melinda, with a Sunday send-off that recognized who's the real force in that relationship.
• The Canadians got screwed on iPhone pricing, so they retaliated—with an angrily worded letter.
• You mean you can't really curve a bullet? Wanted's special effects secrets, revealed!
• Go into a fight with these DIY Iron Man repulsor gloves and you'll just get your ass kicked.

• Battle of the Geek Sex Gods: Big Bill Gates versus His Steveness.
• A major Time.com iPhone f-up turned into another popular Gizmodo caption contest.
• The cuddly robot of the future, Wall-E, went retro with some sweet 1950s propaganda posters.
• Think your IT department is snooping on you? You're not alone, so answer our Question of the Day.
• Internet dating cake tastes just like the real thing—desperate! (kidding!!!)

• Addy, the infamous ULA (that's Ultra Late Adopter, newb), debated herself about an iPhone purchase.
• NASA embraced the new hotness with Solar Probe+, which it will launch into the sun in 2015.
• Stop whining, mobile phone users: AT&T lawyer tells us that early termination fees are good for consumers.
• There are no SMART cars to be had in this Japanese vending machine. Just marketing materials. And lies.
• The Bloom bike attachment blows. Oh, it disperses seeds with soap and bubbles, too.

Now get yer butt to the homepage for the best shiny gadget news. Ever.

So what did the reviewers think?

CNET
The Instinct's touch screen dominates its real estate. With support for 262,000 colors and a 432,240-pixel resolution, the display is positively gorgeous. Colors popped, graphics were vibrant, and text was crisp. Indeed, it's one of the better displays we've seen in a while...but [it] can look rather cramped...

AP
The result is a lucid, logical interface. It's not as pretty as the iPhone's, but it allows the user to quickly use e-mail, Web browsing, GPS navigation and text messaging; watch videos, live TV and photos; and listen to music and online radio.

Wall Street Journal
The touch system on the Instinct is more like that on an ancient ATM than a cutting-edge gadget, even though it has a gimmicky feedback mechanism that gives you a tiny vibration-jolt when you press an icon.

infoSync
Above all else, the Samsung Instinct made phone calls that sounded great..crisp and clean, with no static or drop-outs in our test period. Reception was a steady three bars in lower Manhattan, which seemed a bit low, but this didn't affect calling, messaging or data, so we didn't let it bother us.

PhoneMag
Messaging is a mixed bag, with the Instinct falling a little more on the corporate side than the consumer. SMS, MMS and email are all supported, with the latter playing nicely with webmail, POP/IMAP and Exchange accounts, but there’s no instant messaging client and only plain-text, not HTML emails are viewable. Attachments can be sent with outgoing email, but not opened from incoming messages.

Gizmodo
Samsung and Sprint borrowed liberally from the iPhone playbook when it came to look and feel. But the comparison itself isn't fair: The iPhone is a software platform that is growing every day, soon to have a host of applications that put it squarely in the smartphone category along with BlackBerry, Palm and Windows Mobile. The Samsung Instinct will never be mistaken for a smartphone.

• iPhone mock ups from Wired probably look better than what'll appear at WWDC.
• Microsoft will "upstage" Apple at WWDC with a super secret Xbox 360 Blu-Ray announcement!
• It happens to a lot of probes: Phoenix experienced some premature excavation. Get it an iPhone with GPS, stat.
• No iPhones in this bullet point. Just some awesome classic photographs recreated with Lego blocks.
• Tragedy: A pathetic madman killed seven in Japan's gadget town, Akihabara.

Now get thee to the homepage for the best gadget news in the whole, wide world.

The Mandarin's top tier units feature Bang & Olufsen 65-inch plasma and 40-inch LCD televisions along with matching B&O 5-zone sound system, Creston TPMC-8X remote (ready to control your TV and air conditioning), LG Blu-ray/HD DVD combo player and an Xbox 360 to round it all out.

