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SlipCover helps make case icons for your media

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Filed under: Multimedia, Software, Cool tools, Odds and ends, Freeware Here's a cool app we haven't mentioned yet here on TUAW -- SlipCover is an app that will help you put together some beautiful icons for your Mac's media files, from DVDs to video games or anything else that needs a cool looking...

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Leak shows BlackBerry Tour2 near Verizon launch

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A leaked image of a CellBrite device screen with the BlackBerry Essex handset indicates the handset is nearing a release at wireless carrier Verizon. The smartphone will be officially called Tour2, but is also known as the 9650 and, formerly, the Essex.

Win Mobile 7 may get Media Edition, HTC and LG flagships

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Microsoft will launch Windows Mobile 7 with a version rebranding and two very high end devices, a potentially revelatory rumor says today. The OS would be rebranded as Windows Phone 7 and would be split into two releases different than today's.

MiFi hotspots easily hacked

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A recent report has found that Novatel's MiFi mobile hotspot can too easily be compromised by hacks. As the MiFi doesn't require a valid session to change settings, researchers have found that they could locate a user over GPS or even cut a connection remotely....

Dell Mini 5 teardown shows 1GHz Snapdragon

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Because Dell has not revealed many specs on its Mini 5 tablet-like device, some have taken it upon themselves to find out on their own by taking it apart.

Oxford University bans Spotify from its network

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The IT department at Oxford University in the UK banned access to the free and unlimited streaming music service Spotify because it eats up too much bandwidth.

ASUS’ DR-570 e-book reader comes in ’10 with OLED display

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A lot of activity around e-book readers at CES keeps going on after the end of the show. Announced readers, most of those at least, are coming out this winter. The new Amazon Kindle DX will be released tomorrow and Spring Design’s Alex no sooner then February.

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App news & reviews: Trapster, Observation, Foto Brisko and more

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Filed under: iPhone, App ReviewSpeed trap checker Trapster for iPhone updated to 4.0 We've mentioned Trapster once here on the site before, but we haven't really covered it in any depth yet, I believe. It's the official iPhone app [iTunes link] for an online database of speed...

Xbox rumored to get streaming ESPN

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Microsoft is hoping to gain an edge in networked media hubs by offering live sports through the Xbox 360, a leak on Monday maintains. The console's originator is reportedly in significant talks with Disney to stream ESPN's feeds of live TV shows through the system.

Asus DR-570 ebook reader to come sporting an OLED display and 122 hours of battery life

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Section: Gadgets / Other, ebooks Plenty of people were expecting Asus to show off some kind of ebook reader during CES, but unfortunately those people went away disappointed—but as of now there may still be a little hope.

Take two tablets and call us in the morning

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Filed under: Cult of Mac, Other Events With the Apple tablet announcement growing closer by the day, we at TUAW have been putting on our thinking caps trying to brainstorm out exactly what the new device might be called.

Lens-mounted semicircle LED ring for lighting your macro subjects

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It was just a day or two ago that I was recommending Brando’s flash accessory kit to someone. Among the many (many, many) products at that online shop, their photographic accessories are some of the best deals, because even the most basic softboxen and other photo extras are ridiculously...

Projection-screen is the new touchscreen. Or at least Dell seems to think so

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Section: Computers, Desktops Everyone wants a touchscreen right now. You’ve got your iTouch’s, phones, monitors, laptops, eReaders, tablets, etc… But Dell knows the future. And the future is projection.

Samsung rolls out HZ30W series compact ultrazooms

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Samsung chose a post-CES launch add to its camera line for the US. At the top of the unveilings are the HZ30W and HZ35W, both of which tout some of the highest zooms ever in the compact class: either 12-megapixel unit jumps from 10X to 15X, enough to rival recent "prosumer" long-range shooters.

NicoletoMK Mikrokopter Quadrocopter

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This NicoletoMK Mikrokopter Quadrocopter is not your department store variety flying toy. This 4 blade Quadrocopter is powerful enough to lift a 500 gram payload, this means camcorders, cameras or water balloons are fare game for this machine.

Android usage up 200% over last 3 months

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Android hasn’t exactly been the hottest thing around these years – that is, until now. According to statistics from a ChangeWave research report, usage and overall consumer outlook towards Google’s mobile operating system has soared over the last few months.

HarperCollins negotiations to provide ebooks for Apple’s Tablet

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According to the Wall Street Journal, book publisher HarperCollins is in serious talks with Apple about a ebook deal for Apple’s heavily rumored yet still unconfirmed tablet that’s anticipated to be announced at the January 27th Apple press event.

PowerMac panel reused as Nerf backboard

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Filed under: Hardware, Humor, PowerMac G5 Cult of Mac comes up with yet another classic re-use of an old Mac: they posted about this PowerMac G5 sidepanel that's been turned into an office space Nerf basketball backboard.

HP EliteBook tablet possibly slated for spring refresh

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HP may finally have an update for its older EliteBook tablet in store, as an inadvertent post by Michigan’s Mercy High School has potentially spoiled the PC builder’s plans.

Punctirus jewelry

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Punctirus jewelry by Benoit Patoureaux from Art. Lebedev Studio.

Apple Confirms Special Product Event for Jan. 27

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Apple has sent out press invitations for a product event to be held at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater. The invitation reads, “Come see our latest creation” (image above). The event begins 10 a.m., Jan. 27.

Our wild and completely unconfirmed Apple Tablet prediction: The thing’s gonna have “Backtouch”

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I've got a prediction for the Apple Tablet's interface that I haven't seen anywhere; it's based on nothing but my own intuition combined with some things I've pieced together, and I'm fully prepared to announce this prediction and wind up on a "Things they got wrong" list in two weeks.

ATI Radeon HD 5570, 5450 seen due in February

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Sources at graphics card makers say chipmaker AMD should release a new ATI Radeon HD 5450 graphics card early in February, along with a Radeon HD 5570 in mid-February.

DisplayPort 1.2 official with multi-streaming, USB

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The VESA group today officially released DisplayPort 1.2, its large revamp to the modern display standard. Officially just an extension, it has double the data rate of the original (now 21.6Gbps) and can handle tasks that would have been impossible with 1.1a.

iPhone Like Kitchen Touchscreen Computer

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Ryan from JUDD Studio Engineering just completed a very cool iPhone Like Kitchen Touchscreen Computer. His wife wanted a computer in the kitchen, that’s not an odd request these days.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars now available on iPhone and iPod touch

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Filed under: Gaming, Software, iPhone, App Store Rockstar Games told us a while back that they'd be releasing their DS hit Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on the iPhone, and sure enough, last night it appeared on the App Store [iTunes link].

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