Sometimes things aren't what they appear to be, and here's a case in point: the floor of this elevator car is painted to give the illusion that there's no floor at all. It's a trompe l'oeil that's realistic enough to convince the roadrunner that there is indeed a tunnel on the side of the mountain, not just a painting by Wile E. Coyote.
The artists sell the illusion really well, too, where there's even a sign warning you there's "work in progress." After a few people walk in, though, you'll be able to see the footprints, and the illusion might not be so convincing. But I'd still like to be the first one to step inside. Full-sized pics after the jump. – Charlie White
Elevator Floor Illusion [Hemmy.net, via Digg]
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Stuff this Brando AeroCool Infinite Drive into your 3.5-inch bay, and it will accommodate more objects than a randy ho at the frat house. It's not only a 25-in-1, four-slot memory card reader, but it also has a removable 2.5-inch hard disk drive mount. Ever helpful, it also offers a couple of USB ports, a headphone jack and a microphone jack. Yours for £30.
Leave it to Brando to try to top all the others with a Swiss Army Knife-style appliance for the PC. This one looks like it could actually be useful, especially if you like to move lots of data around via sneakernet. – Charlie White
Product Page [Brando]
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The Zoom H4 mobile recorder packs a lot of recording punch into its six-inch size, with professional features such as four track recording, two XLR inputs and phantom power.
It has two internal condenser microphones and can record 24-bit/96 kHz uncompressed digital audio, or if you're running out of disk space on your SD memory card, save room by recording direct to MP3 with bit rates up to 320kbps. And hey, in a pinch it even acts as an audio interface for recording directly to your PC. Its most amazing attribute is the price, £150.
Podcasters will love this. Its price will undercut competitors in this market such as Marantz, Edirol and M-Audio, all costing at least £50 more. This one we gotta hear. See a much bigger pic of the Zoom H4 after the jump.
Product Page [Samson Technologies]
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ILive's Home Docking System is another attempt to integrate the iPod into a home entertainment system. It combines a CD player, and its many varieties like CD-R, with an iPod dock as well as an AM/FM radio. Wow, that's never been done before! There's also AV outputs for connecting your iPod with video to a TV or other external monitor.
If you haven't already picked up an iPod dock sound system yet, you can grab the iLive Home Docking System now for £80. This is a smart buy if you've been living in quarantine for the past three years and didn't know that these things existed. – Nicholas Deleon
Product Page [iLive via iLounge]
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Music fans using Verizon Wireless have yet another cookie cutter music cellphone to choose from with the Nokia 6315i. This clamshell features dedicated music buttons and is compatible with Verizon's nickel-and-dime service du jour, V Cast, where users can download all sorts of junk at highly inflated prices using EVDO. Beyond the music capabilities, there's a host of standard features that add much needed value to the mobile phone, like a 1.3-megapixel camera, a micoSD card slot, Bluetooth and speakerphone.
The Nokia 6315i is available now for £35.00 with a two-year contract. Cheap price for a basic, if not "cheap," cellphone. – Nicholas Deleon
http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/7085.html [infoSync World]
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We've seen exploding batteries and laptops on fire, but this has us scratching our heads. Reader Tommy sent us an intriguing note this morning along with a group of pictures of his destroyed Archos AV400 PMP, which looked like it had been possessed by demons.
Hi Gizmodo.
I thought I would send this to you because I can't seem to find an explanation. Enclosed are pictures of my ARCHOS pmp. I walked into my office one morning to find it split open as if it had exploded from within. There are no signs of an internal fire or anything that suggests the cause. It just looks as if a tiny gremlin escaped from the center of the device using Hulk-like brute force. Do you have any idea what could cause this???
Take a look at this gallery of gruesome, closeup shots of the mayhem that ensued when that little bugger fought his way out of the Archos AV400. So how about it, commenters? WTF happened here? We're stumped.