But to save some dough, we might "rough it" at the Elounda Peninsula in Crete, Greece. Starting at just $630 a night for a junior suite (and peaking at around $14,000 for the best rooms) they offer private beaches along with a 45-seat symmetrical shared theater with Barco IQ-G300 projector. Hit the link for all of Sound & Vision's top picks. [Sound & Vision]

• Phoenix landed in exactly the right spot: Water on Mars!
• You'll never guess how they buried the inventor of the Pringles can.
• Nice catch, Apple. Me.com was quite the find for the new .Mac.
• The MacBook Air. It slices, it dices, it cuts cake!
• MIT developed a nanotech paper towel. Stains, you're officially on notice.

Now, hit the homepage for the best gadget and technology news in the 'verse.

• Custom GPS + Briefcase + DHS marketing = Biggest Picture In The World.
• NASA's 422-million mile journey to Mars ended with a TOUCHDOWN!
• Hop-On's latest "disposable" cell phone is convenient, but it's missing something...
• They made Slime a sex toy? It's like they went back in time and punched my childhood in the face.
• iPhone cases with nothing to lose fought to the death. But who won?

Now hit up the home page for the best gadget and technology news anywhere.

Iron Man : Yeah, He Can Fly

Iron Man may already be out, but that doesn't mean we should just forget about it. With the great flight scenes, cutting edge tech and the fact that it is just an excellent film, I plan to use any and all excuses to keep talking about the best superhero movie ever made (as well as the sequel).

Wall-E : Don't (or Do) Watch While Dropping Acid

Wall-E is probably the movie I'm most excited for this summer. From the gadget/robot factor, to the CG eye candy, I get hyped just thinking about it (especially with the righteous toys and promo gear). And did I mention Jonathan Ive helped design one of the robots? In any case, with films such as Toy Story, Monsters, Inc. and Ratatouille under their belt, I find it hard to believe Pixar would miss the mark with Wall-E (Cars never happened).

The Dark Knight : Ambien's New Corporate Slogan
For all its positive transformation in Batman Begins, the Batman franchise just hasn't really held up too well on the gadget front. While you shouldn't expect to see any sonic batarangs or batnet guns in The Dark Knight, fans and other, less intentionally strange people have been picking up the slack. If I want to (and I do) I could go out right now and get myself, for example, a Batman MP3 player. I could use it to listen to the old Batman theme while I'm driving the original Tim Burton Batmobile. I might pull up at a stoplight next to nice young lady driving a much flatter, much more street legal Batmobile. I could even ask her out to see the premiere of The Dark Knight. Most importantly, If all goes well (or if she tries to escape) I could finally try out a pair of Batcuffs. Theoretically speaking.

The Incredible Hulk : Suck On That Eric Bana. And Everything Else, Too
The Hulk doesn't give a shit about gadgets. He's not all like "HULK FINGER TOO BIG FOR UMPC, HULK DEMAND EXTERNAL KEYBOARD," mainly because that'd be stupid. If that stupid green Luddite could calm down for five minutes he might realize that just because he's apparently given up electronics, they haven't given up on him. Any of those items would provide Mr. Hulk with a sizable increase in daily productivity.

For a little fun he could always play Hulk Operation, but there's always the risk that if he buzzed he'd flip out, get huge and ruin everyone's family night with another of his obnoxious tantrums. He could do with a pair of carthartic Hulk Gloves, so he could punch some of that energy out every now and then. But I wouldn't watch that movie half as hard as I was going to watch The Incredible Hulk.

Well, that's the summer lineup, and I personally plan on seeing all these films. Also, if you're interested in my two cents, Iron Man kicks way more ass than Batman.

(The Dark Knight and The Incredible Hulk roundups by John Herrman)

When the BlackBerry Bold was announced and began drawing tangential iPhone comparisons, I entertained the idea of buying that instead, because of its tactile QWERTY.

It makes me feel a little better to see Apple scouting for design engineers (even if that hire isn't for the 2nd gen iPhone), because hopefully it means they've been working to improve it. And the supposed thicker size of the phone has me hoping they threw a bigger battery in to compensate for the rumored 3G and GPS. I'm really bad about remembering to charge my gadgets, making me gravitate towards phones I only need to plug in once or twice a week.

