CNET – It was a rather blase day for Yahoo’s closing stock price Friday. It didn’t shoot to the moon on the latest Microsoft takeover rumor, nor crater to the Earth’s core on fears that the software giant is never coming back in some shape or form.

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Our anonymous engineer friend over in Ageo, Japan sure loves to make him some gadgets — among his many projects he’s already built a couple other MP3 players, and now he’s back with a tiny, motion controlled device that plays tunes from an SD card. Housed in a set of speakers (switching from stereo to mono when the satellite is unplugged) this thing uses an accelerometer for its interface: the user can skip ahead, skip back, change albums, pause, loop, turn down or crank up the sound by tilting, tapping, or setting the thing down. This is a strictly D.I.Y. affair, so if you want to get your hands on one you’ll have to hit the read link for the parts list, schematics and firmware. Captured on video after the break.

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PC World – A group of U.S. companies, led by technology giants Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and eBay, is set to outline recommendations for new federal data-privacy legislation that could make life easier for consumers and lead to a standard federal breach-notification law.

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Reuters – A 35-year-old computer programer pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges that he planted a computer virus designed to destroy all the data on 4,000 Fannie Mae computer servers the day he was fired from the company.

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Look, we don’t normally talk about that wacky old medium — the printed word — but this is a special case. Our very own Chris Ziegler, whom many of us refer to around here as “the modern-day Hemingway,” has just recently put pen to paper (er, finger to keyboard) and written the definitive tome on all things G1. Namely, T-Mobile G1 For Dummies. If you at all care about the state of our nation, world peace, finding the Ark of the Covenant, creating the perfect salsa, or just figuring out how to set the alarm clock on your phone: this is the book for you. In all seriousness, we’re super proud of Chris’ efforts here, and we hope — if you’re totally into the G1, like we know you are — you’ll take a peek at these totally boss pages.

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Buy this book: Chris Ziegler’s ‘T-Mobile G1 For Dummies’ originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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