Watch That Tiny, $74 1.5GHz Android-Powered Thumb-Puter In Action 
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Laptop Buying Guide 2012: How To Find The Right Laptop For You Chi Mei Optoelectronics, a major LCD maker who sells to companies including Apple, HP and Dell, has admitted to a wide-scale price fixing conspiracy between late 2001 and late 2006. The details are being kept under wraps, but Chi Mei has pleaded guilty to the charges in a San Francisco court, and in addition to the monetary penalty, nine executives are also under investigation. [FBI]
A resourceful Pennsylvania man waterproofed his router using a box and tape before sticking it onto his windowsill to use a nearby library’s wi-fi. Too bad that he taped the gadget up so well that it looked like a bomb.
So there have been quite a few of these Blu-ray community screenings over the past year or so, but they’ve all been restricted to viewers in the US. The latest Harry Potter flick however, the Half Blood Prince, is having a community screening that’s global. That means you can actually take part, and chat with both Daniel Radcliffe and director David Yates while you watch the movie (or something like that anyway).
Other frequently used words might be: “pay,” “dollars,” and “disappear.” Too bad this flexible, portable silicon keyboard doesn’t include a matching font—although I’m sure that can be easily remedied. [Conran Shop]
I’m not sure what kind of sound these MP3 player speaker cans put out, but I’m sure they are just as edible as some other stuff people have put in cans.