– Charlie White
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Helio, the cellphone company with mySpace on their speedy 3G handsets, has always offered unlimited data, but without any way to get that net-link to your laptop. Until now. This PCMCIA card rocks EVDO, good for 700kbps downloads, and WiFi that comes with access to Boingo hotspots. Not bad for $85 dollar a month. And the card is free with a 2-year contract. Woohoo!
Two things on our mind: Is this EVDO card compatible with the faster Revision A networks due out this fall? And since most data plans cost $80 bucks, according to our report on cellular data. So keeping it in that ballpark is a deal if you're adding in hot spot connectivity.
We like it a lot, even if no one we know needs WiFi in a card, since most have em built in. –Brian Lam
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For those of you that feel your inner Hendrix, honed religiously on Guitar Hero, is ready for the next step, then you might just want to buy a new car. Huh?
Volkswagen thinks that free guitars are going to help shift its new 2007 line-up. Buy a Jetta, Jetta GLI, GTI, Rabbit, Beetle and Beetle Convertible and you'll get a customised First Act GarageMaster electric guitar that can be played through the car’s existing audio system - not recommended while driving. And trust me, this guitar has been customised.
The First Act GarageMaster electric guitar is a work of customized pop culture art and will undoubtedly become a coveted piece of Volkswagen’s music-rich history. Each electric guitar will display the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) of the owner’s Volkswagen vehicle and will also have custom colored pick guards complementing the exterior of the car. The guitar will feature the traditional Volkswagen logo and "V Dub" inlay, a guitar strap made of safety belts, VW knobs, a prominent blue indicator light that matches the trademark instrument panel lighting of Volkswagen vehicles, VW logo guitar picks and a carrying case to take the music anywhere.
Prepare for lots of TV ads with axe-men Slash and Nigel Tufnell (the character from This is Spinal Tap) supporting the campaign although I fully expect to see many of these of guitars ending up in the garage (unused) or on Ebay by the end of January 2007. -Martin Lynch
Via Topspeed
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Noel Edmunds is about to kick Santa’s ass this Christmas. Love or hate/loathe/dislike/despise/abhor/detest/scorn him, the board game based on the hit Channel 4 TV series is set to dominate UK living rooms, according to the Christmas hot list from Toys R Us. The hairy one in the bad sweaters will be up against stiff competition from fellow hairy things, Bratz Diamondz Dolls, Dr Who, Fast Talking McQueen from the movie Cars and Roboreptile, among others. A spokeswoman said:
“Deal Or No Deal looks like being a big seller this Christmas. The show has been a huge hit with parents and children and even though we are only in October, sales are already picking up as mums and dads prepare for the big day.”
To see what else is on the Top 20 gift-list, jump now. –Martin Lynch
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Oh dear. When you are currently responsible for building notebook batteries explode into flames, and having to replace more than 7 million of them, the last thing you need to hear is that your future cash cow is ‘overheating’. Wow, too expensive, late, and a potential fire risk - what strong selling points the PS3 is racking up.
At the Tokyo Game Show, the new PS3 consoles on display experienced 'technical difficulties' which were attributed to overheating. No flames and smoke though, apparently. The company claimed that 200 consoles spread across stuffy kiosks was the reason. Honest.
Anyway, since we are now not getting the console until next year, Sony will have plenty of time to sort it out.- Martin Lynch
Via The Inquirer
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The V-Click phone from D-Link is their first dual-mode soiree, which means it works both on your GSM phone network and on WiFi. It's going to be available in Q1 2007, and will have tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900) and 802.11 WiFi.
What does this matter to you? Well, if you're using a SIP VoIP provider like Gizmo Project or even rolling up your own Asterisk box, then this phone can connect to those whenever you're in WiFi range. The phone gets five hours of talk-time in GSM mode and two hours in WiFi mode—kinda puny.
