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• Now you can spruce up your BlackBerry Bold with the Colorware treatment. Prices are $139 (just for the color) and $674 for the makeover and phone. — Engadget
• Doctors are urging patients to not believe everything they read about drugs on Wikipedia since some drug companies are deleting info that make its drugs seem unsafe. — Switched
• Will the new and improved Kindle 2 make a debut in early 2009? That's what is being predicted. — The Boy Genius Report
• Lenovo's latest notebook will come with a special secure remote feature that will allow owners to shut down and lock the laptop over a WWAN connection; disabling it for thieves, etc. — Gearfuse
• It's giveaway time on geeksugar! Be sure to log in and enter our laptop giveaway for your chances to win a Windows Vista powered Sony VAIO CS laptop or a Windows Vista powered Acer Aspire Gemstone Blue Notebook. — geeksugar

• This kinda surprised me. Motorola's RAZR V3 is still the top-selling handset in the United States. It was launched 2.5 years ago, and has just sold its 50 millionth unit. — Engadget
• Apple is said to be announcing some new laptops next week that will range in price, with one rumored to cost only $800. — MacRumors
• An insurance company has revealed that one in ten minor traffic accidents are caused by pedestrians wearing headphones. — Switched
• The Tokyo Game Show has officially kicked off in Chiba, Japan, and here are the first impressions so far. — CrunchGear
• The sophisticated, $469 Lenovo S10 laptop is said to be the best new notebook of 2008. — Wired

I get that Lenovo is trying to showcase its one-button recovery if the ThinkPad crashes, but did they really have to use the creepiest little creature ever to mock what happens when the older gentleman's less-sophisticated laptop crashes?

It's like one part David Lynch, one part this.

And by the way, the correct answer is no, they did not. I am disturbed.

• The new BlackBerry Curve 8320 in Sunset comes with a 2-megapixel cam, WiFi, camera, video player, and will cost $149 with a two-year contract. — CrunchGear
• Actor Gary Cole — which most of you will recognize from Desperate Housewives — admits to AOL's Switched that he doesn't have a romantic attachment to his cell phone. — Switched
• Lenovo's IdeaPad, measuring in at 8.9 inches, was captured on video. — Engadget
• If you need any health info about your beloved pets, a new site called WebVet has just launched. So far it includes articles about dogs, cats, birds, and other small animals, but will soon include exotic pets like fish and farm animals. — TechCrunch
• Poof! Just like that, Apple has removed the popular Box Office app from its App Store. We're still asking ourselves why?! — Boing Boing

Look out MacBook Air, there's a new lady in town and rumor has it, she weighs less than you — ouch! According to USA Today, computer manufacturer Lenovo will be announcing a new teeny laptop tailored for business travelers. Weighing in at only 2.9 pounds is the ThinkPad X300, which isn't as slender as the Air, but boasts a built-in optical drive, multiple USB ports, a removable battery and integrated WWAN. Now for the bad news, it's gonna cost you — $2,799 (starting price), compared to the $1,744.00 of the MB Air. That being said, would you pay the extra $1000 for the sleek design and additional features? Total toss up!