No surprises here, just the straight-up news that RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook is one small step closer to retail: it’s gotten FCC clearance. Well, at least the WiFi-only version has — no sign of the WiMAX-capable version for Sprint yet — but RIM’s actually sneaked all three capacities of the device through on one filing (16GB, 32GB, and 64GB)

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BlackBerry PlayBook hits FCC in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB flavors

Planning on dropping $1200 for one of those gorgeous Fujifilm FinePix X100 cameras?

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Fujifilm announces shortage of X100 camera, targets late March / early April US release

Does this badass gaming rig look familiar? It should — it’s basically a DARWINmachine Hammerhead HMR989 with some sweet, sweet cherries on top. In an attempt to live up to its name, Pure Luxury’s pimped it out with an Intel Core i7-990X processor, 12GB of pricey Kingston RAM, two NVIDIA GTX 580 graphics cards, two 128GB SSDs, 2TB of magnetic storage, and a Blu-ray drive for good measure.

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Pure Luxury takes DARWINmachine’s Hammerhead PC, adds primo parts and lifetime warranty

We had a feeling that Square wouldn’t let VeriFone call it out without issuing some sort of statement, and CEO Jack Dorsey has responded to the claims of a gaping security hole in the form of an open letter on the company’s website. Dorsey calls its competitor’s accusations “not fair or accurate” and says that many of the necessary security measures are already built-in to your credit card itself

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Square’s Jack Dorsey calls VeriFone’s vulnerability claims ‘not fair or accurate’

Ever since Skyfire brought Flash to the iPad with its server-side solution, we’ve had a feeling that others would try to emulate the experience and satisfy the general public’s desire for the venerable format on Apple’s tablet.

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iPad gets Flash yet again with iSwifter app, Android version coming soon (hands-on)

If the extent of your mastery of the Italian language entails adding an unnecessary “a” after every other word and gesticulating with your hands, like Jen in that episode of The I.T. Crowd , you may not get a lot from the nine minute and 39 second video below.

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Olivetti Olipad 100 gets unboxed and handled in italiano (video)

What you’re looking at in the psychedelic photograph above is the result of an overturned tractor-trailer in Peabody, Massachusetts that was carrying a load of — you guessed it — printer ink.

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Visualized: Overturned ink-carrying tractor-trailer paints the town red… literally

Well, it looks like there won’t be a widespread PlayStation 3 shortage in Europe anytime soon — the Hague’s civil court of justice has just ruled in Sony’s favor in its dispute with LG , and ordered that the 300,000 PS3s currently seized by customs be released to Sony for distribution across the continent. LG has also reportedly been ordered to pay €130,000 in legal fees — and if it doesn’t comply, it will face a fine of €200,000 per day until it does

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Court rules in Sony’s favor against LG, PlayStation 3 free to enter Europe again

He may look like he’s had a few too many sake bombs, but this animated Japanese superstar is actually built to teeter about. The Domo-kun WobblyBot comes to us by way of Eastern Geek and uses a relatively simple pendulum, with the pivot situated at the axle, to keep the balancing bot from tipping over.

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Self-balancing Domo-kun WobblyBot looks drunk, won’t tip over (video)

They may face an uphill battle given the numbers in the Senate (not to mention a Democratic President), but it doesn’t look like the House Republicans will be softening their opposition to the FCC’s new net neutrality rules anytime soon. Following a full vote on an amendment to a spending bill in the House of Representatives last month (which just died in the Senate yesterday), the House Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology has now passed a new measure that, if it ultimately adopted, would completely overturn the FCC’s new rules

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House subcommittee votes to block FCC’s net neutrality rules