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The light at the end of Intel’s Tunnel Creek? The E600-series platform. As expected, this is an Atom-based system on a chip designed for embedded devices, offering up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM, integrated USB and gigabit Ethernet support, plus an Ion-enabling PCIe bus. The processor itself is a 45nm chip available in speeds ranging from .6 to 1.6GHz, too slow to really rock anyone’s proverbial socks, but these could make for a some mean little MIDs or perhaps a hot infotainment system for your next-gen Camry.

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First things first — before you jump on past the break and mash play, mute your speakers. Mute. As in, off. Alrighty, now that you’re prepared, you’ve got two minutes and 14 seconds of teasing just a click away, as some sure-to-be-yelled-at developer has leaked a sneak peak into the wide, mysterious world of webOS 2.0. Not that we haven’t seen a cornucopia of screenshots already, but at least this emulation vid gives you a better idea of how things will actually flow once it gets released to end users. Oh, and as for those DropBox and MobileMe integration rumors? Looks like that’s just QuickOffice being QuickOffice.

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Raise your hands if you used to build using Lego, Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs, or the very cool Lego Mindstorms. The Nanodots are for you.

A new set of strongly magnetic building materials resembling beads, each
of these little spheres are magnetized. Just line up the spheres and
they will stick together in any shape you arrange them in.

Each set comes with 216 balls, of which 211 are pre-assembled into a diamond shape. There is also a carry pouch and an instruction manual with building tips and product care information. Considering the geek factor, the folks over at Nano Magnetics should have upped the count to 256 balls in a set.

You will need multiple sets for elaborate designs. Some of the designs in the building kit require over a thousand Nanodots.

The beads come in four different colors: original nickel, black, silver, and gold.

Pricing varies, ranging from $29.99 per set for the original colored beads to $39.99 per set for the gold Nanodots and are available online.

Sharing the limelight with the Nikon D7000 today were these two Coolpix cameras: the OLED touchscreen-donning S80 (left) and the prosumer-oriented P7000 (right). Let’s start off with the S80: this 14.1 megapixel compact turned out to be pretty sexy and solid, and we had no qualms with sliding its lens cover, either. That said, the 3.5-inch touchscreen was one helluva double-edged sword — sure, it was responsive to our touch input (for tap-to-capture or tap-to-focus), but a lot of the times we found our naughty fingers slipping onto the screen, thus accidentally triggering the camera. And just as we speculated, the lack of physical buttons (zoom control and shutter, for instance) was pretty intimidating to begin with, but as with many smartphones these days, it probably just takes time to get used to this newfangled interface. If we were to improve the camera as it is right now, we’d probably throw in a sharper alternative for the OLED display — despite its wide viewing angles and vibrant colors — for the sake of focusing and playback.

Do read on for our thoughts on the P7000 after the break.

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Shure unveiled the newest member of its sound-isolating headphone line, the SE315. This single-driver earphone features full-range sound and the detachable cable found on the company’s other models. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12519_7-20016536-49.html” class=”origPostedBlog”MP3 Insider/a/p