So will the new tech specs and open apps be enough to sway me to the Steve side of the cellphone universe? I'll know after June 9th. [iPhone on Giz]

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• Resident musicologist Jesus Diaz revealed the top-secret lyrical underpinnings of the Indy theme, which are as safe for awesome as they are not safe for work. Too bad he hated it.

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• Any self-respecting superfan doesn't just see the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull six times. He buys all the official merchandise he can find. Of course there's an official fedora and Hasbro FX whip, which increased Gizmodo workplace efficiency by 4%.

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• The folks over at Toy Fair in New York finally, observing Harrison Ford's increasing potatoishiousness, have put together a "Tater of the Lost Ark" Mr. Potato Head.

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• And then there's the Crystal Skull projector/homeschooling device, which speaks to your children about real archeology while projecting sort of related shots of melting Nazis and Shia LeBeouf.

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• Remember how the kid down the street always had 10x more Legos than you? Well he's still around and though he's all growed up with a fancy job and girlfriend (not really), he hasn't changed. Not content with the official Kingdom Lego set, some guys with undoubtedly bright futures reenacted the boulder scene from Raiders with the little plastic blocks. 5 million of them.
• Well, give or take. This photo revealed that the giant boulder actually had a foam core, which really upset at least 17 people. I mean, they smashed some stranger's car with an eight-foot Lego ball — how mad can you be?

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• But it isn't all good for Indy, as he was publicly emasculated on The View. He was informed by a surprised Whoopi Goldberg that Lucas made him "look like a man" and was forced to sit idly through a bunch of chick chatter (hey, I'm down with the whole feminist movement and all, but that just looked painful).
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• The coffee table fireplace threatened the sanctuary of piled up mail order catalogs everywhere.
• The most dangerous enemy one soldier encountered overseas turned out to be a puddle.
• Japan's Aveilan virtual fitting rooms turn you into a paper doll!
• Oscar Pistorius is officially eligible for the Olympics, prosthetic legs and all.
• Revolve power strip posts look cool, probably kill cats.

• A fleet-fingered, record-breaking Israeli hairdresser cut hair—not ears—using 10 scissors at once.
• If MacGruber's son isn't gay, then what was that in his backpack?
• We learned how to love LEGO blocks and the men who love building with them.
• The Zeppelin returned, albeit in a slightly less flammable variety.
• Doctors in San Diego removed a man's appendix by going through his stomach and sucking it out his mouth.

Now, hit up the home page for the best gadget and technology news in the whole wide world.

• RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis was hunting iPhones in an interview that featured more thoughts on a touchscreen Blackberry.
• Addy had a hangover and was looking for a cure.
• NASA released some rather dirty photos of the Mars Spirit Rover.
• Fish got in on that whole glass ceiling at the office thing with the Azoo Eco-Desk Aquarium.
• Eric could be compensating for something with his humongous iPhone.

Now hit up the homepage for the best of shiny gadgets everywhere.

Kodak EasyShare M853 ($150 , 8.2MP) - The Best UI
The Good: The UI is clean and straightforward. On-screen menus explain the different options very clearly. The color in outdoor, well-lit settings was very accurate. Macro shots were clear.
The Bad: For such a great UI, I was surprised at the mediocrity of certain features. The most problematic issue I found was the M853 wouldn't mount to my Mac. Neither iPhoto nor Image Capture recognized it as a USB mass-storage device. The display is too small to get a decent field of vision. There are few options for taking manual shots, and the buttons used for these limited options aren't labeled. The M853 had the worst battery life of any camera I tried. Low light/no flash situations yielded poor pictures.
The Verdict: A beginner will be taking pictures right away, but it's not worth the frustration that comes later.

