Barbie Scoops Poop, Dog Desperately Hungry November 30, 2006

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This one has us scratching our heads: there's Barbie with the pooper scooper, dutifully disposing of little turds, but what's that in her dog Tanner's bowl, and, uh, in his mouth? That must be one hungry dog. Do I detect a shit-eating grin on his face? – Charlie White

Barbie Doll and Tanner Scooper Dog Set[Entertainment Earth, via Random Good Stuff]

Prestigio Leather Wrapped Hard Drives: Bad Idea? November 30, 2006

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Pardon my logic, but when I'm cold, I generally like to wear my leather coat because it warms me up. So wouldn't a leather coat around a hard drive be a bad idea? Prestigio has released their leather clad Data Safe II USB HDD available up to 120GB in size. It is a pretty average external hard drive: bus powered, encryption, passwording, etc. It is available in black and brown leather and would likely make your hard drive burn to a crisp, but at least it will look good doing so. – Travis Hudson

Product Page [Via EverythingUSB]

Tzero-Analog Devices: Wireless HDMI November 30, 2006

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Makers of all things switchers and converters, Tzero-Analog Devices has anted up with the announcement of a wireless HDMI technology. All we know now is that it's HDMI and it's wireless.

What we suspect? Flash drive-esque units that plug into the source output and destination input. What we hope? HDMI 1.3 support so we can rock surround sound without any wires. Because even one is one too many.

Zune Hack: Share That Song Again in Five Easy Steps November 30, 2006

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You knew this was inevitable: a way to disavow any knowledge of a transferred song on the Microsoft Zune, circumventing that share-once restriction in the player's WiFi routine. It's just a matter of a little simple digital prestidigitation, digging into a certain file and removing the name of the person who sent it to you, while that person does the same. Share that song again and again with these five steps:

The Laundry Wall Is Coming November 30, 2006

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Whirlpool and Electrolux seem to be in some form of fight to the death over just how we will manage to remove those skid-marks from our Y-fronts in the future.

Frankly, I feel somewhat jealous that no one has ever spent so much time, money and care worrying over the state of my own undergarments. Back to business.

Whirlpool has already been freaking some Giz regulars out with its BodyBox and the Pret a Porter but this one dials cleaning your clothes up a few notches. Meet the Laundry Wall, designed so that even stupid men won’t throw coloured socks in with a white wash. Of course, nothing is certain.

The washing machine boasts three baskets above for the different types of items: whites, colours, and darks. Once the wash is done an ingenious device hauls away the clothes to another compartment, which dries, de-creases and refreshes them.

The downside of course is that you have to sacrifice an entire wall and get another few jobs to pay for it.

But then, this isn’t exactly aimed at normal folk, now is it? –Martin Lynch

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Glow-In-The-Dark Bed. Pimp’d November 30, 2006

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I know there’s little that can’t be customised these days like a bad Huggy Bear overcoat and I know that I’m sick to death of the expression ‘pimp’, but if you have a car crazy kid or you live alone, then view this as the first step in modifying your bed.

We have computer beds, magnetic floating beds and even surround sound beds but do we have neon? Well we do now.

All you need are these 14, “super-bright” LEDs that create a funky blue neon effect all around your place of rest - I mean, your kid’s bed, honest. If it’s just a bit too bright, you can dim them to suit you own level of bad taste.

Of course, you can also use them as a modern trail of crumbs to find your way to the toilet in the wee small hours. Yours for the princely, non-customisable sum of £22 here.-Martin Lynch

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BitTorrent Makes Deal with Devil, Video Downloads to Ensue November 30, 2006

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Peer-to-peer software developer BitTorrent, Inc. must be getting nervous, going all legal-like on us with a video downloading deal with 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Lionsgate, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, MTV, Palm Pictures, G4, Kadokawa and Stars Media.

That's right, starting in February of next year you'll be able to download-to-own (DTO) films and TV shows, or rent films on a video on-demand (VOD) basis from those studios in addition to the already agreed-upon Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Egami Media, Hart Sharp, Koch Entertainment and The Orchard.

Take a look at a bit of told-ya-so ranting and partial list of the films that will be available:

US Kills North Korean iPod Sales To Spite Kim Jong Il November 30, 2006

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In an effort to sanction North Korea via luxury items, the US is engaging in the first ever effort to "personally aggravate a foreign president" by targeting items he personally enjoys. The list includes, besides the iPod:

cognac, Rolex watches, cigarettes, artwork, expensive cars, Harley Davidson motorcycles or even personal watercraft, such as Jet Skis. The new ban would extend even to music and sports equipment.

Besides those, the leader enjoys:

Mercedes, BMW and Cadillac cars; Japanese and Harley Davidson motorcycles; Hennessy XO cognac from France and Johnny Walker Scotch whisky; Sony cameras and Japanese air conditioners.

Who doesn't? – Jason Chen

U.S. bans sale of iPods to North Korea [Freep]

Old Skool Video Arcade Puts Consoles In The Shade November 30, 2006

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Screw queuing in the rain and snow for an overpriced PS3 or wee Wii, when what you really need is a 100in dedicated video arcade system.

The aptly named DreamArcades has launched its 100in video arcade for those of you with no social life, very deep pockets and an uber-loving wife. It’s such a bloke thing too: big, ugly, brutish and designed not to fit in with anything else in your home. Perfect. According to the folks at Kotaku, it comprises:

“A wireless audio and video connection, a DLP projector, a PC with an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ CPU with emulation software pre-installed, and a few dozen arcade titles from Namco, Capcom, Atari, Midway and others, this beast will set you back £2,500 (plus shipping). It also features almost every control scheme your little noodle can think of, including a light gun.”

This thing comes with an exhaustive games package too which you can peruse at your leisure, after the jump.-Martin Lynch

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