Lenovo has begun shipping its first 3D notebook, the IdeaPad Y560d, less than a month after introducing it.

The Y560d features a 15.6-inch 16:9 high-definition screen. The TriDef 3D technology (TriDef Media Player) software can transform a standard movie into a 3D experience (the software does not support transforming Blu-ray or HD DVD content though), while TriDef Photo Transformer can turn standard photos into 3D as well.

TriDef 3D technology solution includes a 3D screen and 3D glasses, as well.

The first configuration available will be have a Core i7 processor running at 1.60GHz, 4GB of RAM, and a 500GB HDD.

Lenovo is selling the 3D notebook for $1500 USD.

In the future, Lenovo will offer a separate configuration, with an i7 at 1.86GHz, a Blu-ray drive, and "RapidDrive," a hybrid 64GB SSD and 750GB HDD for quicker booting.

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Despite saying they would "double down" on WebOS, it appears HP has been laying off numerous Palm staffers over the past few weeks.

Says a now former-Palm staff member, speaking to Barron's:

"We were given our exit envelope Tuesday morning. Our badges stopped working and we were removed from the computer network at 2:00pm that day.

On Thursday, June 17th, those at the working level who were going to be kept, were given "welcome to HP" letters. On Friday June 18th, those of us who were subsequently let go, were given a succinct letter that stated in part "the company is determining whether there is an appropriate role for you once the acquisition with HP is completed. Our expectation is that a final decision will be made and communicated to you the week of June 21st." We were however told nothing about our status during the week of June 21st, nor Monday June 28th. Adding to this, during the week of June 21st, at a WebOS team meeting, attendees were told that there were 33 current open positions and that the plan was to grow the team by over 100 during the next year."

After inquiries, HP responded: "Part of the integration strategy is consolidation of functions and operations, as appropriate. There always is turnover in organizations. Palm employees overall are enthusiastic about having the financial stability and global scale necessary to complete their vision."

Earlier in the week, HP completed their acquisition of Palm, while at the same time confirming WebOS-based tablets, smartphones and netbooks coming in the future.

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Twitter was alight this morning with complaints that Justin Bieber videos on YouTube were hacked, with a good portion of the singer's videos hacked to say "FAIL" or other messages.

The attack came from Internet community 4chan, which has been waging a small "war" against the teenager for a couple of months.

Earlier in the month, the community rigged the voting system for the Justin Bieber My World Tour Contest, where fans are supposed to vote for their country to get Bieber to come and perform a concert. As of today, North Korea is leading the contest, although it is likely the votes will be tossed out and Israel will be the real victor.

The hack involved using a vulnerability in the site's comment system.

Explains Mashable: "The bug allowed users to inject HTML (the code that most websites are built with) that could be executed on the site, whereas HTML within comments is supposed to be restricted. The hackers did everything from force pop-up messages to appear over the site declaring that it had been hacked to redirecting Bieber video pages to sites hosting pornography and malware."

Google disabled comments and corrected the bug within two hours.

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In March 2009, Nine Inch Nails went around the U.S. for the Lights In The Sky Tour and because they somehow could not get a professional capture team for a commercial release, they released 405GB of free raw HD footage from the tours to their fans, allowing them to do what they please with it.

In January, the fan group This One Is On Us released their creation, in literally every format you could ever need, for free, with the exception of full Blu-ray.

Today, the group has released the BD of "The Gift," for free, with the torrent available here: The Gift Blu-ray torrent.

The group says the BD is about 19.8GB, and will have 1080p resolution and 5.1 surround sound.

Furthermore, the BD combines footage from all three shows and includes DVD menus, bonus footage, a PDF booklet, and more.

Adds the group on the availability of a physical BD release: "The physical side of the BD release is still ongoing, and updates on that will get posted soon. Once that's done, there's one or two more little things to do before we're done (I'll announce them when finalized)."

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