Nikon CoolPix L18 ($140 , 8MP) - The Easiest to Use
The Good: The CoolPix is so simple that it pretty much has two modes: Auto and Easy Auto. No pure manual mode exists, but there are some scene options available if you need something more specific. Outdoor pictures as well as close up macro shots looked good. Most of all, I really loved the 3" LCD display—larger than any other I tested.
The Bad: It may be too simple for people who like to tinker with their shots. You can adjust exposure and ISO, but the options don't help very much and you may not have as much control over your pictures as you'd like. Low light shots came out very blurry. I am not fans of AA batteries in cameras, and this one takes two.
The Verdict: This camera is a no-brainer for those with no-brains. It's pretty much the digital equivalent of a disposable camera—decent pictures for a decent price.

Canon PowerShot A580 ($150 , 8MP) - The No-Frills Camera
The Good: This camera takes pictures and it takes them well. Outdoor pictures came out bright and colorful, and turned out best when we were able to get a clear shot of the subject without background distractions. Manual options are comprehensive and show changes live, allowing you to see your alterations. The A580 took the clearest pictures of any of the cameras in dim light/flash free situations.
The Bad: It's bulky and unattractive. Pictures taken from a distance were out of focus and came out bad. The UI is cumbersome. Indoor, well-lit, no flash macro shots did not come out well (though maybe that's asking too much). It too runs on AAs, which I have avoided buying since 2002.
The Verdict: If you want the best pictures you can get in this price range, the A580 is a good choice. If you want to win the $150-and-under point-and-shoot beauty contest, you better keep shopping.

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S750 ($150 , 7.2MP) - The Fiddler's Delight
The Good: Pictures on the S750 turned out bright and crisp. Outdoor shots looked good, and so did indoor macro shots. Plenty of manual options put you in control of the pictures you take.
The Bad: It helps to have some experience with digital cameras if you want to get the most out of the Cyber-shot. The auto mode is fine, but the manual options are the stars of the show. The scene modes are few and located on the camera dial itself, not a menu, adding some awkwardness. Low light shots were blurry. It uses Sony's proprietary Memory Stick, and not SD, a big no-no in my book.
The Verdict: The Cyber-shot is a very complete camera, it takes good pictures in different situations, has many options as well as a solid UI. I think it's worth learning all of the features on the camera; after all, this will be an investment, and it could improve my photo-taking skills.

GE A735 ($100, 7MP) - The Cheapest
The Good: The A735 is seriously cheap—$40 to $50 less than the rest—and holds its own when it comes to features. Manual mode is full of options. Bright light pictures had rich, deep colors.
The Bad: Most pictures didn't come out well and were very dark. Indoor and low-light situations were blurry and unfocused. The UI is a mess, way too many options and not easy to figure out. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I don't want no stinking AA batteries!
The Verdict: If you're super-broke, wait until you save up some more and get something nicer than this. It will take pictures, but you won't be happy with most of them.

The Final Word: Point-and-shoots in this price range will never be masterful at taking great pictures. However, if you don't have the money or desire to make the DSLR investment, or even spring for the next step up, you don't have to be stuck with junky pictures or a junky camera. There are different things I liked about each one I tested, especially the screen on the Nikon and the picture quality of the Canon. But for the best all around package, I'd spend my hard-earned $150 on the Cyber-shot DSC-S750.

• Buran space shuttle went...floating away.
• 3D robot art amazed us.
• Leaked Clone Wars trailer left us a little disappointed.
• First high definition map of the moon released.
• Indian Firefox bus. Smashing.

Now hit up the homepage for the best of shiny gadgets everywhere.

• Sony Ericsson Paris image leaked.
• Charles Manson released an album. Seriously.
• The World's smallest HDTV camera made an appearance.
• A Craigslist auction surprised us.
• The Rube Goldberg Contest winner astounded us.

Now, hit the homepage for the best in shiny new gadgets everywhere.

• We learned sexy SMS messages can get you into trouble.
• PS3 firmware 2.2 may have broken MP4 streaming.
• A soldier survived a grenade blast, all thanks to his backpack.
• A streamlined Speedo was just a little bit too slippery.
• Xbox 360 got its own, exclusive content.

