Briefly: MacNN reviews; Apple patents

In brief: MacNN has reviewed the Griffin iTrip Auto ($70), Whickey and Cox Backpack ($200, shown at right) from Crumpler Bags, and the Pro Click V1.6 High Precision Mouse ($60) from Razer Pro Solutions.... The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has published two new Apple patent applications entitled "Methods and systems for managing data" and "Copy and paste with citation attributes".... Apple is set to open its newest UK retail store this Saturday at U23 New Cannon Street Mall in Manchester Arndale, and is giving away free T-shirts alongside a 20-inch iMac with a 30GB iPod.... The second round of My Dream App voting begins today with free licenses for the popular notebook application Mori offered to participants; six finalists will depart with a silver second-generation iPod nano as elimination continues.

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