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eractive_wallpaper.jpg" alt="interactive_wallpaper.jpg image" class="right border" height="97" width="200">Looks like David Buzzini's interactive wallpaper, which I'm sure we've talked about before but can find no reference to, is becoming a commercial product. These wall coverings not only change color and design, but can also be used as alternatives to switches for your lights or appliances, as well as displays from which to read e-mail or enjoy digital photos. For our delicious Italian friends, you can check it out in person at the Science Festival in Genoa until next Monday.

Not-So-White Walls: Interactive Wallpaper [WeMakeMoneyNotArt]

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Bose SoundDock Reviewed

e_sounddock.jpg image" class="right" height="173" width="200">Playlist has a review of the Bose SoundDock, the desktop speaker system for the iPod that Bose has lately been promoting the holy hell out of. The long and the short is that it sounds great—better than any other iPod-specific speaker system—but for $300 is lacking in many features even cheaper setups have, like the ability to actually use the SoundDock as a syncing dock. Oh, and it has no line-in, so you can't use the SoundDock as output for anything else, like a PC or laptop, for instance.

Review: Bose SoundDock [PlaylistMag]

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iPod Archives [Gizmodo]

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Lohan/Herbie iSighting

han.jpg image" class="center border" height="256" width="398">Is that an Apple iSight mounted to the inside of the new Love Bug? It sort of looks like one, but that dark grey bit on the end makes me unsure. Maybe it's just a mic? (Thanks, Scott!)

Full Size Image [Gizmodo]

Update: Reader Jesse Johnson brings up a good point, and one I totally didn't consider as I wasn't thinking about Herbie being an actual car: maybe it's a shift light.
A random shiftlight [CarDomain]

- lev (joeljohnson@gmail.com) [Gizmodo]

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Apple Doesn't Need Our Trust Now

re_sm.jpg" alt="apple_store_sm.jpg image" class="center" height="117" width="398">So it looks like Apple ammended their 'trust us' phrasing on the 5-apple ratings. Don't worry, though. I took a screenshot.

Apple Store Screenshot (Cropped to hide porn) [Gizmodo]

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Apple Rating: WTF is This? [Gizmodo]

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Thursday's Sore Loser

Forget it, I’m not leaving.

But I will do the news. Audio to follow as soon as I stop sobbing.

Happy Birthday Walter Cronkite, he’s 88. King Tut’s tomb was discovered on this day in 1922. The Iranian Hostage Crisis began in 1979.

It’s the day after tomorrow. The eight-nation Arctic Council is reporting that the icecaps are melting at twice the normal rate, due to global warming. The four year study will be officially released next week. Global warming isn’t all bad. 25% of the Earths remaining oil and gas reserves are hidden under Arctic ice. That amphibious Hummer is looking better than ever.

E-voting went mostly without a hitch on Tuesday. It was the first extensive use of electronic voting machines and only about 600 glitches were reported, mostly minor according to the Verified Voting Foundation. On the other hand, the Election Protection Coalition reports over 1,000 problems, including touch screens that switched votes away from Kerry.

CNET reviews the electronic gadgetry used by the television networks on election night. Tim Russert replaced his whiteboard with a Fujitsu tablet PC. CBS used a 50-inch touch screen plasma monitor to swoop and zoom over electoral maps. I followed the results on the radio but I don’t think NPR was using any of that stuff.

A brother and sister spamming team have been convicted of a felony in a Virginia court. It’s the first felony conviction of spammers ever. The two sent junk email to millions of AOL customers. The jury recommended nine years in jail for the brother and fined the sister $7500.

The Motion Picture Association of America is preparing to follow in the RIAA’s footsteps by suing movie pirates. The MPAA says it will make “a major announcement regarding illegal file sharing of motion pictures on peer-to-peer networks” this morning.

Microsoft and Intel are joining forces this holiday season with an advertising campaign touting “Digital Joy." The multi-million dollar campaign marks the first time the two companies have advertised together.

Another reason to eschew HTML email. The latest phishing scams overwrites your banking bookmark with bogus sites where they’ll collect your login and password, and the email does this without any action on your part.