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It wasn’t long ago that I introduced you to an alarm clock that filled your room with the pleasant smell of cooked bacon in the morning. Unlike the Wake n’ Bacon, however, this new clock lets you select a scent you want to wake with as well as another pleasing smell you want to go to sleep to. This concept piece created by designer Alfie Lake, is called the Osim Nioi Clock. The way it works is through the use of scent cartridges ... Read More

Here is a great gadget for those of you who like to regularly snorkel or dive and like to photograph the great undersea kingdom while you do. It is a diving mask with a built-in camera so you can swim around to your heart’s content and snap pictures with lugging around a water proof camera with you. That is of course, until you run out of air. Created by Liquid Image, the Underwater Camera Mask shoots images with a resolution or either 3.1 ... Read More

Ready for the summer, the waterproof DVD ZABADY (product number: VD-J713CW) from Twinbird is an all-in-one portable DVD and TV combo player. It comes with a 1Seg TV tuner, a 7-inch (480×234) display, and an IPX7 standard waterproof specification which allows users to bring the device down to 1 meter max for a maximum of 30 minutes. Read More

Comes with a nice 1/2.3-inch 10 megapixel CCD sensor, the new Pentax Optio M60 Digital Camera sports a 5x optical zoom lens, a 2.5-inch LCD screen, up to 6,400 ISO sensitivity, a 36.5MB of onboard storage with SD/SDHC media card slot, and finally, a digital SR mode. This successor of M50 digicam is available in three different flavours (silver, pink, and blue) and will be ready for shopping on August 22nd. The price tag is set at €110 or about $171. Read More

To tumultuous applause at the WWDC 08 conference in San Francisco USA, on Monday the 9th of June 2008, Steve Jobs announced the release of the much anticipated new iPhone, dubbed the iPhone 3G. The new iPhone 3G is being launched in 22 countries initially, on the 11th of July, including South Africa a little later, at a maximum retail price of $199.00 everywhere. 3G, GPS, full enterprise support, a smooth sexy back, in plastic this time, and most importantly global availability, all ... Read More

Casio's G'zOne rugged mobile donkey has been updated again and this time it is called the Boulder. The Mil-Spec grab got GPS, a 1.3MP camera, an LED lantern, microSD support and a digital compass in his shock, dust and water. The Boulder is now available in black or orange for $ 130 after 2-year contract Verizon Wireless and $ 50 mail-in rebate, the full press release below. Read More

If Frankenstein taught us what it is that fire is bad, and if you keep a lot of stuff together randomly result is not pretty. Case in point, this 4-in-1 USB Webcam of Brando. This multi-headed Medusa has additional features such as an LED light dim, microphone and a bendable fan arms. Do not be surprised if the villagers Come Knocking on your door with axes and torches illuminated. Available for $ 23rd Read More

Educating the back of today's new Dell extravaganza (and its three consumer lines) is a back-to-school Inspiron action, the main attraction is the Inspiron 13-it begins at $ 800 (Wal-Mart sells a $ 700 special config), with a 13-inch high-definition display, touch controls and a slot-loading DVD drive. Plus has some decent design chops for a budget laptop. The Inspiron desktop 518 is a standard household sorta tower, but dressed in shiny black, starting at $ 349. Read More