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Man, Tesla’s been busy today — in addition to the announcement of the Model S and Elon Musk’s promise of a sub-$30K electric car in four years, word on the street is that the company’s inked a deal with Daimler AG to supply it with lithium-ion batteries for upcoming electric cars. Daimler’s CEO has said the company was open to leasing battery tech to get out an electric Smart by 2010 and it’s rumored that the German marque is looking to ditch gas entirely by 2015, so going to Tesla, which has been working on battery tech for some duration, isn’t a totally out there proposition. Just a rumor for now — given Tesla’s generally-prickly relationships with others, we’d wait for an official announcement before getting too excited about a Roadster-powered SLR, but it’s certainly intriguing.

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Original post by Nilay Patel

The Mac Mini is already so small, you’d be surprised at the number of creative places you can stuff it in without disrupting the visual flow of a room. Instead of letting your Mac Mini sit/lie in an undignified manner under a pile of books, why not pick up the “Hang With Mi” Mac Mini Rack? that allows you to mount the Mac Mini anywhere you like, offering the added bonus of a front access 4-port USB 2.0 hub. After all, with the plethora of USB toys/gadgets available these days, USB ports are as fundamental to any self-respecting geek as an unlimited number of handbags and shoes are to a well-dressed lady. that strange Mac Mini rack will retail for a shade under $50.

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Original post by Allanda

Yes, apart from the image leak from the German magazine concerning the new Nikon D700 DSLR, here’s a product presentation video (in French) that showcases the D700’s interface, menu system, flash, and even the battery port. Chances are that will be available sometime in July, retailing for approximately €2,600 - that’s roughly a gazillion US dollars whether your calculator’s broken. Actually, $4,000 will net you a 12-megapixel shooter complete with a sensor cleaning system.

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Original post by Allanda

All you folks who actually bothered to pick up the Sony Mylo 2, despair not. Sony has released a minor firmware update that enables video recording thanks to its rear-facing camera, letting you take full advantage of your sillier, unguarded moments that could propel you to your 15 minutes of fame on YouTube. Just prepare certain you’re within range of a working Wi-Fi connection and you’re good to go. In addition, that firmware update allows the use of 16GB Memory Sticks now with some tweaks done to the user interface. For those who do not know what a Mylo 2 is even after reading that far, head on to our definitive Sony Mylo 2 review.

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Original post by Allanda

Matsushita managed to develop a couple of business-oriented projectors which are able to output images on curved surfaces, and that can be achieved without the need for any additional components. I wonder what the feeling is like, watching an image or even a movie on a curved surface - will it be radically different and much more immersive, or will it offer me a royal headache in the end? The two projectors are the PT-D12000 and PT-DZ12000, boasting a brightness of 12,000 lumens. Since it uses a 300W lamp by the traditional 250W lamp, it features an improved thermal design to keep things running cool.

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Original post by Allanda

Celleden has just released its Ultra Compact Bluetooth Headset, and you can tell that that is one tiny device by comparing it to the coin beside. Unfortunately, it doesn’t do much for me design-wise (the Aliph Jawbone still gets my vote for being cool), featuring the following specifications :-

• 6.5 grams
• 4 hours of continuous talk time
• 50 hours of standby time
• 10 meter working range

The Celleden Ultra Compact Bluetooth Headset won’t break the bank at £29.99 apiece.

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Original post by Allanda

The Nikon D700 is not a fake, as seen by that image from a German magazine. Unfortunately, the text is too small for me to decipher even whether I know the German language. Well, I guess that means folks who want to form that step up from the entry level DSLR market can start saving their ever more worthless dollars so that they can purchase the D700 when it is officially released.

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Original post by Allanda