When Audio Video Interiors paid a visit to engineer Jeremy Kipnis’ house, this is what they found. Called the Kipnis Studio Standard, it uses nothing but the highest end components, making it probably the ideal home theater setup, ever. So…

When Audio Video Interiors paid a visit to engineer Jeremy Kipnis’ home, this is what they found. Called the Kipnis Studio Standard, it uses nothing but the highest end components, making it probably the ideal home theater setup, ever.

So what’s in there? Too much, really, so here are a few highlights: an 18′ screen, a 4K Sony SRX-R110 digital cinema projector which upscales HD-DVD and Bluray outputs and 16 (sixteen!) 18″ subwoofers.

The whole rig can pump out a total of 11, 315 watts, ranging from a rumbling 10 hertz right up to an inaudible 100 kilohertz. And yes, you can buy it. Kipnis hopes to sell the setup to rich motion picture producers (who else?) and estimates that the arrangement you see above would cost around six million dollars.

The Greatest Show on Earth! [Audio Video Interiors]

Via [wired.com]

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ARM, the chip manufacturer that makes many of the processors in many of the phones you’re currently using, says they’re going to show a prototype Google Android phone at Mobile World Congress next week. That’s pretty much all we know so far. Chances are the prototype will have the same SDK that’s available for emulation on your PC right now, and will mostly be used to show phone manufacturers (HTC & friends) that the ARM processors will handle an Android phone just fine; a.k.a. “please use our processors in your phones!” [Reuters]

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AT&T States iPhone Upgraders Can Keep Existing Contract and Phone Number
Chicago Tribune blogger Scott Kleinberg has the scoop on upgrading iPhones. Yesterday we posted that many people were finding their contracts automatically extended to a full two years when activating new, 16GB iPhones on their existing accounts. It turns out…

Chicago Tribune blogger Scott Kleinberg has the scoop on upgrading iPhones. Yesterday we posted that many people were finding their contracts automatically extended to a full two years when activating new, 16GB iPhones on their existing accounts. It turns out that this is a bug. ITunes does indeed tell you that you’ve signed up for another two years, but this is immediately corrected on the back end to take into account your existing term.

From AT&T:

Because of a quirk in the iPhones activation process, you will be asked to sign a new two-year contract when you upgrade to the new 16 GB model. However, that new contract will be automatically backdated to the begin date of the 8 GB phone. So, your original two-year contract will not extend beyond two years. We are going to make sure that our reps communicate this better so customers don’t come away confused.

AT&T SAYS: Totally no contract extension required for 16 GB iPhone upgrade [Chicago Tribune - Thanks Scott!]

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TSA Apologizes for Being Douches About Gadgets HOORAY BLOGGERS! [Airports]

So, this new Transportation Security Administration blog is both endearing and creepy. Endearing, because it’s cute when bureaucrats try to act like real people with real lives and feelings and whatnot, but creepy because of things like its subtitle: “Terrorists Evolve. Threats Evolve. Security Must Stay Ahead. You Play A Part.” Anyhoo, some real bloggers, like Scott at Laughing Squid pointed out to them that at some airports, specifically San Fran’s, security people were being dicks about gadgets in bags—making you pull out everything from cords to BlackBerries, not just laptops. The bloggercrats checked into it and guess what? Not kosher!

Consequently, we’re treated to a triumphant little post titled HOORAY BLOGGERS!, touting bloggers’ “first official impact on [the TSA’s] operations.” That’s right, making local TSA offices follow standard agency procedure is “a win for the blogesphere” [sic, though blogosphere isn’t a real word like “the,” so maybe I’m being the douche now]. I’m still debating which parts of this are truly disturbing. I’ll get back to you. [TSA via BoingBoing]

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Nokia, Microsoft in Speaks to Load Windows Mobile on Phones [Cellphones]

Nokia, who’s supposedly super loyal to the Symbian platform, is currently in talks with Microsoft (says one of Microsoft’s marketing directors) to load Windows Mobile on the handset maker’s phones. Here’s what Nokia already uses of Microsoft’s: ActiveSync and PlayReady, but like an anxious teenaged lover, Microsoft is working “closely” with Nokia and wants to “go all the way.” It’s too early to determine whether or not you’re going to be able to buy a Nokia with WinMo on it, but it’s all but guaranteed that they’ll still be selling phones with Symbian—so no worries S60 fans. [itwire]

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