The USB drive may be a little threatening, but you haven't seen the pictures on it... Now this is a nice little present for everyone with a flaw for guns. Or for firstperson-shooters. For example I can imagine Sony giving one of these bullet-shaped USB drives with every copy of Killzone 2, because it fits so well. The bullet-flashdrives are available in capacities ranging from 1 to 32 GB and are...

Definitely a video worth checking out. The numbers are not all new, but it is still impressing to see what is going on these times. Are you studying? If so, make sure to learn the right thing – about half of what you will learn in the first year is probably outdated in the third. Depends on what subjet your studying of course… The question at the end remains and is not answered: What...

Facebook: Getting more and more confusing I recently decided to close down my facebook account. The reason? It is getting more and more complicating and confusing. Hundreds of applications, chats, chores, invitations. Facebook is, of course, trying to get more members which will hopefully generate more pageviews because they rely on ads so far. But all these annoying details? Too much. That is...

Let your computer warm your food. We’ve all seen thousands of USB gadgets and to be honest, after a while it just gets boring. Most of the stuff ist completely usless and not even worth an article about it. I decided to make an exeption, because this time, the UBS powered lunch bag / warmer is actually bringing some benefit to the table. I have no idea, how well this thing works. But if it...

Measures only 3x3 mm: smallest fuel cell in the world. Let me introduce the world’s smallest fuel cell to you. You can see it on the right; it measures only 3 mm x 3 mm x 1 mm. Researchers from the University of Illinois are responsible for the development of this beauty, that consists of just a few materials: water, metal hydride, some electrodes and a membrane. The version you see produces...

No, you only get the chair. There is this frech website called amateurdedesign, featuring quite strange designs for chairs and stuff. For example this fascinating chair, which is called HER. As you can see, your back should perfectly fit into the bachrest of HER, especially if you are naked. There is also a male equivalent called HIM. Both variations cost 267 Euros and were designed by Fabio Novembre...

Some days ago we published an article about the Palm Pre, its great touchscreen and the new WebOS Palm has been developing for the last two years. Of course, Apple had to take notice of Palms ambitious Is the Pre Palm getting into legal trouble? touchscreen as well – and they don’t like it at all. Responding to the question, what they think to do about it, Apple CEO Tim Cook said: “We...

It's a book! It's a piggybank! Oh isn’t it hard. After years that seemed to be an endless party, we are all sitting in the dark, hoping for the economy to recover and for humanity to grow some intelligence. In these depressing days, you may want to think about putting your money under your mattress agin – like your grandmother did back in the days. Or put it into this Savings Book,...

Update: Nope, seems like we were all wrong. He’s getting a normal Blackberry like every one else. How boring. Being president of the United States is not the easiest thing to do. Especially if you are not allowed to carry your own selection of digital communication devices such as iPhones, Blackberrys or any other smartphone. But Barrack Obama was obviously not ready to abandon his phone –...

ASUS EEE T91: Finally a tablet netbook! Remember the UMPC hype some years ago? Well, unfortunately it was really just a hype and the few actually existing models did not sell very well. Asus on the other hand managed to introduce a whole new generations of laptops all by itself. The series is now about to do it again: EeePC T91 and T101H are the first netbooks to feature touchscreens. There is...

Palm seemed to be stepping down for quite some time, especially after Apple released the iPhone. While other competitors tried to jump on the touch-train (Nokia with the S-60, RIM with the Storm), Palm did not show any signs of innovation. But now, things have changed – with its Palm Pre and the brand new WebOS, it seems like Palm is ready to kick it again. ...

CounterPath’s eyeBeam 1.5 a multimedia communicator designed to enhance the user’s communications experience in Voice over IP. Whether you are a consumer or Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) user, eyeBeam allows you to stay connected and manage your calls and availability with a comprehensive suite of carrier-grade Voice, Video, IM and Presence features. Whether you are having a simple voice...

LG has announced the latest phone in their Black Lable Range. It’s called the LG Secret, and it has a couple of features that really stand out. It has carbon fiber and tempered glass to protect it from the elements, which also makes it difficult to scratch the screen. And it also has a built in motion detector, like the Apple iPhone so the screen automatically rotates depending on orientation....

Most gadgets that you buy now days run on batteries. And they all have something in their documentation stating the life of those batteries. In other words, how long your device will hold a charge. Well, most of the time, those claims are wrong, and you need an emergency source of power. Two things that you take everywhere are your iPod, and your cell phone. Here is a Portable iPod battery that should...

Here is a cool idea. This Bluetooth Headset also displays Caller ID with its OLED display. And it also supports A2DP bluetooth so that you can listen to your music in stereo. “Right on the device there are Play, Pause, Stop, Prev, Next, Rewind/ Fast Forward, Volume Up/Down controls for controlling your music.” This would be great, I would think for the bulkier SmartPhones. Costs about...

This is a home fish tank with a difference. The Refrigerator Aquarium is designed to produce food that you can eat. At the bottom of the fish tank is another tank that contains freshwater fish, and at the top there are pods for growing vegetables. The plants filter the water for the fish, and the fish fertilize the water for the plants. The Local River concept is based on the locavore philosophy,...

I would not have imagined that you could do anything else with a Post-It note, but some folks from the MIT Media Lab have invented a system called Quickies. What they do is take ordinary sticky notes, and make them digital and intelligent. These gadgets were developed by a grad student named Pranav Mistry. Quickies use an electronic pad and embedded RFID tags to figure out not only what is written...

Everyone with the latest generation of video game consoles knows that they go beyond being just gaming hardware. They can also play back videos, MP3’s, and even digital photos, without using a PC. Well, you need storage for that. The Media Xporter USB Hard Drive is suppose to be made for video consoles. But to me, it looks like just a 160 GB hard drive with a green paint job. Also included is...

How would you like to carry your iPod around in a case that looks like it should be full of Altoids? Case Logic, the famous case maker of many different types, has came up with a tin metal case for the current generation iPod Nano and 80GB/160GB iPod Classic. “The tins are custom fitted for either iPod, and are lined with a silicon insert to cushion the MP3 player while the metal case protects...

Here is a keyboard from Apple that also works under XP. Whether you are an Apple person, or a Microsoft person, you have to admit that Apple has some well designed products. “Not surprisingly, the people at the Apple Store were as useless when it came to answering my questions as any other retail employee, but thankfully the keyboard works nearly flawlessly under XP. I’ll have to make a few...