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Sony unveils flexi-video screen, movie glasses at CES (Reuters)

Reuters - Sony Corp introduced on Thursday a bendable video screen, a WiFi camera and eyeglasses that display movies, saying the industry must keep innovating despite a severe economic slump.

gOS 3.1 Updates Gadgets Support, Firefox [Featured Download]

gOS, the Ubuntu-derived Linux desktop that's focused squarely on Google products and other webapps, has updated with newer versions of its core products, including the Windows-app-running WINE, Firefox 3, and support for newer Google Gadgets. If gOS is new to you, check out Adam's tour of its monstrous webapp powers. Along with some pretty refined theming and taskbar implementation of the standard Ubuntu look, gOS can run as a fully-fledged Linux system in itself.

Clinton State Dept. team takes shape

Secretary of State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton isn't waiting to be confirmed to name her team, settling already on several ...

Ask MetaFilter Roundup [Hive Mind]

I am selling an expensive item on Craigslist. How should I ask for payment?Easiest way to add keywords to bookmarks in Firefox?What's the normal lifespan of a wireless router for home use?Do I really want a new computer if I'm writing a book? How do I prevent Firefox from adding 'www' and '.com' to local URLs?

Boxee Goes Public, Adds MTV, Joost, and iPlayer Support [Media Center]

Popular media center application and XBMC-spinoff Boxee has opened its alpha to all Mac and Linux users and is ramping up invites for the Windows private alpha, meaning that if you've been dying to try Boxee, you should be able to do so sooner than later. Apart from that, Boxee has also released an update supporting MTV Music, Joost, and BBC iPlayer (UK only), along with more bug fixes and improvements.

School bus liquor-store run gets cops' attention

A school bus driver made an unscheduled stop at a liquor store, then allegedly asked a student to help hide her purchases when ...

Leo Babauta on The Power of Less [Exclusive Lifehacker Interview]

Author of new book The Power of Less Leo Babauta advises readers to simplify and focus only on the essential. Today he stopped by to tell us more about his timely message. Lifehacker: In a culture that encourages the acquisition of things like gadgets and the idea of "living life to the fullest," what kind of paradigm shift is required to move from the "more is more" to "less is more" ethos? How does one shift their life into working with less without feeling deprived or limited?

Brennpunkte: Münster: Mann "bestrafte" falsch parkenden Luxus-Sportwagen - Strafanzeige

Am Donnerstagnachmittag wurde in Münster ein 33 Jahre alter Mann von Augenzeugen dabei beobachtet, wie er einen Luxuswagen demolierte. Zuerst riss er einen der Seitenspiegel mit seinen Händen ab. Danach gab er dem anderen Seitenspiegel einen Fußtritt, bis er ebenfalls vom Wagen abfiel. [...]

Windows 7 System Requirements Less Hungry than Vista Was [Windows 7]

If you're excited that Windows 7 Beta will be available as a free download on Friday, Microsoft also detailed the minimum system requirements for Windows 7.

Skype Lite Puts VoIP Calls on Android Phones [Android]

Skype Lite, a pared-down version of the popular, cheap VoIP calling software, is expected to be made available on Android-powered phones today (i.e. the T-Mobile G1).