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For all you eco-minded millionaires out there, Porsche has just unveiled the 918 Spdyer High-Performance Hybrid Concept Car. This little number will get an estimated 78mpg while going from 0-62mph in just 3.2. seconds. The 918 Spyder prototype combines high-tech racing features and electro-mobility to offer a fascinating range of qualities: An emission level of just [...]

Lose yourself in the beautiful pop hooks and electric noise of Danish alt-rock duo, the Raveonettes’ latest album, In & Out of Control! Sharin Foo’s pixie-ish vocals declare “kids wanna bop, out in the street / fa-fa-fun all summer long” as the power chords reach sugar overload. Of course, the palpable sense of excitement and happiness is obvious [...]

It’s hard to find cool prints licensed from your favorite movies, comics and games so I was pleasantly surprised when I came across these limited edition Star Wars prints from Marc Ecko’s Cut & Sew line. If you’re a fan or know someone who would dig these, grab them before they’re gone. The tees feature [...]

One handle, eight sockets. Sounds pretty good to me if you’re looking for a socket wrench to throw in your pocket. You won’t lose your most commonly used socket sizes, and finding the right size is as quick as flipping the rotating head. Black and Decker hits the market with their versions called the ReadyWrench [...]

Now that the iPad is official, there’s some serious debate going on about if this is the right name (sounds like a feminine product) or product people want (no Flash support, built in camera, etc…). Is Steve off his rocker or is Apple the company that has captured the cultural zeitgeist? Admittedly, I’m a Apple [...]

Granted, the concept seems a little weird at first. But take another look at Musuc’s Selk’bag sleep system and you get one of those ‘why didn’t I think of that?’ moments. With the east coast being hit by winter storms and record low temperatures in SoCal, I know one thing– if this is the beginning [...]

A while back I started searching for a camera to replace my Canon Powershot G9– a camera that had served me well for grabbing quick images for use in storyboards, documenting my life, etc… It was easy to use and produced good  looking images. It was compact, can shoot Raw images and was versatile. However, [...]

If you love working with a tablet instead of a mouse and own a newer Mac laptop, you might want to look into Inklet from Ten One Design. For $25, the software will make your trackpad function like a tablet with the addition of the Pogo Sketch ($15) pen. Some very smart algorithms detect unwanted [...]

The WD TV Live HD media player is an unassuming bit of tech: 1080p video playback, support for all your favorite codecs, both Pandora and Live365 Internet radio apps, WiFi, two USB ports for external storage, HDMI, composite and component video outputs, SPDIF audio output, and more. MSRP is $150, but as always Amazon has [...]

Waterproof, shockproof and dustproof. Throw in a 12 megapixel sensor and the ability to record HD videos and it’s no wonder the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1 is winning praise like “best watertight point and shoot we’ve used” from Wired magazine. A quick check on Cnet’s site and I see that Wired is not alone with their [...]