Folks who want to maintain their personal space can always look forward to the Orbitsound T3 speaker. While it isn’t as private as a pair of headphones, it won’t cause hearing damage either if used properly, unlike a pair of headphones. The T3 uses amazing airSOUND® single-point-stereo technology to power its personal stereo aura. The Orbitsound T3 also doubles as a great portable stereo speaker system on the move for use with laptops, music and video players. Great in the office or a hotel room: sit the T3 on any flat surface for great airSOUND spatial stereo sound. Measuring just 102 x 60 x 20mm (22mm at maximum) and weighing 115g, the T3 is powered by a lithium rechargeable battery, providing up to 10 hours playing time on a single charge. (Read the full post about ‘Orbitsound T3 is very personal’…)

Fujitsu Lifebook A6120 There’s something refreshingly unpretentious about Fujitsu’s line of Lifebook laptops. True, these lappies are not beauty contest winners. But what they will do is quietly seduce you with bewitching combinations of features and pumped-up specs. Thankfully, the 15.4-inch A6120 is not an exception. As one of six new Fujitsu offerings equipped with the latest incarnation of Intel’s mobile messiah (aka the Centrino 2) the Lifebook A6120 more than makes up for its dull exterior with features that will have prettier laptops quaking in their neoprene sleeves. Opposite its no frills glossy shell resides a gorgeous 15.4-inch LCD capable of brightening even the darkest depths of Mordor. (Read the full post about ‘Review: Fujitsu’s Latest Lifebook Blends Bland Styling, Bitchin’ Performance’…)

One way to convince everyone your back on your game is to surprise everyone with an update, well before it is expected.  Could it be that is what Palm is doing with their runaway hit Centro?  A big, fat maybe. This supposed advert from Palm shows a nice looking iteration of the Centro minus the keyboard.  We all assume there is still a physical keyboard somewhere, unless they are bringing Graffiti back (haha, that’s an older handwriting via stylus input method from PDAs kids).  Could Palm be jumping on the success of the Centro so quickly?  If so, it would send a strong message that Palm isn’t floundering, in fact it is thriving. (Read the full post about ‘Palm leaks Centro 2?’…)

The Ramos iMovie personal media player being sold in China looks impressive (and it’ll be even more impressive if it avoids a lawsuit from Apple). The 4.3-inch, 480-by-272-pixel widescreen media player is essentially a beefed up video ipod. Equipped with stereo speakers and a TV-out port, the iMovie is capable of playing MP3s, photo slide shows and virtually any video format, including AVI, FLV, WMV and MPG4 (unlike Apple’s video iPods, which are limited to playing MP4 videos and movies bought from the iTunes Store). The iMovie’s also priced quite reasonably for what it offers. It’s available in three different models: $219 for the 32GB; $145 for the 16GB; and $102 for the 8GB. (Read the full post about ‘China Sells Inexpensive ‘iMovie’ Media Player’…)

Yes! Yes, yes, yes! This is what we live for. When two forms of geek hobbies emerge as one, it has the potential to be a beautiful thing. If this wasn’t model wasn’t built using two key images from geek culture, we’d probably take a single glance and promptly run away before we had a chance to laugh in the designer’s face. Luckily for Lego enthusiast Dan Kressin, his Lego Donkey Kong replica fits the bill. Using only Lego pieces, Dan Kressin recreated the original Donkey Kong screen, complete with living, breathing, kinetic movement. Kong throws barrels, just like in the actual game, while a depressingly sedentary Mario jumps up and down, avoiding the said barrels. (Read the full post about ‘Lego Donkey Kong is sort of charming’…)

From the Japanese electronics company AOpen comes a new nettop powered by Intel’s Atom processor, the XC Cube LE200. Enclosed in a mini-ITX enclosure which measures only 200 x 321 x 106 mm, this computing box features expandable PCI slots and a 3.5-inch SATA HDD, and a non-mounted slim optical drive. Other features include; a 1.6GHz Atom processor, Windows XP or Vista Basic OS, an Intel 945GC+ICH7 chipset, a 945GC built-in Intel GMA 950 VGA output, HD Audio 2.1ch sound, and a maximum of 2GB RAM. The XC Cube LE200 could be a good alternative to the Eee PC Box if it will be released internationally. However, like pricing information, there are no words on international release yet as well. (Read the full post about ‘Japan’s AOpen intros the Atom-powered XC-Cube LE200 nettop’…)

In June NBC announced that it would be making the Olympics competitions available on the Web only to users of Vista, shutting out Macs, Linux, and even Microsoft’s own Windows users. They appear to have relented, I’m happy to report, at least admitting those of us still using Windows XP. I can’t testify about the other OSes from personal experience, but if you do Mac or Linux, give it a try and drop us a line to let your fellow users know if it works. Lots of this is available in real time. But if you miss the competition in a favorite sport because you have a life, here’s a chance to catch up in those moments when your life has quieted down. I have just watched part of the U.S. (Read the full post about ‘The Olympics are online after all’…)

Tired of your house smelling like smoke?  Well then suck it up with this ashtray.  It was specifically designed to suck that smoke into the dome and dispose of it.  It does so by, breaking down the smoke into negatively-charged particles, which are then “captured by the positively-charged stainless steel lining of the dome.”  I’m a little skeptical as to how it works and if it will actually stop the smell from getting into your home.  After all, your cigarette doesn’t stay in the ashtray.  At some point you have to take it out to smoke it. (Read the full post about ‘Ionic Smokeless Ashtray sucks up your smoke’…)

Boffins from the Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois have gotten a little carried away with metaphor. They have made a digital camera sensor in the shape of a human eye (that’s a sphere to you and me). Why? Well, the long term goal is to make a bionic eye that will actually fit into an eye-socket, but that’s on hold until they figure out how to hook the camera up to the brain. In the meantime, it turns out that the curved sensor takes a great picture. Speaking to Reuters, researcher Yonggang Huang said that Currently when you take photos, the middle part of the picture is very clear but when you go to the edge, it is not so clear. The curved technology will make the entire picture clear. (Read the full post about ‘Scientists Invent Bionic Eye’…)

Going to the dentist can be quite a harrowing experience, so why not distract yourself from all the pain with Foris’ plan to use display goggles during dental procedures? Sounds like a brilliant idea - you not only get to distract yourself from all the pain, there is also no bright light shining straight into your eyes as well. More introverted dentists will also find this service to be of use to them since they don’t have to take the effort to start small conversations. The patient, after all, won’t enjoy trying to gurgle out an answer while his/her mouth is being prodded. (Read the full post about ‘InChairTV Display Goggles’…)