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It fits in a manila folder, you can slide it under a door, and if you threw it hard enough you could probably chop someone in half with the thing. It’s the thinnest, and if we may say so, sexiest laptop around today: the MacBook Air. But looks aren’t everything to everyone, and despite all the rhetoric about being a no-compromises ultraportable, Apple did leave plenty on the cutting-room floor to get this laptop so absurdly thin without having to skimp on niceties like a full size keyboard and a roomy 13-inch display. But, as many potential buyers have been asking themselves since last week, is the Air right to be your next machine? Read on, we’ll tell you what we think.

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Obviously a lot of people cried fake when those screenshots purporting to show Windows 7 Ultimate popped up — possibly because they looked a lot like rebadged Vista screens — so the blogger who originally posted the images has followed up with a video for proof. And we do have to state, if this is fake, someone put a hell of a lot of work into pulling it off, from creating a new bootup screen to hacking the source code to adding fresh Media Center options. ThinkNext tells us that this release — known as Milestone 1 — expires in May of this year, although if Redmond and its team of crack Enemy of the State-types have anything to say about it, this particular blog will not be getting another preview copy next time around. Video after the break.

[Via Softpedia, image courtesy of ThinkNext, thanks Joshua]

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At this point we’ve heard so much and seen so little of AMD’s Fusion hybrid CPU / GPU chip that we’re honestly starting to consider it vapor — AMD first announced it in 2006, after all. Still, the company’s VP of marketing chatted up PC World about new Fusion chips today, saying that a 45nm notebook-optimized version codenamed “Swift” based on the Phenom core would be the first off the line. That doesn’t line up with the last roadmap we saw out of Sunnyvale, which had the first Fusion chip based on the workstation-class Bulldozer core, but hey, we’ll let AMD say whatever it wants, just as long as see some actual chips sometime soon.

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Remember how we told you Everex’s little gOS-sporting Cloudbook was headed to Wal-Mart this month (today, to be specific)? Well hold your check book, friend-o — they ain’t done with it. According to the company’s director of marketing, Paul Kim, the system requires, “A couple of last minute software tweaks,” before it’s ready for prime-time. There’s no word on when it will make an appearance, though we’re inclined to think this won’t be a major delay… but you never know. Should shipments alight, we’ll be the first to share the good news.

Filed under: HDTV, Laptops, Peripherals, Portable Video

Sony has announced the development of a new Blu-ray reader / writer module that is not only smaller than previous components, but promises to be cheaper as well due to a simplified manufacturing process. The new laser housing is less than three millimeters thick, according to the Japanese manufacturer and co-developer Nichia Corporation, enabling it to be incorporated into smaller devices such as portable players. Sony predicts that we’ll first start seeing 9.5-millimeter laptop BD drives which employ the module later this year.

[Via Tech.co.uk, thanks Kiwi616]

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It all looks innocent and feasible on the surface, but behind the scenes we have no idea how realistic this gaming keyboard from United Keys is ever going to get. Sure, word of a manufacturing deal with FoxConn is good news, but it turns out a key employee has a bit of a history with false product launches. The man is Valdi Ivancic, of Medison fame — that $150 laptop that never was. Valdi spent seven months with United Keys in 2005, and then went on to purportedly found his own company named “Swedish Keys.” What’s unclear is the relationship between the two companies, but we’re not going to get our hopes up for much product from either until it shows up on store shelves. Oh, we almost forgot: Valdi’s last big move was considering his candidacy for Prime Minister of Sweden. Yeah, really reassuring.

[Thanks, Michael N.]

The Mitsubishi Lancer Prototype S is basically “a 5-door hatchback version of the Lancer that looks to be a Ralliart version of a production vehicle that’s bound for the European market.” Click here for first picture in gallery.

While it doesn’t sound like a 5-door Lancer is being considered for the U.S. market, it wouldn’t be that surprising if Mitsubishi decided to field a direct competitor to the 5-door Subaru WRX in the States

[via Autoblog]

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The P-Per cell phone concept, by the “Chocolate Design Agency”, sports a transparent E-paper display and camera. Video after the break.

The design is modeled around the same E-Paper Slap Bracelet we saw earlier, but this time the e-paper system—four layers of sustainable material, and an Organic Radical battery—is put to use in the P-Per cellphone concept

[via Gizmodo]

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Throwing out your old computer, but want to make use of the ancient hardware inside? Then these two examples are just for you. Continue reading to see them both. Click here for first picture in gallery.

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High school student Marco Facciola (16 years old) built an all-wood bike for a class project. Though this bike may not be very practical, it’s definitely a conversation piece. Click here for first picture in gallery.

The detail in the free-wheeling ratchet and spacers between the chain links, pinned with little dowels, is astonishing. Marco had to complete this as a non-academic project for his International Baccalaureate, and inspiration came from his grandfather, forced to make wooden wheels for his bike during the war due to rubber shortages

[via Gizmodo]

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