The good folks at Fuji have announced the NP-1, a tiny photo printer for printing out your mobile phone photies using an infrared connection. Around $230.00 when released in Japan. And news just in, Bandai of Japan has also just announced a portable battery operated infrared printer for printing out photographs taken with your mobile……. Get ready for the wave folks.

The StyleCam DV100 is a small digital video camera. OK so the resolution is rubbish, and 15 frames per second ain’t gonna set the world alight, but odds are that big uncle versions of these little babies will one day rule the world. Goodbye expensive camcorders.

The 13th August is Left Handers Day Join the club, do the tests, buy the merchandise. Just don’t moan about being discriminated against, OK?.

This has done the rounds, but I still think it’s worth a mention. The mobile phone ringtone that doubles as a mosquito repellant. It costs �1.50, is inaudible unless your mother and father sport tiny wings and has a range of 3 feet. Sheesh!

If you’re looking for electronic magazines (aka ezines) on just about every subject possible, take a gander at the Ezine Machine.

I’ve heard of massive egomania, but this probably takes the biscuit, cream and all the trimmings. Yes folks, welcome to Galaxies R Us. Buy your own galaxy from just $19.99. Of course it’s legit, just don’t tell the Klingons. Er…those with lesser ambitions should try the Lunar Embassy Website.

Strange Japanese product to be sure. But a bit poignant too, eh?

Mapamobile gives you the ability to ‘locate a mobile phone anywhere in the UK’. Once you’ve paid your �29.95 to register you can track a phone via the website, text message or by making a phone call. You can track up to 9 additional phones for �10 each p.a., and subscribers pay 30p each time they make a location request of the service. ‘Once you have completed the registration process, a text message will be sent to the mobile phone…

I don’t care if it is a spoof I love it. The 3rd Annual Nigerian Email Conference. Location: Abuja Sheraton Hotel & Casino. ‘Tech Session:Mrs. M Sese-Seko reveals valuable secrets in her session titled, “Those Pesky Email Headers”‘ Liquid through nose.

Umm, so CafePress is in the process of starting up a print on demand book service. This could be bad news for the publishing industry long term, but good news for the would-be author of course. Wonder how the folks at Xlibris will react?

You think that this is a radio? Wrong. It’s a PC. The Telefunken PC. Straight up. ..and yes the screen is separate.

The Virtual Journalist is a fabulous bit of animated commentary on our sometimes sordid profession. Lovely, lovely, lovely!

The Clear Sky Clock is a cool idea. Linked to numerical weather data it shows at a glance when clear skies are likely to occur in particular areas. Seems to be North America only at the mo, – a European version would be quite neat folks.

I received an email message yesterday which was generated by a bit of technology called Plaxo Contacts. The free software is designed to automatically update your email contact and address book lists and works with Outlook Express or Outlook. From a Wired article: Here’s how it works: A Plaxo user sends plain-text e-mails to friends and colleagues requesting contact information updates. Recipients can reply to the request by updating their info in the template provided or by e-mailing free-form text,…

Sony has announced the new CLIE PEG-UX50 PDA which features WiFi, Bluetooth and runs on the Palm operating system. It includes a 0.3 digicam and Memory Stick slot and looks rather neat. Expected pricing will be around $600.00 apparently. [via gizmodo]