What do you do with your old PowerBook when it becomes broken and almost beyond use ? you turn it into this awesome desktop Mac Mod, like moder Richard Hunt.

Essentially, the case is made of two sheets of white acrylic, bolted together by socket countersunk screws. I’ve used 15mm chrome pipe as the four spacers between the acrylic sheet. The perforated steel was cut to my specifications by a very helpful chap found on eBay. Cutting the CD drive slot was a little tricky, as was drilling the power button hole, but once done they seem to function ok.

I have to say this is an amazing mod, and it looks great, head on over to Mac Mod for full details on how Richard made it.

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Here’s a fun gadget to brighten up your desk and keep you cool, the Mr. @ USB Fan.

Here’s the specs.

• Powered by USB or 3 x AA batteries.
• On/Off switch.
• Quiet motor will not disturb you when working.
• Soft & safe plastic blades won’t cause injury.
• Flexible neck to adjust anyway you like.
• Dimensions: 10cm dia x 15.5cm tall
• Weight: 130g

The USB Mr.@ Fan is available to buy online for $12 from USB Geek.

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Here’s a fun accessory for your iPod or MP3 player, the USB Mini Ball Speaker.

It can connect to any gadget with a standard 3.5mm audio jack, so you could connect it to your laptop or just about anything.

Here’s the specs.

• Features: Cute ball designed, small and portable
• Rechargeable Lithium Ion battery which is environmental-friendly
• On/Off switch
• 2 colours are available: Red , Black
• Dimension: 50 x 54 x 73mm (approx.)
• Weight: 43g
• Loudspeakser output: 2W
• Sensitivity: 82 +- 3db
• Loudspeaker Impedance:4 ohm +- 15%
• Distortion: 0.5%
• Lithium ion battery output: 3.6V
• Lithium ion battery input: 4.2V +- 0.05V

The USB Mini Ball Speaker comes in a choice of red or black and is available to buy online for $17 from Brando.

Sony has shown off a new thin OLED which is ten times thinner than its previous XEL-1 OLED display.

This new display measures a tiny 0.3mm thick, and it delivers a resolution of 960×540.

There really aren’t many technical specifications about this new display, but Sony are looking to get this thin display into production within the next 2-3 years.

If you look at the pictures, the display is almost paper thin, never mind hanging it on the wall it could be stuck on like wallpaper.

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Fring has released a new iPhone App that will bring VOIP to the iPhone.

Besides doing Skype and the like, the app also lets you connect for chats via MSN Messenger, ICQ, GTalk, SIP, Twitter, AIM, and Yahoo!, which should make this an attractive package even if you don’t want to harness the raw power of IP telephony.

Check out this video of it in action.

At the moment it will only work on unlocked iPhone’s, but expect to see it on your iPhone when the App Store arrives.

Fring via Techeblog and Engadget

Check out this funky clock, the Icon Clock.

Inspired by the clock from your desktop, the Icon clock measures 3.5 inches in diameter and comes in a bunch of funky colours.

The Icon clock is available to buy online for $55 from Generate.

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Check out these amazing USB flash drive cufflinks, from industrial designer Tonia Welter and Jewellery designer Julia Reymann.

They come with 2GB of storage, and each set is carefully handcrafted in Berlin, they are made from sterling silver and are limited edition.

There is no word on pricing or availability, but don’t expect them to be cheap.

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Just the other day we saw the IvySkin Xylo T2 Reflect Chrome Case, which was touch sensitive and let you use the iPhone touch screen with the case on, well here comes another, The Naked Case.

The Naked Case is made from acrylic and provides all round protection for yout iPhone whilst letting you use the touchscreen.

It gives full access to all controls and ports and protects your iPhone from getting scratched, check out this video of it in action.

The Naked Case for the iPhone is available to buy online for $34.99 from Case Mate.

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Microsoft and Indian technology firm HCL have teamed up to produce an ultra cheap Windows XP powered notebook PC.

This cheap XP notebook will come under HCL’s Leaptop brand and will be called the MiLeap.

The MiLeap will run Windows XP Home and features a 7 inch TFT LCD touch screen, which can also be rotated to convert the notebook into a tablet PC.

Processing will come from an Intel 945 GU Express chipset, it will also have 1GBB of DDR2 RAM, a 1.3 megapixel camera and a built in touch pad, WiFi and Ethernet.

The HCL MiLeap will retail in India for around $425, which makes it the cheapest Windows laptop available, there is no word if we will see the in the US or Europe anytime soon.

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The guys over at Engadget have the full details on the new Asus Eee PC 900, with its 8.9 inch screen.

The Eee 900 will carry dual flash storage, there will be a 4GB SSD in  the motherboard and there are two different models, the processor remains the same with a 900MHZ Celeron M that is found in the PC 701.

First up there is the Windows XP version with an 8GB SSD in the PCIe slot, giving it 12GB of storage.

Next up is the Linux version with a 16GB SSD in the PCIe slot, giving it 20GB of storage.

This means that it should be easy to upgrade the Eee 900, both models would retail for around $500 to $560, obviously the price will differ by country due to taxes.

After a bit of research I have found out that both models will retail for £329.99 including taxes here in the UK.

The good news is that the Eee PC 900 will go on sale today in the UK and Hong Kong, France will get it on the 17th, Taiwan and Singapore will see it later this month and Australia, Germany and Italy will get it in May.

Funnily enough there are no details on when it will appear in the US, which I find a little strange.

I wonder if Asus are initially releasing the Eee PC 900 in Europe to beat competitors who are bringing out similar products, and the releasing an Intel Atom version in the US at a later date.

Head on over to Asus for full details of the release, I can’t wait to get my hands on one of these.

via Engadget

Update: The Asus Eee PC 900 will retail in the UK for £329.99 for both models, which includes taxes. It is available to preorder online as of today and will ship on May the 11th.

The guys over at T3 have had official word from O2 that the 8GB iPhone will receive a £100 price drop tomorrow fom £269 to £169.

The 16GB version will remain the same at £329, this should add more speculation to the already increasing rumors that Apple may be launching a 3G version of the iPhone in the coming months.

I have to admit that the iPhone at £169 is a bit of a bargain, especially with the recent launch of the SDK and the apps that we are going to get in June.

I think this will increase sales quite a bit, I paid £269 for mine back in September last year, which overall I was happy with considering the iPhone is the best mobile phone I have ever had, I have had a lot of mobiles of the last 15 years.

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Check out this useful gadget from Jabra, the A120S Bluetooth transmitter.

Plug it into to your MP3 player and you can listen to music wirelessly on your Bluetooth stereo headphones.

The Jabra A120S music adapter is available to buy online for $49.99 from Jabra.

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