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• The Daily Roundup: here's what you might've missed

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• Lawsuit alleges Apple conspired with Mafia, put hidden receivers in iPods for transmitting death threats

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  What you are about to read is from an actual court filing. Gregory McKenna has filed suit against Apple , which he alleges is conspiring with the mob in an effort to coerce him to return to a New York-based modeling agency he quit in 2000. As explained in the 124-page complaint, an iPod shuffle he bought on eBay in 2005 and an iPod mini he

• Special edition Mad Catz Street Fighter IV controllers set for limited engagement at Comic-Con

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  Heading to Comic-Con this year? If not, you'll be missing out on a limited edition Street Fighter IV- branded FightSticks and FightPads from Mad Catz, with button layouts designed to maximize your hadouken-throwing efficiency and with a design the Joystiq crew labels as inspired by Sagat (the character) -- a perfect complement to your

• Israeli cable TV provider tries its hand at streaming games on demand

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  Although it won't beat OnLive out the gate -- assuming that company sticks to its winter 2009 target date -- Israeli cable TV provider Hot has unveiled its plans to provide streaming games on demand, with all the processing power done server-side so you can keep that weak cable box as is, thanks to technology from local company PlayCast

• Caption contest: Google Checkout finally finds a home

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  Reader Milad sends in this picture of a Lebanese grocery store suffering from a little branding envy. Nilay: "This is not what we expected by "'innovative windowing system.'" Chris: "Oh, so this is what Orkut is." Ross: "Interestingly, the produce section has a sale on blackberries ." Darren: "And you thought Google Groceries was a

• Xbox Live update preview program now accepting applicants

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  Looking to be in the envy of all your friends Xbox 360 online friends? As they did once before with NXE , Microsoft is launching an update preview program for its upcoming Xbox Live dashboard enhancements , which for this round includes Games on Demand, Netflix movie parties, and user ratings -- better luck next time, Facebook aficionados

• Motorola Ivory E18 luxury phone developed, scrapped

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  If you're considering a luxury cellphone, you've probably given some thought to the Aura -- either as an object of unattainable techno-lust, or as a way to lighten your wallet by a grand or two (don't even get us started in Vertu ). According to Mobile Review , Motorola wasn't planning on stopping there: The Ivory E18 (

• ASUS P6X58 Premium motherboard arrives complete with USB 3.0 ports

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  We've seen cables , controllers , drivers and years of promises, and it looks like we now finally have some pictures of the first official USB 3.0 motherboard out in the wild. That milestone comes courtesy of ASUS, which looks to have gone all out (or as far out as motherboards can go) with its new P6X58 Premium model

• Barnes & Noble partners with Plastic Logic, becomes "exclusive eBookstore provider" for its e-reader

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  It's not exactly an e-book reader of its own as previously rumored , but Barnes & Noble's announced an alliance with Plastic Logic in which it'll serve as the "exclusive eBookstore provider" to the long-in-development e-reader, which unless we're playing with semantics here means any and all digital literature you're wanting to purchase

• Canon 5D Mark II helmet mount attracts Hollywood's attention

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  Details are a bit light on this one, but the Planet 5D blog has received an email from the director of photography on 24 , who himself received an email from the DP of Dollhouse , who passed on a video of a Canon 5D Mark II helmet mount built by the folks at Panavision. The rig was apparently designed specifically for use in fight scenes and