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Ever find a gadget that just gets you excited looking at it? The ThinkGeek USB Doomsday Device Hub does that for us. This is no ordinary USB hub it has something a little special about it.

The hub is a masterpiece, it features a stainless steel finish, two toggle switches, a key slot, a big red button, a red light, and four usb ports. To operate the device you must carefully plug it into a computers USB slot, then switch on toggle switch 1, then 2, then insert and turn the key in 3. After the 3 step process has been followed very carefully, the big red light should be lit now, extreme caution should be used on the next step. Lift the plastic cover over the big red button and make sure the area is clear because we have no idea what happens when you press the button except that it makes a firing noise. Could it be throwing over a world power on the other side of the world, or maybe the world will end who knows I would think very carefully before pressing it though.

The device also functions as a 4 port usb hub other than the fact that you have so much power at your fingertip. With this hub your peons will grovel before you as taunts of world domination are uttered. But seriously, if you are into cool gadgets as much as we are check out the ThinkGeek USB Doomsday Hub. You won’t regret it.

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Now who wouldn’t want a controller for their Xbox that could switch between wired and wireless mode whenever you want. Microsoft has filed a patent for a Wireless and wired Xbox controller that can switch between both modes seamlessly without interrupting gameplay. An excerpt from the patent:

A game controller operates in both a wired mode and a wireless mode, and is able to switch between these two modes without permanent disruption to an ongoing game. During a transition from one mode to another, a host gaming system detects when the controller is physically disconnected (for wired mode to wireless mode) or connected (for wireless mode to wired mode). Upon detection, the host gaming system stores the game data and user information and establishes a new communication link with the controller. The host gaming system subsequently reassociates the game data and user information with the game controller as it begins operating in the new mode. This allows the player to continue game play without interruption.

You may have heard of RedBox before, its those little red kiosks at Wal-Mart or McDonalds and many other places that offer DVD rentals for only $1. Well now they want to be more competitive with Netflix, by offering an online streaming service of their own. In a recent interview the president of the company said:

“The way we look at it is, How can it help us deliver to our customers things we can’t do in our kiosks?” Lowe said. “What role might it play in expanding our selection?”

This would be a bold move for RedBox, it may be a while before they will be able to catch up to Netflix’s dominating lead in the movie streaming business, but they actually might be able to do it. RedBox also faces some fierce competition from companies other than Netflix according to Bloomberg:

Redbox also faces competition from Apple Inc. and Best Buy Co., which sell movie downloads. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, bought the Vudu Inc. online entertainment service in February and Sears Holdings Corp., the largest department store owner, said on June 22 it plans to sell and rent movies online through an agreement with Sonic.

Well this may be good for consumers, it could drive down the monthly costs of online streaming and bring more new hit titles to your TV or computer.

With the recent acquisition of PALM by HP we expected to see some innovation between the 2 giants and tablets. But this soon?

You heard right, Apple announced that the iPad will be available in nine more countries this Friday. With iPad sales already soaring, this should increase them even more. All iPad models will be available in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore this Friday. Although local pricing has not been revealed by Apple as of yet so stay tuned.

Foursquare the popular new social networking site has updated their Twitter status. The company is currently looking for College Reps to help spread the Foursquare word. No details on exactly what the job entails but if you’re interested head on over. Check out what they said below:

Hi! We’re looking for students to help us spread the @foursquare love on college campuses! Any interest? http://4sq.com/CollegeReps

With the recent problems with reception on the iPhone 4 and all of the users affected it had sparked a flame under one senators butt. Senator Charles Schumer wrote a letter to Steve Jobs asking for a statement from Apple and a commitment to fix the current problems free of charge for users.

Could Schumer’s letter be what initiated the press conference this Friday?

Yep the anticipated fix for signal issues on the iPhone 4 has been released today for the iPhone 4. All you need to do is hook your iPhone up to iTunes and download it.

If you downloaded it already, please let us know if you still are experiencing call drops, and reception issues.

Thats right Apple just announced that they are going to hold a press conference on the 16th of this month to discuss the iPhone 4. No more information that that, Apple will discuss the current issues with the iPhone 4.

Will they be discussing the possibility of a full-scale recall? What do you think? I have contacted Apple for more details, hopefully they will write back.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could log into all of your Google accounts at the same time if you have multiple? Well it seems that Google may be implementing a way to do this in the near future. Right now it can be done with scripts such as a Greasemonkey script, but that isnt as easy as Google doing it for us.

The people over at Google Operating System have had users submit a screenshot of what looks like a beta test for multiple account login. It appears that it will be available for Calendar, Code, Docs, Gmail, Reader, and Sites for the test but surely it will be across all Google apps when its released.

So the iPhone 4 is not recommended by Consumer Reports, and Apple users have been discussing this on the Apple forums all week. However Apple does not like their products being bashed on their own website, so of’course the threads are being deleted by the mods. Even though they are still being deleted, they are popping up so fast on the forums that the ban-hammer cannot move fast enough.

Another interesting fact brought up by Gizmodo, is that even though Consumer Reports cannot recommend the iPhone 4 to consumers the phone still scores the highest of any other smart-phone on the market today.

If you head on over to the Apple forums you still may be able to find some of the treads that have not been deleted yet.

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This is what you have been waiting for, a confirmation that the untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4 is coming, and soon at that. Musclenerd has confirmed on his twitter account that the next jailbreak which is soon to come will be untethered, this is what he had to say:

@LucaPeluso this upcoming jailbreak won’t be “final” but will be untethered and 1-click fun for all devices

So soon to feel the awesomeness of jailbreaking wirelessly.