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Computers
2:24PM Nick Broughall | You read that right — Toshy’s gone Windows 7 crazy with 21 new notebooks across 12 ranges, although 16 of those are just refreshes of previous models. You can read about them below: More »
Toshiba’s Launches 21 Consumer Notebooks With Windows 7
2:24PM Nick Broughall | You read that right — Toshy’s gone Windows 7 crazy with 21 new notebooks across 12 ranges, although 16 of those are just refreshes of previous models. You can read about them below: More » 
Entertainment
10:31AM Nick Broughall | A source close to Austar has seen fit to send us some (as yet unconfirmed) details of the upcoming HD MyStar service in Australia. It sounds pretty decent… More »
Unconfirmed: Austar’s MyStar HD Launching Mid-November, 15 HD Channels
10:31AM Nick Broughall | A source close to Austar has seen fit to send us some (as yet unconfirmed) details of the upcoming HD MyStar service in Australia. It sounds pretty decent… More »
Science
Personal (Spy!) Satellite Is A Bargain At $US8,000
9:40PM Rosa Golijan | The TubeSat lists one of its possible uses as Earth-from-space video imaging—very scientific, of course. But to me that means “Now you can spy on your hot neighbour Steve Jobs without leaving the comfort of your home!” More »
Science
Japan’s Satellite Crashes Into The Moon, Sends Back Footage Of Its Demise
1:10AM Adam Frucci
Japan’s Selene satellite has been sending us amazing HD footage of the surface of the moon for a couple of months now, but on June 11th, it finally crashed into the surface. And its final video might be its best. More »
Online
Swiss Police Uncover Hidden Marijuana Farm Using Google Earth
11:40AM Adrian Covert | Swiss Police, aided by Google Earth, busted a group of “agricultural enthusiasts” who concealed two acres of ganja in the middle of a corn field. The only thing they didn’t account for: satellite imaging. More »
Hardware
DirecTV PC Tuner Officially Canceled
7:40AM Sean Fallon | DirecTV has officially canned their efforts to bring the HDPC-20 tuner to market. The device would have allowed subscribers to integrate their service with Windows Media Centre. More »
Gadgets
Sirius Coming Out With New Satellite Radio Boombox
6:00PM Gizmodo US Edition | For those of you aspiring to be the next Satellite Radio Raheem, here’s a few newly leaked photos of the upcoming Sirius SUB-X2 Boombox. Much like the current SUB-X1, the new music player will sport a front-panel headphone jack, auxiliary input for other MP3 players, and a universal docking system. I wonder if that docking system will support XM radios as well, now that they’re married and all. Prices and more detailed specs have yet to be announced, though it shouldn’t cost you too much more than its last iteration. More »
Computers
Toshiba Centrino 2 Notebooks: Satellite Pro S300, Tecra A10 and M10
2:01PM Matt Buchanan | Noticing a pattern with Centrino 2? For Toshiba’s part, they’ve got a biz-set triple bump: The Satellite Pro S300, Tecra A10 and Tecra M10 all have Toshiba’s EasyGuard with shock and spill protection, a business card reader, a combo USB 2.0 eSATA port, and sleep-and-charge USB ports. A point of differentiation is that the Tecra A10 and M10 both rock Centrino 2 vPro, which has tech for the enterprise set so IT can fix your comp wirelessly, even when it’s frozen. More »
Phones
Elektrobit Introduces Jack-Of-All-Trades Satellite Phone
9:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | Elektrobit is bringing satellite phones to the masses with its new Satellite/Terrestrial Reference PDA Phone. Gone is the bulky antenna sported by satellite phones of yore, replaced with a sleek, qwerty-keyboard PDA look that’s just a touch thicker than a Blackberry 8800. The concept product runs Windows Mobile 6.1 professional and contains a packed feature set—including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, VoIP, a touch screen, and a 3MP camera. More »
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