And at a price of £300, thanks to the lack of carrier subsidy, we may have to wait until the second model. – Jason Chen
Press Release [DLink via Laptop Mag]
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This Haier Black Pearl isn't just small enough to be confused with a suppository, it's loaded with features as well. There's the MP3 player, FM tuner, voice recorder, some sort of "3D Graphics", a thumb rocker, OLED screen, Stereo Bluetooth, 1GB Trans-Flash slot, and miniUSB compatibility.
It's GSM compatible, and is sold unlocked directly from Trans Global Consulting and Marketing Group of Boca Raton, FL. No product site or pricing yet, but if subsidized by a cell provider (Cingular or T-Mobile), this phone could be the next hot fashion phone. – Jason Chen
Haier America Launches "QuickSilver" MP3 OLED Micro Mobile GSM Phone [ via ]
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PREORDER PS3 ON LIKSANG.COM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO MONEY DOWN!!
You can choose between a US or Japanese PS3, and your credit card won't be charged until they ship out your PlayStation. Throw a few PS3 games in the basket as well, but be aware the order for games can be changed or cancelled depending on their availability at launch.
Do it for Jose. – Jason Chen
No Money Down Special Pre-Orders for Sony PlayStation 3 and 20+ PlayStation 3 Launch Titles [Lik-Sang - Thanks Jose!]
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A new software project from Brazil called OLPCities seems to be shaping up to be a "Second Life" game for OLPC-using students. Second Life is a game where you create a virtual avatar and go around a virtual world doing boring things and giving random strangers your money so they can be featured on BusinessWeek—only a slight exaggeration.
In OLPCities, kids have a gameboy-styled avatar can walk around in the streets of OLPCity, taking place in many fun kid-related activities. The cities and activites will be user-generated, and have various communities and "worlds" based on language and nationalities.
Pretty interesting idea to get the OLPC-using students to make some ties with students in other developing countries. – Jason Chen
OLPCities: A Second Life for Students? [OLPCNews]
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Nokia's just announced the Wibree short-range wireless technology that it says will work alongside, or even replace Bluetooth thanks to the fact that it's ten times as energy efficient.
According to Nokia, this low-powered version of Bluetooth could work with gadgets like the Sony Ericsson Bluetooth Watch that only needs to communicate once in a very long while. Using Bluetooth, the watch would drain a lot of power doing nothing, but using Wibree (and shutting off Bluetooth), battery life could be greatly increased. Nokia's been talking with Bluetooth vendors for a while trying to get Wibree integrated into the Blueooth standard—obviously with little success.
To us, this just seems like one more standard that may or may not take hold, making gadgets that more inaccessible to regular consumers despite the energy savings. – Jason Chen
Nokia Unveils Wibree Wireless Technology [eCommerceTimes via Reuters]
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Shown off at CEATEC, these two Concept Tablet PCs look like something even sexier than MacBooks and MacBook Pros. First there's the Turn Tablet PC, which is a large PC with a magnetic screen and a stylus that runs Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. It includes a standard keyboard and touch-pad, with a slot-loading DVD drive on the front.
The second is a smaller UMPC-like device with the swiveling screen and a PSP/PS3-like UI. We're not exactly sure what the swiveling screen is for, but it sure does look cool. Plan on seeing these in your local Circuit City around the year two thousand and never. – Jason Chen
CEATEC - Fujitsu Concept PC [Akihabara News]
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The quest to integrate the iPod into damn near everything continues with the iRocker, a big comfy chair with a built-in iPod dock and several speakers, depending on how much you're willing to spend. There's also a 10-watt amp, good for ruining your hearing. The line-in jack allows users to plug in other, non-iPod devices, like gaming systems and iPod alternatives. Seven models will be releases, each with different speaker setups and accessories. Prices range from £50 all the way up to £160. One more pic after the jump, ladies and germs.
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If you've ever been sitting on your sofa or in your bath and wished you could get up and forward past the crappy songs in the new Killer's album? Of course. Now with the iJet Wireless iPod remote, sloth is a boon, not a deadly sin.
