The iWave Cube portable microwave measures one cubic foot (about the size of a Kleenex box), and weighs just 12 pounds. The iWave Cube comes in black, red or silver, and retails for $130, but you still need to plug it in. If you’ve got a generator you can impress your friends, when you use your iWave microwave to warm up some hot chocolate rather than firing up the camp stove.

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12 has been released to fix both technical and security issues. Below is a list of some of the issues fixed with this release:

• MFSA 2008-11 Web forgery overwrite with div overlay
• MFSA 2008-10 URL token stealing via stylesheet redirect
• MFSA 2008-09 Mishandling of locally-saved plain text files
• MFSA 2008-08 File action dialog tampering
• MFSA 2008-06 Web browsing history and forward navigation stealing
• MFSA 2008-05 Directory traversal via chrome: URI
• MFSA 2008-04 Stored password corruption
• MFSA 2008-03 Privilege escalation, XSS, Remote Code Execution
• MFSA 2008-02 Multiple file input focus stealing vulnerabilities
• MFSA 2008-01 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.1.12)

Click here to download the latest version of the Mozilla Firefox web browser.

Samsung has finally been sued by one of their Blu-Ray customers. The suit against Samsung alleges the company was "fully aware of the defective nature of the player (BD-P1200) at the time of manufacture and sale," and it also claims that the firm has "failed to provide a remedy consistent with the products’ intended and represented uses." Ever since Samsung began to sell Blu-Ray devices they’ve been plagued with problems, and they’ve released one firmware update after another, but according the this lawsuit, some customers are still not satisfied with the performance of their Samsung device. Some language in the lawsuit identifies, in particular, the device’s inability to play back select BD titles. Normally Samsung has very good products, however, it appears they’ve got a long way to go in the Blu-Ray department. Maybe this lawsuit will kick the quality control process into high gear.

BioCure has received FDA approval for a sprayon gel-based bandage that will initially be used to treat military combat wounds, but will likely be used in civilian settings as well.

The GelSpray Liquid Bandage is a major advance in the management and care of combat casualty and civilian wounds. Much like epoxy is dispensed in household kits, the dressing is applied with a dual syringe that releases two polymer ingredients. These polymers react rapidly upon mixing to form a gel-based dressing that frontline combat soldiers can apply to their own wounds. The dressing conforms to the wound geometry, adheres to intact skin but not directly to the injured tissue, and resists abrasion.

While created for the military, the GelSpray technology has potential uses in civilian health care. Future versions of the liquid bandage may be suitable for use by civilian rescue teams to treat traumatic wounds and burns, as well as in the treatment of diabetic ulcers, ostomies and post-op wounds. Future products based on the GelSpray technology platform will include active ingredients to treat infection and pain, and control severe bleeding.

Hopefully BioCure will also create a version for minor cuts and scrapes to use for kids, which also contains an analgesic to take the ouch out of boo-boos.

This self propelled torpedo shaped glider requires no batteries, and can glide around in the ocean for up to six months at a time doing oceanographic surveys. So far the glider has been running non-stop for two months, and uses GPS to position itself.

It generates its energy for propulsion from the differences in temperature between warm surface waters and colder, deeper layers of the ocean. Wax-filled tubes inside the craft expand when it is gliding through warmer water. This heat is used to push oil from a bladder inside the hull to one outside, changing its buoyancy. Cooling of the wax at depth reverses the cycle.

This glider looks pretty neat in this picture, but imagine it headed right for your boat, or a military ship. One of these days a whale is going to get beached, and they’ll find one of the lost gliders in its belly, still running.