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I don’t know how often would this gadget come handy for the teen-readers here, if ever. But this one is for the older age group here: A device capable of converting LP music to iPod & MP3 playable files.

Simply plug the LP-to-MP3 Converter into your computer using the USB. The belt-driven turntable plays LPs at 3313 and 45 rpm speeds, converts the music, and saves it to be stored later on an MP3 device. Featuring anti-skating control to increase stereo balancing your out-of-print music will sound its best with this handy gadget.

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Wired News posted an article in which they review all games released by Ubisoft, apparently - Ubisoft is putting their chips on Wii. Among the games reviewed: Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell brands, Rayman, Red Steel
& GT Pro.

Coolest Games Tap Wii’s Weirdness [Wired News]

In not a very surprising move, Google announced that they will start sharing ad revenue with some talented video makers. The first to get the honor of getting major payments by Google are Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz, makers of “The Diet Coke & Mentos Experiment”.

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Even though the original Optimus isn’t out yet, and the Mini-Three model wasn’t that exciting after all, Art. Lebedev Studio is releasing yet another Optimus - Uprablator.

There are a lot of possible uses for this. The monitor behind the buttons is 10.4 inches large and features a resolution of 640×480. Each button is “4-way” with a fifth center button. The unit should be available in Q2 2007.

A month ago we received a nice little mail pacakge from Inka Corp., it was the Inka Pen. Now surely if you were sent a pen for free you wouldn’t mind, but you must be asking why would someone review a pen? well we’ve been using the Inka Pen for over a month now, and we can say that the saying it’s not another pen is not a cliche.

Inka Pen is ideal for those of you who work in inconvenient workplaces, or just seem to stumble upon a nice idea or thought they’d like to take note of in the middle of nowhere. It’s light weight (20-30g) and small size makes it attachable to your keyring, backpack, or even your jeans pocket.

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Oasis is designed by a Sweden firm based in Stockholm and manufactured by Peter Pepper in California using partially recycled, vacuum-formed ABS plastic.

readyfordesign.com has some hip-looking laptop for sale, unfortunately they’re not priced yet, so we can’t asses if they’re worth the price, but we should know as December is approaching.

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The Open Edition LED Clock ($89) puts any other LED clock to rest in terms of extraordinary deisgn.

A series of four cubes, each displaying one glowing number. When placed in order, current time is displayed normally. When placed in “dis”order, time is completely rearranged.

This is another ambience item that you probably don’t need, but would like to get into your room if you’re a teen or just a young spirited person.

This cool bedroom accessory boasts 12 soothing shades, which includes all the colours of the rainbow and some extra funky shades thrown in for good measure. There are also three colour settings to choose from depending on your mood, so you can set the Rocket Aurora Clock to subtly change on the hour, scroll sequentially through all the colours, or have it off altogether.

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Drums aren’t a cheap instruments to get, so if you can get both a drum-set and a mousepad would you say no? maybe if you’re serious about the drums, but here we are not taking any gadget too seriously:

this electronic drumpad also serves as a mousepad, and allows you to play eight different percussion sounds, including bass, snare, two rack toms, a floor tom, hi-hat, crash, and ride cymbals using only your fingers.

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