The iPhone is still several months away from release, however the Chinese aren’t waiting and are already producing accessories with some iPhone cases on display at the HK Electronics & Computer Fair this week. Get one for your cardboard cutout iPhone now ;)

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Apple announced yesterday that the 100 millionth iPod has been sold making it the best selling music player in history. That’s quite an achievement considering that the first one was released only in November 2001, which works out to an average of about 50,000 iPod’s sold every day for the past five and a half [...]

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An iPod virus has been developed by security firm Kaspersky Lab. The virus called “Podloso” only affects iPods running Linux, it also is incapable of spreading automatically from one iPod to another and can’t jump from an iPod to a PC. I know that at this point you must be thinking this is a pretty [...]

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Logitec (note that’s Logitec not Logitech) have a new retro looking alarm clock dock for the iPod. The bell looking bits are actually the speakers (2 x 6W) and the unit comes in black as well as the standard white. Looks a bit tacky to me and it doesn’t suit my nano. No word on [...]

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Consolas.com reckon they have the first official pics of the new black Xbox 360 which is now known as Xbox 360 Elite. The website is in Spanish but you can check out the pics in their gallery here.
The Elite comes with a 120GB hard drive and HDMI, although I personally would pay the extra [...]

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Here is a simple hack to increase the power of a green laser pointer. If you haven’t got one, they can be bought quite cheaply on ebay. And as all geeks know, a green laser pointer is seriously cooler than a red one.
How To MAKE A BURNING LASER, Save 100’s Of $$$ - Click here [...]

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With 85 implements covering over 100 functions the Wenger Giant swiss army knife is the undisputed king of pocket knives. Sure it may be somewhat large but it replaces most of the tools and implements you currently have in your garage and even in your kitchen. It also comes with a laser pointer with a [...]

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Want to upgrade the hard drive in your iPod but don’t know how? The Command-Tab blog has a great tutorial on how to do it. The guide is quite comprehensive covering everything including hard drive selection, preparation for the delicate operation and what tools you need to perform the transplant. A word of warning though, [...]

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The Giraffe video conferencing robot from HeadThere makes it possible for you to be in two places at once. The 5 foot, 8 inch tall robot brings something new to video conferencing — an actual physical presence. The user can operate the robot remotely over the internet, absorbing information with a 2.1-megapixel, 8x zoom camera [...]

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Here is the ultimate remote for all you weirdos trekkies out there. It’s almost an exact replica of the original Star Trek phaser complete with sound effects which also doubles as a universal remote for all your electronics gear. It’s obviously a non-lethal version (unless you throw it at someone) but you can “Set phasers [...]

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Here is a pretty neat keyboard from Eleksen, a rollable, foldable, twistable, flippable usb powered double sided fabric keyboard.
It has a qwerty keyboard on one side and a media controller / num pad on the back. No word on price or availability as yet.
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Reflect cases are durable polycarbonate shells that present a seamless, mirrored-chrome reflective face to the world — until you wake up your player, and the bright, clear screen shows through the chrome as if by magic.
Reflect’s matte black rubberized case back visually complements the chrome, and gives you a sure grip. Now available in sizes [...]

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