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10th Anniversary Mini Disc Player is Just 1cm Thick

November marks the tenth anniversary of the Sony Mini Disc, and to commemorate the event, Sony is releasing the world’s thinnest (1cm) and lightest (55g) mini disc player ever. It’s scarcely bigger than a mini disc itself. Read

A Monitor No One Else Can See

New Scientist on an LCD monitor created by researchers at Japanese electronics company Iizuka Denki Kogyo which appears totally blank unless viewed with special polarized glasses. This would be great for laptops, especially if the screen could be switched back to normal when prying eyes are no longer around. Read

Pioneer’s SACD/DVD-Audio Player

Pioneer’s has its own SACD/DVD-Audio combo player on the way, the NS-DV1000. Curiously it appears that it will be released only in the UK market, and consequently only plays Region 2 DVDs. Read

Sony’s New 5.24 Megapixel Camera

Steve’s Digicams on Sony’s new 5.24 megapixel prosumer digital camera, the Cyber-shot F717. Read

CNET Review of the Treo 300

CNet finally gets around to reviewing the Treo 300. Read Buy

The Cocoon: Sony’s New PVR

A Mini-Keyboard for the CLIE

Gadgeteer review of the PEGA-KB20, Sony’s new thumb mini-keyboard for their CLIE line of PDAs. Read

FutureLooks review of Samsung’s New 17″ Flatscreen

FutureLooks review of the Tantus LTM1775W, Samsung’s new 17″, LCD flat-panel widescreen TV/monitor hybrid. Read

Faking Out the Warchalkers

Worried about someone free-riding on your wireless access point? Black Alchemy Weapons Lab has released Fake AP, which generates thousands of decoy 802.11b access points. Sure you’ll fake out the hackers, but the most immediate result might just be thousands of warchalking symbols turning up outside your window. Read

Design a New Robot, and Win an AIBO

Global Business Network-sponsored contest to “imagine and design a similar but vastly more advanced doglike entity.” The prize? A new AIBO, specifically the ERS-31L. Read

Microsoft’s Entertainment PC Will Restrict Copying

Microsoft’s new Windows XP Media Center Edition, which is designed to turn the PC into a convergence device/home entertainment hub, will have strong copy protections built-in. For instance, for Tivo-like digital video recording, users would be unable to archive the shows or copy them for a friend. Read

Microsoft’s New Fall Line

CNet on Microsoft’s new mice and keyboards. The big news will be later this month when the company announces its line of Bluetooth-enabled mice and keyboards. Read

Nokia’s Hybrid GPRS/802.11b PCMCIA Card

Bluetooth Memory Stick from Sony

Later this month Sony will introduce the PEGA-MSB1, a Memory Stick that adds Bluetooth connectivity to its CLIE line of PDAs, to the European market. I’d be surprised if Sony chose to not introduce the PEGA-MSB1 into the US market as well. Read [Translated from German by Babelfish]

Top 5 Pocket PCs from CNet

CNet’s list of the Top 5 Pocket PCs. Toshiba dominates, with the e310 topping the list and the e740 coming in second. Read Buy

A Mouse That Works in Mid-Air

The new Ultra Cordless Optical Mouse from Gyration, which besides having a twenty-five foot range, also has a gyroscopic motion sensor for use in mid-air. Read

The Ultimate Gadget House

CNN on Scott Jones from Escient’s gadget filled house. Everything inside is remote controlled, including the fireplace. Read

Four Megapixels and 8x Zoom

HP’s new Photosmart 850 digital camera, the first 4 megapixel camera with an eight times optical zoom lens. Digital Photography Review has an early look at it. Read

2 Megapixel Exilim Debuts

Just a few short months after introducing its ultrathin (just 11.3 mm) Exilim digital camera, Casio already has a 2 megapixel model on the way. Read