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Don’t know why the Motorola rumors are flying hot and heavy today, but right on top of that connected GPS whisper comes word that the struggling device manufacturer is being tapped to build a new version of KDDI’s multifaceted Au Box set-top unit that runs Android instead of the previous custom Linux build. The Au Box, if you’ll recall, is a trick little IPTV box with a DVD drive that can rip audio and video and transcode it for transfer or streaming to your cellphone — kind of like a more flexible Slingbox that costs $3/month for KDDI subscribers. Definitely interesting, especially since Android could make browsing and email extremely easy to implement as well — hey Moto, maybe you want to ditch your current garbage Stateside cable box lineup and start shipping these things at home?

[Via CNET]
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Looking for a perfectly average 16-inch multimedia laptop? Look no further. ASUS’ 6.3 pound F50SV-X1, which first peeked its head out back in mid-January, is now available here in the United States. Within, you’ll find a 2GHz Core 2 Duo T6400, 4GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive, a Super-Multi DVD drive, NVIDIA’s GeForce GT 120M (1GB) and a paltry 1,366 x 768 resolution. You’ll also find integrated WiFi, Windows Vista Home Premium, a six-cell Li-ion battery and the usual array of ports. All yours right now for $799.99.

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We know, vendors have to get rid of these leftover HD DVD drives somehow, but it’s still a tad comical to see brand new systems shipping with support for a format that perished over a year ago. Nevertheless, we’re still pretty jazzed about Kinetic’s HD:Hub, as the built-in HD DVD drive is actually a dual-format player that handles the very much alive Blu-ray format as well. Furthermore, this one comes with a potent Core i7 processor, up to four TV tuners, 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, a Creative X-Fi Titanium sound card and Windows Vista runnin’ the show. There’s no mention of a price, but we get the feeling that these are mostly reserved for those across the pond.

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We’re still debating whether or not a new Mac mini really is just around the bend, but one thing’s for sure — this version is the gnarliest we’ve ever seen of the current iteration. In an exercise that will undoubtedly go down as one of the most incredible Apple mods of all time (okay, so we only partly believe that), Sir Charles Mangin has managed to squeeze a Mac mini into a ridiculously old disk ][ enclosure. Best of all, he even managed to align the single slot with the DVD drive in the mini, giving it a totally seamless look from the outside. We know, this will only serve to drive the secondhand prices of disk ][ cases through the roof, but at least you've found a new reason to love the mini that has served you so well for so long, right?

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Although Axiotron’s Modbook and Modbook Pro look like they’re relatively simple creations — take off the original screen, install touch screen backwards — we’ve always assumed the process was much more complicated. Turns out we were wrong — if this Modservice video from TechRestore is to be believed, a normal MacBook will actually do most of the work for you, as long as you’re willing to provide the appropriate high-tech sound effects. Seriously, the DVD drive just reinstalls itself! Video after the break.
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It’s just been a few months since Silicon Mountain rolled out its first Allio LCD TV-PCs, but it looks like the company has already found some room for expansion courtesy of everyone’s favorite cost-reducing processor. While the TV portion of the 1080p 42-inch model and 720p 32-inch model each remain identical to their predecessors, the innards have taken on more of a netbook/nettop flavor, with each packing a dual-core Atom 330 processor, along with a 250GB hard drive, 2GB of RAM, and a DVD drive (no Blu-ray option, it seems), plus Windows Vista Home Premium for an OS. That, as you might expect, lowers the cost of entry a tad, with the 42-inch model now demanding $1,599 (the same as the full-featured 32-inch model), while the Atom-based 32-incher will run you $1,299.