Let’s just say that I’ve not had a lot of time lately to update the site as regularly as I would prefer. To make up for it, I’m going to cram some stuff in here I’ve been collecting for a while now. First up, the State Senate of California has voted to allow drivers to stick GPS devices on their windshield. Neat. In political news, George W. has decreed that US citizens can now send mobile phones to Cubans in an effort to see how serious Castro Part Deux is in applying reforms. Russell Davies apparently painted the lid of his MacBook Pro with chalkboard paint, making it into a surface suitable for notes and reminders. No, there’s no ledge to put chalk or erasers. If your outhouse is an inconvenient distance away from your main house, check out HDCom’s new wi-fi bridge which can traverse up to 5 miles. Personal time may never be the same again and only for US$318. Mark Shuttleworth’s Ubuntu will be offering a Netbook Remix soon, cramming the friendly Linux onto Eee PCs and its kind. AMD is going to fight Intel’s Centrino platform with its new Puma platform. Slavering over the idea of some real mobile gaming on the iPhone? Get ready for even more kick ass mobile gaming goodness when the iControlPad hits the scene. That be some sweet, sweet nerd pr0n.

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Some tidbits for you to chew on: NotebookReview claims that ASUS has informed them that the ASUS Eee PC 900 will be available in Linux and Windows XP versions starting May 12th in the US. Prices will supposedly start at US$549.

Word on the street is that LG is starting to produce 16:9 and 16:10 ratio displays for low priced laptops. DigiTimes is suggesting that these displays will be snapped up by Acer, HP, and Asustek. The displays will be available in 8.9″, 9.4″, and 10.1″ formats for OEMs.

Finally, Electronista is reporting that they have more details on MSI’s competitor to the ASUS Eee PC line dubbed Wind. The small lappies will ship with 1.0-1.6GHz CPUs and a claimed battery life of up to 7 hours. There are no details on whether the MSI Wind will be available in the US.

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Its been very slow, so I thought I’d punch up the doldrums with some little bits of news. First up, right on the heels of the Novell rumor nee announcement comes Sybase announcing that its releasing an early, official version of its iAnywhere software for the iPhone. Only its not software. Its a web app and it will only do mail. Hmm. Is it just me, or does it look like a giant, chubby baby is giving the demo in the picture?

In other iPhone news, StatCounter.com has announced that the iPhone is number 2 for web usage in Europe, 2nd only to Nokia. In the US, iPhone web usage far outstrips Nokia usage. Of course, StatCounter is only measuring hits on the sites which they monitor, which they claim is about 2 million. They also mentioned desktop browser usage, seeing Firefox usage encroaching on Internet Explorer’s dominance. Statistics were gathered on 371 million page views from December 2007 to March 2008.

Electronista seems to think they have information that Dell will be getting back into the handheld market, only one year after they canceled the Axim product line. Apparently, Acer’s purchase of E-TEN has something to do with it.

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Yet another week to rack up on the ol’ scoreboard, and we have 10 more days before the New Year. That means we only have this and one more Weekly Roundup to file for 2007. Wow, and what a year its been! Apple’s kicking ass, Microsoft’s blowing chunks, and the Linux camp is starting to make a dent in the fears of administrators. I’m sure 2008 will also be a hoot, if any of the recent rumors can hold any water.

First up, Apple Insider has rolled out a claimed exclusive (how anything can be exclusive these days, I have no idea) regarding the strong possibility that Apple is jumping into the ultra-portable space. Via claimed close-knit ties to credible sources and whatnot, Apple is apparently eyeing the “Silverthorne” chip, a 45nm ULV processor which Intel has developed for Ultra-mobile Computers and MIDs, or Mobile Intertube Devices.

Now for last-minute stoopid gift idears: A Hello Kitty! USB mini aquarium. A Snoopy themed 15″ laptop for a mere US$2,799, and it comes especially underpowered! Have a dog that poops in the house? Well, now you can avoid having to pick it up and make yourself a local pariah for one low cost. DesignMobel has a new iPod dock, and no, soft is not slang for cool. Finally, season’s wipings! This dock is decidedly smaller and far less tasteful.

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Well, we’ve pushed through another week of news. Obama is gaining in the polls thanks to a little shove from Oprah, Ike Turner died after having finally winning another Grammy for his last album of traditional Blues songs, Waterboarding has been declared illegal, the iPhone is Time Magazine’s technology of the year, and Nintendo is instituting a “Raincheck” program to mitigate Wii shortages.

What about NBC moving its shows over to SanDisk’s new Fanfare service which works with their new TakeTV device. Personally, I don’t understand SanDisk’s market. Sure, they have the second largest chunk of the DAP market behind Apple’s 75%, but that’s only 11%, and so what if they make taking your TV shows with you easy. Ever heard of TiVoToGo or SlingBox?

Toshiba has announced their new Super Charge battery technology, dubbed SCiB for Super Charge Ion Battery, which they say can recover 90% of its capacity in 5 minutes. Wow! The problem is that its currently only for industrial use, but Toshiba says that they are eyeing the electrical car and portable computer markets.

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