Today’s Newegg deal involves a $30 mail-in-rebate, but it’s a pretty damn good price for a 16GB flash drive. Enter in the $5 promo code EMCAHDBAJ found on their savings page and you’ll get $5 off, which coupled with the $30 rebate nets you a drive at $34. What can you do with a 16GB flash drive? What can’t you do? [Newegg - Thanks Adam!]

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This “physical ambient display” is beautiful and useless — in other words, it’s art. It senses the position of your finger in the water based on electric gradients and adjusts the display based on that. It uses a lot of horsepower to do it; I bet analog equipment with real bubbles could get much the […]

This “physical ambient display” is beautiful and useless — in other words, it’s art. It senses the position of your finger in the water based on electric gradients and adjusts the display based on that. It uses a lot of horsepower to do it; I bet analog equipment with real bubbles could get much the same effect. Not that I’m ragging on this thing — it’s very cool, and part of its appeal is that it’s a digital/analog crossover.

You can learn more about the project here at the creator’s page. [via Gizmodo]

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Sheathing something as slick and pocketable as the iPhone in a holster feels wrong to me for many reasons, but this particular holster adds the handy capability to charge your drained batteries with its own rechargeable Li-ion battery back. It’s good for one full charge before it needs to be recharged itself. Handy, and at $25 the price is right, but this thing is massive. Product page says this only works with first-gen iPhones and iPod touch—but I don’t see any reason why you couldn’t squeeze a 3G in. [Product Page via BBG]

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According to Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter, Nintendo has a handheld gaming device in the works ready for launch by year’s end. “We think that the timing of a new product introduction will depend upon the sales profile for the DS, and believe that lower than expected DS hardware sales could trigger an earlier launch […]

According to Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter, Nintendo has a handheld gaming device in the works ready for launch by year’s end.

“We think that the timing of a new product introduction will depend upon the sales profile for the DS, and believe that lower than expected DS hardware sales could trigger an earlier launch for the new device,” Pachter said in an investor note.

“DS sales are solid worldwide, but are weak in Japan, leading us to expect an introduction of a new device in Japan before the end of the calendar year.”

He said that Japanese DS demand will likely continue to decline. He adds, “We think that Nintendo has a new handheld device ready for launch in [Japan] before the end of the calendar year.”

What new wonders might this handheld from Nintendo hold?

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Yesterday, Kotaku reported on Nintendo and 54 software makers filing an injunction to cease the sales of the R4 and similar devices in Japan. For the uninitiated, the R4 grants you to download DS games on the internet and play them on your DS. Yes, DS piracy. And now said piracy is threatened! So what does that mean? R4 sales are through the roof. Hell, even I bought one yesterday.

The R4 is sold all over the place in Akihabara, the nerd district of Tokyo, and the employees at stores there have already noticed an uptick in sales.

The rush in demand has been breathtaking. These devices always sell well. But this weekend should be staggering, don’t you think?

Yes, I do think. So if you’re on the fence about getting one or just discovered their existence thanks to this lawsuit, now seems like a pretty good time to jump on board. For, uh, homebrew games only, of course. [Kotaku]

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Today’s Top Posts: T-Mobile’s Sidekick 2008: Yes, it kicks ass and yes you can have ours PS3 firmware 2.42 released: Improves playback quality of some games Rumor: Apple ditching Intel chipsets for unknown alternative New York City not interested in municipal Wi-Fi Sirius XM Radio CEO Mel Karmazin to appear on Opie and Anthony today Karmazin appears to reassure fans during […]

Today’s Top Posts:

• T-Mobile’s Sidekick 2008: Yes, it kicks ass and yes you can have ours
• PS3 firmware 2.42 released: Improves playback quality of some games
• Rumor: Apple ditching Intel chipsets for unknown alternative
• New York City not interested in municipal Wi-Fi
• Sirius XM Radio CEO Mel Karmazin to appear on Opie and Anthony today
• Karmazin appears to reassure fans during Opie and Anthony
• Insanity: MSI jacks ‘Wind’ MSRPs up to $499, $549 and forces retailers to cancel pending orders
• Comcast’s throttling deemed illegal by the FCC
• Nuvifone delayed
• LG, now with surround sound

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Sure it lacks a hard drive and comes with a wired controller, but it’s only $170! Wait. What the heck do you do with an Xbox 360 that’s sans HDD? Another stinker is the two-month warranty. Yikes. via The Gizza

Sure it lacks a hard drive and comes with a wired controller, but it’s only $170! Wait. What the heck do you do with an Xbox 360 that’s sans HDD? Another stinker is the two-month warranty. Yikes.

via The Gizza

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Anyone out there have a white iPhone? Is it cracking? We got a tip from a reader named Steve, who has a post about the cracking white iPhones on his site here (in French) which pertains to a thread in the MacRumors forums found here. There are about six pages and a handful of pics with […]

Anyone out there have a white iPhone? Is it cracking? We got a tip from a reader named Steve, who has a post about the cracking white iPhones on his site here (in French) which pertains to a thread in the MacRumors forums found here.

There are about six pages and a handful of photos with complaints about barely noticeable to quite noticeable cracks. Anyone else experiencing similar phenomena?

UPDATE - John just noticed his cracking this day. He’ll post a picture tomorrow.

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It has been nearly 3 years since the original Linux-based GP2X handheld first arrived, and based on this spy shot, it appears that a second-gen version is well on its way. Naturally, not much is known about the device other than a GP2X emulator should run on it after recompiling and it is (tragically) being called the “Wiz.” Let’s hope not because I already bought a “Wii” so I doubt that I would be able to stomach another product with a name that stupid. [Zodttd via GP2X News]

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If there’s one real guitar hero out there that shouldn’t be confined to one system it should be Jimi Hendrix. Like him, love him, hate him or whatever, Hendrix captured the imagination of what being a guitar player could mean. He’s an icon for a reason. However other massive name acts (and estates) are battling it […]

If there’s one real guitar hero out there that shouldn’t be confined to one system it should be Jimi Hendrix. Like him, love him, hate him or whatever, Hendrix captured the imagination of what being a guitar player could mean. He’s an icon for a reason.

However other big name acts (and estates) are battling it out in a different kind of battle of the bands. Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Band 2 are the two main competing franchises and that necessitates an inherent want to sign exclusives. No matter how you feel about some of the huge names of rock, there can be no denying the economic impact having a band like Metallica or Guns ‘n’ Roses signed only to your game. According to Rolling Stone, Guitar Hero and Rock Band grossed nearly $1 billion combined in 2007. One Billion Dollars.

Tim Riley, from the Guitar Hero side of the camp pretty much admits the obvious by saying:

There’s a huge list of artists and songs that are available. There’s a smaller list of the ones you really want, and there’s a supershort list of the ones you’ve to have. So it’s safe to say we’re all kind of going after similar things.

Rock Band 2 has an exclusive G‘n’R track, while Guitar Hero landed Metallica. Metallica is named as the next possible band to have their own edition of Guitar Hero, following in the wake of Aerosmith’s success.

The Hendrix estate has licensed several songs for the upcoming GH:WT, but the possibility remains open for inclusion on Rock Band. With huge dollars involved and a limited pool of talent, it looks like well-established rock acts (and their record labels and publishers) are going to be in the middle of some bidding wars.

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