•Apple Ponders a Touchless iPod [Red Herring]
•Price Wars Intensify as Intel Slashes Chip Prices [PC World]
•Intel aims to ship 1 million Core 2 Duo processor within seven weeks [TG Daily]
•Nvidia to bring SLI to Intel chipsets? [Reg Hardware]
•Headon Ringtone [MAKE]
•Firefox 1.5.0.5 Available [Mozilla]
•10 Cellphone Radiation Protection Tips [Textually]
•The Transformers' Ironside Spotted In LA [Jalopnik]

This week at Uncrate: Motorola drops the poorly-named phone bomb on us with the KRZR and RIZR. We get all nostalgic over the 1989 Upper Deck Baseball Wax Box. And the new Boss Selection fragrance for men lets us quit showering but still smell like a summer breeze. Plus, we make good use of the normally lazy and useless sunlight with the Solar LED Address Numbers, and check out the new Taking Back Sunday album and the Lost Episodes of Chappelle’s Show. We also desperately try to come up with something to celebrate so we can enjoy one of the Davidoff 100th Anniversary Cigars and drink some old-man scotch out of the cool Swivel Liqueur Glasses. Finally, the super hardcore Zenith Defy Xtreme Open Watch impresses us and every man on the planet, while we show our love for USB bondage with the Mr. P Cord Organizer.

•KaZaA Pays $100+ In Lawsuit Settlements [i4u]
•China’s Mobile Market Still Largest In The World [Textually]
•Utherverse, an Adult Myspace [CNN]
•5 Megapixel Cameraphone Headed To Europe [Infosync World]
•Galaga Available On Xbox Live [Gamerscore Blog]
•First Look At Google WiFi [Giga OM]

We’ve had some Intel Core 2 Duo news today, starting with the bit about Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme shipping!

Then there’s our hands-on with a custom version of the Dell Precision Workstation 390. The machine was pumped so full of goods it was almost four times the price of the basic $1,050 configuration. The result? Fast and quiet.

Then there’s the latest Alienware Area-51 PC, which will run you $5,000. If you’re a little thriftier, there’s the $2,400 Dell XPS 410 with a Core 2 Duo E6600. – Jason Chen

•Intel Moves One Step Closer to WiMax [Arstechnica]
•When Will HDTV Take Root in Europe? [MSNBC]
•Live Anywhere is Bigger than Jesus [Kotaku]
•Laptops in tow, more Americans work on vacation [Yahoo]
•Four out of five notebooks made in Shanghai [Inquirer]
•Time Warner Cable won’t support the Series 3 TiVo [TiVoblog]
•Nike McFly Sneaker Fan Ad [Youtube]

•Xbox 360 shipments hit the 5 million mark [ars technica
•Survey: China Web use soaring [CNN]
•Toshiba to mass-produce microSD memory cards [Reuters]
•HP and Dell lauded for greenness [The Inquirer]
•New Products Enliven Nokia; Profit Up 43% [New York Times]
•Intel Shakes Up Top Management [Extremetech]
•Another iPod Phone Rumor: Xmas? [Mobile Mag]

This week at iLounge: the big news of the week was the release of The Free iPod Book 2.2, an expanded and updated version of the book recommended by The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg as “the free manual on getting the most from your iPod.” Over 200 pages worth of iPod goodness — shopping, troubleshooting, and more — are inside the hassle-free PDF download.

Hit the jump for the rest of the iPod goodness.

Still squinting at the video iPod’s 2.5″ screen? With iLuv’s i1055, shown in an exclusive First Look this week, you can add a widescreen 7-incher — plus stereo speakers, a battery pack, DVD player (!) and 48-button remote. You’ll be surprised at how good iPod videos can look on a real display.

If you don’t choke on the price, you might like this one: Kensington’s figured out a way to wirelessly display iPod artist and track info on your car stereo’s RDS text screen. Though its results will vary based on the sophistication of your car — ironically, the cheaper the display, the better it’s likely to look — the company’s new $90 RDS FM Transmitter/Car Charger is now shown in First Looks.

Big reviews: Apple + Nike score big with the Nike+iPod Sport Kit (iLounge rating: A-) but stumble with the Nike+ Sport Armband for iPod nano (iLounge rating: C-); Sima Products does alright with its iPod-to-iPod copying device Hitch (iLounge rating: C+), and iLuv rocks the boombox market with its affordable, portable i552 AM/FM Radio and Docking Speaker System (iLounge rating: A-).

