![HTC Leo Is the First Windows Mobile Phone With Multitouch [HTC Leo]](http://tekpop.com/wp-content/themes/newspress/thumb.php?src=http://tekpop.com/wp-content/uploads/226ac3e48deus963.gif&h=75&w=75&zc=1&q=80)
Leaked specs for the HTC Leo had everyone excited about the possibility that its massive 4.3-inch screen could be a glass capacitive panel—a novelty for Windows Mobile phones. Well, not only is it capacitive, it's multitouch . And how! Multitouch has passed Windows Mobile by, mainly on account of the fact that 6.1 doesn't support capacitive screens —the kind needed for multi-finger gestures to register [...more]
![Here Is the First Photo of the Internet [Image Cache]](http://tekpop.com/wp-content/themes/newspress/thumb.php?src=http://tekpop.com/wp-content/uploads/2664c6e251mp-log.jpg&h=75&w=75&zc=1&q=80)
Little knew Leonard Kleinrock that the first network connection at his UCLA lab was going to bring us this mayhem of tweets and tits we call the internet. It was all about the possibility of total thermonuclear holocaust , back then. The image above shows the log entry of the first meaningful connection between two computer nodes. [...more]
![HTC Touch Pro2 Launching On Sprint September 8th For $350 [Sprint]](http://tekpop.com/wp-content/themes/newspress/thumb.php?src=http://tekpop.com/wp-content/uploads/13902a941ch-pro2.jpg&h=75&w=75&zc=1&q=80)
Sprint customers that were riding high on the possibility that the HTC Touch Pro2 would arrive on their network were shot back down to earth today as the official word reveals a September 8th release date for $350. Don't worry guys, you are not alone [...more]
![BucketVac Turns Any 5 Gallon Bucket Into a Wet/Dry Vacuum [Vacuum]](http://tekpop.com/wp-content/themes/newspress/thumb.php?src=http://tekpop.com/wp-content/uploads/02785ae70bet-vac.jpg&h=75&w=75&zc=1&q=80)
The BucketVac snaps on to just about any standard 5 gallon bucket and converts it into a receptacle for whatever wet or dry crud you happen to be sucking out of your filthy car seats. According to the product page, the vacuum weighs about 7 pounds and features a "commercial grade serviceable motor." If this kind of cleaning convenience sounds appealing to you, expect the BucketVac to hit store shelves sometime before the end of the 4Q of this year. [ BucketVac via Red Ferret via OhGizmo ] [...more]
![The Crappiest $100,000 Computer Ever [Amazon]](http://tekpop.com/wp-content/themes/newspress/thumb.php?src=http://tekpop.com/wp-content/uploads/4d11ea813a100000.jpg&h=75&w=75&zc=1&q=80)
I present to you the crappiest $106,414.89 computer in history. Plus $13.46 shipping. And no Amazon Prime either, what the hell? [...more]
![World’s Smallest Laser Paves Way for 100 Terahertz CPUs [Science]](http://tekpop.com/wp-content/themes/newspress/thumb.php?src=http://tekpop.com/wp-content/uploads/193284d25f220-01.jpg&h=75&w=75&zc=1&q=80)
Technically, it's not a laser, but something called spaser . Instead of photons, it uses plasmons, a particle only 44 nanometers across. It could push CPUs' speeds to hundreds of terahertz, according to Mark Stockman, professor of physics at Georgia State: The spaser works about a thousand times faster than the fastest transistor, while having the same nanoscale size. [...more]
![Wannabe Entrepreneur Has Never Heard of Electronic Post-Its [Crapmodo]](http://tekpop.com/wp-content/themes/newspress/images/no-img-thumb.jpg)
In the years that Post-its have existed alongside laptops, there hasn't been a single alternative to pasting the sticky papers around screen bezels. [...more]
Well, you can't blame a guy for trying. Curiously coiffed Jon & Kate Plus 8 matriarch Kate Gosselin appeared on Live With Regis and Kelly on Tuesday morning, and terminally optimistic co-host Regis Philbin put forth the possibility that, before too long, Kate and her ex-hubby Jon Gosselin would be back on the path to wedded bliss. [...more]
World, are you ready for another Mission: Impossible flick? [...more]
![Foxconn iPhone Suicide: Chinese Police Now Investigating Murder [Iphone Leak Suicide]](http://tekpop.com/wp-content/themes/newspress/thumb.php?src=http://tekpop.com/wp-content/uploads/dfaac8553diphone.jpg&h=75&w=75&zc=1&q=80)
Foxconn has suspended a security official and turned over its probe into a worker's recent alleged suicide to police, who are currently investigating the possibility of murder. This already messy story could be about to get much, much messier. Reports say that 25-year-old Sun Danyong was subjected to brutal treatment—including torture—by Foxconn security after a shipment of prototype iPhones turned up at Apple's door one device short. [...more]
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