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Every now and then tech companies will launch a product that’ll make you think, “Wait, why weren’t we doing this all along?” Universal Studio’s new “Flipper” disc is one of those: a two-in-one disc that’s Blu-ray on one side and DVD on the other. Universal is rolling out the dual-format disc beginning with the Bourne trilogy ( Bourne Identity, Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Ultimatum ). Each Flipper disc will cost about $30 — about the same as most Blu-ray titles cost brand new

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Dual-Format Blu-Ray/DVD ‘Flipper’ Discs Landing in Stores

There’s almost a comedy about this next story: Australia has banned another video game because it’s too violent. (What is it with Australia and banning violent video games?) The game is CrimeCraft , and it has been refused classification by the ratings board down there. The game was refused classification because “there is insufficient delineation between the ‘fictional drugs’ available in game and real-world proscribed drugs.” In other words, the in-game drugs aren’t “fake enough” for the Australian Classification Board

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Yet another game, CrimeCraft, refused classification in Australia

Does anyone remember the Japanese anti-burglar mat for stores and restaurants I blogged a few months ago? Well, there’s another security system from Japan and it clearly raises the bar: It’s a new mechanism, dubbed Capture, for these places and it sprays stinky agent on thieves who won’t be able to get rid of the stench for a week.

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It’ll linger for a week: Japanese security system sprays stinky smell on thieves

Nokia Australia offering up to 10 Gameloft games titles for free download from the Nokia Ovi Store until 31 January 2010 . 10 popular Gameloft titles available for download including Asphalt 4 , Assassin’s Creed, Prince of Persia, Paris Nights, Ryman, Platinum Sudoko 2, Rabbits TV Party, Zombie Infection, Brain Challenge, Block Breaker Deluxe 2 and Texas Hold’em Poker.In addition to the Gameloft games, there are also 100 free ringtones and up to 80 wallpapers available for free from the Ovi store

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Free Gameloft Games For Nokia

Some more Psystar news for y’all. You’ll recall that the renegade company was more or less shut down last week, slapped with an injunction and expected to pay Apple an awful lot of money. Put all of that aside for a minute, for there’s new news: Apple and Psystar have struck a deal ! The deal, which ends a 17-month-long legal battle, means Psystar will stop selling computers pre-loaded with Mac OS X.

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Psystar, Apple reach settlement: No more PCs pre-loaded with Mac OS X (but Rebel EFI may be safe)

With all the new Windows Mobile 6.5 devices out, you might be feeling a bit confused by all the options. This week I’ll point you to a wonderful resource on PocketNow that gives an overview of all the Windows Phones available. Plus, I’ll note the announcement of the iPAQ Glisten, and will point you to more info and reviews of the Omnia II and HTC HD2.

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Overview of All WM 6.5 Devices, AT&T iPAQ Glisten, Verizon Omnia II, HD2

Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) purchased Qt almost 2 years ago and since then have been working tirelessly to bring the native C++ runtime, with bits of C and Webkit mixed in, to both Symbian and Maemo platforms. In a world less cruel than the one today, Nokia would write an application in Qt and it would run on both a Symbian and Maemo powered device with no porting required

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Nokia releases Qt 4.6, works on Symbian, Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.6, Maemo 6

Earlier this year, in September, Urho Konttori, Project Manager at Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ), showed off a Super Nintendo emulator called DrNokSnes on his Nokia N900. The first sentence of my article highlighting that demonstration was: “The amount of lawyers with dollar bills in their eyes right now is astronomically large.” It didn’t take long for Nintendo to spot Nokia’s mistake, and now they’re being investigated. Nintendo Senior Public Relations Manager for the UK, Robert Saunders, said: “We take rigorous steps to protect our IP and our legal team wille examine this to determine if any infringement has taken place.” Nokia has already taken down one video, but Urho’s is still up on YouTube

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Nokia got in trouble with Nintendo for showing off SNES on the N900 [Maemo]

ASUS is debuting the Republic of Gamers (ROG) Maximus III Extreme, a P55-based motherboard that enables users to tweak system settings wirelessly over Bluetooth via a mobile phone. An extension of ASUS’ proprietary ROG Connect overclocking platform, RC Bluetooth allows users to review the status of their systems’ hardware and tweak parameters wirelessly from a Bluetooth-enabled PDA phone

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Asus Rog Motherboard Talks to your Mobile Phone via Bluetooth

Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) will be shipping an XpressMusic device to the world’s largest mobile operator in terms of number of subscribers – China Mobile ( NYSE: CHL ) — or at least the carrier’s logo on the phone suggests so. It’s the Nokia 5132 XpressMusic, an entry-level candybar, which looks pretty much the same as Nokia’s other device – 5130 XpressMusic. Expect a 2-inch QVGA screen, 2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, “advanced music player,” and of course a microSD expansion slot (a 1GB card is included in the box)

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Nokia 5132 XpressMusic candybar heading to China Mobile

Woho makes a range of small bike bags which are most likely to be used for tool kits, but could also be great for carrying cellphones, iPods and cash. The lineup consists of handlebar and saddlebags, but here we’re looking at the Classic Roll, partly because it sounds so tasty, and partly because you can hang it just about anywhere. The classic roll is made from a translucent vinyl-like material which keeps the water out (the zipper is also weatherproof) and because it is see-through, you can throw a light inside and have the whole sack glow

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Saddle-Bag Glows in the Dark, Swallows Tools

The Pro-View wireless camera display squints its eye up to the viewfinder so you don’t have to. The two-part gizmo uses a video camera to peek into the optical viewfinder of a DSLR and beams the image up to 500 feet where it can be viewed on a 640 x 480 LCD screen, similar to the resolution on the last generation of DSLR cameras (around 3K pixels). The transmitter comes in a variety of fits designed to work with most DSLRs from Canon, Nikon, Olympus and Sony, and you can use up to four of these with one screen/receiver unit, flipping between them or showing all four on screen at once

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Remote Display Lets You Use Camera from 500 Feet

Popular Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) E71 got a new firmware update. Version 400.21.013 includes tons of improvements, including: Improved support for Nokia Email/Messaging Pre-installed version of Ovi Contacts (available in the Installations folder) – though without support for Yahoo or Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) Talk Small updates for several apps: Internet radio, Quickoffice (5.3), Ovi Store, Email Setup Wizard, and Mail for Exchange. New version of Ovi Store client – much faster.