• The iPhone App Store was supposedly seen in all its grey glory.
• Some Monks landed a sweet record deal.
• We spotted a steam-guzzling motorbike.
• A Google Android-inspired custom PC was sold on eBay.
• Chrysler announced in-car wifi.
Now get back to the front page for the latest gadget news!

PC World: "Pre-SP1, the [1.9GB] file copy averaged 384 seconds; post-SP1, the copy process showed a noticeable improvement, averaging just 348 seconds to complete the same task. That's a 9 percent improvement, a difference you're likely to notice... It's not life-altering when you're talking about just 2GB of data, but if the performance improvement holds across larger data sets, that will be a big boon to anyone copying data in the Vista environment."

PC Mag: "From the beginning, Vista had some significant issues with excessive hard drive use. The drive light would routinely stay fully or mostly lit for many minutes at a time, even when most programs had been closed. The downloaded SP1 improved this quite a bit, resulting in crisper performance... even with Office 2007 Professional, Adobe Creative Suite CS3, and Norton System Works 2008 on the machine and various components of each running (Outlook, Word, InDesign, Acrobat, and Norton AV, for instance), the drive light stayed remarkably unlit on the SP1 clean install. This issue bears watching: If the difference turns out to be as significant as it seems, then it alone is reason to upgrade."

Anandtech: "Compared to where we were a year ago, our general recommendation for Vista is unchanged. We are however impressed with the progress of the x64 versions of Vista over the past year, after feeling like it was lagging behind Vista x86 from beta up through the release version of Vista. Vista x64 is now clearly on par with Vista x86 and we have no concerns about its compatibility or performance."

CNet: "Do you need Windows Vista SP1? Yes and no. It's always good to install the latest (read: patched) code for any operating system. But downloading and installing the update will take some users a few hours without any visible or tangible improvements to their systems."

Giz Commenters:
We received a huge response to our poll question the other day, "How's Windows Vista SP1 working out?" Most of you didn't notice much of a difference after the install, but a good portion of you thought it was either the best or worst decision you've ever made. Here are some of the most informative things your fellow commenters had to say about the upgrade:

Topcat: Installed without incident in ~20 minutes for me. RAM use is down 7-10% on average from the OS (Ultimate-32), and it fixed some of the problems I'd had frequently

shiftyeyedgoat: I can definitely notice a difference in network transfer speeds. I mean, it's multitudes faster.

Claystil: My startup time seems to be shorter and windows connects to the network MUCH faster.

JoeStalin: No difference. Large file transfers still suck ass.

Darrone: ...it boned my computer harder than Eliot Spitzer at Scores.

The majors seem to echo what everyone else has been saying; while updating is usually the right thing to do, SP1 doesn't have enough noticeable changes to make you jump out of your seat. The commenters were more outspoken in their distaste for the update, some even reporting several crashes, but overall they seemed to like it as well. Putting all of the feedback together, we're going to give Vista SP1 an "upgrade" verdict, but don't expect too much from it.

• ICQ toothpaste. We don't get it either.
• An iPod was spotted onboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
• Armari's XPC looked like it was designed by Armani. Smashing.
• Uber-Review showed off the craziest racers on the web.
• An F-16 pilot dropped a bomb on Tulsa. About $12 of damage was reported.

Now, hit back to the homepage for the very best in shiny gizmos.

• Daylight saving time wasted energy.
• The Beatles catalog followed the sun all the way to iTunes.
• A camera saw into our pockets from 80 feet away.
• We reviewed Timbuk2's latest messenger bag.
• Wheelchair Dude was referenced in Apple Thesaurus.

Now, shoot back to the homepage for the latest Giz goodness.

• Apple Reveals iPhone SDK
• iPhone Getting Multitouch Games Including Spore and Super Monkey Ball
• AIM Client for iPhone, At Long Last
• Apple to Allow VoIP Over WiFi
• Push E-mail and Calendars, Activesync and Exchange Support Coming to iPhone
• iPhone SDK Available Today for Free, $99 to Publish Your App

• Apple movie rentals fell a few short, (601, actually).
• Intel's first Wolfdale processor got tested.
• Fluorescent bulbs became the new bath robes of hotel stays.
• Xperia X1 was rumored to be delayed till 2009.
• Macbook Air got the carbon fiber treatment. Most people thought it sucked—they were wrong.