In iNews this week, Apple announced it shipped over 8.1 million iPods during its third quarter, and later discussed a ton of iPod and iTunes topics during a financial conference call. Meanwhile, a new Apple patent application details a touch-screen interface for an iPod, and code in the latest iPod firmware update hints at future iPhone and messaging features. Finally, an Apple executive said he wants consumers to move from third-party iPod auto accessories to iPod-enabled automobiles, and Apple offers a selection of refurbished iPods that come with a free bonus accessory as an added incentive.

•The "Digital Home" is Still 10 Years Away From Becoming a Reality Says Analyst •Products with HDMI 1.3 Interface Due By End Of Year [TWICE]
•Hard Drive Shipments Up 16.5 Percent From Last Year, Seagate Very Happy [C|Net]
•How To Make A Flaming Whip [Instructables]
•LG Loses Korean 3G License [Yahoo News]
•Garage Door Opener Triggers Man's Erection [Jalopnik]

•Broadband's Double-Digit Growth Coming to an End [Ars Technica]
•HP Labs Touts Tiny Wireless Chip [Reuters]
•Intel 'Tulsa' 65nm Xeon MPs to Ship 27 August? [The Inquirer]
•Mac Pro: The Dawn of a New Tower [Ars Technica]
•XM Canada Raises Prices to Match Sirius Canadas [Orbicast]
•Dell, Acer Tout 802.11n Wireless Laptops [The Register]
•Dell Says XPS 700 Will Not Ship Overclocked After All [TG Daily]

•Sony, Samsung to Build $2 Billion LCD Plant [The Inquirer]
•School Lawsuit: Cellphone Ban Violates Rights of Parents [New York Times]
•World Cup Streaming Flops [The Register]
•Gaming Addiction Treatment Center Opens in Amsterdam [ars technica]
•EA Unveils Six Games for the Wii [San Francisco Chronicle]
•It Can't Be That Hard To Buy A Dreamcast [Kotaku]

This week at iLounge: It turned into sports and fitness week on iLounge with the major launch of the Nike+iPod Sport Kit and Nike+ shoes and apparel, as well as the release of Speck's new Active Sport Armband and iSkin's DuoBand Dual Layer Armband and Protector. Our First Look at the Nike+iPod kit has extensive details on nearly every aspect of the running solution, from what's in the box to synchronizing with the Nikeplus.com website after your run. We also get our hands on the Hitch USB transfer device, which allows users to copy music and video from one iPod to another, without using a computer.

In iPod and iTunes news this week, speculation mounts that the "true" video iPod will be delayed until 2007, while other reports mention possible aluminum or magnesium enclosures for the next generation iPod nano. Plus, Delta Entertainment announced a collection of DVD titles that come with an extra iPod video-ready disc; iPod FM transmitters are set to become legal in the UK this Fall; and the digital music market and podcasting see strong growth.

• Wireless Devices To Get National Emergency Alerts [CNN]
•Sony Tops Best Brands in Harris Poll [Kotaku]
•Sony Ericsson Q2 2006 profits up on Walkman sales [MobileTracker]
•Liquid Boost DIY AA Charger [MAKE]
•MySaki.com Launches [WebWire]

•Sony Pulls Racist PSP Ads [Kotaku]
•Podcasts Are Catching On With US Adults [MarketWatch]
•ATI Supplying H.264 Decoder For Xbox 360 [Fareastgizmos.com]

• Cingular Sued [Seattle Times]
• Girl Gamers Get Voice Changers To Sound Like Guys [Euro Gamer]
• LA to SF Train Possibly On The Ballot For 2008 [LA Times]
• LG MX240 FCC Approved [Mobile Whack]
• USB Memory Neck Strap [Akihabara News]
• Wearable Speaker Vest [AVING]

• XM Satellite Radio adds 398,000 subscribers in the second quarter of 2006, total is now 6.89 million [Orbitcast]
• Sirius adds 600,460 new subscribers, brining its total to 4.67 million [Orbitcast]
• Apple sued for stock option irregularities [MacWorld]
• Spim and Splog—IM and blog spam, respectively—on the rise says e-mail and IM filtering company [CNET]
• Cable Industry and Friends Out to Bury CableCARD [PVRblog]
• Apple’s iWork ‘07 To Get Spreadsheet App, Not Seen As Excel Foil [AppleInsider]
• Bell Labs Site Faces Demolition [NYTimes]
• eBay Bans Google Checkout [CNET]
• WGA Suit Probably Meritless [ZDNet]

• Palm Ends Treo 650 Euro Shipments [The Register]
• U.S. Accuses Qualcomm of Unfair Practices in Korea [Yahoo!]
• Microsoft signs Motorola as vital ally in fixed-mobile convergence [The Register]
• Steve Jobs owns 138 million shares of Disney, worth $3.9 billion [Morningstar]