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New Year's is over, Steve's unhealthy but OK, and MacWorld 2009 is almost here! While you wait, go and take a gander at everything you missed here at Gizmodo this weekend:

Saturday Brilliance:

• Sony's tiny tot of a VAIO netbook looks to be shiny, bright and expensive. Sounds like Sony to us!
• This handy Star Wars clock looks sharp and reminds smuggler friends that parsecs are a measure of distance, not time.
• Hardcore Xbox 360 FPS fans rejoice! This mod brings legit keyboard and mouse controls to the console.
• Saturday saw nothing but deals, deals, deals on HDTV and other geeky necessities.
• An iPhone poured a beer with its accelerometer. Heaven on earth?

Sunday Funday:

• The NASA Spirit rover, five years on planet, is truly one of humanity's greatest accomplishments.
• No Steve at MacWorld, but Unibody MacBook Pro 17-inchers are a real possibility.
• Speaking of MacWorld, be sure to check out the keynote liveblog right here for instant Apple gratification.
• The Audi R8 supercar is Hot, but its lights? Not so much. They're all LEDs—a first for automobiles!
• Want to see something really, really fake? Like embarrassingly fake? Check this "Product (RED)" iPhone 3G.

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Catch up on the best weekend gadget news with this handy list:
• Is this the thinnest house in the world? You tell us!
• "NSFW" makes its first appearance at the Apple App Store.
• Night vision? Check. Super Soaker filled with piss? Check. Pranksters beware!!!
• Hate Apple something fierce? This little app lets you blow it up over and over.
• This guy's uber camera flash rig made the sun blush. Overkill? Nah.

• Female avatars in the new Sony Home service might as well be red meat in a hungry lion's den.
• Chuck E Cheese is... where a kid can watch mom and dad punch other parents in the face.
• BWAH!? Microsoft took the plunge and made an Apple App Store application? True!
• That annoying dancing Matt guy took a Sony SR1 HD camera into microgravity and discovered something new.
• Ninja combo weapons for the win.

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• Is this the thinnest house in the world? You tell us!
• "NSFW" makes its first appearance at the Apple App Store.
• Night vision? Check. Super Soaker filled with piss? Check. Pranksters beware!!!
• Hate Apple something fierce? This little app lets you blow it up over and over.
• This guy's uber camera flash rig made the sun blush. Overkill? Nah.

• Female avatars in the new Sony Home service might as well be red meat in a hungry lion's den.
• Chuck E Cheese is... where a kid can watch mom and dad punch other parents in the face.
• BWAH!? Microsoft took the plunge and made an Apple App Store application? True!
• That annoying dancing Matt guy took a Sony SR1 HD camera into microgravity and discovered something new.
• Ninja combo weapons for the win.

Now get back to the homepage for a serious fix of intense gadget-heavy news and views.

Here's the best weekend gadget news you missed because you were working security at the Western White House for the Jenna Bush wedding.
• The iPhones are missing! The iPhones are missing!
• Lextech software can turn your iPhone into a portable surveillance camera control console.
• Forget all that iPhone news, because there's a bulb in Livermore, California that's burned bright for 107 years.
• Justin Timberlake flip-flopped and threw his weight behind a techy new MTV reality show called The Phone.
• Choo! Choo! Conductors of the future rejoice, because there's a new HD simulator rig in town.

• A fleet-fingered, record-breaking Israeli hairdresser cut hair—not ears—using 10 scissors at once.
• If MacGruber's son isn't gay, then what was that in his backpack?
• We learned how to love LEGO blocks and the men who love building with them.
• The Zeppelin returned, albeit in a slightly less flammable variety.
• Doctors in San Diego removed a man's appendix by going through his stomach and sucking it out his mouth.

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Here's a list of the best weekend gadget news you missed because you were obviously doing something more noble, like helping out with the Zimbabwe election recount.
• That "leaked" glossy black 3G iPhone? It's just a third party case.
• Dell confirmed its undying love for Windows XP, and will sell it beyond June 30.
• Single mom Tanya Anderson took a page from the RIAA playbook and sued the RIAA.
• EMPORT tried to make periods more fun with software but failed miserably. Pass the Midol, please.
• College Humor's Apple i parody was BOOM worthy comedy.

• RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis was hunting iPhones in an interview that featured more thoughts on a touchscreen Blackberry.
• Addy had a hangover and was looking for a cure.
• NASA released some rather dirty photos of the Mars Spirit Rover.
• Fish got in on that whole glass ceiling at the office thing with the Azoo Eco-Desk Aquarium.
• Eric could be compensating for something with his humongous iPhone.

