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Have you ever been so mad to wake up in the morning that you smash your alarm clock? Hopefully you don’t do that every day, or that would be one expensive habit.

However, you could purchase the Throw Alarm Clock, a special type of alarm clock which actually requires you to bounce or throw it in order to switch it off.

As you can see, the Throw Alarm Clock is a cushioned ball with an LCD display. It also has all the features of an alarm clock such as a time, date, as well as an hourly chime and the aforementioned alarm.

This Throw Alarm Clock is available in several sport ball shapes such as Cricket, Golf, and Football (aka Soccer). It also comes with a circular stand that mounts the ball, so it will not roll off of the nightstand.

So if you are the type who really needs to let out your aggression on your alarm clock, then you owe it to yourself and your wallet to purchase the Throw Alarm Clock now on the Boy Stuff site for £9.95. That, or you can truly deal with your anger management issues and try and wake up with a cheery disposition.

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Samsung Techwin has rolled out a couple of new digital cameras known as the i100 and the i80 to its VLUU i Series lineup. Meant for beginners as well as entry-level shutterbugs nicknamed as a ‘Digital Nomad’ by Samsung, both the VLUU i100 and i80 support a multi-charging function which allows data transmission and battery charging through USB without the need and hassle for an adapter. In addition to capturing pixel perfect pictures with its 10.2 megapixel sensor and 3x optical zoom lens, other shared features include a video recording capability, MP3 playback, a text viewer and voice recording. The VLUI i100 will come in silver, dark gray, brown and red colors while the VLUU i80 has only black and silver as your choices. The former will retail for less than $400 while the latter lies a shade under $300.

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It appears that Perpetual Kid, a site designed to “entertain your inner child”, has lived up to their slogan with the Lego speakers for the iPod and iphone.

These Lego speakers have a connector that is fully compatible with the iPod Classic, Nano, and Mini. I can only assume that the sound comes out of those big plus signs that you see on the front. What you don’t see are the volume controls that are apparently “camouflaged” by design.

This contraption apparently requires no batteries, so I can only guess that it gets its power from the ipod or iPhone itself. This could result in a short time of use, but the site doesn’t say how long the Lego speaker will play off of a fully charged device.

Apparently, this is not a registered product of Lego, which makes me wonder if this brick could fit together with my other Lego bricks. I can think of some spaceship models that could be greatly improved by a little iPod attachment.

Maybe some of Lego maniacs out there can try it out, and let me know if it works. It is available at the Perpetual Kid site for about $24.99 in Yellow, Black, Red, Green, Blue, or White.

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by Thomas Ricker, posted Apr 29th 2008 at 3:46AM
Ugh, it’s springtime again. So in addition to the pools of human secretions warming into an olfactory howdy-do on city sidewalks, we get these, the pink laptops. The pink XPS M1530 and M1330 now official. Check the late-nite Dell Infomercial after the break; Ron Popeil Productions must be so proud.

[Thanks, Matus]

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Zurado Systems has released software which turns Bluetooth-enabled Windows Mobile phones or PDAs to send or receive proximity-based information. What’s the big deal about this, you ask? For starters, retail, exhibitions, and store displays will be able to push out marketing information (some people prefer to refer to it as spam) to folks who walk by, but only if they keep their Bluetooth connection on all the time (I don’t as I prefer to prolong my handset’s battery life instead). This software can also be used for personal use, where Please Explain That (PXT) sends text, images, and audio over a range of approximately 30 feet.

Unfortunately, PXT is not compatible with HTML or web browsers, but since it functions like an HTTP server, it will be able to host text, graphics (in both JPG and GIF formats), and audio (in WAV format). The server software known as PXT Portal will be able to run on any Bluetooth-equipped Windows mobile device, being ready at all times to send out information on request to client devices that come within range of its wireless connection. The compulsory client software, PXT Probe must also run on Windows Mobile-powered devices that have Bluetooth connectivity. This doesn’t limit a single device to being exclusively a server or client, but acts as both simultaneously - making it useful for testing purposes.

PXT Portal installations will be fixed in various public places such as in-store windows, museum diplays, or properties for sale, while PXT Probe users will be alerted to their presence by signs. The PXT Probe software is available as a free download, and can be used to “sniff” for PXT Portal servers whenever the user wishes. Hopefully the community of PXT Portal users will grow even more if this project were to take off successfully.

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by Thomas Ricker, posted Apr 29th 2008 at 2:00AM
var While greeted with heaps of initial skepticism, forum jockeys over at OQO Talk now seem convinced that a junior member by the name of TRF has successfully hacked the OQO to run OS X Leopard. Adding a video filmed by Mr. Blurry Cam didn’t hurt the cause. TRF’s OQO is setup in a dual-boot Vista / OS X mode which boots Leopard in about 2 minutes and 30 seconds. WiFi, sound, power management and Bluetooth… it’s all there with applications popping with serious snap. The only thing missing at the moment is WWAN access which TRF is now testing. While not yet a “plug and play” hack, it’s “definitely doable,” he says. Perhaps, but we’ll need more details to say the least. Video excerpt posted after the break.

[Thanks Albert L. and lambda jones]

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I don’t know why, but there are plenty of people that like to hear the sound of the rain falling. Maybe it is a good therapy to relax/calm down?

Anyway, the only problem is when it stops raining, the joyful listening experience disappears. For those special occasions, there is a musical instrument named Rain Maker, that as the name suggests, is capable of re-creating the rain sound.

In this case, the sound comes from a transparent tower that measures 12-inches. Believe it or not, it has hundreds of metal balls located inside, which are “guilty” for the raining sound, also known as tropical rainfall. To achieve the perfect sound possible, the tower has 12 levels with holes.

The working mode couldn’t be much easier: just press a button and the fun begins. Now that I think about it, just imagine the number of scenarios in which this Rain Maker could be useful: putting babies asleep, good Christmas gift for kids, etc.

And now for the good part - it only costs £9 (approximately $18).

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