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For the latest info on the coolest gadgets, emerging technology and wired madness, subscribe to our full news feed or have it delivered to your inbox. Always free. Always unique. Thanks for visiting! All I can say is wow, I am not a Halo fanboy and I do not own an X-360, but I would consider getting one of these. Ben Heck has done very well for himself here, bundling X-360 internals into a somewhat husky laptop case. A 17-inch laptop screen is all you need to enjoy some mobile Halo 3 and a full keyboard should see this being multifunctional. Nice job Ben, I will let the pictures and video (after the jump) do the rest of the talking. (Read the full post about ‘A Heck of a Mod, X-Box 360 Laptop’…)

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Posted Feb 4th 2008 2:41PM by Darren MurphFiled under: Storage We know how you Transformers aficionados roll — you’ll spend your very last dollar just to ensure your collection stays complete. That being said, we’d probably recommend skipping right over this Autobot 1GB USB flash drive, unless you dig (likely) non-licensed gear cluttering up your pristine heap, that is. If you’re still letting your heart cloud your mind, riddle us this: what legitimate piece of Transformers kit requires you to purchase 12?[Via Coolest-Gadgets] (Read the full post about ‘Autobot flash drive probably isn’t licensed, doesn’t care’…)

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Filed in archive Cameras by Dominic Rivera on February 04, 2008 SeaLife's new ECOshot is designed tough to capture outdoor adventures. This 6-megapixel camera is the ideal companion to take on all your adventures outside. The ECOshot is specifically designed for those who love any type of outdoor diversions from the serene to the extreme. Its durable fully rubberized exterior allows users to take impressive photographs under tough outdoor conditions. Large accessible shutter and menu buttons make using this camera a breeze, even when wearing gloves. Whether kayaking, skiing, rafting, snowshoeing, hiking, scuba diving or snorkeling there's no fear that water or ice will damage or ruin the camera. (Read the full post about ‘SeaLife launches world’s first true waterproof, shockproof digital camera’…)

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Like the idea or not, TiVo does keep track of just what we are watching on a “second-by-second” basis. With that information, based on approximately 10,000 households they were able to provide us with this great Top 10 list of the most TiVo’d commercials from the big game.

1. E-Trade: “Baby”
2. Pepsi Co: “Justin Timberlake”
3. Doritos: “Mouse Trap” (user-generated)
4. Coca-Cola: “James Carville and Bill Frist”
5. Ice Breakers: “Carmen Electra”
6. Bridgestone: “Headlights”
7. Bud Light: “Cavemen”
8. Vitamin Water: “Horse Race”
9. Cars.com Plan B: “Witch Doctor”
10. Life Water: “Thriller”

Noticeably missing seems to be Toshiba’s HD DVD commercial.  In case you missed any of the commercials you can check them out over on Spike.com.

(Read the full post about ‘TiVo announce Top 10 most TiVo’d Super Bowl commercials’…)

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After weeks–months if you consider the rumors–of anticipation the MacBook Air is finally out in the wild. According to Apple, orders made today are shipping in two to three weeks but people who pre-ordered the Air right after the keynote should be getting their units quite soon. Even if you didn’t buy one you can finally stop by your local Apple store and check one out. I had a chance to do just that over the weekend. I got to the Apple Store early, slapped on some hand-sanitizer, and gave the MBA a test run. I didn’t bother to take a lot of pictures because there are lots of great galleries online already, but I did spend enough time to get some impressions about the notebook. (Read the full post about ‘First Look: MacBook Air’…)

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Have you ever hung out with someone discussing music, when you both realize that you each have songs the other want? If you’re not near a computer, then there’s really no good way to share your music. However, with the miShare you can just hook up your iPods and swap tracks to your heart’s content. The miShare is a simple little device with two 30-pin dock connectors that will work with most iPods 3G and up (unfortunately not the iPod Touch or iPhone). Connect both iPods and press the button to transfer the last song (or video) played. Hold down the button and your entire ‘On-The-Go’ playlist gets copied. (Read the full post about ‘Swap music between iPods with miShare’…)

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Playing with LEGO is more often than not an activity associated with kids, but chances are adults will have fond memories of their childhood with these building blocks and probably would enjoy building more stuff without letting the rest of the world know. Posey could open that door for them, being touted to be a “hands-on way of interacting with computers”. It features a bunch of snap-together, sensor-laden parts that communicates with PCs via ZigBee. Take for example, attaching a leg to a body, the on-screen representation will mimic the movement almost immediately. Hopefully these will go commercial in the near future as I have plenty of pent-up creativity that needs an outlet of expression. (Read the full post about ‘Posey Interactive Toy For Adults’…)

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Eizo’s ColorEdge CG301W Monitor is different from the rest of the pack not just because it is a 30″ widescreen LCD monitor, but it comes with hardware calibration as well. This unique monitor features a wide color gamut, 12-bit hardware calibration, and picture-by-picture, making it the perfect companion for those who dabble with graphics applications on a daily basis. After all, in that industry, you can’t really afford to make a slip up in the choice of colors during a project as your client will probably take his business elsewhere the next time round. (Read the full post about ‘Eizo ColorEdge CG301W Monitor’…)

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Looks like it didn’t take too long for the En-Tech Vibe NVE-100 earphones to arrive Stateside from Korea, appearing on ThinkGeek slightly over a month after the Korean release. Well, at least we don’t have hand-drawn designs to refer to this time, with images of the actual product being readily available. Named as the Vibe Body Sound earphones, you get a pair of headphones that are clipped onto your outer ear. Sound reaches your eardrum thanks to the Vibe Body Sound earphones that conduct vibrations through your skin and cartilage, sending audio straight to your skull’s inner ear for crystal clear audio. All this without remaining deaf to what’s going on around you - neat eh? (Read the full post about ‘ThinkGeek Vibe Body Sound Earphones’…)

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Posted Feb 4th 2008 5:47AM by Thomas RickerFiled under: Misc. Gadgets We first head of Intel’s quad-core Tukwila back in 2006. Now, it’s launching at the International Solid State Circuits Conference. Expected to arrive in the second half of the year, the 2GHz Itanium processor packs in more than 2 billion transistors. Unfortunately, it’s headed straight to the raised-floor room, not your consumer-class desktop. The good news for IT types is that the proc doubles the performance of Intel’s enterprise-class, 9100-series Montvale processors with just a 25% increase in power consumption. So, we looking at 4 billion transistors by 2010 Mr. Moore? Probably, Tukwila is still using 65-nm processes as opposed to Intel’s new 45-nm technolog (Read the full post about ‘Intel launching Tukwila: world’s first 2 billion transistor chip’…)

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