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I’ve not done half the blogging of CeBIT as intended. Sorry. Time has flown away on me since yesterday morning, but I do have a swag of coverage to post later today. Featuring Sony, Google, Sennheiser, D-Link, Netcomm, automated desks, crazy German research hardware, and girls in a spa. -Seamus Byrne
Nike’s quietly rolled out a second-generation Nike+ Sport Armband for the iPod Nano, which incidentally fixes what could be biggest mistake on the first one: the inability to see the screen.
In the 2nd-gen version, Nike’s cut a hole so you can see what the hell’s going on with your workout, but it still keeps the same fabric and still holds the Nike+iPod receiver. It’s $29.95, and you can grab one over at the Apple store. Too bad Nike didn’t fix the problem we had, which was the instantaneous crushing of the iPod when we put this on our biceps because our muscles were too huge. Ha, ha. Just kidding. We have no muscles. – Jason Chen
Product Page [Apple via iLounge]
As useful as those hanging shower trays are, they can’t compare when it comes to the cool factor with this Shower Octopus. Although pricey, the octopus gives you enough arms to hold five bottles in mid-air—something octopuses are known for.
The only thing we’d be concerned about (other than the fact that octopuses have eight legs and this has like twelve) is the bottles slipping through the hooks and onto our feet. That’s happened enough already with our clumsy hands that we don’t feel like repeating them with this. – Jason Chen
Product Page [Uptoyoutoronto (look under bath section) via Nerd Approved]
If you’re at all curious about how the PlayStation Eye works, Penny Arcade’s got you covered. Har har. Now if you really want to know how it works, check out this interview with the creator to get an insight into their decision making and see what improvements they’ve made over the EyeToy. – Jason Chen
The Halo UV Vacuum aims to make paranoid germophobes not flee your home at the site of your carpet, which typically contains 100,000 dust mites per square yard. It claims to terminate the mold, dust mites, germs, viruses, bacteria and other microscopic creepy-crawlers lurking in your carpet and mattress with extreme prejudice—granted, I don’t if anything can kill what’s undoubtedly festering in my roommate’s mattress.
It also sports a HEPA filter, telescoping handle and automatic height shifter. Plus, the rep promised me it could totally handle the Oreck challenge and lift a bowling ball, which totally sold me.
If the germ genocide works, the only things that suck (sorry, had to) are the price ($400, like another sweet vacuum) and that the UV light doesn’t make for a fun light show to keep you entertained while you vacuum, which is what I was hoping for. More pics after the jump.
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– Matt Buchanan
Product Page [Halo]
May 9th is looking to be a big day for Intel. That’s when their new Bearlake chipset is expected to make its debut. In a nutshell, the new chipset will let you use DDR3 memory modules on your mobo. Cool, right? ‘Cause DDR3 is faster than DDR2? Not really.
You see, when benchmarked, today’s DDR2 memory beats DDR3 memory so until DDR3 hits 1.33GHz and 1.6GHz speeds, it’s not worth making any drastic upgrades for. Our advice, wait it out to see those initial Bearlake benchmarks and then make your upgrades. – Louis Ramirez
DDR3 Launch Set for May 9th [The Inquirer]
The TVR Tuscan is a primo sports car, and for those who can’t afford the $100,000 price tag, you can pretend with the TVR Tuscan wireless mouse! It is powered by a couple of AAA batteries (a small step down from the traditional 360hp engine) and includes two buttons, scroll wheel and blue lights. $40. –Travis Hudson
Product Page [Via gearfuse]
Looking for a way to get Blu-ray on your PC? Pioneer is making it a little bit easier with their BDC-2202 Blu-ray drive (that’s the older model in the pic above). The $299 drive will read BD-ROM, BD-R, and BD-RE discs at speeds of up to 5x while also reading BD-ROM (DL) and BD-R/RE (DL) discs at 2x speeds.
Mac fans can fall back on this drive (which is pricier) or if you wanna swing both ways, there’s always the LG option. Just remember—if you’re getting it to watch Blu-ray movies on your PC you gotta have the right video card and monitor set up (HDCP friendly), so you may be better off just getting a standalone player. – Louis Ramirez
Marketed in Korea, this USB Fishtank is the perfect thing for a desk jockey that’s too lazy to actually turn and take care of its fish. See, the USB connection hooks up to a software suite with a virtual fishtank, and whatever you do on the software fishtank—make bubbles, change the water temperature, or monitor the filter device—will be replicated in the actual fish tank.
Best of all, there’s a monitor built into the tank so you can avoid even looking at it. Why not just cut out the actual fish tank and make this thing a software-only affair? – Jason Chen
A computer raises fishes? [AVING]
If you were at all interested in the Vudu box announcement—which promised an HD set-top box capable of streaming movies via P2P—this rumor may just give you a reason to get excited about the PS3 again. A source tells Sony Protection Group that Sony’s planning on integrating a P2P file-sharing service transparently into PlayStation Home in order to lessen the loads on Sony’s own servers.
Why should Sony’s bandwidth bill matter to you? Well, if it means you can download or stream a movie faster through P2P compared with just plain downloading, then you should care. If Sony’s serious about making the PS3 a multi-media center, then they’re going to have to start putting real HD movies on there to compete with the Xbox 360. With Sony’s big bucket of movies thanks to their film division, it’s only a question of whether they want to. – Jason Chen
Sony’s P2P Network [Sony Protection Group]
