It’s not like this is the first e-newspaper we’ve seen, but France’s Les Echos is now offering up an electronic flavor of its product to those with an iRex iLiad or STAReBook. Oh, and the Amazon Kindle, too as you’ll recall from that little inadvertently mentioned tidbit from their press release. Reportedly, the e-paper edition “will include whole articles just like in the printed” version, but unlike the traditional medium, those with e-readers will receive constant updates of the day’s hottest stories and will actually be able to read the 6:00AM print edition at 9:00PM the night prior. Notably, the newfangled Les Echos edition will cost a stiff €365 ($506) per year if you provide your own reader, and for those of us far, far away from the Eiffel Tower, check out a video demonstration after the jump.

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You can argue that the iPod touch is an iPhone without the phone. So what’s an iPod touch without OS X? You’re looking at it. That’s Dave’s swanky new iPod touch, fresh off the boat and out of the box with nothing more than a diagnostic utility. Ha, Cheerios icon for the cereal serial number — clever Apple. Not quite as clever as shipping a working product though. Now besides a temperature sensor, what’s interesting here is that Bluetooth icon showing a disabled radio. Does that mean the hardware is there like we heard but disabled in firmware? Not sure. Still, we’ll chalk this little snafu up to first production run jitters unless you tell us differently, dear readers. More after the break.

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If you’ve somehow managed to avoid buying a gizmo with some sort of pedometer built in, the simply-titled USB Pedometer could be the device that finally gets you jazzed about walking. The target-styled unit can be rocked proudly (or not) on one’s belt, displays steps taken to 999,999, keeps a log of up to three days of step data, and allows you to upload your information to your Windows-based PC in order to chart your progress. Best of all, this motivator will only set you back $16.99.

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What’s so interesting about another vertically oriented CD player? Well, besides the fact that Marantz’s CR101 looks like a programmable thermostat, it also features a pair of remote controls: a mini, 8-button remote along side the giant slab of input-clutter we’ve all grown woefully accustomed to. Bravo Marantz, bravo. Otherwise we’re looking at a 2.1ch (10W sub and 2x 5W speakers) with AM/FM tuner for ¥38,000 or $331 when these hit Japan later in the month.

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