You know what the world needs? Another company peddling their take on the touch interface as being “just like Minority Report!” Sun, Raytheon, Oblong — it’s a pretty obvious press hook (as well as a pretty awesome area of research), but every once in a while some such technology does come around that begs for a closer look. A collaboration between Sony Europe and Atracsys (a Swiss company specializing in optical tracking) ICU is a dual camera-based system that tracks and analyzes bodySource: Engadget RSS Feed

One lucky Twitter user and Next Web reader Malcolm Coles has managed to get his hands on Twitter RT’s early. While most of us sit with baited breath, Coles has kindly shared screenshots of the new functionality with us.

This is how it all looks and works.

If you’re invited to join the RT beta, you see this.

And here’s a new-style RT close up.

When you do a RT

This is what happens if you want to retweet using the new functionality.

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About a week ago, geohot released an update to his iPhone jailbreaking software dubbed Blackra1n RC2, and while that was all well and good for all you AT&T guys, it did leave those of us who need a baseband unlock on our iPieces wanting more. Enter blacksn0w. Demoed on YouTube, the blacksn0w exploit will provide a baseband unlock of the 3.1.x firmware allowing your iPhone to run on your preferred GSM carrier. Blacksn0w will be released to the jailbreaking baseband unlocking masses on NovemberSource: The Boy Genius Report RSS Feed

So you’re at the library, you’ve got all your stuff spread out, and bam! You’ve gotta potty. You need to use the bathroom but you can’t leave all your stuff there! You’ve got like 16 mp3 machines and 4 laptops and 8 bars of gold! What do you do! You have to gather it all up and put it back in your rucksack and by the time that’s happened, you don’t have to potty anymore! Just say no! No more of this! We need desks that lock down! Choi Minaa has the solution to that!

What Source: Yanko Design RSS Feed

TigerDirect has the Blackberry 8800 Unlocked PDA Cell Phone (unlocked) in Dark Blue for a Web low.  This cell phone has a full QWERTY keyboard, is totally unlocked for GSM carriers, Bluetooth, GPS, trackball, voice activated dialing and more.  It’s $269.99 – $100 instant savings + free shipping=$169.99 shipped!

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That’s the world’s largest capacity 1.8-inch hard disk drive right there. A claim met by a list of specs going a little something like this: 3.0Gbps SATA interface, 320GB capacity, 5,400 RPM, 16MB buffer, and 19dB of emitted noise during seeks — a 4dB cut from Toshiba’s previous generation of 5,400 RPM 1.8-inchers. Of course, these 1.8-inch mechanical HDDs are the form factor most commonly found in those netbook-shoving CULV thin-and-light ultraportables now coming onto the market. Look forSource: Engadget RSS Feed

Despite living somewhere in the middle of a sale to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery, Hummer still exists, and they’re showing off a tarted-up H3 and H3T for SEMA. They certainly look ready for good roll in the mud.

HUMMER FOCUSES ON OUTDOOR RECREATION AND OFF-ROAD RACING AT THE 2009 SEMA SHOW

LAS VEGAS – With a renewed focus on recreation and off-road racing performance, HUMMER comes to Las Vegas and the 2009 SEMA Show with a group of four special trucks and SUVs Source: Jalopnik RSS Feed

Business users — and, let’s face it, anyone who uses MS Office for documents — should take note of DataViz’s Documents To Go for the iPhone platform.  Oh, don’t worry, you’ll still look hip … [visit site to ]

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More Mac 101, our tips and tricks for novice Mac users.
For some reason, I tend to come across times when my optical drive doesn’t want to eject the CD or DVD that’s in it. I found myself having to restart the computer and try again… in more serious instances, I have to restart and force-eject the disc by holding down the mouse button during the boot process.
At some point I thought to myself, “There’s gottaSource: The Unofficial Apple Weblog RSS Feed

Can I make a confession? I’m not 100% gung-ho about Tron Legacy, as I know other writers and Comic-Con attendees have been. Maybe it’s because Tron wasn’t a huge part of my childhood, or maybe it’s because I was underwhelmed by the footage (or lack thereof) at Comic-Con this year. Either way, what we’ve seen so far hasn’t really tickled my fancy yet, although obviously if the movie (or even the trailer) ends up being completely badass, I’m happy to revise my thoughts.

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