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Luxury and convenience? It’s too good to be true. California-based luxury leather accessory designer Sena Cases has announced the leather Folio Keyboard case for the iPad.

The case includes an integrated Bluetooth keyboard. You’ll be able to use it for 45 hours on a charge or get 55 hours of standby time. They keyboard has a low profile and soft buttons, and the silicone face is resistant to water and spills.

As for the rest of the case, it’s made of European leather and offers a book-style side-folding design with cutouts for the iPad. It will also your iPad at a perfect angle for watching videos or showing photos and presentations. T

his case will retail for $149.99 when it’s released on October 7, but you can get it for $129.99 if you pre-order.

I don’t think about my death a lot. I’m a busy guy. There’ll be plenty of time to worry about such morbid notions when I’m dead, right? In fact, up until about three minutes ago, I had no idea what I wanted done with my body when I passed–burial, cremation, et al.

Being shot into space seemed like a pretty solid–if pricey option. I also sort of liked the idea of getting stuffed and mounted or just having someone sprinkle my ashes into the water supply.

All of those things just seem silly now. For the first time in my life, I think I can definitively say what I want done with my body when I die: I want to be turned into a record. A vinyl record.

Death and Vinyl offers “the chance to press your ashes in a vinyl recording your loved ones will cherish for generations.” The company offers custom covers and lets future customers record messages for loved ones and add a soundtrack.

The basic package runs £2,000 ($3,081). It includes 30 discs for those closest to you. You’ve got to supply your own artwork and audio. There’s a sliding scale from there. Options include custom portraits (£3,500) and music (starting at £500 a track). Separated body parts and pets can also be turned into records.

We probably shouldn’t have been too surprised when the Indian government yesterday announced that Research in Motion had offered a proposal–an attempt to work with the government’s request for increased access to the information stored on its citizens’ smartphones for “law enforcement” purposes.

Principled stands are all well and good, but at the end of the day, RIM is a company and companies exist to make money, right? And India, after all, is a huge potential market for any consumer electronics manufacturer. In a statement yesterday, Indian government announced that the BlackBerry manufacturer had, “made certain proposals for lawful access by law enforcement agencies.”

The aforementioned “proposals” come after an ultimatum by the India government, which threated to shut down BlackBerry support if RIM didn’t comply by August 31st.

The question then, ultimately, is whether RIM will be forced to make similar concessions in other countries. The India kerfuffle, after all, came on the heels of similar threats by the United Arab Emirates, which threatened to block services after October 11th. Within a few days, Saudi Arabia was threatening its own block, if RIM didn’t meet its request by August 6th (though the latter did, ultimately, grant the company an extension).

SanDisk‘s finally updated its Fuze PMP with the Sansa Fuze+. The newly designed device boasts a 2.4-inch LCD, with three capacities — 4GB, 8GB, and 16GB — to choose from. It also comes in red, white, purple, blue and black in the latter two models, while the 16GB only comes in black. Other than that, it’s pretty low on features: the Fuze+ (you’ll be happy to know) features full compatibility with slotRadio (and all microSDHC cards), supports all the major file formats, and a new barebones user interface. The Fuze+ lineup is available today, and the 4GB will cost you $79, the 8GB model will run $89, while the 16GB is priced at $119. Full press release follows below.

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