Now, hit back through to the homepage for latest and greatest tech news.

And at $2,680.00 (2GB configuration), it may seem a bit expensive...but compared to the Macbook Air's $3,098.00 (solid state configuration), it seems like a steal. So what did the reviewers think? Here are five takes on the ultraportable:

PCMag
Like the MacBook Air, the X300's wider dimensions allow not only for a bigger screen but also for a full-size keyboard, and who better to take advantage of this than the makers of the ThinkPad keyboard. It's arguably the best typing experience on a laptop keyboard, better than the Air's oversize phone-pad keys.

CNET
The matte-finish display itself features a 1,440x900 native resolution that's sharper than that of the MacBook Air and other similarly sized screens, resulting in text and icons that are a bit smaller than you'd expect...The trade-off: more screen real estate for multitasking and, when it's time for a break, beautiful video.

CMP Channel
It's cool. Not stylistically, but thermodynamically. Two hours into testing, running a movie, the keyboard's temperature never got above 86 degrees and the fan vents never climbed above 92 degrees. The only way this could run cooler was if it were dead.

Notebook Review
How about this, the X300 actually has good sound and speakers that are well positioned! For an ultra thin notebook, that's astounding...ThinkPad X300 equipped executives will never have to tote their external speakers to watch DVDs by night in their hotel rooms again.

Walt Mossberg
I can recommend the X300 for road warriors without hesitation, provided they can live with its two biggest downsides: a relatively paltry file-storage capacity and a hefty price tag.

- It's too bad that the X300 didn't hit the market with something other than the solid state drive option. Shave several hundred off the price and you'd have a total Air killer on your hands. But if you have the money and like the OS (XP comes stock, by the way), it seems like the Lenovo X300 is a no-brainer.

• Intel Dunnington processors were said to be on the way. Six-cores, baby.
• The $500,000 watch was a gem. Well, actually, it had no gems on it whatsoever.
• A B-2 stealth bomber crashed, $1.2 billion went up in smoke.
• We tested out the SNES emulator for the iPhone. Verdict: Playable.
• We saw an exploding wind turbine, Grandpa's Knob and more.

Now, hit back to the homepage to catch up on all the as-it-happens, fantastic tech news.

• The $140, 000 Hot Wheels toy car took the blingin' biscuit.
• Wi-Fi leechers were the victims for a change.
• We trapped lightning in a block.
• The Street said Mac users are "snobs."
• The Death Star came closer to reality.

Now, hit the homepage to get updated with the best new toys from Toy Fair 2008.

• Eric the intern got a one way ticket into space.
• IBM experts said the Storm worm is netting just under $2 million per day.
• Bluetooth paired up with Wi-Fi.
• We found a $0.46 iPhone headphone adapter. Yes, there's a catch.
• The Aquafit gymnasium/spa helped us get ripped and stay relaxed.

Now, as you're all caught up, jump through to the homepage—you're missing the best of the Mobile World Congress 2008, and you really don't want to do that.

• The Wiimote got a bad-ass, gun-slinging makeover.
• Slacker Portable got a glowing review.
• The world's smallest DS didn't play games so well.
• Another problem solved: Snack-sized cigarettes.
• Peeing by SMS. WTF?
• Gadget Labs showed us the best gadgets of a time long gone.

That's you all caught up with the weekend's best. Hit the homepage for the latest and greatest in shiny gadgets.

DSLRs
First Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi Hands On: Your XTi Is Now Junk
A Word About the Canon EOS 5D Successor
Shifty Eyes on Sony Alpha 350: Shooting From the Hip
Hands On Nikon D60 With Stop Motion Movie Walkthrough

Point-and-Shoots
Hands On Olympus Stylus 1030 SW Indestructo-Point-and-Shoots
Hands On Panasonic Lumix TZ5 10X Zoomer and HD Camcorder
Fujifilm S1000fd and S8100fd Ultra-Zoom Pro-sumer Camers have 12x and 18x Zoom
Sony DSC-T300 Sony's Top Line Slim Cam
Poll: Is HD Video the Next Must-Have Point-and-Shoot Feature?

