The MiLi Pro is a LCOS, LED-driven projector for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Simply pop your iPhone into it and it can put a screen up on your wall.

It's got a 640x480 resolution, so it probably won't look all that good at 70 inches, which is why they recommend 40 tops. Also, at 10 lumens, you'll be lucky to get 30 inches in a dark room.

The whole thing is rechargeable and has VGA and RCA inputs as well as a dock connector. Look for it to drop in September. [PhoneSuit]

According to one of Ars Technica's reliable sources, the Xbox 360 lineup will see a marked shift this fall. And the PS3 Slim is still on its way.

This September, the Xbox 360 Pro (60GB, $299) will be replaced by the Elite (120GB, $399). So in one sense, the Xbox will see a price cut. In another, the 360 doesn't necessarily sound like it's getting any cheaper with some lower entry level price.

Also of note, Ars reaffirmed their claim that a PS3 Slim would arrive this fall along with price drops "on the hardware that's out now." Even with these rumors standing as they are, Sony cuts the price of the PS3, it's hard to imagine Microsoft not offering a true price cut as well. [Ars Technica]

On today's date in 1973, a small supermarket in Troy Ohio became the testing grounds for the world's first commercial bar code scanner. At 8:01 am, Sharon Buchanan scanned a 10-pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit gum and changed retail forever.

In fact, the receipt from that transaction is now enshrined in the Smithsonian. So happy 35th birthday bar code scanning—we will have you to thank when the government herds us up and begins tracking our every move. [Thanks Chris!]

Neowin talked to an alleged "software engineer" on the Zune team who revealed that the 16GB Zune HD—though its price is not finalized—should run somewhere between $249 and $280 this September (a date that was rumored previously.)

The interview is filled with lots of other interesting rumors, however, including that Microsoft is considering not only 16/32GB models but a 64GB Zune HD as well. (There was no speculation as to the price of such a mega model). If the Zune is your bag, be sure to read the full interview over at Neowin. [Neowin]

Sluggishness was a consistent gripe with two prior versions of the MacBook Air, especially compared to the rest of the MacBook line. The latest version has speedier processor options, but according to recent benchmarks, might have gotten slower. Huh?

In their review of June's upclocked, marked-down MacBook Air, MacWorld noticed some odd benchmark results. Compared to the Late 2008 MacBook Air, clocked at 1.86GHz, the new top-end model, clocked at 2.13GHz, couldn't quite keep up. This is odd, since the rest of the specs have remained basically static, and the only difference between the processors is clock speed.

Confirming their suspicions, they found the June 2009 1.83GHz Air to be markedly slower than the Late 2008 1.83GHz model, despite nearly identical specs. So, what the hell?

The obvious answer here would be some kind of firmware change, since it doesn't make sense from a hardware perspective. MacWorld speculates that the newer Airs could have more aggressive thermal management features, which throttle the processor when it gets too hot—a theory somewhat supported by the fact that high-stress benchmarks showed a proportionally greater performance decrease than easier ones.

Another possibility in the same vein: Underutilizing faster processors simply gives Apple better power consumption and heat results. Problem is, that doesn't explain why the matched processors perform differently. Also, Apple's whole pretense that the new Airs are faster than the old ones would have been a intentional, egregious lie.

Until these benchmarks are replicated and examined, we'll have to remain a little bit skeptical. But if they can be, then Apple's got some splainin' to do, I think. [MacWorld via MacRumors]

The Gadget: My Book World Edition II, a 4TB NAS in RAID configuration—in other words, a small networked hard drive with a ton of secure storage.

The Price: $700 (4TB), $499 (2TB)

The Verdict: It's a NAS for normal people. With a simple curved white design highlighted by a single hypnotic bar of white LED, the diminutive My Book plugs in to your router via ethernet to give you up to 4TB of networked storage. You plug it in, it shows up on your network, and that's that. (There's a more advanced CD installation that allows you to auto-backup your PC hard drive should you want the software.)
We tested the large, 4TB RAID 1 (mirrored drive) version of the My Book. In other words, you have about 2TB of recordable space that's backed up to another drive so that if one drive fails, you don't lose any data. If you wanted more speed/space, the drive can be reconfigured to RAID 0 (Striped) mode allowing you to access all 4TB. And it's easy to forget, if you choose to mainline the My Book right into your computer's ethernet jack, transfer speeds are fast. Gigabit ethernet reaches 1000Mbps, which is easily faster than USB but also quicker on paper than even Firewire 800. Still, transferring a 700MB file took 1:32. Transferring 8.2GB in files took 18:49. (In other words, you won't actually be copying files at 1000Mbps, but the installed system has no trouble streaming HD media over Wi-Fi.)

