As long as portable nuclear power sources are uninvented (or safe...) battery life is still the biggest struggle for gadget users. But with this solar panel included backpack you can give your laptop, iPod, cell phone or other gadget the juice it needs. All it needs is a bit of sun light. It has a special protective (removable) laptop sleeve inside, holders for CDs, pencils or keys and comes in three different colors. The power generated in the solar panel on the back is transferred through a (...)  read more

Just announced at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas the Belkin Rockstar should be available in stores around march for about $ 20,- a piece. It's an audio hub where up to 5 headphones can be connected to a single audio source. So if you want some friends to check out a song on your iPod, just let them plug in and enjoy it with you. It's certainly more attractive then the splitter-on-splitter-on-splitter solution! According to us, the Belkin Rockstar will be especially useful (...)  read more

You never know when you end up in a situation where you might need this mini camera. Probably never. But it's just too small and inexpensive to not write about it. For about $ 8,50 you will always have a camera near your keys. And since you all probably have a camera phone with much better capabilities, this keychain might be nice gift for the kids. These are the specifications of the keychain mini digital (...)  read more

Samsung unveiled its new UMPC, the SPH-P9200. It's very compact, looks awesome and it has some nice hardware inside. But the folding keyboard is probably what makes it most interesting. This way you have a compact PC with a touchscreen AND a full size keyboard  for typing. And lets face it: all good intentions aside, there hasn't really been a proper replacement for a full sized keyboard for text input. The Samung SPH-P9200 runs on Windows XP, has a 1 GHz processor, (...)  read more

The man shaped USB hub got a lot of attention on all Cool and New and shows that a hub can be more than just a box with four inputs. The same goes for this Medusa hub. Something that looks more like a weird white flower than anything else but is in fact a hub with four USB 2.0 sockets, two FireWire 400 connectors, a fan and a light. You can bend and shape the 'twigs' in any way you like. The price: (...)  read more