Dell has decided to sell computers with Linux pre-installed. Great move! But for the moment, it only concerns the US… Outside the US, we can’t wait to buy a pre-installed Linux Dell PC! Please vote for the availability of those PCs all around the globe.

No sooner than Sony Ericsson goes and makes the K850 and K530 (amongst many others) official, it looks like there’s already been some hands-on action with a pair. Reportedly snapped at the recent Sony Ericsson product launch in Hong Kong, the five-megapixel K850 cameraphone was oohed and ahhed over, but the not-exactly-soft soft keys and lack of backlighting seemed to be a bit of a drag. The K530 was admittedly in early prototype mode, so not much was known other than it still sported the generic model designation of SE123. But hey, at least the photos waiting after the jump will somewhat quell your insatiable desire for more details about these mobiles.

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Dell has a new post titled “Dell’s 23 confessions” up on their official Direct2Dell blog. The fact that Dell’s Digital Media Manager, Lionel Menchaca apologizes for some embarrassingly public missteps made recently makes the piece worthy on its own. However, one of our favorite disclosures has to be confession number 9 where Dell confirms both the new XPS m1330 and Inspiron series of laptops coming “later this month.” We must say, Dell’s frank, open discussion with the consumer community is certainly refreshing and — for good or for bad — stands in stark contrast to the brutal, one–way flow of information out of Apple. Speaking of which, confession number 19 states, “If Steve Jobs ever changes his tune on OS X, we’d probably offer it too.” Not that that’s going to happen mind you.

[Thanks, CR H.]

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Getting a robot to host a wedding, an event that many see as the ultimate demonstration of humanity, may seem a little weird to some, but to Seok Gyeong-Jae, one of the designers of Tiro the robot, it’s perfectly natural. Gyeong-Jae is soon to be married in Daejeon (around 80 miles from Seoul), with Tiro taking the role of master of ceremonies. In order to completely, 100% remove any possibility that Tiro will come off as harsh or inhuman, he will simulate a female voice as he attempts to move proceedings along — as the logic goes, if it works for in-car GPS, why not for weddings? There’s no mention of how the bride feels about all this, so we’re assuming one of the robot’s alternate tasks is to keep her happy by acting as a personal servant until the big day: let’s just hope that she doesn’t mind if her “wedding in white” is realized via blinking LEDs.

[Thanks, HyperPC]

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