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Here's the best of weekend Giz. We have no idea why you missed it, but we'll let you off this time. Jump in for the roundup.
• Walt said the 3G iPhone was coming in June.
• Quake 3 made it to the iPhone, supposedly.
• A Mac was pictured with 150 apps running, completely smoothly.
• Pizza.com sold for a stack of cash.
• Batman Bin Suparman presented an excellent case for ID cards.

• Sony Ericsson Paris image leaked.
• Charles Manson released an album. Seriously.
• The World's smallest HDTV camera made an appearance.
• A Craigslist auction surprised us.
• The Rube Goldberg Contest winner astounded us.

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Here's the best of the weekend tech news, all in one place, as you were probably too busy watching cartoons to pay us a visit. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
• iPhone's firmware 2.0 got unlocked, again.
• Creative started discouraging creativity.
• A photographer broke a world record by using an underwater camera.
• An 11-year-old network administrator. Only in Alabama.
• Girl geeks were reported to be on the rise. We shall have our utopia, dammit.

• We learnt sexy SMS messages can get you into trouble.
• PS3 firmware 2.2 may have broken MP4 streaming.
• A soldier survived a grenade blast, all thanks to his backpack.
• A streamlined Speedo was just a little bit too slippery.
• Xbox 360 got its own, exclusive content.

Just in case you were too busy watching basketball to read Gizmodo, here's what you missed:
• We never would have guessed the cheap Flip camcorder was so popular!
• One lucky gamer enjoyed his ultra limited edition signed Xbox 360.
• Sony's Alpha A900 DSLR got a launch date.
• This mini drummer robot can probably keep a tempo better than us.
• Best Buy's unofficial haggling policy was outed.

• The iPhone App Store was supposedly seen in all its grey glory.
• Some Monks landed a sweet record deal.
• We spotted a steam-guzzling motorbike.
• A Google Android-inspired custom PC was sold on eBay.
• Chrysler announced in-car wifi.
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So, you missed the weekend action—here's your chance to catch up:
• Time Capsule was stripped to the bone.
• WiiMax gave us a Wii sniper gun, finally.
•AT&T were rumored to be offering cheap, refurb iPhones.
• Optimus Prime danced the robot.
• Apple Store proved to be the best place to get laid.

• Apple movie rentals fell a few short, (601, actually.)
• Intel's first Wolfdale processor got tested.
• Fluorescent bulbs became the new bath robes of hotel stays.
• Xperia X1 was rumored to be delayed till 2009.
• Macbook Air got the carbon fiber treatment. Most people thought it sucked—they were wrong.

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So you were watching Spongebob Squarepants all weekend; a reasonable excuse for missing Gizmodo goodness. Here's your chance to catch up:
• Elmo wanted to kill a kid.
• Microsoft closed the coffin on HD-DVD.
• The Retailer of the Year thus far lets you swap your HD-DVD players for Blu-ray. Sweet.
• We took a look at the iPhone under a $30,000 electron microscope.
• The iPhone got a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition mod—WTF?

• Intel Dunnington processors were said to be on the way. Six-cores, baby.
• The $500,000 watch was a gem. Well, actually, it had no gems on it whatsoever.
• A B-2 stealth bomber crashed, $1.2 billion went up in smoke.
• We tested out the SNES emulator for the iPhone. Verdict: Playable.
• We saw an exploding wind turbine, Grandpa's Knob and more.

Now, hit back to the homepage to catch up on all the as-it-happens, fantastic tech news.

With the Mobile World Congress in full swing, you certainly missed the first breaking moments over the weekend if you did not tune in. Of course, there was also the usual dose of lazy day craziness. Here's a quick recap:
• Meizu's M8 didn't go on sale, but we caught a look at a new mockup image.
• Nipples everywhere finally got the LED love they deserve.
• A photographer was mistaken for a gunman.
• We gave you the low-down on Sony Ericcson's complete new lineup.
• Apple applied for a trademark relating to portable gaming devices. Neat.

• Eric the intern got a one way ticket into space.
• IBM experts said the Storm worm is netting just under $2 million per day.
• Bluetooth paired up with WiFi.
• We found a $0.46 iPhone headphone adapter. Yes, there's a catch.
• The Aquafit gymnasium/spa helped us get ripped and stay relaxed.

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