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This 24-carat gold Kindle is the most expensive e-reader ever Ricardo Bilton: Amosu Coutore says that using a gold Kindle will allow owners to stand out from the crowd, but we are pretty sure the device will mostly allow them to stand out to thieves. Tue May 10 14:00:31 PDT 2011 Google Music won't allow users to store illegal songs Ricardo Bilton: Music pirates looking for a new outlet in Google Music should look elsewhere: Google will remove illegal songs stored in its cloud. Tue May 10 13:28:22 PDT 2011 Android @ Home makes your home smart, not just your phone Gloria Sin: Google launches Android @ Home to turn your tablet into an universal remote to wirelessly control all your appliances, and unveils the Google Tungsten and Android-compatible LED light bulb. Tue May 10 13:16:04 PDT 2011 Sony says PSN to return in "a few more days", gamers skeptical Ricardo Bilton: On the Playstation Blog today, Sony communications director Patrick Seybold said that the company was still uncertain on when the PSN service will be restored. Tue May 10 12:34:24 PDT 2011 YouTube videos now have Live Captions Gloria Sin: Watching videos on YouTube just got a bit easier to understand, thanks to the launch of Live Captions at the Google I/O 2011 conference for developers in San Francisco today. Tue May 10 10:50:52 PDT 2011 With Honeycomb 3.1, Android finally offers support for USB keyboards, digital cameras Ricardo Bilton: Via Honeycomb 3.1, Android now features USB support for MP3 players, digital cameras, keyboards, and game controllers. Tue May 10 10:38:28 PDT 2011 Google brings movie rentals to Android Market Ricardo Bilton: Starting at $1.99, movies rented via the Android Market are tied to the user’s Google account and can be streamed to both smartphones and tablets. Tue May 10 10:00:04 PDT 2011 PSN breach to cost Capcom "hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars" Ricardo Bilton: Sony may lose millions as a result of the recent attacks on its services, but if Capcom’s Christian Svensson is right, third party developers may get hit as well. Tue May 10 08:33:31 PDT 2011 MicroSkype: Microsoft pays $8.5 billion for Skype, to make Xbox, Win 7 phone, Outlook more social [Updated] Gloria Sin: Skype now becomes a business division of Microsoft and MS products like the XBox 360, Windows 7 smartphone and Messenger stand to gain the most from this acquisition. Tue May 10 08:08:50 PDT 2011 MicroSkype: Microsoft pays $8.5 billion for Skype, for Kinect and phone combo? Gloria Sin: Skype now becomes a business division of Microsoft and MS products like the XBox 360, Windows 7 smartphone and Messenger stand to gain the most from this acquisition. Tue May 10 08:08:50 PDT 2011 LG Thrill 4G, Wikitude pair up for 3D augmented reality Ricardo Bilton: LG and Wikitude are teaming up to bring a three-dimensional version of Wikitude’s augmented reality browser to LG’s upcoming 3D smartphone. Tue May 10 08:03:58 PDT 2011	The ToyBox The latest in tech gadgets and gear
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