Duracell, the battery manfacturer has come out with their very own energy drink. As if Red Bull and Monster weren’t enough, here comes Duracell with their rather unusual metaphor of everlasting batteries and a oversized battery full of jitter juice.

The can, designed exactly like a Duracell battery, is filled with all of the good stuff energy drinks have, caffeine, taurine, B vitamins and sugar. Its good to know there’s no mercury in it. This is a smart marketing strategy and is a great way for Duracell to tap into another market. Who’s next in line for a energy drink, Energizer? More »

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Sony has been on a roll lately. Last week, they introduced the PS3 Slim, today Sony introduced the Daily Edition Reader at the New York Public Library. The new device, is part of their new eReader lineup which includes the Pocket Edition (5-inch screen, $200) and the Touch Edition (6-inch screen for $300). The Daily Edition looks great and will be giving Amazon’s Kindle a run for its money. Why, you ask? Let’s take a look at what the the Sony Daily Edition Reader has to offer to find out if its better than the current Amazon Kindle. More »

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Blackberry Bold folks on AT&T will finally be getting a nice update with features that include Visual Voicemail. Visual Voicemail, for those who don’t know, is the voicemail service that was first launched with the Apple iPhone 1st generation. It gives you the ability to check a specific voicemail, without having to listen to previous voicemails. It also shows the name of the person who left the voicemail and lets users delete the ones they do not want to hear.

But that’s not the only feature on the update, although it’s the major one. Users will have the option to choose manually if they want to stay on the 2G or 3G networks. There will also be icons for for applications such as MoviTV, Mobile Banking, Scrabble and Tetris. More »

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Microsoft has finally responded to Sony’s price cut on the Playstation 3 with their own price cut. There’s a screen shot of the upcoming Target ad, that shows the 360 Elite ($299) and the Xbox 360 Pro at $250. The Elite dropped a $100 while the Pro dropped $50.

The price drop was rumored to be coming after Sony released their PS3 Slim. Microsoft was probably just waiting till they could see how much the price cuts were on the Playstation console before making their ow cut. More »

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Sony announced today, the release of a new eReader, the Sony Daily Edition eReader with 3G wireless service and wireless syncing at the New York Public Library. The new eReader will have updated 3.0 software and a new partnership with the New York Public Library, that will allow readers to borrow ebooks up to 29 days. But the NYPL isn’t the only library that’s offering content. Content from the Chicago Public Library is also available through Overdrive.com.

The Library content is through a new service called Library Finder. You type in your bar code, check out ebooks and sync them to the Sony Reader. It will be both Mac and PC compatible. More »

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Sony’s been getting a lot of press the past week because of the PS3 Slim and the price cut on the current Playstation 3, but Sony’s head of Computer Entertainment, Kazuo Hirai, revealed in an interview that the PS3 Motion Controller is coming in Spring 2010.

Hirai let the motion controller news slip during the interview when he discussed Sony’s 10-year success plan, which the PS3 Slim was intended to help bring back some buzz. Of course there’s reasons behind why Sony hasn’t yet released the Motion Controller, software and games. There aren’t any games that’ll work with the controller and a new software would be needed to make it compatible with the games. Releasing the controller without games or tested hardware would push Sony back, which something they can’t afford to do. More »

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Apple’s Snow Leopard hasn’t even hit shelves and analysts are already predicting the revenue Mac OS X Snow Leopard will bring in. Of course that’s their job, one I wouldn’t mind having but sometimes they just say the most obvious things. Here’s what the analysts are saying about Snow Leopard, which hits store shelves on Friday.

The 40 million plus install base and with unit sales of up to 5 million (predicted), Snow Leopard will add a revenue of over $66 million to Apple’s quarterly income. Now that’s information I wasn’t aware of and wouldn’t mind hearing. Now let’s get to some of the obvious parts. More »

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Jobs focusing on tablet - in other breaking news, the sky is blue -

I’m not sure what everyone expected Jobs to be working on, but the Wall Street Journal, ever vigilant, has ascertained that he is “pouring almost all of his attention into” the tablet. Did you think he’s been coming in every day to scrapbook?…CrunchGear

Deprived of a defective battery, phone resorts to remotely starting oven to satisfy pyromania -

Electronics and small, potentially lethal bouts of combustion go together like peas in a pod, but you know phones — they’re always branching out, conquering new markets, getting smarter, and doing things they’ve never done before. Take the common exploding battery, for instance; what happens when that trick gets played out? One creative option would be to find the closest source of natural gas and ignite it from afar, which is what one New York gentleman’s Sony Ericsson (a classic P910i, we believe) has taken to doing…Engadget

You Wouldn’t Believe What You Can Cook in a Crappy Hotel Room -

This week’s all about where gadgets meet gastronomy, but the truth is, the magic’s not in the gear, it’s what you do with it. Just look at what comedian George Egg does with the crap in his hotel room…Gizmodo

Fifth Avenue Apple Store Annual Revenues Reach $350 Million -

People just won’t stop buying iPhones!

