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Service robots are nothing new (and neither are dancing robots , for that matter) but unlike our old friend CAFERO , FURO has something of a human face. Of course, this is supposed to soothe and reassure us, but like the old robo-teddy we’re pretty much convinced that this is yet another harbinger of doom . Developed by Future Robot of Korea (not to be confused with Furo, the Japanese robotics manufacturer) this guy can take credit cards and features a touchscreen display and that ominous, disembodied cartoon head

So you’ve got a nice secure thumbdrive , but did you ever think to lock its port ? Engineers at the Royal Military College of Canada say the plug and play functionality built into most computers automatically trusts whatever’s plugged into the USB slot. That doesn’t just go for flash drives left out on the street , but all manner of other peripherals as well, as the trio of triumphant researchers demonstrated when they (presumably) infiltrated colleagues’ offices with a totally sweet spy keyboard

The Toshiba Libretto W100 made a guest appearance on the Engadget Show last week, and since we got to spend a bit more time with the dualscreen laptop we thought it was only right to release some more impressions into the ether.

As you may have noticed, here at Engadget we’ve stepped down hard on the gas pedal when it comes to reviews. We’ve been putting a lot of time and resources into delivering more product reviews at a faster pace, so you guys can know just exactly what you’re getting into when it comes to the gear that we cover. In support of those efforts, today we’re happy to introduce our review scorecards

Steve himself noted at WWDC that iAds would go live for ” all iOS 4 devices ” on Canada Day, and sure enough, they look to be popping up today. One eagle-eyed tipster has already found one within the ‘Mirror: for iPod and iPhone’ app, shown above. It’s certainly quite a bit more visually soothing than some other ads we’ve seen, but we aren’t here to judge — instead, we’d love to hear your take on it.