The good folk at TechTV in the US have come up with their CES Best in Show product – the Denon NS-S100 multimedia server. Now there are a couple of things about this. First, I’m not that sure that supporting a company that refuses to honour product warranties if the device is bought from an ‘unauthorized dealer/on-line E-tailer’ is sending the right signals about the company’s attitude towards long term customer support. And second, I am not so sure that…

The Owl Optical Wallet Light is a teeny gizmo that combines a magnifying glass and flash light in a credit card sized format. $19.99. Now you can get to read the fine print in that romantically lit restaurant menu (you know, the bit that says ‘we are not liable’…)

The Beastie Boys’ old record label is up for sale by auction. Complete with ‘miscellaneous contracts [and] various master recordings.’ Hurry now and form an orderly queue at the back!

Visitorville. Think Sim City meets yer plain ordinary web log service and you’ll have the idea. I’ve been playing with this standalone Windows program for a while and it’s really quite neat. You get to see visitors in real time trudging around your site, and they even arrive in gaudily decorated search engine ‘buses’. Web logs will never be the same! ‘What makes VisitorVille unique is immediately clear: VisitorVille does not represent website visitors as numbers or graphs, but as…

BringITHome.us. ‘Blade Technology, LLC has released BringITHome.us in an effort to save US technology jobs that are migrating offshore by the thousands.’

I think it’s probably fair to say that Philips had a good CES. The company picked up a passel of awards for innovation and introduced some funky products, like the EXP5371 (could do with some snappier names though, eh guys?). The world’s first MP3-CD player that ‘allows users to play embedded or Java games downloaded via the USB connector, while still enjoying their favorite music.’ There’s a lot of Java games out there peeps!

I’m kind of impressed with the folks at QRS, since it looks as though they have decided to drag the medical profession kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Witness, for example, their Universal ECG product. A portable ECG monitoring device on a PC Card which will fit into any laptop or suitable PDA and thereby untether the doc and his/her diagnostic capabilities. Groovy stuff indeed. ‘It’s time to simplify and reduce the cost of medical devices. To that end…

Does this work? The Candela is a rechargeable 6 inch tall soft light portable lamp which stays lit for up to 5 hours. Sort of cool, I think. ‘These portable lamps provide a warm, ambient glow that won’t blow out in the wind, or set the house afire if left unattended.’

I just wanna go on record as saying that if the new Aiwa HZ-WS2000L 2GB USB 2.0 ultra compact music player really does look as gorgeous as in this photo, then the iPod Mini is going to be in for some pretty serious competition down the line. [via the ever-cool Tech Digest]

Welcome to ThinDivide – ‘home of the first targeted music media network that combines razor-sharp targeted advertising with a secure peer-to-peer music distribution platform.’ The more legit music P2P applications that appear on the market, the harder it’s going to be for the RIAA and cohorts to claim that P2P is just about piracy. So here’s to ThinDivide, whoever they are (and so far there’s precious little on their Web site to tell us, folks!)

Savier makes stuff for skateboarders. Among the many items is the Studio Backpack, a rather unprepossessing article of add-on ephemera save for one – or two – tiny things. First it has a special pocket for an MP3 player which features an inbuilt amplifier and second it has two flat form speakers built into zip out flaps on the back. Hey presto, a one-dude $89.99 sk8tr boom box party rig for ollie-lovers everywhere. Rad!

The GameDeck Navis looks to be in early prototype stage at the moment. And yes it is yet another game chair/pod/environment. ‘So what is it?…How you use it will answer your question.’

Well now I’ve seen it all – a singing toolbox. OK, so technically the Rockbox is a portable storage box with an integrated stereo hi-fi radio, but still…

The Celestial Watch – an astrological timepiece for the easily patronized. $89.95. ‘It can also answer any simple yes or no question with a degree of accuracy using the Horary Astrological technique. �Is it in my best interests to make this big purchase right now?� �Did I make the best impression?� By pressing the correct pair of planet buttons your answer is shown on the display as, �Favor, Un-favor, or O.N.A. (outcome not applicable).�

Well whaddya know? Apparently the Royal Mail also offers a customisable photo stamp service called Smilers. It’s a start, although it’s not that easy to set up and order, doesn’t look very elegant and is rather expensive. [Thanks Inam!]