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This week, like many weeks, was headlined by two big Apple events, the release of the MacBook and their new store (also known as the glass cube) on 5th in NY as well as Sony’s release of the VAIO UX, a hybrid between a Sidekick and Origami. We also got PS3 Europe pricing, saw the release of Super Mario Bros. of the Nintendo DS, RIAA sued XM, MS released the Vista requirement specs, Sony Ericsson dropped four new phones, Yahoo pulled a redesign as did Flickr and went from Beta to Gamma, Sprint and Verizon announced pricing and support for the Palm 700p, and Plantronics supports VoIP. We also celebrated the 10th anniversary of AIM with the release of Phoneline and Blur-ray hit in an internal drive as well as the Sony AR laptop.

Lets not forget our first look at the desktop software Deskloops and our reviews of the Maxtor OneTouch III Mini Edition (100GB) and the DLO Transdock Micro FM Transmitter. And finally, we had our share of Motorola Q excitement.

Features

• Gadgetell First Look: Accoona searches ‘news’ and ‘business’


• The Water Cooler: BitTorrent and Warner Bros…huh?


• A rant about Optimum Online port 25


• How To Tuesday: Upload your videos to the great WWW


• Gadgetell First Look: Deskloops manages your open windows


• Gadgetell Review: Maxtor OneTouch III Mini Edition (100GB)


• Gadgetell Review: DLO Transdock Micro FM Transmitter

• Palm officially announces the Treo 700p


• The 2006 World Cup on your phone


• Show your inner child


• Motorola joins RED to help eliminate AIDS


• Sony takes the Origami route


• Skype now lets you call free


• scanR supports Treo 700p


• Moto wants you to “Find the Q”


• Motorola launches opensource.motorola.com


• PodZinger to power Rocketboom


• PSP like interface for the PS3


• TiVo - Blockbuster any day now


• Yahoo previews a refreshing redesign


• Sony VAIO UX Micro PC


• Sony VAIO AR brings Blu-ray to your lap


• 1 if by land 2 ifbyphone


• Goodbye iBook hello MacBook


• Google Notebook helps you organize what you find


• Apple bumps up the MacBook Pro specs and screen


• Nokia 770 tablet adds Google Talk


• AIM Phoneline celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Buddy List


• GameWatch opens fanboys’ eyes


• AOL to host and search video


• Flickr goes from beta to gamma


• Firefox 2.0 alpha 2 released


• Google product announcements rundown


• Plantronics Voyager 510-USB Bluetooth headset system


• Verizon announces Treo 700p pricing


• Viewsonic 20? LCD for $369


• Lenovo waterproof keyboard


• First HSDPA phone you can buy


• Protect your memories, back them up for your Lifetime


• Canon’s new IXUS 6 MP cameras


• Pepsi and Motorola offering more than 150 original ringtones


• PlayStation 3 rumors answered


• Samsung ‘Anyview’ media display


• Sky’s high-def box reviewed


• Toshiba Satellite M100


• Hitachi’s “Super-Pendicular” hard drive


• Timeless Radio - your personal recorder for the web


• Fuji Blu-ray disc available in June


• Push email solution for the 700p


• Pioneer BDR-101A Blu-ray disc writer with Roxio


• Sony Ericsson new handset roundup


• Panasonic releases DivX DVD-R devices


• Motorola Q exclusively on Verizon


• Warner to release two more HD-DVD titles


• Is your PC Vista ready?


• Photo’s of the 5th Ave Apple Store


• LG’s Bluetooth Speakerphone accessory


• Sony Ericsson Bluetooth 2.0 headsets


• PS3 to hit Europe at 499/599€ and £425


• Details on the RIAA vs. XM lawsuit


• Nintendo releases Super Mario Bros. for the DS


• Bluetooth headsets for the X chromosome


• SanDisk USB drives get more secure


• Jeteye bookmarks and tags your web clippings


• Audio guides on your iPod, Meraviglioso!

• Sprint will offer the Palm Treo 700p at the “end of May”


• Sprint Nextel to announce their 4G plans soon

It seems like time did not exist before buddy lists and instant messaging, but my grandmother claims it did and pre-teens today may one day ask, “What a landline?” On the 10th anniversary of the buddy list AOL has introduced their new VoIP calling solution, AIM Phoneline. AIM Phoneline is a new service that offers all AIM users a free, local phone number to receive unlimited incoming calls online through AIM. The new service also offers free online voicemail.  As a complement to its free benefits, AIM Phoneline also offers an easy upgrade for those who make lots of calls and want greater flexibility and outbound calling capacity, such as long distance families, long distance cell phone users, and small/home businesses.

AIM Phoneline Unlimited includes unlimited calling in the US, Canada, and more than 30 international destinations for one low fixed monthly fee. In addition to enhanced PC-based call management capabilities, it also offers industry-compliant, nomadic E911 support that will enable AIM Phoneline users to reach emergency services regardless of their location.

Plantronics has also released a new headset that supports Aim Phoneline.

Read [Press Release]

We can only imagine that Skype is offering a preemptive response to AOL’s upcoming VoIP phone service, Phoneline, because they are now offering free outgoing calls. SkypeOut allows you to dial any regular phone from your PC or Skype access point. In the past it cost dialer’s a few cents a minute to make outgoing calls but these charges have been dropped for calls within the US and Canada (US-US and Canada-Canada). International calling will still costs some change but this is a great new option.

Read [Skype]
Via [Gizmodo]