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Did you hear about the UFO that appeared for nine straight days over Lake Erie? It’s been identified as Alienware’s Area-51 powered by Intel’s just-announced 6 core i7-980X CPU and we have the pics to prove it.

Do you see that monster in there? Yeah, that’s the brand new Core i7-980X. You know it’s special because it’s designated with the letter X. This CPU was just previewed by Intel a few days back and is the first 32nm, six-core processor with 12 computing threads.

The rest of the system is pretty standard Area-51 fare. It has a has dual Radeon HD 5970s with two GPUs on each card along with some sort of built-in battery backup system and a water-cooling rig. The top vent louvers automaticly open when extra ventilation is required.

No word on price or availablity right now, but you’ll probably not be able to afford it anyway. [Hot Hardware via MaximumPC

Gizmodo is a blog, yes, but it’s also become a more encompassing entity—one that’s dynamically enriched by its readership. And we can think of nothing more important for you to share than the real-world stories about your gadgets.

Our larger commenting guide can tell you more about the ins and outs of commenting on Gizmodo (for instance, you don’t even need to click on a story to comment, you can do so from the “Got a tip for us?” window in the Gizmodo title bar).

Today, I’m more focused on two particular tags that you can add to any comment on Gizmodo.

#Broken

For whenever a device hasn’t lived up to its promises or a company has just screwed you royally, tip the #broken tag. Not only will it allow you a place to vent (which helps, trust me); having all of these complaints in one place allows us to spot/legitimize trends. Plus, it’s my personal hope that particularly savvy companies will be smart enough to peruse the #broken tag to ensure that their customer base is happy.

You may recognize #broken as the same tag we’ve been using to follow the Faulty iMac Saga. That’s really just the start of what #broken can be—your participation will make it far more relevant and powerful.

#Lifechanger

But all gadgets don’t always suck (that’s why, ultimately, we’re all hanging out at Gizmodo). To laud the gadgets and everyday devices, from new to antiquated, from ordinary to extraordinary, that you just could not live without, use our #lifechanger tag.

We debuted #lifechanger with my ode to Pyrex Colors bowls. In an era when we covet everything new and shiny, the idea that something lacking logos and multi million dollar marketing campaigns can make our lives better is more important to acknowledge than ever before. (Though, if you just want to talk about your totally spectacular Nexus One, that’s fine too.)

Ultimately, it’s not any small group of technology editors writing for any publication who decide whether or not a product is relevant; it’s the masses, the people who buy the products and use them, rather than just “test” or “review” them, in their everyday lives.

You are the masses, so make these spaces your own, and allow Gizmodo to speak in a new, truer way.

The highest expectations and greatest challenges are awaited and are ready to deal with the situations with the aid of latest innovations. We must understand the opportunities and come forward with them. We need to secure our business and home environment with the help of the hidden cameras which are introduced in the market a few years ago. These cameras serve us out of the ordinary. There are certain issues which have to be sorted out. Rather than following the old routines of work, we can fit the hidden cameras at our work place for the surveillance of the employees.

These are the guidelines which we can implement as soon as we can, according to our requirements. There’s a great advantage in whatever we pursue. We have to follow the standard principle and take advantage of the innovative equipments which are created for our comforts so that we can maintain balance at our office and our house. We have to be straight forward in our work and try to take up imaginative projects from time to time. This way we can give vent to our thoughts and goals a proper destination and achievement.

If we try to break away from the old routines and equipments, and give way to the new experiments and install the hidden cameras where ever we need them, then we can gain great knowledge and success. We have to implement in networking and renew old links and make new changes. If we consider our priorities in handling our work, then absolutely all the problems will be away from us. We have to think about the protection of our family also. We can easily make way for the new if we throw off the old. Earlier there were safety guards to take of our house or other belongings. But today times have changed.

