In spite of dropping video support from the new iPod nano, a new exploration of the shipping firmware hints that Apple has photo slideshows and has left code for video support inside. Checks by TUAW show code for TV out for photos as well as captions, subtitles and other features that would normally be needed only for video. The movie code is most likely material that wasn’t pulled during development, as the screen would be too small for native video, although it leaves the possibility open….

IPod Classic – Peripherals – Hardware – Audio – Portable Players

Mushroom Networks on Wednesday introduced a heavy duty version of its new Broadband Bonding Network Appliance, PortaBella 141. It is being touted as the first such device and can aggregate the reception of up to four wireless USB modems to get a reliable Internet connection in remote locations. The PortaBella is meant for defense and other fields where having a very redundant or fast Internet connection could be crucial….

Mushroom – Fruit and Vegetable – Home – cook – Soups and Stews

Dell has introduced four new computer displays for Asian overseas markets recently. The largest, the 23-inch ST23220L, sports LED backlighting and a 1080p resolution. It is rated at 5ms of response time and 250-nit brightness. It has an anti-glare panel and is, along with the three others, Energy Star 5.0 compliant….

Asia – Apple – IPhone – Business and Economy – IPod Touch

An image and a technical drawing from an FCC filing have revealed that ASUS will soon release a mouse branded with Lamborghini badges and styled after the supercars from the Italian manufacturer. It matches the company’s limited-run notebooks, such as the VX5 and VX6. The technical drawing reveals that ASUS plans to bundle a 2.4GHz nano USB receiver and thus will use RF wireless rather than Bluetooth….

Lamborghini – Recreation – Autos – Makes and Models – Wireless

Boxee tonight revealed that it’s dropping the Firefox-based browser in the Boxee Box and desktop apps will switch to the Apple-made but open WebKit engine instead. Lead Apps Developer Rob Spectre told NewTeeVee that Boxee wanted to guarantee HTML5 support. Firefox’s Gecko engine has rudimentary HTML5 support, but it doesn’t work well within the Boxee client….

Apple – IPod Touch – FAQs Help and Tutorials – Protocols – HTTP

Seiko is nearing the release this year of a wristwatch that has an e-paper display, and as such, more images and specs of the watch have now surfaced. First introduced back in April, the unnamed watch has a battery that may never need changing, as it’s only used once every minute to change the display. There are also solar cells on the face that keep the battery topped up….

Seiko – Watches – Shopping – eink – Active-matrix liquid crystal display