As U.S. retail sales dropped 9% in the first six months of 2009, sales at Apple (AAPL) stores increased by 2.5% to $3 billion compared to the same period last year, Bloomberg reports.

The stores’ performance can be credited to the iPhone, an analyst tells Bloomberg. The traffic to the Apple stores increased 22% to 38.6 million visitors in Q2 ‘09…Silicon Valley Insider

AT&T’s Race to Meet iPhone Network Demands -

As AT&T struggles to keep up with iPhone-delivered videos and apps, its leadership in the market for smartphone Web access is at stake…BusinessWeek

Facebook To Increase Staff by 50% But Will Do So At Snail’s Pace -

The economy may have hit some companies hard, but that’s good news for Facebook because they can hire a slew of new employees for cheap. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, says they’re looking increase their staff by 50% and this is a great time to do so, “No one else has been hiring. It’s been a great environment for us because the economy has helped out.”

Even though he’s announced they’re looking to increase their staff, he said they’ll do so slowly, unlike other high profile companies like Google, which doubled its staff after going public in 2005. Zuckerberg also hasn’t said anything about costs or spending in the upcoming year…Ziggytek

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Apple has introduced two new “Get a Mac” ads but it’s the “Top of the line” ad that stands out because the ad features Patrick Warburton aka David Puddy of Seinfeld fame. He plays a top of the line PC that’s too fast but still has viruses and problems. Video after the break. More »

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The economy may have hit some companies hard, but that’s good news for Facebook because they can hire a slew of new employees for cheap. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, says they’re looking increase their staff by 50% and this is a great time to do so, “No one else has been hiring. It’s been a great environment for us because the economy has helped out.”

Even though he’s announced they’re looking to increase their staff, he said they’ll do so slowly, unlike other high profile companies like Google, which doubled its staff after going public in 2005. Zuckerberg also hasn’t said anything about costs or spending in the upcoming year.

Facebook currently has over 1,000 employees and over $716 million in funding, even after acquiring some companies over the past year, most recently FriendFeed for $47.5 million. More »

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IREX Technology, a Dutch company, has found a supplier for eBooks on their e-Reader. While Barnes & Nobles will provide eBooks for IREX, it is not an exclusive deal. This is the second partnership Barnes & Nobles has put together, the first with Plastic Logic.

IREX is releasing a 8.1-inch touchscreen eReader with 3G wireless connection. IREX CEO Kevin Hamilton, said IREX will be offering content from various outlets, not just Barnes & Nobles, “We will change the dynamics of the consumer market – users want to easily purchase content from a variety of sources and we allow them to read it on an IREX eReader as well as other devices.”

With IREX offering 3G service, touch screen and partnering with a reputable book company, they may give Amazon and its ebook store a run for its money. No other eReader in the market has offered 3G service other than Amazon with its Kindle. More »

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As if smoking wasn’t already bad for you, here comes a butane lighter that is the same size and shape of a cigarette. This exact cigarette lookalike allows you to buy a pack of cigarettes and light one up then put the lighter right into the pack!

This saves you a small amount of pocket room and allows you to just take your cigarette pack when you leave the house, no more searching for a lighter or matches. This is a smart idea for smokers who constantly misplace their lighters, just don’t give away the lighter as a cigarette or try to light the lighter itself. The Cigarette Lighter is available for a low price of $1.50 on DealExtreme. More »

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The Xbox 360 Elite looks awesome with its black shell and silver chrome, but the red Xbox 360 looks so muh better. Thats right, a red Xbox 360. Picasa user ‘Richard’ modified his Xbox 360 to look identical to a rocketship or perhaps a deadly weapon.

The case is bright red with canisters on the side that look like thrusters on a rocketship. At first glance, you wouldn’t even know that it was an Xbox 360. Richard also added pipes on the back of the Xbox, making it look even more like a weapon. The red design looks amazing, and a lot better than the white and green on the original and black and chrome on the Elite. Richard has got some imagination and great design ethics but he has to make sure that his Xbox 360 won’t ever die on him because there is no way Microsoft is accepting a red rocketship/weapon. (More pics after the break) More »

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This morning we wrote about the upcoming Nokia Booklet 3G, well here’s some more info about the device including a video. The netbook will have:

- aGPS

- Sync to smartphone through Avi Suited.

It’s supposed to be 2cm thick (around the size of the Macbook air) and weigh 2.7 pounds. It’ll be powered by Windows 7.

From the video, it looks like a sweet netbook, but then again a lot of netbooks look great until you start to use them. Check out the video after the break. More »

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Building a house out of a game you like is a little extreme but when it threatens your security, its just dangerous. That’s exactly what architect Sou Fujimoto did, he built a house based on the game Jenga. Yeah, Jenga the game that requires you to stack small wood blocks until the structure falls down.

Like the game, the house that requires the homeowner to add blocks, to increase the size of the overall structure. The Jenga house is designed with cedar blocks that measure up to 35 cm each. This looks like a very fun place to be and even more fun when the blocks get really tall. More »

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