You feel a bit of warmth dissipating out of the My Book's large top to rear vent panel (that we wish were metal instal of plastic), but system runs cool enough, offers easy access to the drives (you just pop the lid) and operates with very little noise. Quite simply, it works pretty well and makes a cute little media server (if you've got the scratch).

It's As Simple as RAIDs Get

Small, Quiet Formfactor

Mega Storage

Venting Could Feel More Durable, But It's Flexible and Thereby Easy to Pop Off

Interested in seeing a total eclipse from above the clouds? An Indian airline is offering a flight that'll offer the closest seat you could possibly get to the show.

The new aircraft hired from JetLite will take off at 3:30 in the morning for the Delhi to Delhi 4hr 20min flight. The aircraft will intercept the eclipse shadow at midpoint at 6.26 am IST near Gaya and give around a 3-minute long eclipse view at an altitude of 41,000 feet.

Now, I'm sure the views are going to be unbelievable. But what's hilarious is that only people on one side of the plane will get that view, and those seats will obviously cost more. The people on the other side? Well, they'll have an opportunity to take pictures of the shadow on the Earth's surface. That hardly seems worth it to me. Who's going to only do this halfway?

In any case, tickets range from $600 to $1,600 and the flight will take place on Wednesday, July 22, if you're interested. [Eclipse Chasers via BornRich]

So, North Korea's Kim Jong Il thinks he can scare us with threats about nuking Hawaii, does he? I'm not scared of some dictator with a Napoleon complex. So lets shame him the only way we know how: with Photoshop.

Send your best Photoshops that would shock and shame the North Korean dictator to me at contests@gizmodo.com with "Kim Jong Il" in the subject line by next Tuesday morning. Save your entries as JPGs, PNGs or GIFs and use a FirstnameLastname.jpg naming convention using whatever name you want to be credited with. On Tuesday, I'll pick the ten best/most shameful entries as our winners and post the rest of the best in the Gallery of Champions. Get to it!

It's by no means the most timely report, but apparently Apple actually has a less profitable margin on the Mac Mini than much of their other hardware, according to iSuppli, as the base Mac Mini ($599) costs $387.14 to build.

Major Component Breakdown:

2GHz Core 2 Duo Processor
$118.35

GeForce 9400M
$65.16

120GB Hard Drive
$46.00

Pioneer DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive
$32.00

WLAN/Bluetooth Module
$18.00

AC Power Adapter
$14.25 (Apple spends more money on the Mini's power adapter than its RAM!)

1GB DDR3 RAM
$10.00

Manufacturing Costs
$10.94

Interestingly enough, I've always looked at the Mac Mini as one of Apple's most expensive products in terms of the hardware you actually get for your money—while iSuppli's report offers proof to the contrary. Of course, the Mac Mini's profit margin is a bit different when you look at what Apple charges for their more premium model of the system—$800—when the only differences are 200GB more storage and an extra 1GB of RAM. In this case, the "Apple Tax" helps subsidize the pricing of the base Mac Mini.

As usual, these pricing figures only reflect the build and materials of a product, not development, testing, etc. [iSuppli]

We thought the internet was a haven for fat dudes who liked to look at pretty girls without judgment or ridicule.

But now the BodyTrace scale, $120 this November, wants to publish your weight (via Wi-Fi we assume) to their website. You share this very personal information, along with a daily food diary and interactive BMI chart, for "friends, family, or co-workers" to better "motivate" you—a public festival of humiliation that will only cost you $20 ever 3 months.

I don't know about you, but I'm just gonna post a shots of my second chin and third testicle to get the punishment out of the way. At least that won't cost me anything as my dignity has long been spent. [BodyTrace via CrunchGear]