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Vehicles
1:00PM Damian Francis | While most of the cars on show at the Tokyo Motor Show are high performance cars (this will change when it opens to the public soon), Toyota still chose to show off its Plug-In Hybrid Prius. While it’s not completely electric it’s certainly another step in the right direction in terms of moving towards full electric vehicles. More »
Toyota Unveils The Prius Plug-In Hybrid
1:00PM Damian Francis | While most of the cars on show at the Tokyo Motor Show are high performance cars (this will change when it opens to the public soon), Toyota still chose to show off its Plug-In Hybrid Prius. While it’s not completely electric it’s certainly another step in the right direction in terms of moving towards full electric vehicles. More » 
Design
Kitschy-Yet-Eco-Friendly ReNEW Solar Battery Charger
11:20AM Rosa Golijan | It looks like a battery-eating iPhone case, but the reNEW Solar Battery Charger concept is actually a clever little device that spits out fully-charged batteries while attaching to your windows with suction cups. Your back-of-the-house, no-one-will-actually-see-it-here window. More »
Gadgets
8:37PM Chris Oaten | The mission. Fully deplete the battery in an iPhone 3G a long way from home to see if a Kensington Mini Battery Pack/Charger could keep it alive for the return journey. More »
Tested. Kensington’s Mini iPhone Charger
8:37PM Chris Oaten | The mission. Fully deplete the battery in an iPhone 3G a long way from home to see if a Kensington Mini Battery Pack/Charger could keep it alive for the return journey. More »
Gadgets
Convert A Netbook Battery Into An iPhone Battery
10:20PM Jesus Diaz | Why would you hack your MSI Wind’s battery to add a USB port when you can just connect your iPhone or any other device to the netbook’s USB port? Well, just because you can. More »
Peripherals
X-Power 1 IPhone USB Cord Comes With Built-In Rechargable Battery And….Gives Orgasms To Kristen Bell
12:30PM Rosa Golijan | The X-Power 1 USB cord has a built-in rechargeable battery to give you a bit of backup power on the go (assuming you remember to take the cord with you). Their ad seems to imply more than that though. More »
Peripherals
10:30AM Matt Buchanan | Like the Callpod but fancier since it props up your gadgets on a shiny platform, the Messless Charger comes with six connectors for charging up to four gadgets simultaneously. It’s about $US100 thanks to the gloss factor, though. [pocket-lint] More »
Messless Charger: The Showoffiest Way To Charge Four Gadgets Simultaneously
10:30AM Matt Buchanan | Like the Callpod but fancier since it props up your gadgets on a shiny platform, the Messless Charger comes with six connectors for charging up to four gadgets simultaneously. It’s about $US100 thanks to the gloss factor, though. [pocket-lint] More »
Cameras
8 Ways To Get More Battery Life With Your Digital Camera
12:50AM Matt Buchanan | Sure, you know how to squeeze more battery life out of your notebook—dim the lights, kill the wireless—but what about your camera? Photography Bay has 8 tips: buying a faster memory card is the most surprising. [Photography Bay] More »
Cameras
Energizer Energi To Go DSLR Charger Gives Paparazzi More Portability
5:40AM Jason Chen | Need to hide in the bushes for eleven hours outside Megan Fox’s house while taking the occasional super-zoom shot? Need to recharge your batteries but have no outlet? Energizer’s portable charger clip is there. More »
Cameras
Panasonic Locks Out Third Party Camera Batteries With Latest Firmware
10:40AM Jason Chen | If you’ve got a Panasonic digital camera and you’re using a third party battery pack, DON’T UPDATE YOUR CAMERA FIRMWARE. Your battery will get locked out by the authentication scheme Panasonic just implemented.
Phones
