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Darth Vader Voice Changer

Restraining order be damned! She won’t even know it’s you in this stylish Darth Vader voice changing mask and chest plate (charred, boiled flesh is the new pink). Through the magic of electronics, you can sound like everyone’s favorite Sith Lord, James Earl Jones. Comes complete with digitized heavy breathing sounds and clips from the…

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Dell XPS 2 Reviewed (Verdict: Smaller, Nicer)

HardOCP has reviewed the XPS 2, the second generation gaming laptop from the usually staid Dell. Gone from this new incarnation of the XPS, thankfully, is the death s head on the case cover. New features include a move to Pentium M and NVIDIA s GeForce Go 6800 mobile graphics chipset, making this a truly…

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Pink ‘Sakura’ PSP Case

I take total responsibility for this post. Not only can you not buy this pink ‘Sakura’ PSP case by itself, it’s only available in Japan with a game from Koei that you’ll probably never even hear about (‘Neo Romance,’ which may or may not be related to the Three Kingdoms series. But it’s pink and…

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Verizon Introduces Universal Music Ringback Tones

Ringback tones, which aren’t terribly new, are little snippets of music that play instead of the usual ringing you hear when calling someone s cell phone. Verizon just teamed up with Universal Music, they of Mariah Carey and U2 fame, in order to offer 500+ beloved hits. Verizon uses the universal iconography of music—dancing silhouettes—to…

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JVC Gets Around to Releasing Wireless USB Audio Receivers

It s strange that JVC is hiding its Wireless USB goodness under a bushel, but three recently released devices—the sake-soaked EX-D5 and two receivers, the RX-D702 [pictured] and the RX-D302—haven t gotten much attention. Most of these were released at CES but didn t see American shores until this month. In JVC s world, Wireless…

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High Gear Summit Watch Reviewed (Verdict: Big But Handy)

Sea kayakers are a hearty breed, born of the sea and prone to yarring and yawping at storms. Whereas they once had to depend on arcane skills like “looking at clouds” and “watching the Weather Channel,” the Summit watch’s barometer allows them to tell when the storms are coming and even includes a digital compass…

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Benq P50 Launches in Italy (Maybe)

I’m relying on machine translation here, but it looks like BenQ has finally released the long lusted-after P50—in Italy. The quad-band GSM phone should work in the US just fine, though, so if you really want to get a hold of the device that is a lot like a ‘Windows Treo with Wi-Fi’ (in my…

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Bender Case Mod

Here’s a little tip for when you’re reading about this top-notch, all-metal Bender case mod: ‘Neste side’ means ‘Next page’ in Norwegian. The article was a lot more interesting after someone pointed that out. Also, could there be a better domain in the web than ‘Overklokking?’ All it needs is a light sprinkling of umlaut.…

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Cellpoint Flamingo Headset Reviewed (Verdict: Fantastic, But…)

So I’m a child. I know that. But surely I’m not the only one who has noticed the Cellpoint Flamingo Headset looks like a big, black cock hanging out of these people’s ears? It may sound great, feel great, and have a long battery life—it still looks like a dong. If I’m going to pay…

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MAKE:DIYcast Episode 1

Philip Torrone continues two trademark traditions: high-quality, information-heavy podcasts and the inability to take a self-portrait without holding the camera at least two feet over his own head. The first ‘MAKE: DIYcast’ is online, with detailed instructions about using your iPod shuffle without iTunes, hacking cell phones for GIs (soldiers, not tracts, I hope), getting…

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Woman Smuggles Phone in Vagina

Since I spent the first six months as editor trying to convince women that I didn’t hate them more than I hate everyone, I’ll take the blockquotey way out: Romanian police searching a woman suspected of theft found her hiding a mobile phone in her vagina. They made the astonishing discovery after dialling the number…

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SkyPort Fiber Optic Skylight System

