No gadget is safe from a teardown from iFixit. Now they have dismantled the new Boxee. So what did the teardown reveal? Well, a lot of the internal component space is taken up by the huge heatsink needed to cool the Boxee Intel CE4110 processor, the 1GB of RAM, 1GB of flash memory, and a digital-to-analog audio converter.

So in the end, iFixit gave the Boxee a repair score of 7 /10, since the separate power board can be replaced independently from the motherboard, should it ever fail and need to be replaced.

According to initial estimates from Activision, it looks like they have a mega-hit on their hands with Call of Duty: Black Ops. Everyone knew it would do well, but sales of the new game are beyond expectations, having sold 5.6 million copies on its first day. That beats last year’s record set by the Modern Warfare 2 launch of 4.6 million copies sold.

It’s the second year in a row that the Call of Duty franchise has set day one launch records. A shame no one is reading this since you are all playing the game.

Rumors have been swirling around the interwebs that Google will be releasing a follow up to their Nexus One smartphone, the Nexus 2 or Nexus S. We had previously heard that Samsung would be making it for the big G.

However, then Samsung released a statement saying that they were not making a Nexus 2 smartphone for Google. Now it looks as if Samsung was just playing the “deny everything” card. A new smartphone was spotted listed on Best Buy, the Nexus S, with the tagline ‘Pure Google’. Best Buy has since taken the page down.

You might remember the Jolicloud operating system, which is Linux based and was intended to run on low-power netbook computers. The Jolicloud company has announced that this month they will launch their own netbook that uses the OS.

It will be called the Jolibook. We still don’t have a price or many hardware details. The few specs we do know about include a 10.1-inch screen and it will run the Jolicloud 1.1 operating system and use an Intel Atom N550 CPU and have a 250GB HDD.

Onkyo’s latest all-in-one desktop PC for the Japanese market comes with something extra, a built-in iPod/iPhone dock. This model is called the DE715 and features a 23-inch 1920 x 1080 display, along with a 3.06GHz Intel Core i3-540 processor.

Some other features include a 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M graphics card, 4GB RAM, a 320GB hard drive, a 1.3-megapixel webcam, a Blu-ray drive, multi-format card reader, a TV tuner, WiFi, an HDMI port and Windows 7 Home Premium runs the show.

The PocketBook IQ 701 and the 602 e-readers are now available to us yanks in the U.S. The Pocketbook IQ 701 sports a 7-inch LCD screen, a 1600mAh battery, the Google Android 2.0 OS, a USB port, a headphone jack, WiFi, an SD card slot and a 533MHz processor.

The Pocketbook 602 features an e-ink display, WiFi, Bluetooth, 2GB of internal storage and a micro SDHC card slot. If you are interested, the PocketBook IQ 701 and 602 Android-powered tablets are priced at $150 and $170.

Here’s a good way to carry our money around without actually having it with us. Hashy Top-In is a Japanese based company that’s come up with a device called the “E-Money Band”. It’s a silicon band that can be worn like a watch around your wrist and users can load up to $600 on it via chargers available at Japanese convenience stores and other places.

Just tap the band against a compatible reader that stores will carry to make your purchases. That’s it. You’re done. The band is priced at about $36, but it won’t even pull double duty by telling the time.

Amazon has an interesting patent registration for a gift conversion system. The idea is that you’ll end up with the gift that you really want, instead of getting socks or a sweater from your grandmother. The patent describes a system that allows gift recipients to set parameters for the things they want.

For instance “convert all gifts from Aunt Mildred,” or “no clothes with wool,” and “convert VHS to DVD,” etc. So if Aunt Boringpants buys you a VHS movie, you could easily convert it to a DVD.

AT&T will be offering the Samsung Galaxy Tab though they have not officially released a launch date or pricing details yet. However, a leaked screenshot has surfaced and if the leak is accurate, the Galaxy Tab will be arriving at AT&T stores on November 21st for $649.99 without a contract.

It will be $14.99 a month for 250MB of data or $25 a month for 2GB of data. AT&T will be pre-installing the Nook eReader and the AT&T Account Manager app for on-device activation and monthly credit refills.

First International Computer (FIC) has unveiled its Tycoon TVB00 tablet PC powered by Windows 7 Home Premium. The device will be released in Taiwan and through ODM in other markets.

The company spent a lot of time modifying the OS since Windows 7 was designed mainly to be used with a mouse and keyboard. Some specifications of the Tycoon TVB00 tablet include a 10.1-inch capacitive touchscreen display, 2GB of RAM and a 120GB hard drive.

One of the major drawbacks of many Windows Phone 7 devices is that the operating system doesn’t offer USB tethering. However, if you own a Samsung Focus or Omnia 7, some hacks have surfaced that allow the devices to be used as a 3G modem.

Reports suggest that you’ll need to dial ##634# to get into the diagnostics menu, switch over to “Modem, Tethered Call” mode and go through a few more prompts. Then you should be able to tether your device via USB.

Looks like we aren’t finished with the Angry Birds craze, so now we have some Angry Birds iPhone 4 cases on the way. Gear4 has introduced a new line of Angry Birds cases for the iPhone 4 with the first three versions featuring the king pig, and red and yellow birds.

These cases are currently due to arrive this November on UK carrier O2′s site and fans in the US can pick them up through the HMV site. These cases will cost you just $25 plus shipping.

Remember Hanvon’s new color e-reader? It’s up for pre-order in China for the insane price of 3,500 Chinese Yuan. That’s $530. The report comes from DigiTimes. That’s pretty steep, but I guess they figure that the very first E Ink Triton-equipped device anywhere is worth a premium.

Whatever the reason you can pre-order the device if you happen to be in China and have the dough. Assuming you don’t mind paying a tablet price for an ereader.

You’ve been waiting for Hulu Plus for your PS3 and sure enough, now any US PlayStation Network member stream Hulu’s premium service. You no longer have to be a paying member of Sony’s PlayStation Plus club to qualify.

If you like what the $9.99 TV streaming service is offering, then you had better get streaming. Those across the pond will just have to wait. Luckily for all of us the PS3 does a lot.

Dear santa, please bring me world peace and happiness. If you can’t do that, I’ll take an iPad. The Consumer Electronics Association just put out their top ten wish list, and world peace and happiness are the most popular wishes for the holidays. But failing that, we still want our toys.

The iPad is the third most wished for item, behind peace and happiness and a laptop. The iPad and the laptop even beat out other important things, like having the family together, good health, and money. Even though you need money to get an iPad.