Gadget Lab Notes: A Wireless Router That Looks Like a Wind Turbine

The Logitech LAN-WH450N/GR wireless router is designed for 450 Mbps speeds

Gadget Lab Notes is an eclectic roundup of gadget news briefs and intriguing products that catch our eye.

Is That a Mini Wind Turbine? Nope, It?s a Logitech Wireless Router

Logitech?s LAN-WH450N/GR wireless router definitely wins the title of ?most uniquely designed router? in my book (at least for the moment). The turbine or fan looking contraption at the top does not in fact have anything to do with wind; it?s a tri-tenna that is supposed to help the router access speeds up to 450 Mbps, with compatible devices. Other than that, it?s basically your average wireless router. It’ll be available in Japan in mid-April.

Logitech Introduces 5 GHz 450 Mbps Wireless Router in Japan [Akihabara News via Oh Gizmo]

GFI Labs Admits Responsibility for False Positive Samsung Keylogger Incident

Samsung notebooks have not shipped with the Starlogger keylogger program installed and active. GFI Labs, an anti-spyware developer, confirmed in a blog post that their VIPRE software used a rare and very aggressive anti-spyware method that wrongly flagged the Slovenian language directionr, C:\WINDOWS\SL as Starlogger. That directory is the same one that Starlogger actually uses.

Samsung Laptops Do Not Have Keylogger [GFI Labs Blog via Crunchgear]

Google Cracking Down on ?Willy-Nilly? Software Customization

Google is stepping in and beginning to regulate the user experience of Android devices more closel, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. They haven?t changed the game, but they have begun enforcing some Android distribution agreement rules so Google has the ?final say? with regards to the way carriers and manufacturers adjust their code. This should help prevent fragmentation and assure a positive experience for the user.

Do Not Anger the Alpha Android [Businessweek via Android Guys]

NO Sign Puts Your Vice On Display

Trying to cut back? Slide your vice of choice?a bottle of whiskey, your iPod, a candy bar?under the elastic strap of the NO Sign and give yourself a constant reminder that it?s not allowed. I?m more of the ?out of sight, out of mind? opinion, but perhaps for some, this could be a constant reminder that you have successfully abstained from that off-limits thing. Or you really need to.

NO Sign [Animica USA via Book of Joe]

Samsung Transparent Display Concept Becoming a Reality

Samsung has begun mass-producing transparent black-and-white and color LCDs, which have previously been shown off in prototype form. Calling it a ?world?s first?, the 1,680 x 1,050 resolution 22-inch displays feature a 500:1 contrast ratio and use 90% less power than regular backlit LCD panels. The black-and-white models are over 20% see-through, while the color ones have a slightly lower 15% transparency. Transparent displays have “endless possibilities” for advertising, so we can look forward to seeing these guys plastered in malls and billboards in the future.

Samsung Electronics Becomes the World?s First in Mass Production of the Transparent LCD Panel [Samsung via Crunchgear]