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Nokia E71’s firmware reaches version 4.0

A new pan-African tower investor has been formed – Helios Towers Africa (HTA), with the idea to build and maintain telecommunications towers and lease space on those towers to service providers across the continent. The new company has initial equity commitment of $350 million, and will work similarly to Helios Towers Nigeria, which was also formed by HTA’s lead sponsor – Helios Investment Partners

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Helios Towers Africa formed to build and maintain cell towers across Africa

French developer White Birds has created a new iPhone game called Babel Rising, which sees you in a powerful role to prevent humans from building a tower to heaven. In your mission, you’re equipped with five spells: lightning, tornado, fire from heaven, tsunami, and earthquake, and even the direct finger of God. As expected, the little humans are in constant action, doing their stuff ’round the clock like they’re in Dubai before the credit crisis.

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Babel Rising coming to an iPhone/iPod Touch to test your tower build stopping skills

Indian operators should start blocking several million mobile phones starting from today, December 1st, as part of the government decision to ban handsets without a valid IMEI. According to earlier estimates, there were as many as 25 million handsets being used without an IMEI number, though that number shrank as the deadline announced by the government approached. While operators have been offering a reprogramming service to insert a valid IMEI into the handsets, it is thought that there are still millions of potentially illegal handsets in use

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India blocks millions of handsets

The Smartphone Experts Micro-USB Car Charger w/USB Port is the perfect solution for charging on the go. Buy Now: Only $14.95

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Smartphone Experts Micro-USB Car Charger w/USB Port for LG Incite / Motorola Q9h Global / Treo Pro, Treo 800w / Samsung Omnia II

As expected , Bell’s mobile Wi-Fi hotspot is now available for $99.95 on a three-year contract. The Novatel MiFi 2372 can hit speeds up to 7.2 Mbps thanks to Bell’s new HSPA network and share the connection between up to 5 devices, it’s just too bad it doesn’t support the 21 Mbps that HSPA+ is bringing to their internet stick. If you’re interested in picking up the MiFi from Bell, it can be found in their online store , or if you’re weighing your options, take a look at our review

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Bell Mobility MiFi Now Available

Gameloft’s Chuck Norris: Bring on the Pain was released two weeks ago for the iPhone / iPod Touch, and we’ve been hard at work getting a special prize lined up to be given away for this very contest.  Now, we could have gone the easy route and held a giveaway of some codes for Chuck Norris: Bring on the Pain and we all could have had a good time playing it, with high-fives certain to go around.  But that’d be too easy.  You see, this is a game starring a legendary icon.  I mean, the man we’re talking about sparred with Bruce Lee!  So, with such a prestigious starring in his own game, we thought of the perfect prize for our readers.  Two lucky winners will receive autographed t-shirts from the legend himself, Chuck Norris. As far as prizes go, we believe these two autographed t-shirts will be great additions to anyone’s Chuck Norris shrine (I mean, really, who doesn’t have a corner of their office dedicated to him?).  What makes the prizes more worthwhile is the t-shirt will be personalized with your winning “Chuck Norris Fact” contest entry.  Here are the official entry rules: Follow @IntoMobile & @Gameloft on Twitter After following both Twitter accounts, submit your favorite or most creative Chuck Norris Fact with the hashtag #bringonthepain (ex: Chuck Norris does not sleep , he waits #bringonthepain; Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one bird #bringonthepain) Multiple entries are allowed, so please enter as many Chuck Norris lines as you like! The contest will be live for 1 week, so make sure to get those entries in by 1:00PM ET Dec.

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Contest: Chuck Norris: Bring On the Pain Autographed T-Shirt Radiates Chuck Norris’ Essence of Awesome

360 Live for iPhone recently updated to version 2.0, with a few new goodies.  Another popular choice for XBox Live gamers is 1337pwn’s iNEXS that seems to offer all the same functions and has the added bonus of being free (versus 360 Live’s $1.99 pricetag). Both offer messaging with XBox friends online, but 360 Live has automatic friend importing and achievement viewing (comparisons coming in the next update).  It’s close race for sure – personally, I’d nab 133tpwn first, and if you’re looking for more, upgrade to 360 Live.

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360 Live for iPhone Features Coverflow Gamertags and Messaging

SPB Software is out with an updated version of its popular time toolset app for Windows Mobile – SPB Time . The application, now in version 3.0, offers a completely new UI and improved alarm features. Speaking of alarms, there are three different types available: Paranoid alarm – designed to wake up deep sleepers, Bio alarm – which does its job in a very gentle way, and Classic alarm – for those who don’t believe in biorhythms and do not want to be disturbed too much in the morning time

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SPB Time 3.0 for Windows Mobile released

The Amazon Kindle has many problems: inconsistent international support for both features and availability of titles, a rather too-dark gray screen, no touch and the inability to display any EPUB-format titles bought elsewhere. Once you start reading, though, the Kindle manages to do what Amazon promises: It disappears in your hand. Apart from the odd bright light reflecting in the screen, you almost forget you’re not reading a paper book.

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Amazon Promises Kindle Update for Better Content Organization