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Kickstarter is a great service that allows budding creators a new venue to raise funds. One such creator is Eric Strebel, who is raising money to develop a unique solar powered USB charging system.

Dubbed the Solar Vox, the device is a portable solar charging system that has replaceable batteries and a series of USB connectors, so that you don’t have to worry about any proprietary cables. The unique design also allows you to position the solar panel at four different angles, allowing for maximum sun exposure. The creator also claims that the panel has a 10 year life span.

“The idea of a Solar panel with a set of batteries is not new. But, the Solar Vox, an innovative, well designed, multifunctional, portable, and easy to use solar charger is,” explained Strebel. “The Solar Vox is great for environmentally conscious individuals, techies, traveling, camping, hiking, backpacking and everyday use.”

So far the project has raised $2,000 of its $35,000 goal, with around a month remaining. If you want to donate, you can do so here.

Via Wired

This article was written on June 28, 2006 by CyberNet.

About 3 weeks ago Forbes announced that June 28 was going to be the day that Google releases GBuy (also known as Google Checkout). Well, that day is today! Garett Rogers continues to find more information that leads us to believe that Google is planning for a release very soon. Some images have also been found on Google’s server pertaining to the GBuy service: , , , , and .

Garett also scrounged up an error page that reveals a link to view the terms of use for the buyer and for the seller. It looks like GBuy will not be an International payment service unless some last minute changes are made to the terms of use.

Another site is reporting that Google will offer a mail-in rebate for those people who make purchases with the new service. The amount of the rebate is currently unknown but could offer an incentive for people to start using GBuy over PayPal. We might soon see if Google can compete with PayPal.

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Remember how Dell’s supposed to be introducing a 7-inch Tegra 2-powered Android tablet, like, right now, possibly followed by a 10-inch model in a few months? Well, we’re not saying that’s what’s going on here, but consider the facts: the original 5-inch Streak has a model code of M01M, and a new device with code M02M just popped up in the Wi-Fi Alliance’s certification database identified as a “Mobile Internet Device” in the Smartphone category. Yes, 7 inches is a bit large for a “smartphone,” but the Alliance doesn’t have a great category for these tweeners that support cellular data (and like the European Galaxy Tab, some of them really are smartphones anyway). PocketNow suggests that we could also be looking at the Streak 2, which is possible — but considering the groundswell of rumors we’ve been hearing about a slightly larger tablet in the pipeline, that’s where our money lies. That holds especially true considering how close we are to CES, which promises to be a veritable tablet-fest this year — but regardless, we bet the truth comes out within the next couple weeks.

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HTC publishes a teaser site for another 4G first set to be revealed on January 6.

Originally posted at CES 2011