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Sometimes Wi-Fi just doesn’t do the trick when streaming something to several devices. Zinnet’s Brite-View LinkE system will cover you there by allowing you to stream things over a powerline network to four ethernet devices and at up to 200Mbps.

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Zinnet’s Brite-View LinkE Streams Content to Four Devices Over Powerline Networks [Zinnet]

Nobody cares about iTunes LP , reports Paul Bonanos . Six months into the format—one that Apple believed enough in to have a separate event —and nobody is buying.

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iTunes LP is a Bust. Time to Go Free? [ITunes]

For this week’s Photoshop Contest , I asked you to turn today’s user-friendly gadgets into cold, utilitarian Soviet-era relics. It’s probably for the best that these don’t actually exist. First Place —Bobo the Teddy Second Place —Paul Vasco Third Place —Goodie to You Dot Com

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17 Modern-Day Gadgets Dragged Back to the USSR [PhotoshopContest]

I respect what Barnes & Noble is doing with this multi-reader ebook strategy, and I’m glad Samsung’s finally been brought in from the cold , into the warm presence of a real ebook collection, but $300 for this thing ? Really? UPDATED A six-inch-screened device with a sliding keypad, the Samsung E6’s biggest draw is probably its stylus, which allows for full, paper-style annotation and notetaking

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Samsung’s Barnes & Noble eReader Launch Ruined By the Existence of the Nook [EReaders]

MSI has updated their netbook line once again. While the U130 and U135 already packed Intel’s latest Pine Trail processor, the U160 is throwing down the battery gauntlet. Fifteen hours on one charge? That’s nuts.

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MSI Wind U160 Netbook Claims Aggressive 15-Hour One-Charge Power [Msi]

You’d be able to conceive and give birth to a baby faster than the Tron Legacy takes to come out (just nine months and nine days left!), but here’s a trailer to sate you for a while longer. You won’t be able to make much out in the leaked video, but hey—there’s audio! Here’s the official synopsis, if you missed it last time: TRON: LEGACY is a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world that’s unlike anything ever captured on the big screen.

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New Tron Legacy Trailer Leaked [Tron]

Whoa. During the keynote presentation at TechEd Middle East in Dubai, Microsoft’s Eric Rudder played the same Indiana Jones-ish game on a Windows computer, a Windows Phone 7 phone, and an Xbox 360. Gaming is about to get real ubiquitous

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Microsoft Demos Game Across Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360, and Windows 7 [Microsoft]

An Apple patent worth gawking at, given its grander ambitions for advertising , iTunes and TV subscriptions : It details a way to make you watch ads embedded into video content, like say, a free or cheap TV show. Conceptually, it’s not too dissimilar from what you see with Hulu, actually—essentially, in order to unlock further segments of the video, you have to watch an ad. You know, just like real TV worked, before DVRs! The patent goes in-depth about how ads would be embedded with content that could be downloaded to multiple devices—like an iPhone or iPad—how it’d react to trying to jump ahead of the ad, and gathering statistics about how the ad was viewed or interacted with.

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How Apple Plans to Make You Watch Ads With Cheap TV Shows [Apple]

The story goes that Panasonic leaked the upcoming G2 and G10 micro four thirds cameras, which 4/3 Rumors quickly screengrabbed . However, Panasonic has got in touch with them to say the specs are incorrect. Oh, what to think? So, we can give you a brief run-through of the supposed specs, or…you can wait and see these two cameras get official

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Panasonic G2 and G10 Micro Four Thirds Cameras Leaked…On Panasonic’s Very Own Site [Micro Four Thirds]

As we’ve been hearing for months , 2010 is going to be a year of belt-tightening for NASA . But it still has some cool technologies on the way: inflatable space stations , research into mid-orbit refueling, and new autonomous space vehicles. Inflatable space station modules rank high on NASA’s wish list for an important reason: they’re cheap. However, don’t let the price fool you.

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Next for NASA: Inflatable Space Stations, In-Orbit Refueling, Space UAVs and More [Nasa]