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While we wait for the big boys to get their acts together and standardize around USB 3.0 and the newest SATA protocol, the more nimble outfits are already looking to capitalize. Take CyberPower, for instance, who has just announced that its entire Gamer Xtreme desktop range will soon boast USB 3.0 and SATA 6G as standard features. In fact, prospective buyers can customize a rig right now with both of those features onboard, and of course, both are backwards compatible in order to work with your existing slate of accessories and peripherals. The Gamer Xtreme line gets going at $749, and yes, we too hope this introduction sparks a revolution across the board.

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Leica’s latest price-pumped promo comes in the form of the M7 Hermes Very Special Limited Edition, a calfskin-clad version of its M-series 35mm film camera. It will cost you £8550, or almost $14,400.

Just 200 will be made, in two colors. One, “etoupe”, is just brown and soft. The the other is orange. Make no mistake — these are collector’s cameras, and should never be removed from the box. As such they are labeled with a serial number between one and two hundred.

If you do dare to run a film through the camera, you can shoot with the supplied Leica Summilux-M 35 mm ƒ1.4 ASPH and ratchet the film through the gate at a teeth rattling pace with the Leicavit M rapid winder, a mechanism which clamps onto the bottom and lets you wind-on with a lever, and is also included in the kit.

A few other tweaks have been added, lest you think you’re not getting your money’s worth: the red logo is now black, to avoid unsightly color clashes, and the red “auto” on the control dial now matches the leather cladding. Finally, Leica has thrown in a matching leather strap and a lens hood to sweeten the deal.

Available in the UK from December. And yes, it is on my Christmas list.

Leica M7 Edition “Hermes” announced [Pocket Lint]

Analog media (even if it’s digitally mastered) is dead. Why not swap those old, dust-gathering discs for a cool gadget? iPodMeister makes it free and easy. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-10399435-58.html” class=”origPostedBlog”The Cheapskate/a/p

Verizon and its army of magical Christmas elves aren’t taking the latest lawsuit from AT&T lying down. The carrier issued a memorandum of law responding to AT&T’s temporary restraining order attempting to block its coverage map-based ads.

The statement reads, in part, “AT&T did not file this lawsuit because Verizon’s ‘There’s A Map For That’ advertisements are untrue; AT&T sued because Verizon’s ads are true and the truth hurts.”

Verizon insists that its claims are entirely true, depicting a 3G network that cover five times the area of its competitor. “Despite the far smaller size of its 3G network,” Verizon wrote. “AT&T has spent tens of millions of dollars making its 3G network, which it dubs the ‘Nation’s Fastest 3G Network,’ the centerpiece of its national advertising since at least the summer of 2008. AT&T now is attempting to silence Verizon’s ads that include maps graphically depicting the geographic reach of AT&T’s 3G network as compared to Verizon’s own 3G network because AT&T does not like the truthful picture painted by that comparison.”