After a year of construction, the store on Broadway and 67th looks just about ready. The design remains under wraps (despite obsessive RC helicopter action), but is expected to borrow elements from stores in Fifth Ave and Sydney, Australia [CNET] 
China's state-run newspaper, People's Daily, is accusing Google of unfairly censoring it's online book section from search results, calling it "revenge" because they publishing a story questioning Google's book scanning practices along with possible copyright issues. My friends, this is rich. Google claims their site automatically removed the search listing because of perceived malware threats, and had nothing to do with what People's Daily actually published. People's daily though feels as though they were the victim of an unfair attack, calling the event "malicious."
Pot. Kettle. Black. [The Register]
I know, I know, that headline's a dirty trick. But this is still pretty cool: TechCrunch got ahold of a shot of the Apple Pen Mac, a stylus-driven tablet concept circa 1990 that eventually collapsed in favor of the Newton. The Pen Mac was an inch thick, used the same screen as the Mac Portable, and didn't merely exist in a lab—this is a real working model pictured here, not just a pretty (for the time) case. Unfortunately, the powers that were wanted a handheld rather than a full-sized tablet, and so the Pen Mac was discarded in favor of the Newton, which in turn didn't have such a hot life itself.
The project was dug up for a sequel, called the PenLite, but it too was cancelled, and the mythical Apple tablet has gained stature ever since. Something interesting to think about: The Pen Mac was cancelled because it was replaced by a handheld, lower-power computer—sound familiar? Maybe the iPod Touch and iPhone are, in that very specific way, the Newton of today, and we'll never see a full-sized Apple tablet. I know you guys hate to think about such a thing, but we all know that the past repeats itself. I learned it from Battlestar Galactica, so it has to be true. [TechCrunch]
Shane Hurlbut, who's been DP on, ahem, illustrious projects like Terminator: Salvation, is a huge proponent of consumer DSLRs, especially the Canon 5D MKII. Now, he's challenging viewers to separate digital from film shots in his new movie. Can you? Hurlbut is shooting a project based on Navy SEALs, and the trailer (of sorts; it's mostly an awful lot of bikini'd ladies) is shot with a mix of digital and film photography, using the digital Canon 5D MKII and Sony 950 as well as the Arri 235 film camera. He created kind of a contest to see who could pick out the digital shots from the film in the trailer (most is digital, shot with the 5D MKII)—it's way harder than you'd think, not least because the dude is clearly an expert. His wide-angle shots of a yacht and closeups of bikini-clad ladies may look like the intro to a Puff Daddy music video (sing it with me: BEEN AROUND THE WORLD AND AYAYAY) but it is shockingly gorgeous and I'm hard-pressed to be able to tell the difference between digital and film. Check out the video here, and enter his contest here. [Shane Hurlbut via Vincent LaForet]
According to Fudzilla, the 1.83 GHz N470 processor will be the first to support more RAM, and will run between $300-$350. And if the rumor holds true, there will also be a 1.66 GHz Atom processor that will cost as little as $250. [Fudzilla via Electronista]
I've worked in enough offices to recall the temptation of copy machines. "Come here, you bad girl! Use me!" they'd shout, but I'd remain firm in my sensibilities, unlike these office hussies. But let's at least learn something from them. There are dozens and dozens of pictures of tits and arses shamelessly pressed against copy machine glass over at Vice, but I've sifted through them to pick out some prime examples of office pornography and the nine corresponding basic lessons about life.
Now that you've gotten a few lessons from this copy machine mischief, go see the rest of the photos at Vice and get a report of what else you learn on my desk by tomorrow. [Vice — Thanks, Joel!]
It's simple. Takara Tomy's Sakasa Master Japan records anything you say and spits it out backwards. If you're needing gift ideas for random relatives, this $15 toy should get a week's use before it's tossed aside. [Strapya via TokyoMango]