Other cool stuff
Sony's 25-Megapixel Full-frame Sensor Lands in Massive Sony DSLR
Leica M8: A Camera for Life
Korean Engineers Develop Miraculous 20,000 Year Photo
Panasonic's Wannabe Ninjas

Okay, some BS
An Unfortunate Grope of SmartParts' Fugly Digital Photo Frame/Printer
Hands On Fujifilm S100FS Faux DSLR: Why?

If you want absolutely everything, here's your ticket.

And now, what you've really been waiting for, from the crazy dudes at DigitalCameraInfo:

• We heard word of legal P2P music downloads, all for free.
• Amazon MP3 went global.
• The MBA port fiasco was eloquently solved.
• The Pirate Bay reached 10 million users.
• We said sorry for that NSFW link above. Sorry, again. (NSFW.)

Well, now that your coffee break is over, you better get back to the front page; you don't want Captain Blam to see you lagging.

USA Today: USA Today's Ed Baig summarizes with this verdict: "Given the compromises, I don't expect anyone to use Air as their only computer. But it is a yummy machine for people who spend a lot of time traveling." Going more in depth, he lauds the Air's thinness, and revels at the little things like the magnetic latch and the backlit LED display. The worst part? He got more than an hour less than Apple's rated battery life.

Baig also notes that this is the weakest Core 2 Duo in the entire Mac lineup, which means you won't be using this for video editing. He knocks points off for the sacrifices, such as the internal optical drive, the scant 80GB hard disk space, the one USB port, lack of FireWire, and the average battery life. Apple rated it at 5 hours, but he only got three hours and 40 minutes just surfing the web, using Remote Disc and writing. It only lasted two hours and 40 minutes when watching a movie. Verdict: Not for everyone (mostly travelers), and definitely not a main computer. [USA Today]

Newsweek: Steven Levy at Newsweek compares the Macbook Air's thinness to ritualistic circumcision, noting that they sliced off just enough to make it meaty, yet super thin. Thin enough for him to spend a good third of his review saying how thin it is, and how it's so great on a lap, on a Starbucks' table, on a conference table, and on an airplane seatback tray. He then decries the obvious lack of features we've been talking about since we heard about the Air: lack of user-replaceable battery, the one USB port, no optical drive, blah blah blah.

It essentially reads like Levy reviewed off the spec sheet, and doesn't have many tales of his first-hand experience with such topics as how snappy the sluggish processor is or how convenient (or inconvenient) using the Remote Disc is (he does note that you have to lower your Firewall to its lowest setting to allow easier configuration). Verdict: Not much of one, but what he does have agrees with Baig: it's thin and even though Apple's removed much of its innards, "the things that Apple left on were the ingredients for a quality computer." Also, he spends much of the review talking in a roundabout way about penises, so it's worth a read just for that. [Newsweek]

Wall Street Journal: Mossberg from the big J also loves the svelteness, owning up to his own Contact moment by saying that "it's impossible to convey in words just how pleasing and surprising this computer feels in the hand." Of course, he hates the non-removable battery, the 1 USB port, the fact that you can't put a bigger hard drive in there and the lack of an optical drive.

In his own tests, he says the machine was "speedy" and the keyboard and screen were a "pleasure to use". His own battery tests gave him three hours and 24 minutes with Wi-Fi on and playing music nonstop. He theorizes that you could possibly get 4 hours and 30 minutes without playing music and just working normally, bug Baig's own test disproves that. Verdict: Great if you love thinness or a full-sized screen and keyboard on a "subnotebook", but he "can't recommend it for all." [AllThingsD]

• The rumored BlackBerry 9000's specifications were revised for the better.
• We warmed our bitch up.
• We got a glimpse of Apple TV V3.0.
• The MBA lined up with The Usual Suspects.
• The Eee PC got modded to the extreme.

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