Direct from Sweden, Parans shows off their Skyport system: light-collecting panels which you install on your roof, allowing them to feed a remote part of your house with the purest of natural light. The Skyport system uses SunWire—”light transporting cable” (read: fiber optics)—to bring sunlight to its connected “luminaries”. Bj rks, as they’re called, are…

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The Computer Formerly Known As Mac mini

Although the sexy purple levant Tolex amplifier covering belies the storied pedigree of this upgrade, what you are looking at is a teeny Mac mini hooked up to a full-bore 250GB drive. The creator of this monstrosity, Adam Eberbach, rolled his own cooling and power system and even took time out to cut a slot…

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Bandai Announces First DVD/UMD Package

PSP users rejoice today as Bandai Visual announced the first package to include both DVD and UMD-Video. This is good news for PSP owners, as it will eventually mean they can just spend a little more when purchasing DVDs to get a package that includes an equivalent UMD-Video. With a price of just 1,200 yen…

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Toshiba LH100 LCD TVs With Integrated DVR

“A little time face” is the name of Toshiba’s new line of LCD TVs with integrated 160GB hard drive for recording purposes. Available up to 37 inches wide, the panels all feature a resolution of 1366 x 768 and brightness of 500cd/m2 (we don’t really know how bright that is, either). The “little time” feature…

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Panasonic AG-HVX200 HDTV Camera

Panasonic will be releasing a new HD video camera they’re calling the “DVCPRO HD P2 handheld.” While actually pretty compact judging by the image alone, the unit doesn’t skimp on the specs. It obviously records in a range of HDTV formats (up to 1080 60i/30p/24p), but another interesting feature is its compatibility with “P2 card.”…

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Onkyo Hi-MD/iPod FR-N Series

For roughly $880, you too can own Onkyo’s new “X-N9” Hi-MD/CD minicomponent system. I really don’t know why this thing is so expensive, but it may have something to do with the fact that it features an “RI port” for that RI Dock we talked about the other day. It’s also an Onkyo product, a…

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JVC Lip Lap UX-Q10

JVC’s UX-Q10 is a new model in the company’s “Lip Lap” minicomponent line. Equipped with CD, radio, MiniDisc, and a tape deck, the Q10 features a function called “Touch Illumination” to change certain backlight colors when you touch the top of the unit. Up to 6 different colors are selectable, where parts using clear plastic…

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Edible User Interfaces

Dan Maynes-Aminzade is working towards a simple goal we can all appreciate: edible user interfaces. One such device, called the BeanCounter, uses electronically controlled valves to dispense jelly beans based on memory usage or other statistics of up to six running processes at a time. Quite possibly even better (and at the very least, dramatically…

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MSI Mega Stick 528 Flash Player

MSI has upgraded its Mega Stick 527 with the aptly-named Mega Stick 528. Available in 512MB and 1GB versions, this flash player/radio/recorder offers 18 hours of playback on a single AAA battery. It is not a beautiful looking flash player, but this is not a beautiful world. They re aiming for the $100 price point…

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Darth Vader Voice Changer

Dell XPS 2 Reviewed (Verdict: Smaller, Nicer)

Pink ‘Sakura’ PSP Case

Verizon Introduces Universal Music Ringback Tones

JVC Gets Around to Releasing Wireless USB Audio Receivers

High Gear Summit Watch Reviewed (Verdict: Big But Handy)

Benq P50 Launches in Italy (Maybe)

Bender Case Mod

Cellpoint Flamingo Headset Reviewed (Verdict: Fantastic, But…)

MAKE:DIYcast Episode 1

Woman Smuggles Phone in Vagina

SkyPort Fiber Optic Skylight System

The Computer Formerly Known As Mac mini

Bandai Announces First DVD/UMD Package

Toshiba LH100 LCD TVs With Integrated DVR

Panasonic AG-HVX200 HDTV Camera

Onkyo Hi-MD/iPod FR-N Series

JVC Lip Lap UX-Q10

Edible User Interfaces

MSI Mega Stick 528 Flash Player

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