This post is not a post from the past, nor are you are not going through deja vu. It seems the world is still suffering from battery issues and so Toshiba is recalling some batteries made by Sony. Around 10,000 batteries are being recalled as they could catch on fire. Sony is taking it in [...]

WETA Limited is collaborating with BBC Worldwide to produce a series of collectible Doctor Who statues according to Figures.com. The collectibles will feature famous scenes from the series. It’s not yet known exactly what the first four statues will look like, but we do know they will be 1:6 scale.
The statues will be unveiled [...]

What the world needs now are more stereos with tubes on them. Thankfully, the folks at Shanling are helping to fulfill that need by releasing the MC-3 CD player / dock. The device looks like it belongs on that diamond shaped bookshelf that Captain Kirk had in his quarters in Wrath of Khan…placing [...]

After you see the picture of this device, I don’t even need to tell you that it’s from Japan.
The Pop Up Pirate is one of Tomi’s most popular toys in Japan, and apparently SolidAlliance grouped up with Cube Works to develop a new version of the popular toy which doubles as a 4 port USB [...]

Lifehacker has just released a list of 10 useful applications for those of us that have replaced our desktop e-mail client for Gmail’s internet interface.
These applications help make Gmail even more similar to a dedicated e-mail client. Whether you want to drag-and-drop an attachment or import old e-mails into your Gmail account, this list covers [...]

Democracy Player, my favorite media tool on pretty much all of my computers, has changed its name to Miro.
The press release talks about Miro, and how the first version of Miro is just the last version of Democracy with tons of bug fixes, and that Miro will be working on creating a community. I [...]

Although Sony is still in the Digital Audio Player market themselves, it looks like they’ve surrendered to the evidence of Apple’s iPod market share, and are now releasing new products compatible with the dominant media player (that’s the iPod in case you weren’t paying attention).

The radio allows you to choose between waking up with the [...]

Despite offering many free web applications or services, that some of us can’t even live without, even Google has to make money from some place.
This latest strategy of theirs involves the creation of a new mobile search engine, aimed at cellphones, that will allow users to take advantage of the already available services like mail, [...]

This creepy looking, headless, quadruped robot has just been given $10 Million dollars in Government funding from the Pentagon. The robot is capable of running and jumping, moving around a variety of obstacles, and can even regain its balance after being kicked. Hopefully a portion of the $10 mil will be to stop [...]

Comics Reviewed this week include Fantastic Five #1, Green Lantern #21, Countdown #42, and Punisher War Journal #9
Fantastic Five #1 (Marvel)
by Defalco/Lim/Koblish
Everyone sit up and pay attention. This is how the Fantastic Four is supposed to be written. This one of the best Fantastic Four stories to come out in a very long [...]

According to The Movie Blog there is a good chance we could see a teaser trailer for The Dark Knight attached to The Simpsons on July 27th.
Don’t get too excited just yet, though. Even if we do see a teaser, it’s very likely to just be a logo teaser with no actual footage in it. [...]

Have you ever wanted to make a phone call while swimming or just resting on one of those floating pool toys?
No? Well, neither have I, but apparently there seems to be a market for a device like that. A Japanese cellphone company called FOMA have just announced the F704i which is completely waterproof and can [...]

As if the PSP didn’t already have enough ways to carry your media, or stream it, the Japanese will now have access to a cheap Digital TV tuner for only ¥6,980 ($57).

At the moment, it’s not certain if this add-on will also work on the “old” PSPs but my guess that that will depend [...]

As if Vista wasn’t enough, it looks like Microsoft is “gearing up” to release an “advertising framework” that completely violates the privacy of your computer and brings even more advertising to the applications you use.
The adware framework would leave almost no data untouched in its quest to sell you stuff. It would inspect “user document [...]

According to some “reliable sources”, ThinkSecret is claiming that the next iteration of iMacs, will be announced on August 7th.
Even though Leopard will only be released in October, Apple is hoping on selling some new computers during the back-to-school season. Although it’s a bit unlikely, the same sources claim that iLife is nearing it’s final [...]

In the world of laptops, Panasonic has been steadily becoming an important company. Not because of their design or ergonomics, but mainly thanks to the sturdiness of the devices. Some of them are built to resist drops of over a meter, and resist shock. This latest R6 model is built with quality that the [...]