It’s a watch. Tells the time, see? Ultra Watch. MP3 Ultra Watch. [Babel] But…with an inbuilt voice recorder (integral mic) for up to 9 hours of material, an MP3 player, 128MB flash drive storage, USB charging and….gasp…a user selectable 7 colour backlight LCD. Wizard! Costing $167.00 or thereabouts.

The official – yes official! – Star Wars Darth Lightsaber. Yours for a mere �119.92 ($197.92). They don’t say whether it’s a fully working laser powered saber, and to be honest we don’t like to ask. ‘Want to buy this you will, if Star Wars like you, yes. (Okay, we’ll stop talking Yoda-style now.) This kick-ass Lightsaber is a beautifully built die-cast replica of evil Darth’s saber from the original �Star Wars’ film..’

A big shout out and doff o’ the cap to Lindsay at Bifurcated Rivets – one of my faves – for the nice words. Thanks! :-)

We’ve mentioned these puppies before, but Imaging Resource has a neat review of one of the latest Hi-Touch dye sublimation printers for home photos, the 730PS. Key points – * Super cool 6 x 8 prints as standard * High speed (print in 90 seconds) * Computer not needed * 6 in 1 memory card reader * High res (equivalent to 4800dpi in inkjet terms) * Price ($399.00). They like it. A lot! ‘You won’t find an inkjet printer built…

The Shock Zero static electricity eliminator looks like an interesting solution for a problem that most of us have faced. Careful with the paintwork though! ‘If the end of this product touches objects with static electricity, you can see with your naked eyes that static electricity discharges instantaneously and a spark occurs inside the product (if there is high-voltage static electricity) At this time, low-voltage static electricity gets discharged without occurrence of sparks.’

The Ear Doctor. I can hear the conversations now. I don’t care what they call it. If you reckon you’re coming near my lugs with that…that…monstrosity, you’ve got another think coming.

Cloudmark, the company which created the P2P SpamNet community which uses ‘neighbourhood watch’ type tactics to identify and reject email spam, has just launched a free add-on service to combat online fraud. SpamNet subscribers – nearly a million of them – can now apparently rest easy knowing that they will avoid those nasty phishing messages about fake eBay, Citibank and Paypal account problems et al. Available for a $3.99 a month subscription fee.

The rest of the Internet call software business has got lost in all the recent frenzied Skype hype, but maybe that’s a mistake. Skype worked brilliantly when it came out, but since then I’ve found that it has been steadily degenerating in quality and useability, to the extent where I’ve just uninstalled it and instead started using the free Oz program Firefly. Last night I spent an hour or two chatting to my mate Chris in LA using it, and…

Voice Cloak – ‘Raise or lower the pitch of your voice – change your online gender!’ Hmm, I suppose this could be classed as potential sleazetech, except I know that online gamer kids will love the chance to sound older, especially when they’re whupping their opponents big time. ‘Have you ever wanted to have a different voice? Now you can- at least while you are chatting to your friends online, or talking to people on Voice over IP (VoIP) connections….

How to say ‘Thank You’ in a large number of different languages. Ngiyabonga for listening!

Introvertster. ‘Introvertster is an online anti-social non-networking community that prevents people from ever bothering you while you’re online…Just create a quick profile and add your friends to your personal watch list. Or use our prepopulated lists like American Idol Viewers, Anyone from Arkansas, Ford Mustang Owners, The French. We create new lists each month to help you keep more and more people away!’

Well I suppose it makes some kind of sense, in a weird otherworldy way. Presenting the Central Door Locking System for homes. Yep, for a mere $255.67 you can experience the…ah?… delights of opening or closing all the doors in your home with one remote control fob. Hmmm….. ‘So imagine how much easier things would be if you could open several doors in one building, or the doors to several buildings, via the same easy method?…Each kit contains a brass…

The D-Link DSM-910BT stereo adapter kit is a Bluetooth system that lets you wirelessly stream audio to your ordinary stereo speakers from just about any device like a Hi-Fi, boom box, MP3 player etc. ‘The DSM-910BT streaming audio kit gives you the freedom and flexibility to place your speakers anywhere and listen to music from virtually any audio player. The DSM-910BT features plug and play simplicity for a seamless audio multimedia experience.’

Answerbag – ‘a universal, user-generated collection of frequently-asked questions. It is built and moderated by you, our users – please feel free to look for answers, post answers, or post questions!’

Got a hard disk you really want erasing? Heck, don’t bother digging out that old sanitizing software, just wave the AML-6KG magnetic Disk Erasing Paddle at it and watch the data fly away. Permanently. Cost ya $799.00 for the privilege though! Caution: do not give this product to your bored 4 year old baby brother on a rainy Sunday afternoon! ‘Model AML-6KG produces a magnetic signal so powerful, that it will quickly and completely remove the data and data traces,…