Daily Tech: LG Unveils the New Shine Gold Cell Phone

• Techfresh shows off the sexy new L705iX shine gold cell phone.


• The Boy Genius Report learns that Sprint's unlimited plan cannot be applied to Blackberries.


• Engadget reveals that the MacBook Air is selling like hot cakes.


• Valleywag explains how Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales broke up with his girlfriend via Wikipedia.


• Fox News says that Apple may release its 3G phone this Summer.


• Switched takes a look at the world's littlest laptops.


• Kotaku dishes on video-game and music sales in the UK, which show more Brits are gamers than music lovers.

JotSpot Returns as “Google Sites”

By Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
JotSpot was acquired by Google in October 2006, and since then it’s basically disappeared. Last night, however, Google added a new service to Google Apps: Google Sites, incorporating the JotSpot tech, though it looks nothing like the original product.
The original JotSpot site described their product as:
JotSpot’s wiki allows you to create [...]

One Week in Geek

As my Texan relatives say: Whoo-wee! It was quite a week for geeks. Socks were rocked off repeatedly — first by Jon Stewart as the Oscars' geekiest host in history, then with previews for The Hills and Sex and the City: The Movie, the best Star Wars synopsis EVER, and oh yeah, did I mention that we broke that amazing MacBook Pro rumor?!


Exhale, relax, and put up your feet for the weekend as you click through the best moments of this week!

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Bleeding Edge TV 259: Reactrix WAVEscape gesture panel

Have you ever wanted to play your Wii without having to have that pesky Wiimote in your hand? Reactrix hopes that their WAVEscape product might come close to providing that experience. We got a look at it during CES. The WAVEscape contains a camera that can track the motion of multiple people, distinguishing each person [...]

Website of the Day: GetSatisfaction

Got something to say? Some clickin' and complainin' to do? Head over to GetSatisfaction and search out the retailers you have a beef with. Often times someone got there before you with the same question or complaint, and it's already been posted by another user and solved.

It's a great way to vent and find possible recourse (there's a whole thread on finding a Wii if you're still having problems finding one, even) — have I ever espoused the virtues of venting and how therapeutic it is?! No? Well I am now. Go get your grievance on.

To learn how to post your favorite websites to our Website of the Day group,

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Electronic Arts’ $2 Billion Offer for Take-Two: Rejected!

By Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
Shades of another takeover bid we’ve been discussing - a lot - lately. On Sunday, Electronic Arts announced it has offered $2 billion in cash for Take-Two Interactive Software, best known for - what else? - Grand Theft Auto. Anyone want some Hot Coffee?
It didn’t take long for a response. [...]

Download of The Day: FoxyTunes

Oh, how I hate tabbing back and forth from Firefox to iTunes. It just takes so much time! If you're a geek, you know our goal is to make things easier for ourselves, not to control + tab our life away. Thankfully, we have FoxyTunes, to allow us to control our music player — right from the convenience of our browser.

To learn how FoxyTunes works,

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