Liquid Image delighted with a few picture-taking aquatic products at CES and one that dazzles us is the Swim Camera Goggle. Coming with a 62 degree lens, the goggle enables users to capture images while swimming and playing under water up to 15ft below the surface. Mentioned as he worlds first swim goggle with an integrated digital camera, the device also able to records VGA video (640×480) at a rate up to 30 frames per second with audio. It’s expected to ship in early Summer for the friendly price of $80. Other features: 4GB internal memory, LED flashlight, and a On/Off/Mode button.... Read more

• Google vrs China. The New York Times looks at this new front in the ongoing battle between our current version of democracy and whatever that cracked up system is they’re using in China.
• Everyone wants to like Google’s Nexus One but once again the iPhone seems to win out, this time because if their app store.
• The Wii is to stream Netflix in the near future. Does anyone really care?
• Intel messed up big time by leaking what looks like the next big update to the MacBook.
• If news agencies start charging for their content…looks like wingnut, opinionated bloggers (not us of course!) will win out.
• If the electric car is dead then Detroit is starting to look like a ghost town.
• iPhone 4G with improved camera by June?
• Defriended? Track who defriends you on Facebook!
• The Amazon.com of weed?

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• The Nokia vrs Apple patent fight was already pretty ugly, but now it’s war.
• Sadly, Green-tech venture investing isn’t heating up like the globe it.
• Still wanna put your money in the right place? Experts see a rise in sales of LCD TV’s for 2010.
• Don’t blame Apple’s crappy eadbuds for your hearing loss.
• How could Russia save the planet one day?
• Google will reveal all on their new Android model on Jan 5th.
• Apple Tablet fever goes on overdrive just days before CES. Here, here, here and here are some of the best of them.

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Holidays got you stressed out? Sick and tired of this recession? Miss those care-free days of your youth? Employing the science of brain entrainment, the TripGlasses allows the user’s mind to achieve a state of meditation and help users improve their mental health. Basically, somehow it taps into your brianwaves, playing back trippy visuals that should induce a chilled out, euphoric state. At less than $40, the TripGlasses make an affordable gift for the smart, multi-tasking, gay (or stoner in your life!)... Read more

• The cell phone – brain tumor rumor lives!
• Got a latin lover? There’s an app for that. Jibbigo will translate your speech in real time from English into Spanish (and vice versa).
• 7 iPhone apps you may want by October 31st.
• Wii is about to get Netflixy with it!
• Creepy! Adult Care Bear and Balloon Boy among Google’s top Halloween searches.
• Midlife crisis! The internet turned 40 this week.
• Get your Asus some USB 3.0! Asus has introduced a motherboard with on-board support for SuperSpeed USB, with up to 10 times the data-transfer rate of its predecessor.
• Verizon’s venture into Android land seems to be paying off.
• Considering a career in spamming on Facebook? Got $711 million?
• Apple TV turns 3.0. Does anyone out there care?

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Greenpeace released its latest iteration of the electronics guide ranking manufacturers on the sustainability of their products and processes. Turns out there was a reason for HP to get a little huffy about Greenpeace tagging their roof - they had a nearly PVC- and BFR-free computer up their sleeve! Greenpeace is rewarding them with higher points in their new gadget guide, as well as Apple, which just released carbon footprint data on their website.... Read more

• Gaming consuls get the recession treatment and we like that!
• Up till now, ebooks have been pretty niche but that’s hankering to change with some new features.
• Tablets are so the new touch screen phones.
• Eat your heart out Segway!
• Wanna double mocha frappa dabba doo skinny? There’s an app for that.
• Welcome to the Microsoft Windows Bank of Paris.
• Have the recent gmail outages damaged the cred of the cloud?
• Intel wants your TV to work like a computer, of course housing it’s own chip.

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A desk chair that’s alternately handsome and comfortable?... Read more

Bugatti (not Ducatti) has thrown together what is  the only electric kettle that has made us more excited than the product it is intended to produce.... Read more

Is anyone surprized that an iPhone application is on its way to making your personal trainer obsolete? iFitness offers up work out routines along with detailed images of individual exercises that can be geared towards anything from losing weight to beefing up a particular muscle group. For $1.99, it is a lot less expensive (and sadly, less good looking) than a personal trainer, cheaper than a subscription to any fitness magazine and could potentially give you the same results.... Read more