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These are the first photos of Microsoft’s Project Pink phones, snatched from deep within the bowels of the Microsoft/Verizon industrio-complex —not the Turtle , but the larger, Sidekick-like Pure . This doesn’t look like Windows Phone 7, so what is it?

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First Shots of Microsoft’s Secret Project Pink Phone [Exclusive]

I’m imagining a Venn diagram of 1.) People who’ve already built a PC compatible with USB 3.0 and 2.) people who are gravely concerned about data security. The middle section is quite large! Hence, the Super Talent SuperCrypts . These jumbo-sized flash drives , which are backwards compatible with USB 2.0, have been built around AES hardware encryption, with 128-bit ECB and 256-bit XTS encryption for the Standard and Pro Editions, respectively.

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SuperCrypt USB 3.0 Flash Drive Soothes Even the Most Paranoid Early Adopters [Usb 3.0]

OCEntertainment wanted to know why we don’t have a Comment of the Week . I don’t really have an answer to that, but how about a collection of this week’s best #whitenoise comment threads instead? If you don’t like the gallery view, you can click here

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From #whitenoise: Batman, Warmongers, and Drunkards [Comments]

File Mary Huang’s Typeface, a piece of software that analyzes your face in real time to create a custom font, in the “projects preceded by their puns” category. But unlike some things with that designation, Typeface is surprisingly functional. Stick your face in front of a webcam and Typeface will analyze it live to generate a custom font, stretching and shaping the letters dynamically as you make different faces and change the proportions between your features. If you want to immortalize the space between your eyes as the space between your “i”s, you’ll have to get in contact with Huang yourself; Typeface is currently only a piece in her design portfolio.

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"Typeface" Creates a Typeface From Your Face Type [Fonts]

In 2009, Samsung’s shipments of flat panel TVs (plasmas and LCDs) rose 22.6%, making them the number one US supplier, moving 6.6 million televisions in all. But you know who grew way, way, way more? Vizio. Between 2008 and 2009, Vizio nearly doubled their US sales, which grew 92.1% as the company sold 5.9 million TVs—that’s nearly one out of every five LCDs sold, or enough for them to claim the title as #1 in LCDs.

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Samsung Sells the Most Flat Panels, But Vizio Is Lurking [Sales]

Right now, the best eBook readers are from the big guys—B&N and Amazon—in terms of both the hardware and the convenience of use. But what it someone else developed a killer feature, like multitouch? What then? The Bookeen Orizon eBook reader, due this May for $250, features a 6-inch, 800×600 display, along with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 1GB of storage, microSD and an accelerometer

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The Bookeen Orizon, a Multitouch eBook Reader [Readers]

For this week’s Photoshop Contest , I asked you to come up with more derivative services Google had in its pipeline. And here’s hoping Googmodo becomes a reality; I want to eat at the Google Cafeteria! First Place —Zacqary Adam Green Second Place —Cliff De Roode Third Place —Eaton Jonah

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32 New Strangely Familiar Google Services [PhotoshopContest]

We’ve seen bits and pieces of Qualcomm’s FLO live TV service, curiously even on an iPhone , but at MWC it’ll be showing it off on Snapdragon-powered smartbooks. It enables real-time updates via Twitter while watching live TV.

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Qualcomm’s FLO TV Service Will Be Demoed On Snapdragon Smartbooks At MWC [Qualcomm]

This two-foot tall AT-AT Walker is very possibly the most ridiculous boys’ dollhouse ever constructed. It is goddamn enormous . It holds over 20 figures; Luke Skywalker even dangles between its legs. You have to see this thing up close: It’s the largest toy AT-AT Hasbro’s ever produced, and amazingly, it’s only $100

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This Incredibly Massive AT-AT Walker Holds 20 Figures and Crushes Pet Rebellions [We Love Toys]

Buried at the bottom of Samsung’s MWC press kit was mention of an I8520 “Halo” projector phone. Sporting Android 2.1, a 3.7-inch Super AMOLED screen, and 720p video (to name a few), the phone will be officially revealed tomorrow. The phone will also support an eight megapixel camera, with flash; DivX/Xvid playback; Bluetooth 2.1; 802.11b/g/n WiFi; GPS; and 16GB storage. There’s a “Specialized Projector UI” feature in there too, hinting at the projector functionality to come

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Samsung to Debut I8520 "Halo" Android 2.1 AMOLED Projector Phone [Samsung]