All you do is plug in the bottom of the iJet to the iPod, keep the remote in your pocket, and you can control your iPod as if you were actually there! Amazing!
If it weren't £35, we'd definitely grab one for ourselves. – Jason Chen
Product Page [Cut and Paste via Far East Gizmos]
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We first saw eDimensional's GPAD Pro way back at E3, back when it was shaped more like a PS2 Dual-Shock. The design may have changed, but the basic premise hasn't—to bring PS3 SIXAXIS motion-sensing to the PS2 and PC.
What did we think of the controller? We loved its motion sensing, but only for certain games.
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Look at how plump the Western Digital My Book Pro has gotten, now at 1TB. It's now called the My Book Pro Edition II, and still looks like a book, but now more like a fat dictionary. Best of all, it holds twice the stuff, but isn't quite twice as expensive.
When we reported on the similar My Book Pro 500GB model with FireWire 400, 800 and USB just three months ago, it was £175, now here's the twice-as-big 1TB version retailing for £275. Plus, the RAID-striped drives inside make for fast response and transfers.
We're warming up to these Western Digital bookish-looking drives, as we're really needing space to store all those huge video files. A tera for £275? Such a deal.
Product Page [Western Digital]
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CNet Asia just reviewed the iRiver S10, generally seen as the one and only possible competitor to Apple's new iPod nano. Typical of iRiver digital audio players, the company has gone to great lengths to ensure that there's enough features here to make you forget that you're not using an iPod. The 1.5-inch screen is too small to enjoy gaming and videos and the like, so iRiver opted to leave out those features. Basically, it's a darn good 2GB little digital audio player with eight hours of battery life. For some reason, though, iRiver's CD ripping software doesn't support ripping into the MP3 format, even though the player supports it. Um, what? Check out the best part of CNet's review:
We auditioned the S10 with Diana Krall's You are Getting to be a Habit with Me. Highs and mids were detailed with ample warmth. There was also plenty of presence in terms of bass. On Massive Attack's Angel, the low end was strong and boomy.
Diana Krall? Way to be thoroughly dorky. Why not throw on Sha Na Na while you're at it?
Still no list price, but the iRiver S10 appears to be a winner. – Nicholas Deleon
iRiver S10 Review [CNet Asia]
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Axis has a knack for making small network cameras, and it claims that its latest delivers the best image quality "in its class" (whatever that is) and that it's the world's smallest megapixel (1280x1024 pixels) network camera. Given the adorable name of the 207MW, this camera comes with both wired and wireless (802.11g) interfaces, so installing it should be an simple feat regardless of your network's infrastructure. These tiny network cameras are usually aimed at [crazy] people who want to keep an eye on their homes while away 24/7. Love thy neighbor.
Expect to find this little gem online for just over £250. Perhaps your money would be better spent installing a moat around your house? I imagine it'd offer the same amount of protection, especially since all this camera would let you do is watch the burglary in real time. – Nicholas Deleon
Product Page [Axis via Crowdedbrain]
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In a way, yes. Nearly a year ago a Dell laptop fitted with a Sony battery caught on fire. Sony then said that the batteries (the ones that ended up getting recalled almost a year later) were prone to overheating, but Sony neglected to examine any other batteries they produced and neglected to examine the hardware used in the Dell laptops. They didn't do so because no other accidents had been reported—in a way, they ignored the matter.
Many fires, and millions of pounds worth of losses later, I bet Sony is wishing they would have further looked into this battery issue when it first became apparent a year ago. – Travis Hudson
Sony failed to fully study battery trouble: report [Via CrunchGear]
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Now available is Turtle Beach's latest addition to their Earforce line of high-end headphones, the X1. These headphones are compatible with the PC or Xbox 360 through USB connectivity—yes, they do allow you to talk smack over Xbox Live—and are available now for £30.
