Justin Smith / Inside Facebook : Live: Facebook Announces $250,000 fbFund Grant Winners   —  5:30pm We’re here at Facebook for the announcemet of the Round II fbFund $250,000 grant recipients. 25 entrepreneurs who won $25,000 in Round I of the fbFund competition are here demo’ing their apps for the press and developer community, vying for another $225,000.

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Live: Facebook Announces $250,000 fbFund Grant Winners (Justin Smith/Inside Facebook)

Beijing may become the world’s largest city to be blanketed in free wi-fi by 2011. Officials, happy with an Olympics test run, are now rolling it out to everywhere. Watch for censor ganking though. [ Danwei ]

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Beijing to be World’s Largest Wi-Fi City in 2011 [Free Wi-Fi]

Standing by while your car gets towed is terrible.

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Video: SUV Owner Strikes Back and Tows a Tow Truck [China]

Today, Novatel introduced a portable 3G hotspot router, the sleek and minimalistic MiFi, which transforms 3G internet access into a Wi-Fi hotspot wherever it goes to multiple users.

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Novatel’s Portable MiFi Does 3G Wi-Fi in a Beautiful Package [3G]

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land : Google Book Search Puts Magazines Online   —  First Google digitized books, then newspapers, then historic Time-Life photos and now — magazines.  Today through Google Book Search, people can search the full-text of millions of articles from more than 10 magazine with hundreds more to come.

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Google Book Search Puts Magazines Online (Danny Sullivan/Search Engine Land)

Gearlive , through a hands-on, has finally figured out why the white version of the Monster Beats cost twice as much as the standard black version . It’s coated by Colorware. We love Colorware and their penchant for coating our favorite gadgets in a scratch-resistant quality finish, but to double the price? Colorware has never done that. Gearlive finds that these limited edition cans will only be sold at the Herman Miller boutique store in LA, where these are pitched as not just a pair of headphones, but a fashion accessory.

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This is Why the Limited Edition White Dr. Dre Monster Beats Cost 2x As Much [Headphones]

It looks like we might have two new iriver DAPs to get semi-not-really excited about in the very near future, if the leaked photos and specs are to be believed. We know very little about the uber-basic T5 (picture above) beyond the fact that it supports MP3, WMA, and OGG formats and has a built-in USB jack

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Lackluster line-up of new iriver DAPs leaked

The last bastion of privacy on airplanes is their blanket of white noise, but that may soon vanish: Pilots are complaining that the Airbus A380 jumbo is so quiet, they can’t get any rest.

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Airbus A380 Interior Too Quiet, Eliminates Precious Privacy [Pray For Noise]

As you might know, Gizmodo is hosting the San Francisco Funde Razor event, where you’re invited to play Rock Band for charity. But it doesn’t stop there—we have a bunch of giveaways for you guys.

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Funde Razor SF: Swag You Can Win Tomorrow Night [Giz Events]

Slightly smaller than an adult thumb, the Z-Nano functions like any other mouse, but with a micro twist. Continue reading to see more

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Feature: World’s Smallest Optical Mouse