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While many modern PC’s have SD card compatibility, the ones that don’t kind of leave the user out of the loop. Loas has introduced their small ultra-lightweight USB-powered SD card reader which gives any computer with USB 2.0 SC card compatibility. The device is compatible with the SD, miniSD, microSD, SDHC card formats, giving you pretty much full reign over ...

After spending weeks of your life signed on to World of Warcraft (or Warcrack as we like to call it) you’d like something to show for it. FigurePrints has a service that allows you to replicate your character with a actual plaque figurine. Through a partnership with Blizzard, FigurePrints uses 3D scanning technology to create a life-like creation of your ...

In an announcement made to calm anxious business men and XP fans alike, Toshiba has announced that they will be shipping their Satellite T31 notebook with both XP and Vista included in the box. While most of you will only install one of these OS’s, we assume that installing both on partitions is possible. The T31 will ship in two ...

Here is proof that no consumer sector is safe from the invasion of Super Mario Bros. merchandise. The new Super Mario Power Up! Energy Drink gives you a 1up mushroom of your own, with a blue-raspberry flavored twist. Much like Red Bull, and other energy beverages, the Mario drink is sure to taste more like the water from one of ...

Xenics has revealed their new Music Cube portable speakers. Made for portable media devices, the over-colorful speakers plug right into the headphone jack. Featuring 1 W speakers, the Music Cube doesn’t need any additional power source, working on the same premise as headphones. The new Music Cube comes in two different body designs, one which is full cubed, and one ...

If you’ve ever played around with one of those online “death calculators”, you know that knowing your own death date isn’t exactly a stress reliever. Not knowing when you’re gonna go is even more nerve wracking. A recent patent reveals this idea for a Life Expectancy Timepiece, which is surely the insurance company’s dream. Relying on the same actuarial tables ...

Following rumors that Sony was working on a re-entry into the gaming console market, Sony (ahem, did we say Sony? Sega…yes, Sega of course) has publicly dashed any hopes of a Dreamcast revival, much to the defeat of Cartman and the rest of the South Park cast. Originally launched in November 1998, Dreamcast was pulled from production in 2001, at ...

Tetris might be my all-time favorite game. No matter how detailed graphics become, there is no beating the complicated task of organizing geometric shapes into complete rows. This wallet from Etsy’s KMC Designs is not only Tetris-themed, but made of duct tape! Theoretically, you can remove the individual Tetris pieces on the face of the wallet and make your own ...

Remember the craziness that was the USB Humping Dog? Cube-Works has released a second generation of the horny dog gadgets. This time around the dogs are branding smiley faces and perky ears. If my only job was to hump, I think I would be pretty happy and perky as well. The doggies still don’t offer any storage space, but we ...

After all of the trouble Radiohead went through on their DRM-free “name your own price” online retail of their newest (and one of their greatest) album “In Rainbows”, we never expected the band to be in talks with Apple on releasing their album on iTunes. That is exactly what seems to be happening. Radiohead’s current representatives, Courtyard Management, is reportedly ...