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While some are exploring the outward functionality of the latest beta of iPhone OS 4, others are slowly picking apart the underlying architecture and mining clues about the potential hardware and functionality of the upcoming iPhone. The most recent discovery teases us with 720p HD recording which is revealed in presets of ’640×480′ and ’1280×720′.

The secondary value is the familiar resolution for 720p HD and is a feature that would fit in nicely with the rumored iPhone HD name.

I’ve posted before on Xbox 360 laptops, but I thought this PS3 model would be a popular share as well. I found this one over at CNET.

The laptop has a 17-inch, wide-screen 720p HDMI display; built-in stereo speakers and a headphone jack; USB connectors; lots of air vents; and “stylish pin striping to make games run at blast processing.” The modded console has a detachable HDMI cable so you can disable the built-in LCD and hook it to an external source.

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The Phoenix Suns on Tuesday announced that they will be wearing an alternative jersey identifying them as “Los Suns” during Wednesday’s playoff game to voice the team’s disapproval for Arizona’s tough new immigration law.

Robert Sarver, the team’s managing partner, said in a statement that the alternative uniforms will be worn during Wednesday’s home playoff game against the San Antonio Spurs in order to voice opposition to the law that Sarver said is not the “right way” to handle immigration reform. The Suns won the first game of the series Monday night.

“The frustration with the federal government’s failure to deal with the issue of illegal immigration resulted in passage of a flawed state law,” Sarver said. “However intended, the result of passing this law is that our basic principles of equal rights and protection under the law are being called into question, and Arizona’s already struggling economy will suffer even further setbacks at a time when the state can ill-afford them.”

Miley Cyrus, 17, rocks a $25,000 silver-scale corset and dress made from 2,400 metal pieces and peacock feathers in her new music video for “Can’t Be Tamed,” which premieres at 7 p.m. ET on E! (The song is off her album of the same name, which hits stores June 22.)

In the provocative video, Cyrus — who was criticized for dancing on a stripper pole at the August 2009 Teen Choice Awards, and posing nearly topless in Vanity Fair the year before — also shows off her gams in hot pants while surrounded by scantily-clad dancers in a cage. In another scene, she wears a low-cut leotard with thigh-high boots and feathers.

Skype has launched new monthly plans for international calls to landlines and cellphones, and is expected this week to launch a video chat feature. It says the plans, which cover 170 countries, give savings of up to 60 percent compared to Skype’s standard Pay As You Go rates. Subscription plans are available in 60-minute to unlimited packages, and there are one, three and 12-month calling subscriptions from $1.09 per month. They equate to rates as low as one cent per minute to almost any country.

To not make normal PC-to-PC users feel left out, Skype is also gearing up to release a new beta of its Windows software. Skype’s vice president and general manager of global consumer products, Neil Stevens, told CNET in a briefing that next week’s Skype beta will feature video conference calls for up to five callers. Right now video calling works between two people.