Razer launches Ferox, a pocket sized twin-speaker set the company describes as a modern day boombox for gamers.

The speakers offer omni-directional sound through strategically positioned 30mm neoymium magnet drivers. Auto-expanding resonance chambers produce a subwoofer-style strong bass, while digital amplification enchances power efficiency while lowering distortion levels.

Loudspeaker output stands at 2x 3W, with 150Hz-20KHz frequency response. Inputs come through 3.5mm audio jack and USB.

Voltaic's Spark might look like a regular tablet case, but it carries solar panels (generating 8W of power) and a universal battery pack.

The battery carries as much power as an iPad's battery and takes 8-9 hours of sunlight to fully charge. It can also charge through USB ports.

Power output comes from 2 USB ports-- a 650 mA port and a 2 Amps "high-power" port. It can charge most tablets' batteries, as well as iPhones and DSLR cameras.

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Trendnet launches its TEW-648UBM-- a small 150Mbps Wireless N USB adapter. It measures only 1.5 x 1.9 x 0.7 cm.

The adapter is ideal for laptops. Once plugged into USB port the adapter extends only 0.8cm from the machine's edge.

Trendnet says its device is the only product in its class with a WPS button. Users press the compatible router's WPS button and then the adapter's button, before confirming connection.

Go Trendnet 150Mbps Micro Wireless N USB Adapter

Elecom's MR-C25 is a USB SD-card reader designed for laptops and notebooks-- with a twist.

The device doesn't stick out perpendicularly to the machine's side, but lays flat on the side. It also swivels as needed, getting out of the way if it covers up other ports next to it.

It is also thin enough to stay in one place even one slips the computer into its carry case.

The reader reads SDHC and SDXC formats, and has a separate slot for microSD cards.

Go Elecom MR-C25 card reader

Premier Mounts introduces the VIP-100 and VIP-200 mounting frames for Apple’s iPad - a device that could quickly become the standard for touch screens in the Home.

The frames, designed to securely hold the iPad, complement the iPad's stylish look and easily fasten to any wall or table mount or stand with a compatible VESA 100 mounting pattern.

Go iPad Frame Mount

Go iPad desktop mount

Bluetooth SIG formally adopts the full spec for Bluetooth low energy that will create a new ecosystem of innovative products and apps that will change the way we think about the things around us.

Bluetooth low energy is not just a variant of the existing Bluetooth spec: it’s an entirely new standard optimised for low power and internet connectivity. It marks a change in short range wireless, providing a new short range connection for a new decade.

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Martijn Hoogeveen, CEO for ICEcat, says their e-catalog analysis after the first 4 months in 2010 shows 10 brands who out-perform others in the Top One Hundred online channel brands. The top three are Dell, Trust and Brodit.

"Brodit is a surprise. It is a Swedish mobile phone accessory provider, which data has become available for online channel partners. Especially, its compatibility table (shows which holder fits which mobile and which car model) is gold, and makes the company the Kingston Continue reading...

Gmail has keyboard shortcuts and this time last year Google offered users a free pack of color-coded shortcut stickers for tacking onto any keyboard.

Now Gboard, a specialized mini-keyboard for Google's e-mail service created by a film producer from California, can lead you to them for $19.99.

The device is powered by USB and users need to enable keyboard shortcuts within Gmail's settings.

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