Turtle Beach is known for making high quality audio equipment, so these shouldn't be any different. The X1 headphones are also nice because you can easily swap them between the PC and Xbox 360. – Travis Hudson
Turtle Beach Earforce X1 Headphones for Xbox & PC [I4U]
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If you don't mind calling attention to yourself, maybe the Griffin Disko carrying case for iPod with video is just what you're looking for. Its motion-sensitive blinkinlights outline the clickwheel, blinking their fool LED heads off whenever you move. There's also a eerie-looking back/side case light thrown in for fun.
It uses its own wafer-shaped batteries, so it's not going to suck the life out of your iPod battery. It'll be £15, fits 30, 60 and 80GB iPods, and will be available just in time for all that Christmas shopping that's coming up much too soon.
Whatever. It's just another case for an iPod, but this time with annoying disco lights. So what? Wouldn't you much rather have the Griffin Centerstage, which actually adds the functionality of a video-viewing stand to its protective capabilities? – Charlie White
Product Page [Griffin Technologies]
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Strap on the PacificWind ThrustPac and supercharge your bike riding to speeds approaching 35mph. Although its gasoline-powered internal combustion engine sounds pretty noisy, it gets 150 miles per gallon.
Jeez, this looks like a ton of fun. Listen to them laughing and giggling in the video as they buzz around with these powerful propeller-driven backpacks. It's a hoot. Video after the jump. – Charlie White
Product page [ PacificWind, via OhGizmo]
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Now Sony is marketing PC workstations toward video aficionados, with its Vaio Type R Master series, available in varying degrees of competence. The flagship bundles a 24-inch 1920x1200 monitor, and crams up to four 500GB SATA drives and a Blu-ray burner inside.
The rest is pretty standard stuff, with all of them packing the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors. How jaded we have become. But wait. A highly unusual feature is the separate desktop and deskside units, giving you that close-at-hand convenience to plug in Blu-ray, USB and 1394 stuff, while keeping the physical plant down below, up to six feet under. Top price is around £2400.
Not much special about its video editing capabilities, although it does have dual tuners for TV watching and recording, along with a claimed "full HD 1080" capability. This is just a new way to market a PC, albeit one with a Blu-ray burner inside. As long as you have 1394 ports in a recent Mac or PC, though, you're going to be able to edit video, even high definition HDV. – Charlie White
Sony Vaio R Master series - DV editors dream come true [Newlaunches]
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Okay, there isn't much blue on the actual remote, but it has the ability to control Blu-Ray movies over a Bluetooth wireless connection—so good enough for me. It will be available in Japan for 3,600 Yen, or approximately $31. Expect the U.S. model to look very similar, if not the same.
Yeah, I'll stick with the Wiimote any day of the week. – Travis Hudson
Playstation 3 BD remote controller [Impress] (Translated)
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This is still not acceptable, I can still visibly see this card reader, which means it is still way too big. This is a card reader exclusively for MicroSD cards. It is USB 2.0 compatible and transfers at roughly 25MB/s.
Seriously, how long until you lose something like this? Just stick to normal card readers, and if those are ungodly too big, then you may have a problem. – Travis Hudson
Product Page [Via OhGizmo!]
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Creative claims that its latest invention is able to improve the sound quality of everyday music sources—like the iPod, Zen or just a stack of MP3s residing in your computer—to "beyond the original CD quality." It uses Creative's X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity technology to enhance the sound. Basically, you place the Xmod, which is the size of a "candy bar," in between your speakers and digital audio source and let it work its voodoo. It draws power from your computer, so if you're hooking it up to a portable audio player, you'll need to make use of the AC adapter, which is sold separately, natch.
The Xmod will hit stores this month and will retail for $79.99. For some reason, the phrase "wait and see" comes to mind. – Nicholas Deleon
Product Page [Creative via CrunchGear]
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Griffin Centerstage is an iPod case that doubles as a stand, giving you hands-free viewing by simply flipping open the anodized aluminum cover. It's available in four colors, along with a clear hardshell polycarbonate material that still lets you operate the iPod's click wheel. Available in time for the holidays, it'll be $25.
