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You got a brand new Moleskine notebook or diary for Christmas. You also got a fancy new pen. And if you’re really lucky, Uncle Pete gave you just over $13 (or €10) to spend on anything you like. Generous old Uncle Pete.

Might we suggest you pick up the Pen Clip, designed for Authentics by Stefan Diez. It’s a metal tube that clips into the spine of a notebook and lets you slide in any pen, be it a write-anywhere space-pen, or a cheap-o Biro. It’s a handsome way to keep pen and paper together.

It will be useless, of course, if your pen already has a clip (clipped pens can be forced into the Moleskine’s spine, like an epidural into a human’s vertebrae, but the spine will crack after a while). The Pen Clip can also be clipped to posters, calendars and anything else.

The $13 is for the small sized clip. If you received a large pen for your gift, then you’re out of luck: the large clip costs €13, or $17. Uncle Pete doesn’t look so generous now, does he?

Authentics Pen Clip [Connox via Oh Gizmo!]

See Also:

• Moleskine-Shaped, Bamboo iPad Case
• How To Turn an iPhone into a Moleskine Book
• Wallet-Emptying Moleskine Multi-Pack. Verdict? Gorgeous
• Fisher Space Pen – Wired.com
• Contractor Space Pen Looks the Part
• Neither Pen Nor Pencil: Write Endlessly In Metal

No, not that Yoshi, but the real, officially licensed critter with a penchant for chomping Goombas and dropping eggs. Nintendo’s 3DS handheld has, according to 3DS Buzz, been stolen from a Chinese manufacturing factory and leaked all over the Internet. This version is a little different than what we saw at E3 and even the “official” version from the September 29th announcement, the Select, Home, and Start buttons having been made flush into the screen bezel. Also, a 1300mAh battery is confirmed, as is 96MB of RAM. We have another picture of it below, showing it’s size compared to everything from a Game Boy Micro to a DSi XL, nicely demonstrating that Nintendo’s new hotness is a little bit smaller than even a standard DSi. That’s progress for ya, folks.

Update: David T. wrote in with a video of the thing in action — well, in non-action, really. It’s embedded below, and as you can see the poor backless 3DS is decidedly non-functional.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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As the new year was rung in, iPhone alarms remained curiously silent.

Apple has confirmed an iOS bug that left the iPhone without functioning alarms on the first of January. Multiple tests on the iPhone alarm showed that it failed to go off when the digital calendar rolled over from Dec. 31, 2010 to Jan 1, 2011.

Apple spokesperson Natalie Harrison told Macworld that the the bug had been officially recognized, and would fix itself on Jan. 3.

“We’re aware of an issue related to non-repeating alarms set for Jan. 1 or 2,” Harrison said. “Customers can set recurring alarms for those dates and all alarms will work properly beginning Jan. 3.”

However, some iPhone customers in Asia and Europe said they were still experiencing alarm malfunctions as of Jan. 3, according to Reuters. Also, some U.S. customers said on Twitter this morning that their alarms weren’t working.

“This is why I missed the gym this morning,” tweeted Rik Nemanick, a Saint Louis resident.

Apple claims the alarm issue has only affected non-repeating alarms — meaning if your alarm is set to go off at the same time “every Monday,” for example, it should have worked today. However, for those who set a one-time alarm for this morning, some may have experienced the malfunction.

If you’re paranoid about sleeping in late, the quick fix for the issue is to set recurring alarms. To set repeating alarms, launch the Clock app, hit the + sign to create an alarm, then tap Repeat and choose the day(s) you want this alarm to go off regularly.

The alarm code in iOS seems to be pretty buggy. This latest problem follows a bug that caused alarms to sound an hour late when both Europe and the United States flipped over from daylight saving time at the end of the summer.

An unreliable alarm clock is a frivolous bug, but it’s particularly embarrassing for Apple, a company that prides itself for fine details of its products. Here’s hoping that Apple issues a complete rewrite of its clock app whenever it releases the next iPad or iPhone.

iOS bug prevents New Year’s alarms [Macworld]

Photo [Eflon / Flickr]

Updated 10 a.m. PST with reports of people still experiencing the alarm issue, as well as instructions on how to fix the alarm.

See Also:

• iPhone Alarm Bug Lets Europeans Snooze an Extra Hour
• Wake Up! Five Great iPhone Alarm Clocks

Our friends at iRobot have shrunken its hardwood cleaning child — not Roomba, the other one — to about half the diameter of its predecessors (6.5 inches). The Scooba 230 is maintains the same 3.5-inch height and, more importantly, is just as programmable as every other model (in an unfortunate twist of irony, it’s now thinner than a Kinect sensor). Speaking of Roomba, the company’s also unveiling the new 700 series with a number of cleaning and detection improvements. All autonomous cleaning discs will be available in the Sprint from iRobot’s online store with the prices ranging from a penny under $300 for Scooba 230 and $450 / $500 / $550 for the Roomba 760, 770, and 780. More shots / hands-on below; full details in the press release after the break.

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This article was written on November 30, 2009 by CyberNet.

Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about. Don’t forget to send in your own tips, or just leave a comment on this page if you think you’ve got something we should include.

–News–

End of the CrunchPad
For quite awhile now the fantasy of a cheap tablet computer has been lurking, and went by the name CrunchPad. It was all started by TechCrunch who thought it would be possible to develop this kind of computer for around $200 to $300, and actively pursued the idea. Unfortunately, just as a release was imminent, they ran into some legal complications that has caused them to declare the project as dead.

Kindle Outsells Everything Else on Amazon for November
According to Amazon the Kindle outsold every other item that is available on their site for the month of November. That is quite an accomplishment for their device, but I guess you do have to take into consideration that no other merchant sells it. If you want a Kindle you have to buy it at Amazon. Either way that means a lot of people will be reading e-books for Christmas.

Mininova Goes Legal
One of the most popular BitTorrent sites, Mininova, has “decided” to go legal after five years due to pressure from a Dutch anti-piracy group. Now only torrents uploaded through their Content Distribution system are allowed on the site, and the results are apparent. Doing a search for “Windows” results in wallpapers, mini-guides, and other non-copyrighted content.

–News in Brief–

Linux Mint 8 Released
The newest version of this Ubuntu-based OS is even sweeter with bug fixes and improvements designed to make a newbies Linux journey that much better.

No, Windows 7 Market Share Has Not Passed Mac OS X
There have been some people saying that the Windows 7 market share has already surpassed that of the Mac OS X user base. These stats, however, are only based off of web usage at this point.

Get More Cashback from Bing
Bing is offering some crazy amounts of cash back on purchases made at select stores until December 2nd.

eBay Maps Out Black Friday Transactions
eBay offers a new way to visualize sales on Black Friday from over 33,000 different ZIP codes in the United States.

Office 2010 to Ship in June 2010
According to the Office 2010 Beta site the suite of applications will be shipping sometime in June 2010.

Acer Launches Android Phone
Earlier this year Acer entered the cellphone market with several Windows Mobile powered devices, and now they are working on their first Android phone.

Dell Releases Customized Chrome OS
Some employees over at Dell decided to make a version of Chrome OS that works well with the Dell Mini… despite the fact that the operating system is still in the early stages of development.

Chrome Extensions One Step Closer to Completion
Google has created a site for developers to upload their extensions in preparation for the big launch.

–Tips, Tutorials, and Reviews–

All-in-One Google Notifier App for Windows/Linux
Google offers so many different services now that it can be difficult to keep up with them all. This single notifier, however, will let you track your Gmail, Google Voice, Calendar, and Reader accounts. Whenever there is something new you’ll get a simple notification on your desktop.

Easily Make and Share Screen Recordings
There can be nothing more frustrating than having someone try to explain a computer problem to you over the phone, and you trying to figure out what they’re actually seeing. This simple no-install site takes all the hassle out of making fast and easy screen recordings that can be shared with everyone.

A Mouse-Activated Launcher
I’m always keeping an eye out for a good application launcher, and this one looks like it would be pretty nice for the mouse lovers out there. It’s easy to load up with all of your favorite shortcuts, and can be activated by simply pressing the middle mouse button (or any other configurable mouse/keyboard shortcut).

–Tips in Brief–

Temporarily Change the Default Program
Coffee is a free app that can temporarily change the default program for a given filetype.

Play Corrupt AVI Files
This application will actually play AVI files that some other programs may say are corrupt.

Useful (and Somewhat Unused) Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard ninjas will enjoy the plentitude of unique keyboard shortcuts found in this guide.

Make XP Look Like Mac OS X
Give your Windows OS the same look and feel that Mac OS X users get.

Remove Driver Files from Uninstalled Drivers
Clean up files that get orphaned after removing drivers from your machine.

Mastering Wolfram Alpha
There are so many things that Wolfram Alpha can be used for, and this list covers some of the ones you probably didn’t know about.

Google Voice Notifier
Windows users can grab this free app and get notified whenever there is a new voicemail or SMS in your Google Voice account.

Solving Common IE Bugs for Web Developers
Internet Explorer is notorious for giving headaches to web designers, but this guide tries to ease some of that pain.

Backup Your Online Data
This isn’t your traditional backup utility… instead it’s a site you can use to backup your precious online data from your social websites.  

–Downloads–

• BurnAware Free 2.4.2 [Mirror]
• CCleaner 2.26.1050 [Mirror]
• FeedDemon 3.0.0.45 [Mirror]
• Firefox 3.6 ^{Beta 4} [Mirror]
• Foobar2000 1.0 ^{Beta 2A} [Mirror]
• Foxit Reader 3.1.4.1125 [Mirror]
• Google Chrome 4.0.249.11 ^Beta [Mirror]
• HandBrake 0.9.4 [Mirror]
• Notepad++ 5.6 [Mirror]
• Pidgin 2.6.4 [Mirror]
• Recuva 1.33.451 [Mirror]
• Thunderbird 3.0 ^RC1 [Mirror]
• Tomato 1.27 [Mirror]
• TrueCrypt 6.3a [Mirror]
• uTorrent 2.0.0.17427 ^Beta [Mirror]

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