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Neatoramanaut Dennis shared pics of Super Mario-themed shelves that he and his girlfriend Judith put together for their apartment. Actually Judith did almost everything. And Mama Mia, what a piece of woodwork:

The shelves and cloud are all made of wood, while the mushroom, Mario and Luigi figures were store bought; naturally, the princess is missing. The question mark covers on the shelves swing open, so you can easily conceal stuff like flowers, stars, mushrooms, or spare coins in them. The warp pipe is made from a garbage can and transports Judith and Dennis to the World Wide Web, among other things: the pipe hides their Internet, phone and power cables. Read more for the full story and a small gallery. Read more.

Following several teasers, Pentax has finally announced availability information and detailed specs for its upcoming 645D medium-format camera. The DSLR integrates a 40 megapixel sensor manufactured by Kodak, along with a SAFOX IX+ autofocus system providing 11 sensor points. Like many other Pentax cameras, the 645D features a semi-rugged body with 70 seals for resistance to dust, water and low temperatures. Read more.

The Playstation platform has been getting quite a bit of love these days, coming off just yesterday from an optimistic industry analyst report that it’ll become the reigning force in the console wars. Today, Sony announced some more news; it has signed up all six major studios to deliver HD movies (purchases and rentals) on the Playstation Network.

That heavy-hitter list includes 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. and, naturally, Sony Pictures Entertainment. Sony’s the first-ever company to have inked such a deal; let’s hope that the Playstation Network itself doesn’t collapse under the excitement. You can read the press release after the break. Read more.

Perhaps one of the companies most prolifically embracing cloud-computing based technology, Google has just launched its Apps Marketplace, that will integrate with the Google Apps ecosystem and deliver products and services directly from the “cloud”.

During tonight’s Google Campfire One developer event, the Apps Marketplace went live with 50 applications available from third-party vendors, and Google has stated that it will charge 3rd-party developers $100 for selling their applications in the marketplace. The marketplace also supports OpenID to provide a single sign-on for developers, and customers are allowed access through OAuth, the open standard for authorizing users. Read more.

3D is making a huge push, hoping that the technology will be widely adopted by everyone sooner than later. Sure, there are still some people out there that refer to 3D as an old, recycled gimmick, but that’s not stopping all the major companies from doing everything they can to try and get it not only into movie theaters around the world, but also into your home. Enter Sony, who have just made available their BDV-E570 Blu-Ray home theater system, which comes with a nice little surprise this summer. Read more.

This isn’t the first time we’ve heard about Samsung’s eReader. It’s one of those pieces of technology that looks just as good as it’s supposed to perform, and it certainly catches our eye. The sliding function might be a bit too much for some people, but we can’t help but be attracted to it. It’s different, is what it is. Samsung wants you to know that their eReader is coming, and it’s changed in one major way. Read more.

Samsung on Tuesday announced the release dates of its LED HDTVs, first introduced at CES, as well as its R-series portable multimedia players. The LED TV line-up includes screen sizes between 19 and 65 inches, with the first models coming to store shelves later in March. As before, the C7000, C8000 and C9000 series are capable of supporting 3D content through both a 240Hz refresh rate and a proprietary 3D processor that supports 3D format standards. They can also convert standard 2D content into 3D video in real time. Read more.

That title shouldn’t be that big of a surprise. If you’ll recall, the Zune HD does 3D gaming as well, and considering that the XNA Studios is heavily invested in the Personal Media Player, we’re not surprised to hear (again) that XNA and Windows Phone 7 are going hand-in-hand. We’ve seen that a game developed by XNA Game Studio 4.0 allows for developers to create three-screen gold, but the details that are starting to seep out of GDC are mouth-watering to say the least. Read more.