Not content with offering up merely modular Android tablets, ASUS has revealed a new seven-inch tablet that’s water and dust resistant — perfect for a spot of bath-time browsing or… desert rallying. The ASUS TOUGH-ETBW11AA has rubberized bezel and strips across the back, contributing to the substantial 22.2mm profile, but that hefty frame can survive drops from the heady height of 76cm. Aside from its tough-guy credentials, there’s a 1280 x 800 screen, five megapixel camera, Tegra 2 dual-core 1GHz processor, WiMAX connection and the staple WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS medley. It comes with 16GB of well-protected storage, but there’s room for more via microSD. For those seeking a slate that’ll survive the bumps and scrapes of the business world — and not look ridiculous — it’ll be available to enterprise customers of Japanese carrier KDDI this November. No news yet on whether it’ll canoe its way across from the Land of the Rising Sun, but we can give you a few more photos of the rough and tumble tablet after the break.

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We know what’s inside the TouchPad and we know just what it’s like to live with the culmination of those parts, and now Isuppli is doing its best to figure out just what those individual components set HP back each time one rolls off the assembly line. According to that firm’s analysis, the grand cost to build a single 9.99 MSRP, 32GB TouchPad is 8. That’s but more than the 16GB version, which of course retails for 0 less at 9.99. That 8 cost is quite comparable to a 32GB iPad 2, which tallies up at 6 in 3G form according to the source. In other words, HP seems to be maintaining similar margins to Apple, begging the question: can it afford to do so?

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All the recent frenzy over the Apple iPad might be too much for the tech nerds of the world to handle. Tuesday, Josh Topolsky of Engadget reported on a disturbingly high volume of “ugly, pointless, and frankly threatening” comments on the Web site and took action by indefinitely closing all comments on the blog. We appreciate Josh’s wake-up call, although vocalizing one’s opinion through anonymous blog comments is just another extension of the Internet.

We definitely empathize with the site’s moderators, however, who must be tearing their hair out trying to protect Engadget visitors from trolls, predators, idiots, and all the other lobos on the Web. Good luck with that, guys!

In other tech news, TechCrunch gives us a first look at Google’s interpretation of a modern tablet device, as imagined by Glen Murphy, Google Chrome’s designer. The video you see on the site is just a mock-up, however, so don’t get your hopes up! At this point, we’ll take just about any tablet that doesn’t have an Apple on it.

We can’t thank our buddy Props Guy Jim enough for making the awesome “The 404 Bunch” poster you see to the left. Jim is the same gentleman who came through with 3k temporary tattoos, so thanks again! Look for a full-size poster coming to a 404 studio near you.

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In typical 404 fashion, this morning’s show started later than usual, mostly because we couldn’t shut up about all the things that made the 1990s one of the best decades ever.

Some of the conversation leaks into the beginning of the episode, including a chat about the evolution of video games since the ’90s. It’s hard to imagine a time before you needed a toy chest to hold all the plastic instruments you need play a simple game!

You can get your 404 fix every day of the week (thanks to Nick for the image above!), but the most random stories always end up on Friday. Today is no different, with Wilson’s first story about mysterious cookies that offer “natural supplemental endowment.” Called the F Cup Cookie, the treat is quickly gaining popularity in Japan, Taiwan, and Singapore, because of their promise to increase bust size in three weeks or less! Rest assured, we’ve already ordered three boxes to test the claims ourselves.

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Should the film industry provide heart health warnings prior to showing movies with heavy 3D imagery? It might be worth the discussion, especially after a 42-year-old Taiwanese man died after watching “Avatar” in 3D.

The man started to feel uneasy during the screening of “Avatar” in 3D and was quickly taken to a hospital where a scan showed a brain hemorrhage. Sadly, the man died 11 days later. Doctors reported that “the over-excitement from watching the movie triggered his symptoms,” a claim that opens up our conversation about possible preshow warnings.

We’ve spent all week stuffing your SASEs full of 404 stickers, and if you already got yours in the mail it’s YOUR turn to do some work for US! Take a picture of where you stuck your 404 sticker(s) and tattoo(s) and send it to us at the404(at)cnet(dot)com. If you do, there’s a good chance we’ll show it on the air! Take a cue from Cheryl, the Official 404 Grandmother who sent us a picture of her grandson fully covered in them! Nice work, Cheryl!

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