The Alera DVD Copy Tower ‘can simultaneously duplicate up to 7 copies of a typical DVD at up to 4x speeds. DVD Copy Tower Dual can duplicate using both DVD�R and DVD�RW blank media.’ You can never have too much Sergeant Bilko!

Images from Science is a collection of very cool photographs taken from scientific research. Not massive, but nice nonetheless.

Adrian Chiang’s Renegade site is a definite bookmark for all Sony Ericsson phone owners, since it contains a whole heap of goodies, tips, software and stuff for those handsets. Cool. (Thanks Radix!)

This guy, Gilbert Levin, has come up with a sugar substitute that doesn’t have an aftertaste. No really, don’t leave yet. Apparently the new Tagatose stuff – which is actually a left-handed sugar – really does work. It’s currently in Pepsi Diet Slurpee in the US if you want to try it out. If you do, let me know whether it really is as good as the article claims. ‘Unlike high-intensity artificial sweeteners, tagatose looks, tastes, and cooks like sugar….

One for the Brits. A page listing the STD telephone codes for the UK, including mobile and premium rate codes. Useful reference.

Philips and Verbatim have announced a new dual layer DVD format which raises the capacity of a DVD from 4.7 GB to 8.5 GB while retaining backward compatibility with existing players. The new DVD +R technology will give 4 hours of video recording on a disc, which is more than enough for those Bilko re-runs. Cool stuff indeed. Here we see two boffins examining their I Love Lucy discs for any signs of a laugh track.

The Handy Trax turntable from Vestex is a…er…handy little battery powered portable turntable which is ‘Ideal for finding those hidden gems in record shops and at record fairs.’ Complete with built in speaker, headphone socket and pitch control. One for the DJs. �84.26.

You’re rich and you’ve got one of those really cool kinetic watches, right? The ones that wind themselves via movement. Well what you need is a $199.95 Motorized Watch Winder box. Obviously designed for people who don’t get about a lot!. ‘Our specially designed automatic winding case will keep your favorite watches wound and ready for when you need them. A silent motor keeps the watches moving on dual turntables nestled beneath a see-thru lid.’

The Ultimate list of Stupid Names. You simply can’t believe that some parents would do this, knowingly or unknowingly, to their kids. But apparently they have and do. A lot. My favourite – and I know I shouldn’t laugh – is Chris P. Critters.

Hate your dog? Then put it in one of these Top Coat lycra sports body suits. Sheesh!

The PCMech site offers the definitive guide to building your own computer. One for funky geeks with a taste for adventure.

NEC has said that it will ‘soon’ release a 10mm thick, credit card sized mobile phone – the NEC N900. Here’s hoping that it makes tiny credit card sized phone bills too!

A Ferret forecast? That next year we’ll see the start of an explosion in colour laser printer sales. Prices of products like the Minolta QMS Magicolour range are already down to about �500, which is just about the price that inkjets were when they started becoming popular all those years ago. I’ve been playing with one of these – the engine is also in a number of other printers from people like Epson – and it’s really very good. Resolution…

Is this the shape of the new Sony PSP to come? It’s billed as a concept model so it may just be an artist’s fancy, but it sure looks pretty anyway. Thanks Kevin!

The Texet SIMKEY backup device is a micro PDA which also incorporates a mobile phone SIM card backup feature. �14.99. ‘The PDA (complete with mini pen) can hold up to three SIM card directories, has local and world time, a scheduler, a memo function, a 12 digit calculator, a currency converter (so we can get to grips with Euros, no doubt) and a daily alarm.’