We bring you the, er, “dirty bomb tuned“ Micro Bomb Detector. Why do we need this? Well, imagine what a mesh of bomb sniffin’ drones we’d be if we all carried this $219 device. Of course, we assume it’s not just filled with kitty litter — not that we’d know differently anyway. Oh, who cares if a dirty bomb (like this device) preys on radiological ignorance… we’re talking about a consumer device which hopes to assuage our fears!

From: Engadget.com

Don’t expect to break any WiFi records with this, but if you want to go up the street with your laptop and still connect to your home network, a new antenna from Japan’s Maspro Denkoh may do the trick. By combining two of the 15-inch, tubular antennas, which are bundled with video cameras for remote monitoring applications, you can boost your range to as much as 3 miles, according to Maspro. But why wait? We’ve heard of a similar solution (pictured), which offers the added bonus of free snacks while you’re putting it together.

From: Engadget.com

The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Motorola was also interested in purchasing PalmSource. Motorola claims PalmSource had accepted their offer and has asked a judge to award them a $8.7 million dollar breakup fee.

Motorola is claiming that PalmSource reneged on a $17.25 per-share buyout offer on Sept. 7th. They claim PalmSource directors accepted Motorola’s offer, only to agree two days later to the $18.50 per-share offer from Access.

Palm also attempted to buy PalmSource but was outbid.

”PalmSource was obligated to pay Motorola the termination fee of $8,697,595 on or before Sept. 16, 2005,” but failed to do so, Motorola said in court papers.