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Skyfire‘s browser is coming to the iPhone, and it’s bringing its rendition of Flash playback with it.  As you might remember from the Android version launch, Skyfire converts Flash video in realtime on itsown servers, and replaces it with an iOS friendly HTML5 version.  That’s apparently been enough to convince Apple’s App Store guardians to approve the app, according to CNNMoney, with Skyfire expected to show up in the download store for $2.99 on Thursday at 9am EST.

Everyone knew it the moment they saw it. Hell, even Steve Jobs alluded to it when he was unveiling the thing. The new multitouch iPod Nano was made to be strapped to a watch band. Here it is, for $17.

There are fans and then there are the superfans, the absolutely obsessed and devoted. For baseball fans looking to take their loyalty all the way to their toast there is the Pangea ProToast. The toasters don’t just have a team logo on the side, they toast your favorite Major League Baseball team’s logo onto one side of the bread. The current model is the lower end model and sells for $34.99 but a higher-end chrome model for around $60 or $70 is in the works.

Fans can also grill up their food at a barbecue with Team Grills, a line of gas grills featuring the logos of baseball, football and basketball teams on the porcelain-enamel lid. Grills start at $399 for the small tailgate version.

If you happen to be a frequent business flyer, you know very well the frustration of fighting your way through the airports, crowds and the security lines. The best option in that case seems to be a private jet charter, but then, not everyone can afford the said luxury. Here is a piece of good news for such flyers as a new private jet sharing service dubbed WannaJet claims to offer seats on private flights at a fixed price, that is comparable to business class fares. WannaJet currently operates in the U.S. with 60-plus domestic business routes. WannaJet allows passengers to book seats on private jets and 4-6 passengers share the cost of the private jet charter. This way, the cost per head is reduced by 80 percent and the final cost is almost comparable to commercial airline Business Class fares. Just hope the name isn’t merely a promise of what it wants to be!

This Micro SIM Cutter promises to take your olde worlde ancient SIM card and transform it magically into a wonderful 21 st century Micro SIM marvel which you can then plonk into your jailbroken iPhone 4 to do with as you will.

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The iPhone 4 shatters easily, and its tiny plastic bezel offers no protection. On top of that, touching its metal rim causes interferences. The Vapor4 bumper?made of aluminum?may solve most of these design problems. And it looks great:

Of course, nothing looks as cool as the iPhone 4 on its own, but if you want to avoid the antenna problems and the shattering, you are going to need one of these. They are made of aluminum, and they have an interior liner that separates the metal from the antenna, insulating it. The manufacturer - Element Case - the same who makes the beautiful Joule iPad stand?told me that their tests showed no interference whatsoever across all models of iPhone:

We basically wrapped it in an inch thick of anodized aluminum all around with our special secret liner inside, nothing impacted the reception.

The Vapor4 is not cheap, although not as expensive as the beautiful exotic wood back replacement: The Vapor4 is $80. For $100 you also get the V4Carbon, a carbon fiber back plate that will further protect the iPhone 4 fragile glass back.

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My collegue is hanging out in Europe, after 2 plane cancellations, 7 train journeys and a ferry, so I

A federal appeals court says three Seattle police officers did not employ excessive force when they repeatedly tasered a visibly pregnant woman for refusing to sign a speeding ticket.

The lawyer representing Malaika Brooks said Monday that the court

Combining stylishly innovative designs in flooring at one point of time was limited to just restaurants, and then came the pools, but then it was yachts that are more associated with spectacular views than any other offering on the face of this earth. Based on the same technology, the JP54 has incorporated a dramatic interior that allows the transfer of weight to windward direction in a few seconds. The JP54 is the brainchild of Jean-Pierre Dick (FRA), a renowned shorthanded racer, who brought in the concept on JP?s yacht to have the speed of an Open 60. Placing the feature in the main saloon, this futuristically styled yacht accommodates eight – four adults and four children. The rotation of this satellite module is controlled while sitting down at the navigation station to keep things steady onboard.