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Taking a break from making headlines over infringement rights, Smartbook AG has found an entirely new way to get our attention. Introducing the Zenid GC Crystal, a “smartbook” that’s, as Netbooknews.de points out, one of the most common Chinese ODM netbooks, the S40 — 10.2-inch WXGA LED screen, 1.6GHz Intel Atom N280, 2GB DDR2 RAM, WiFi, and so on. You can get a non-crystal version for 299 euros, but really, we know you’re wanting to go ridiculously lavish here, and that’s precisely where the Crystal variant doesn’t disappoint. Completely encrusted in Swarovski crystals, the asking price jumps to 2,001 euros, or approximately $3,000 in currency from across the pond. We’d like to point and laugh more, but deep down, we know there’s enough comically wealthy people out there to probably justify this.

Smartbook AG launches absolutely gaudy $3,000 Swarovski-laden netbook originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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There are still some decent deals if you missed those hard-to-snag Black Friday doorbusters. We’ve handpicked a few Cyber Monday laptop sales to check out if you’re returning to work on Monday and looking to get in some online holiday shopping.

If you’re looking to print out all those deals you’ve read about on CNET in the last few days, this isn’t a bad deal for a printer by a reputable maker. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-10405896-58.html” class=”origPostedBlog”The Cheapskate/a/p

This article was written on March 13, 2007 by CyberNet.

Ouch! YouTube is probably feeling the burn with this one.  Viacom has decided to slap YouTube with a $1 billion lawsuit over damages for copyright infringement. We knew they weren’t getting along so well after Viacom cracked the whip and demanded YouTube remove 100,000 unauthorized video clips. They mean serious business at this point, and now YouTube and Google will have a battle to fight.

What does this mean for YouTube and Google? Well, it could mean a lot of things. Considering Google paid $1.6 Billion for YouTube in the first place (Viacom is seeking $1 Billion), they may be rethinking the biggest purchase of 2006.

Viacom states that YouTube has ”built a lucrative business out of exploiting the devotion of fans to others’ creative works in order to enrich itself and its corporate parent Google.”And because Viacom’s networks tend to cater to the younger tech savvy crowd who turn to the Internet to get their entertainment, YouTube is/was definitely a threat.

Just for the sake of what if’s – what if Google hadn’t acquired YouTube? It would most certainly mean that YouTube would have had to shut themselves down.  Google can afford the legal team to fight this, but is it worth it? People turn to YouTube most often for copyrighted material, not the silly home-videos that are posted.

I’m far from a legal expert, but this is probably one of the largest lawsuits of its’ kind in terms of dollar amount. Google will definitely be feeling the sting from this one!

Source: AP via Yahoo & CyberNet Forum

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File this under “it’s not a bug, it’s a feature” if true. According to Guyver at the maemo.org forums, some glitch in the OS caused his Nokia N900 to switch into portrait mode for everything, not just dialer and photo apps as previously allowed. We’d love to eliminate the need for two hands to run our favorite chunks of mobile software, but so far we haven’t been able to recreate his trick. Try it at home if you’d like by tilting the device to launch the phone app, then sliding up the screen and closing the app. Perhaps the gang at Espoo can turn this into a legit update — if they’re awesome people, of course. Video after the break.

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