pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/01/macbookwheelhaha.png" width="494" height="350" style="display:block;" /Oh, Onion News Network! You and your team of reporters never fail to make us laugh with your jabs at Apple. That's a solid 2.5 minutes of funny./p pembed src="http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/videoplayer/flvplayer.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" flashvars="file=http://www.theonion.com/content/xml/92328/videoamp;debugging=trueamp;autostart=falseamp;image=http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/NO_KEYBOARD_article.jpgamp;bufferlength=3amp;embedded=trueamp;title=Apple%20Introduces%20Revolutionary%20New%20Laptop%20With%20No%20Keyboard" height="355" width="400"/p p[a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary"Onion News Network/a]/p br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=8c52ce8b940aa5433be6cbb9509ac96bp=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=8c52ce8b940aa5433be6cbb9509ac96bp=1"//a img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=8c52ce8b940aa5433be6cbb9509ac96b" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=qupXm237"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=120" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=YkGyVS5h"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=sFAoFzlH"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=sFAoFzlH" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=fRR3Ttoa"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=fRR3Ttoa" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/1gE0jEMMNH4" height="1" width="1"/

pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/01/beejive2a.png" width="494" height="352" /Beejive's already quite usable Beejive IM iPhone app just got an update to 2.0, adding file transfer and voice messages to its multitude of IM connectivity./p pCurrently, you can connect to "AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber, MSN/Live, Myspace IM, and Yahoo messenger" with Beejive. With 2.0, you can send in-line photos, audio and video files, PDFs and Office docs to anyone you're chatting with, provided the recipient has an IM client from the last 10 years./p pThe best part is the voice message feature, which you can activate with the microphone icon. The worst part is the price: $16. You do get what you pay for, and Beejive seems to be a pretty fancy IM app. [a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=291720439mt=8"App Store/a via a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2009/01/05/beejive-im-updated-to-2-0-includes-new-features/"TUAW/a]/p br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=e700985bd659a4edfc12783026be185fp=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=e700985bd659a4edfc12783026be185fp=1"//a img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=e700985bd659a4edfc12783026be185f" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=oh05yoqc"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=120" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=x4iVZ0R4"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=6NLe5U3F"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=6NLe5U3F" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=9xnh2eeB"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=9xnh2eeB" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/sZOfnkAa3Ko" height="1" width="1"/

pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/sonybook.jpg" width="262" height="394" /The new book iThe Race For a New Game Machine/i, by two IBM engineers, details how ridiculous the design process was when IBM was making Sony's PS3 cell chip. Microsoft basically got a free ride./p pThe WSJ pulls out facts like IBM employees trying to hide their work from people from companies in cubicles next to them, helping one team out (the Microsoft team) with their design process based on knowledge they had already gained from the Sony side, and most importantly, that Microsoft received the chip from manufacturing BEFORE Sony did because they ordered "backup manufacturing capacity from a third party." [a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123069467545545011.html"WSJ/a via a href="http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/12/31/new-book-explains-how-sony-inadvertently-helped-make-xbox-360/"PS3 Fanboy/a]/p br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=18af516d43a37df074b49b2ab79202d7p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=18af516d43a37df074b49b2ab79202d7p=1"//a img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=18af516d43a37df074b49b2ab79202d7" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=vHz0jJJD"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=120" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=aQbqdOBd"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=UZ2nD2PW"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=UZ2nD2PW" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=sqsJ67xc"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=sqsJ67xc" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/IslGxDWOic0" height="1" width="1"/

pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/android.png" style="display:block;" /HTC's confirmed to a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/cupcake-confirmed-for-t-mobile-g1/"Engadget/a that the "a href="http://gizmodo.com/5113029/cupcake-roadmap-hints-at-whatll-be-in-the-next-android-update"cupcake/a" OS Update strikewill/strike should be available to the T-Mobile G1 some time in the future./p pNo specification on iwhen/i the over-the-air update will hit, though. [a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/cupcake-confirmed-for-t-mobile-g1/"Engadget/a]/p pChris from Engadget just told us that it's still up to T-Mobile and Google whether or not the update will hit, but HTC believes it willmdash;but they can't mandate it./p br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=0a44debd1a253fa47f402177cd731fd1p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=0a44debd1a253fa47f402177cd731fd1p=1"//a img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=0a44debd1a253fa47f402177cd731fd1" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=aXyr4OH9"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=120" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=4ARbfRem"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=qC8ygXey"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=qC8ygXey" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=OLMJw53z"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=OLMJw53z" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/UkGvHbHMoTA" height="1" width="1"/

pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/win7betaleak.jpg" width="550" height="236" style="display:block;" /The a href="http://gizmodo.com/5101372/windows-7-beta-1-will-debut-on-january-13th"Windows 7 Beta 1/a that was public-bound in mid-January has been leaked now, and you can get a copy on BitTorrent./p pThe beta expires July 1, 2009, and from what we read, it's a bit more stable than the versions people have been playing with for a few months. Hit the links below to get a copy, if you're OK with the fact that you're technically not supposed to have this just yet. [a href="http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/12/27/windows-7-beta-1-build-7000-dvd-iso-image-torrent-and-namipan-download/"My Digital Life/a via a href="http://www.blogsdna.com/1792/download-windows-7-beta-1-build-7000-dvd-iso-image-torrent-namipan-download.htm"BlogsDNA/a via a href="http://tecnovedad.com/descarga-windows-7-beta-1-build-7000/"Technovedad/a via a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/12/27/windows-7-beta-iso-leaked-on-torrent-trackers/"Download Squad/a]/p pbUpdate/b: ZDNet also has a look at the beta a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3222"over here/a, and they concur that it's pretty good:/p blockquote p# This beta is of excellent quality. This is the kind of code that you could roll out and live with. Even the pre-betas were solid, but finally this beta feels like it’s “done.” This beta exceeds the quality of any other Microsoft OS beta that I’ve handled./p /blockquote p[a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3222"ZDNet/a]/p br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=c930af1df9c665ab04dad462a35601d5p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=c930af1df9c665ab04dad462a35601d5p=1"//a img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=c930af1df9c665ab04dad462a35601d5" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=kiEpV9y8"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=120" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=KJjxDg27"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=FR6Ss51S"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=FR6Ss51S" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=sPR3CDx1"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=sPR3CDx1" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/t3VmlXW6aRM" height="1" width="1"/