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Happy New Year, folks!

Amazingly we are not dead. Our fearless leader is going to CES and hopefully will bring back much news and shiny pictures!

I will be getting my filthy fat mitts on the Nokia X6 soon, soon my lovelies! Watch out for that as well as reviews of Nokia’s Comes with Music since it is coming to Malaysia.

F-ing finally I know.

Secretly I lust to have a torrid affair with Google’s Nexus One. My fling with the iPhone 3Gs was brief but hardly memorable. Yawn.

So yes, we’re back and due to annoy you muchly.

The Tech Feed Five is something new I’m trying out; basically a (regular, hopefully) set of the five more interesting items I’ve come across on the Web related to tech, the Internet, social media and other somewhat related what-have-yous. While I’d like to think of it as a personal collection of material that I’d like to revisit sometime in the future, instead of bookmarking it on my browser, sharing it here might make more sense other than twittering the occasional shortened URL in my Twitter feed.

If you’ve got any interesting links to share, feel free to ping me on Twitter!

Kickass Wall-E Casemod @Gizmodo
The last time I was into case-modding was a couple of years ago. Back then, guys like Mashie were trailblazing the case-modding path with mind-boggling and jar-dropping case designs so far off the beaten path they’d more likely be seen as works of art rather than enclosures for the humble PC. As for the Wall-E casemod? Simply brilliant; not because the modder went with a predictable model, but because of the attention to detail. Oh, and that he finished everything in under three weeks.

BlueTooth 3.0 Revealed @ Phonescoop
The next step in BlueTooth technology. The most interesting bit, IMO: pairing done via BlueTooth, but actual data transfer handed off to Wi-Fi. Sweet.

Unibody iPods? @ iPodNN
Apple is apparently filing a patent for unibody iPods. Makes a lot of sense to unify the design and manufacturing processes across their line, given the potential for cost savings and the like. No word of unibody housings for their handheld devices though. A unibody iPhone would sure look a heck of a lot better then the plastic-backed monstrosity that is the current iPhone 3G.

Text Batch Processing Tools Roundup @ SmashingMagazine
If ctrl+f doesn’t really do it for you, maybe one of these text batch processing tools might float your boat.

TechCrunch’s CrunchPad @ TechCrunch
Fancy a touch-screen internet tablet, powered by nothing more than a simple browser? Better yet, this one boasts software designed by a Singapore-based company – Fusion Garage.

Seems the rumour mill in Malaysia has been churning a lot when it comes to the iPhone. I had it from a friend who says his source is really reliable that a certain green telco in Malaysia would be bringing in the iPhone to Malaysia and exclusively only to them.

That’s not all I heard it seems they have already come up with a general price to push the iPhone out. According to my source the price would be around RM200 – 250 per month for around 24 months and this would also come packaged with unlimited data.

Now as much as I’d like to believe the rumour mill, I’d reserve my judgement on the price as of yet because one if the price does end up being around RM250 a month for 24 months, this would give the iPhone a cost of around RM3,600 to the user which is really really expensive.

Considering the current economical climate, I wonder if pushing the iPhone at that price is going to be a good idea. As popular as the iPhone is now among the general public, some people might think twice before signing up. However that is all speculation now and this might just be the news that would make any Apple fans day in Malaysia. So stay tuned for more on this in weeks to come.