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If there’s a trend at this year’s CES in the infotainment world, a sort of new common denominator that’s unifying all the players, it’s having your social media read to you while you drive. Pioneer is playing along. New you’ll also be able to listen to Facebook and Twitter updates, pull down NPR podcasts and RSS feeds, even get Yelp reviews read to you. And, yes, that Pandora integration too. Aha Radio from Harman is the provider here and initially will be supported in two of the company’s higher-end models, the AVIC-Z130BT and AVIC-X930BT. Both look to be double-DIN units with large touchscreens and built-in navigation. That’s just the beginning, though. More details after the break.

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Texas Instruments has just announced its latest DLP projector chipset, the Pico HD. The newest, tiny chipset offer HD WXGA resolution projections of up to 100 inches, and promises to be brighter and clearer than ever. So what does this mean to you, the consumer? Well, Texas Instruments is promising a host of hardware partners showing off their brand spanking new projecting wares. We don’t have full details yet, but we do know that we can expect to see Acer unveil its HW300T pocket projector, while ViewSonic will show the PLED-W200 DLP Pico projector, and offerings from Optoma and LG to boot. We’ll track them all down for you as soon as our tiny hands possibly can. And that, in a nutshell, is our Texas Instruments pico news of the day. The full-fledged, not in a nutshell press release is after the break.

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This article was written on May 02, 2007 by CyberNet.

The Pirate Bay has been surprisingly quiet lately compared to the hype that they got last year from the police raid. It looks like they want to turn the tables back in their favor by launching two new things that are sure to make your hairs stand up on end.

The first thing that they are doing is creating a music sharing site called Playble.comin hopes of generating some legal business. This probably isn’t going to be a competitor for music sites like iTunes because they are taking a different route:

The Pirate Bay has started a unique collaboration with the members of the Swedish rock band Lamont and their manager Kristopher S. Wilbur. After lengthy discussions about the future of the record industry and its implications for the many talented artists and songwriters around the world, we discovered that we held the same vision. The shared insight that the record industry—with its current business model—is outdated inspired the birth of Playble.com.

This innovative music site will allow users to download music by artists for free and still support them financially. Playble.com will give companies with strong brands the opportunity to support music and artists directly. Welcome to Playble.com.

According to The Register, Playble.com will require that users pay a monthly fee. How much that fee is depends on how much the user wants to spend, and then every time a user downloads a song the artist will receive a portion of the monthly fee. Which means the more popular one of your songs is the more money you will make. Sounds like a good concept, but I have a hard time believing that such a service will become successful. I mean really, what record company in their right mind would team up with the creators of a site that is the RIAA’s worst nightmare?

The other thing that The Pirate Bay is working on is an untraceable file sharing application. The details available on this are currently very slim, but The Pirate Bay was quoted saying that it will make “every transaction completely untraceable.” Other file sharing application have tried to do similar things by going through proxies, which greatly slows the download speed since the traffic has to go through another computer before it can get to yours. If The Pirate Bay has actually found a good way to make downloads untraceable it could spell disaster for the RIAA and MPAA.

Definitely keep your eyes and ears open, because I have a feeling that The Pirate Bay is going to be plastered all over the news soon! One of their last blog posts says that “it’s coming” within the next few weeks, but it doesn’t actually say what “it” is. Maybe that is their own file sharing application they are referring to? Or maybe it was talking about Playale.com?

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Today on Groupon, Greg H. from Cincinnati proposed to his girlfriend, Dana B, who apparently said yes (it says, the deal is on). Okay, it sounds gimicky, but I have to admit, it’s actually pretty cute. The deal is titled “A Surprise for a Dana from a Greg,” and by clicking “buy,” Dana accepted Greg’s proposal for $1 (she got $999,998 off the $999,999 value). What a deal!

Greg included a short proposal, which isn’t unlike most, “I want the amazing times to continue by spending the rest of my life with you–the sweetest, most beautiful, and smartest woman in the entire world.” Then in the deal explanation, he describes their lives (him, a engineer, and she, a NFL cheerleader) and their relationship (from movie nights to make-out nights), and he vows to “always eat the disgusting bacon from her plate while giving her his tender, delicious mushrooms.”

Groupon had fun with it and threw in some quirkiness. The Fine Print ireads: “Groupon entitled to no less than 15% of your marital bliss. Either party may develop a snoring problem. One or both participants will not always look like a 20-year-old. Good luck, you kids.” It also lists The Groupon Guide to: A Successful Marriage, which includes advice like having nacho Thursdays and watching The Negotiator to learn about compromise.

If you were also charmed by Greg and would like to purchase the deal, just click buy and you’ll receive the message “Congratulations Dana or Stranger. You are now unofficially obliged to marry Greg!.” Good deal!