With the installation of the  spy cameras we our selves can take care of our belongings. I personally feel that it is a wise decision to spend once for the hidden camera than to pay for the security guard every month. I have already installed a hidden camera at my store so that I can survey all the actions which are taking place in my shop. I do not like any disturbances at my work place. Everything has to be ideal in my life. My wife also goes for work. We have to leave our kid at home with the nanny. He is just 2 years old. My wife cannot afford to take leave. So there is no other alternative than to leave the child at home.

But for the surveillance of the nanny, I have installed a nanny cam in my house too so that I can observe her actions. Now we both can quietly work. I suggested my friend also to install the spy gear in his office if he wants a smooth flow in his environment. I also suggested him, how fun it can be acquiring our products online. All we have to do is to surf with the website through the internet and go through entire the details given by them and pick the particular product and place an order for it. Our product will be easily shipped to our place within a few days.

Short Version: A solidly-built iPhone car dock whose unique, no-batteries-required sound amplification system actually works fairly well provided you get your phone’s microphone and speaker lined up correctly.

Review:

Let me start out by saying that I’m leery of iPhone docks that cost $40 and up without including built-in charging features. Thankfully, Kensington has recently dropped the price of its breathlessly-named “Windshield/Vent Car Mount with Sound Amplified Cradle for iPhone” from $40 down to $30. And for $30 you do indeed get a solid dock that holds on to your windshield for dear life and is easy to use.

The idea behind the dock is to offer a simple, quick way to mount and dismount your iPhone with one hand. There are interchangeable rubber feet that correspond to your particular model of iPhone – one underneath the microphone and one underneath the speaker. The microphone foot is little more than a hole allowing the microphone to fire downward, while the speaker foot feeds audio output into a horn-shaped chamber inside the dock like so:

The result, as Kensington claims, is 2x sound amplification. I can tell you that it doesn’t sound noticeably louder than if you were to place the phone on the passenger seat and make a standard call using the speakerphone, but if you were to place your phone in a dock like this without holes in the rubber feet, you’d have muffled sound through and through. So I guess, yes, the sound is amplified in the sense that it’d otherwise be muffled if there weren’t a hole in the bottom of the rubber foot against which the phone’s speaker was placed.

As for how well the dock actually holds your phone in place, it works well. The windshield suction cup is surprisingly sturdy and the dock easily rotates between portrait and landscape views without much effort. The springy side clips hold your phone in place even if its got a thin protective case on it (Kensington, however, advises that certain cases may impede the aforementioned amplification) and the bottom of the dock holds an Apple charger in place.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t hold the charger in place so that you can dock your phone directly into the cable. You’ll have to remove the charging cable, dock your phone, and then plug the cable into the phone, because the cable is held in place behind the phone for some reason.

Here’s a YouTube video showing off all the various bells and whistles.

All in all, if you’re looking for a solid dock that’s not going to move around much and makes it easy to pop your phone in and out, this is a good option. Those of you looking for built-in charging features and high-volume sound amplification will want to look elsewhere.

Product Page: Windshield/Vent Car Mount with Sound Amplified Cradle for iPhone

The LHC is recovering from a serious overheating problem, caused by a piece of stale bread dropped by a bird onto an apparently unprotected thermal vent. Impossible, you say?

Not impossible. I used to bulls-eye whomp rats in my T-16 back home.

While it’s not about to be mistaken for a moon any time soon, the Large Hadron Collider probably is the closest thing we’ve got to the Death Star. With miles of passages, the capability to destroy a planet, and a bunch of people dressed in white scooting around inside, it’s actually a pretty good fit. So it’s no surprise that it has the same weakness. Concerned only with interference from cosmic radiation and nearby townspeople, the structure was built underground — but they didn’t count on the possibility of a small one-man fighter armed with the Force a clumsy bird with a bit of baguette making the trench run and hitting it where the least expected it.

The absurdity of this failure (though it apparently won’t affect the re-activation) makes me think that maybe the LHC really is so abhorrent to nature that the universe is contriving to snuff it out.

[via PopSci]