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Stoner Duo Busted for Ambitious "Blue Dream" Pot-for-iPad Craigslist Ad [Bummer]

Pro tip: When you post a Craigslist ad proposing an iPad-for-"blue dream straight outta Cali" marijuana trade and also post a picture of said illegal substance for all to see, the local police will find and arrest you. More
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Hands-on: OpenMoko WikiReader is simple, appealing

OpenMoko's WikiReader is a unique gadget with a single function. The simple handheld device stores the text of over 3 million Wikipedia entries, enabling convenient offline access to the popular Internet encyclopedia. We have conducted some hands-on testing with the new product and found it to be surprisingly compelling despite its limitations. OpenMoko, a FIC spin-off that was originally founded with the ambitious goal of building a completely open source smartphone handset, began developing the WikiReader this year after significant financial and technical challenges forced the company to discontinue phone development. The WikiReader was announced to the public last month and is available for purchase for $99 from the company's website
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DoubleTwist + Amazon MP3 Store = One More Reason to Ditch iTunes [Downloads]

Remember doubleTwist, the very cool iTunes alternative that aims to easily sync any content to any device? Well now the ambitious tool is taking one more step to make iTunes obsolete, incorporating an Amazon MP3-powered music store. Currently doubleTwist's Amazon MP3 store is only available for the Mac version of the app, but Windows support is coming. The music store looks eerily similar to the iTunes music store (see below), which is a bit silly, but it's clear that doubleTwist is aiming straight for iTunes' jugular, so it's not all that surprising. (Click the image above for a closer look.) We've been particularly annoyed lately with Apple's regular refusal to allow generic, non-iPod players to sync with iTunes (it's near the top of our iTunes wishlist ), and now that Apple's been given the okay to continue doing just that, we're thrilled to see a third-party solution step in with a goal of providing syncing for any device, iPod or not.
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