So there we all are, standing in front of our LG GR-G217BTBA TV Fridge with its 13 inch LCD screen and built in speakers, watching Friends and eating pasta. For hours. Just chillin’.

Fascinating piece from Gizmo looking at the growing number of sales services springing up to satisfy the massive eBay phenomenon. Places like AuctionDrop, DropShop and AuctionWagon will take your article, auction and despatch it to the buyer it for a variable fee. We reported on AuctionDrop a while ago, and this latest news just confirm what we said then. This is one area that I predict will simply explode over the coming 2 years, once people realise that they can…

The Phantom PVR lets you turn any standard VHS video recorder into a PVR when used in conjunction with a Sky digital set top box. Hook it up to your satellite box, use the Sky Planner EPG to choose the programs you want and this clever little doozy will turn on the video, record said prog and switch off at the end. All you’ve got to do is make sure that there’s a tape in the slot. Priced at �29.99…

The world needs more of this kind of software. Facefilter lets you ‘easily rescue photos with bad facial expressions.’ The possibilities are endless aren’t they, peeps?

The V-mouse 101 [Babel] from Tex is a high resolution (read 1000 dpi) 2 button, USB mouse. The high definition is apparently the reason why you can use it in the woods with your dog. I think! Perhaps this fellow is a victim of a Wifi enabled forest?

Panasonic claims to have developed the world’s first broadband powerline [warning: PDF] networking technology. Now you can plug their audio cassette sized adapters into your electricity sockets and transmit super fast data all round yer home. ‘Panasonic has developed technology, which it calls HD-PLC (high definition ready high speed power line communication)…[that] make possible stable and affordable data transfer over home power lines at ultra-high speeds of 190Mbps, rivaling optical fiber.

Oo’er, a nasty little example of how a couple of ATM cash machine scams work. From the ever useful Snopes.

You Norwegian ‘straights’ better watch out. Because you’re about to host the world’s biggest geek party – The Gathering. Strictly no Armani, I suspect. ‘The Gathering is the largest computerparty in the world. Last year, 5200 visitors attended the annual event which takes place at Vikingskipet Olympic Arena in Hamar, Norway, and lasts for five consecutive days. The Gathering (or “TG” for short) as been arranged since 1991 and has always been a hub for young creative people to battle…

The Pocket Doctor service is apparently the world’s first mobile telephony health information service. It’s also now being offered on mobile phones by Vodafone Live, which must make it the world’s first GSM/GPRS GP. If they add satellite tracking to it, will it become the world’s first GSM/GPRS/GPS GP? Joking aside, it looks quite useful in some ways. For instance you can receive information via SMS or WAP covering everything from medical diagnosis to helping you to kick the smoking…

The Pocket Doctor service is apparently the world’s first mobile telephony health information service. It’s also now being offered on mobile phones by Vodafone Live, which must make it the world’s first GSM/GPRS GP. If they add satellite tracking to it, will it become the world’s first GSM/GPRS/GPS GP? Joking aside, it looks quite useful in some ways. For instance you can receive information via SMS or WAP covering everything from medical diagnosis to helping you to kick the smoking…

The Great American Internet ISP is claiming to offer ‘the most accurate spam filter on earth.’ Really? Priced from $15.00 a month. ‘Although how they accomplish their unusually high success rates is a closely guarded secret, company sources say they attribute the accuracy of their spam filter by analyzing each email as a human would…It’s so accurate that we give a guarantee no other company can promise; if one of our customers receive just one image based pornographic email through…

They’re billing the Titanium VISA credit card as the one you can design online. Not just the front piccie either, you can also select repayment options, annual fee and rates interactively via a Java interface. Still a bit of a gimmick really, but it would be nice to see this concept extended properly to all sorts of financial services. For instance I bet a lot of people would really like to re-design their bank manager.

Looking suspiciously similar to an Xbox, the Iogear GNS1000120 BOSS (Broadband Office Storage Server) is an ‘FTP Server; NAS (Network Attached Storage); Cable DSL Router; [and] SPI FireWall…’ all rolled into one. Comes with 120MB of hard disk storage, install and configuration via inbuilt web pages and supports both Mac and PC. Priced at $399.95. ‘The BOSS combines secure Internet access and data storage in a single, complete unit that is ideal for your home or small office network. This…

The MicroOptical DV-1 Wireless Digital Viewer ‘mounts on eyeglasses or safety eyewear and provides a monocular color quarter VGA image with digital quality.’ It also features Bluetooth, so less of those naff wires trailing around your elegant togs.

Fed up with naff photos from your digicam’s internal flash? Well check out the MagneFlash. ‘ A standalone panel flash designed for use with digital cameras to supplement a camera’s built-in flash for close up and product photography. It is a low cost, versatile and light weight unit that can be held in the hand or mounted on a tripod or stand.’ Priced from $102.00. According to this ‘ere review, it works very well indeed.