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Sony‘s just quietly unleashed a new water resistant, wearable Walkman — the NWZ-250. This tiny little guy comes in both 2GB and 4GB capacity models, and apparently boasts an up to 11 hour battery life. Weighing in at 43 grams, this one’s probably perfect for even the most weight sensitive of ears, and it’ll be available in black, silver, lime green, and magenta. You’ll be able to pick up one (or more) of these later this month for $60. Full press release is after the break.

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Sony outs water resistant Walkman NWZ-W250 series originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In a first for the high-end AV component company, Integra is shipping a nine-channel home theater power amplifier that’s rated at 150 watts per channel. Integra says the DTA-70.1 is a first for the industry, as well. The amplifier can drive all the speakers in a nine-channel home theater system to THX output levels and beyond, and was awarded THX Ultra2 certification, THX’s top level award.

The DTA-70.1 is meant as a companion to Integra’s DHC-80.1 9.2-channel AV processor. Like all Integra amplifiers and receivers, it uses the company’s WRAT (wide range amplifier technology) which offers low negative feedback, closed ground-loop circuits, and HICC (high instantaneous-current capability) to deliver an extended frequency range, low noise, and high dynamics.

You can pick up the DTA-70.1 for a list price of $1,800, so better hope that tax refund shows up soon. Once you’ve got it installed, invite me over for movie night. I’ll bring an Iron Man 2 bootleg and we’ll crank that volume.

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Well lookie here, folks, everyone’s favorite clone phone maker is getting in on the tablet game, announcing the 8.4-inch Mbook. It’s said to have a 1024 x 768 capacitive touchscreen, 3G and WiFi, a 12 hour battery, and even HDMI output over which it will pump enough data to tickle every pixel on your 1080p display. Promising (if a bit optimistic) specs for sure, and while we don’t know what OS the thing will be running, those icons are looking mighty familiar. In other words, don’t be surprised if this thing winds up being just a big M8.

Update: Commenter Mr. Crosini pointed out that the photo above is actually a fan-made conceptual render added here by ardent Meizu fanboy bingo_zheng. However, the specs are said to have come straight from the mouth of Meizu’s CEO, and if you can’t trust Jack Wong who can you trust?

Meizu Mbook tablet gets pictured, initial specs detailed originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With the Apple iPad now complicating the e-reading fray, Barnes Noble establishes a new retail foothold via the big electronics chain.