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This week, Dell and subsidiary gaming computer company Alienware began shipping 1-TB hard drives in select desktop PCs. The addition of terabyte technology is now available for the XPS, Aurora, and Area-51 desktops. A TB of storage on the Area-51 is available for $320 added on to the normal price. “Digital content use is exploding in the consumer market � ...

Dance Dance Revolution better look into their copyright infringement laws on this one. The USB Dance Mat is a way for DDR addicts to get their fix of dance madness, even at work. The Dance Mat plugs right into your USB port and works similar to the way the normal DDR works, except it is completely played using your fingers. ...

Here’s a cool PC case mod. MetkuMods explains how to create an image window on your PC case to really any design you might want to choose. For this example, they chose Megaman as their inspiration. Worried about dust getting into the case? Don’t worry so much, the hole is covered up with fiberglass. Neat idea. — Andrew Dobrow Link

We know most guys don’t have a knack for interior design as the ladies do. Trust us, we’ve been there. Since the boss wouldn’t take too kindly to your pin-up girl calendar, you might want to give this cool looking gizmo a try. Much like time, the Perpetual Calendar never stops moving, as you might have been able to tell ...

In the beginning of the month, we wrote about a design project in which college students created a digital LED hourglass. It seems to have been a hit considering that the hourglass earned enough buzz to garner itself a new dimension. Making it the new and improved 3D LED hourglass. The LED’s are arranged in a conical, circular design which ...

[ev type=”youtube” data=”hBBCcmw2nnA”][/ev] It might sound pointless, but Mospeng-kun, the tissue dispensing robot, seems to be a friendly addition to the workplace. Why they chose tissues to be the item given away is beyond us, but hey, it is Japan we’re talking about. The friendly Mospeng-kun detects the presence of a human life-form near by and then attacks…with smiles and ...

Here’s a cool idea for a weekend project. A bookshelf made entirely of encyclopedias. The most literal bookshelf we’ve ever seen. The inspiration behind this project was to get rid of unsold books from a Half Price Book retailer. Pretty damn snazzy if you ask us. Give it a try and let us know how it goes! — Andrew Dobrow ...

NousTube is a cool little plug-in for Yahoo! Messenger that allows you to watch YouTube movies with your friends as you converse through IM simultaneously. This is a nice alternative to sending your friend the URL and waiting for them to watch the movie. This is how YouTube SHOULD be as a social networking tool. You can even pause and ...

Cingular Wireless sent out a text message to users today, reminding them of the impending daylight savings time that will happen in negative 4 days. Thank the lord that they care so much about their customers as to warn them of an hour difference in their daily schedule with only 4 days of late appointments to show for it! Great ...

Here’s a nice way to make yourself a camera for almost no cost whatsoever. All you’ll need is a full and an empty roll of 35mm film, a matchbox, some black tape, and a bit of tin foil. The finished product leaves you with a camera capable of shooting pictures at f90, which mixed with some ISO100 film, should leave ...