Finally, an iPod case that does more than just sit there protecting that precious bauble. My friend who regularly uses one of those cheap airline cups to hold his iPod in place while watching movies in flight will love this thing. Bravo. – Charlie White
Product Page [Griffin International]
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Compatible with both cellphones and PCs, the Aura Mobile Bluetooth speakerphone has four hours of talk time, 24 hours standby, echo cancellation, dual speakers, and weighs only nine ounces. There are also various accessories for it, like car power adapters and wall adapters, as well as an external mic. Available now for $149.99.
We'd get one for our cars if our phones didn't already have speakerphone already. And if it were a bit less than $149. – Jason Chen
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For the times where a magnetic screwdriver won't do, there's the Magnetic Fingertip. Handy when you drop a screw in your PC case, or under the sink, or behind the fridge, or in your car, the fingertip only costs $11 and fits most sized fingers.
Just don't use this to pick your nose or you'll end up like Arnold in that movie with the lady who crosses her legs. – Jason Chen
Product Page [Sportys via Uber Review]
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This SensorfreshQ answers the question bachelors and fast food enthusiasts always ask themselves: "will I die if I eat this meat?" It works by analyzing the air around the meat, detecting the amount of bacteria and displaying the levels on an easy three light meter. If it's green it's safe, if it's yellow you have a day, and if it's red you should probably throw it away.
The QCard sensor needs to be replaced every two months, which are $9.95 for a pair. The SensorfreshQ itself is $89.95, and should pay for itself the first time you don't have to go to the emergency room. – Jason Chen
Product page [Sharper Image via Shiny Shiny]
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We wrote about the E62 a little while ago, but in case you've forgotten, this is Nokia's Motorola Q killer. It's got a bigger screen—2.8 inches—which equates to a slightly bigger handset. It does push email using the Blackberry system, but its EDGE connection feels downright pokey next to the EVDO we see on Verizon's Q. Another gripe we have is that you have to pull the battery cover off the Nokia to swap out its miniSD card. And good god, there's no camera! But that 320 by 240 screen, while delivering the same pixel count as the Q, looks much better. And that Symbian 60 OS runs nice and tight, way faster than the Moto Q's Windows Mobile 5. Oh yes, this phone is only $149 from Cingular now.
Unless you're really attached to Windows Mobile 5, yea, I'd pick up the Nokia E62 over the Motorola Q any day.–Brian Lam
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Have you ever finished burning a candle and wondered what to do with the wax left over? We sure haven't—because we're dudes! But if your wife has this problem, gift them one of these candle makers that pound the leftover parts of various other candles into an all-new candle, ready for the burning. After about 1,000 candles you can make back the money you spent buying this thing for $34.88.
An uncle of mine tried the same idea a few years ago, except instead of candles he used dogs. – Jason Chen
Product Page [Spilsbury via Popgadget]
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This is the Crystal 945 from MSI. It carries the same form factor as the oh-so-popular iMac with the integrated PC and LCD. It is powered by a Pentium 4 Prescott with integrated Intel graphics, PCI express, Bluetooth, card reader and Wi-Fi.
Slap in a good PCI Express graphics card and this may be a worthy PC for smaller living situtations ... dorm room, anyone? – Travis Hudson
MSI Launches Stylish Crystal 945 LCD PC [BIOS]
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Microboards has done the stupid and actually manufactured a Blu-Ray duplicator tower. This tower is packed with up to 10 Blu-Ray burner drives. It can duplicate all of them at once—either working standalone or hooked to a PC. There is a 10-drive system that runs for $20,000 and a four-drive system that only goes for $9,000. No offense Microboard, but shouldn't you have waited until there was a clear winner in the next-gen media war? Unless Blu-Ray wins, this thing will probably be useless. – Travis Hudson
The New Microboards Blu-Ray Duplicator [Gearlog]
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