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Gone in 90 seconds

Two new external CD-RW drives, one with FireWire and the other with both FireWire and USB 2.0, that can burn at 52x from Other World Computing. That means it should take about a minute and a half to burn a full-length CD. Read

Inside Graffiti 2

Brighthand looks at Graffiti 2, the new handwriting text entry software for the Palm operating system that’s based on CIC’s Jot software, explaining the reasons for the switch and the advantages and disadvantages of the new software. Read

Banned in Germany – potato bazookas

So maybe there is a 40GB iPod?

Fingerprint reader on a Memory Stick

Also new from Sony, a fingerprint recognition module that fits into a slot for a Memory Stick. The only problem: most Memory Stick slots don’t leave the part where the fingerprint reader is located on the module exposed. Maybe someone should have checked into that. Read

Nomad’s 40GB iPod clone

Apple isn’t used to playing catch up when it comes to the iPod and innovation, but Creative is about to best them with a new version of the Nomad Jukebox Zen, its iPod clone, that comes with a 40GB hard drive. Can a 40GB iPod be too far behind? Read [Translated from Japanese using Babelfish]

Six-in-one portable storage drive

Bluetooth-enabled digital camera

A new four megapixel digital camera from Sony that has built-in Bluetooth, so you can wirelessly transfer photos to your Bluetooth-enabled PC or Pocket PC for storage. The DSX-FX77 is only out in Japan at the moment. Read [Translated from Japanese using Babelfish]

Lindows Media Computer

20″ Apple Cinema Display

Apple is adding a third monitor to its lineup of LCD monitors. The widescreen 20″ Cinema Display joins 17″ and 23″ models, and has a resolution of 1680×1050 pixels. Read

EasyHardDisk lives up to its name

Envy News gives a big thumbs up to EasyDisk’s new portable 20GB EasyHardDisk, which connects via USB 2.0 and is just 16mm thick. Read

Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Bluetooth

For some reason this week everybody has decided to publish a guide to wireless. LAN Addict has one of their own, this one covering Bluetooth and everything you’d ever want to know about it. Read

Sony Ericsson T68i – free with service activation

The T68i from Sony Ericsson, which has a color screen, Bluetooth, and uses GPRS for surfing the Web and sending emails, text messages, and multimedia messages, and comes with a digital camera attachment, is free over at Amazon with new service activation. Amazon

Pocket PC + WiFi

And for those who are sticking a little closer to home, ExtremeMHz has a guide adding a Pocket PC to your wireless network. Read

CNET’s guide to wireless access

For the serious wardriver: CNET’s guide to how to find wireless Internet access points just about anywhere. Read

Add 7.1 channel surround sound to your laptop

The sound on laptops is notoriously atrocious, but there’s a new box from M-Audio called the Sonica Theater that lets you add 7.1 channel, 24-bit/96KHz digital surround sound to any laptop. Read

It even sounds like a sitar

Speaking of Gibson’s new guitar that comes with an Ethernet port, Todd Levy writes in to point out the Variax from Line 6, a guitar with special digital sound modeling technology that’ll make it sound like any number of vintage axes, an acoustic guitar, a banjo, and even a sitar. Now that’s a guitar! Read

World’s first 14″ Tablet PC

The world’s first Tablet PC with a 14 inch screen is coming from Acer later this year, and it’s rumored that it’s going to be priced below $1450. Read

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