Category: Computers
USB Eye Massager
Never have your mother’s prophesies that "you’ll have someone’s eye out with that" seemed more appropriate. This is apparently a USB "Eye Massager", although who in their right mind is going to want to jab this at their eye…
USB Aqua Hub
We're relying on Babelfish and our own imaginations for this story, but it seems that Japanese gadget site, Thanko, is selling a selection of USB Aqua Hubs. These 4 port USB hubs come with a choice of fish, ducks or…
CD Carousel
The CD Carousel is perfect for those sorts of people who like to keep their ties on a revolving tie rack. It's got room for up to 150 CDs which are spat out at the press of a button….
Philips gets into the PC market
More signs of convergence in the home computing/home entertainment market. Philips has gone and released a home computer in association with Dixons. Apparently, it’s "a further step forward in realising [Philips’] Connected Planet vision" which sounds like something a…
Mouse USB drive
Which is the hoax? The USB soft toy Mouse? Or the Mince Pie USB Key? Both seem pretty ludicrous to us, but it's the Mince Pie that's telling porkies. Those naughty boys over at Custom PC have been interfering…
Ergonomic Laptop Stand
Fantastically important as they make you look in coffee shops, laptops aren't much fun to work on day in day out. With the Ergo Station from PORT you can raise your laptop up on its pedestal to get the…
The British Library Goes Wireless
The British Library in St Pancras has just gone wireless. With wireless service through all its public spaces, including its 11 reading rooms, 225-seat auditorium, restaurant and outdoor Piazza area, it's now the biggest wireless hotspot area in London. According…
PC/hi-fi for under £600
Another interesting product to emerge from the Media Center 2005 launch last week. The Fortissimo may look like an ordinary hi-fi, but believe it or not it's actually a fully functioning PC complete with minimum 512MB RAM, Intel Celeron…
Apple opens first European store in London
We once met a bloke who loved Apple so much he had the company's logo tattooed on his shoulder and a big X (that's for the operating system not, as we less than tactfully suggested, the microsoft X-box) scrawled…
Amethyst's Cube computer
Remember the Amari Media Center PC we wrote about a few days ago? Well it's now available badged as the Amethyst IDO. Price is £899 + VAT for the model with keyboard and mouse and £1199 + VAT with…