DISH Network Corporation has just launched its new digital-to-analog converter box known as the DTVPal Plus, bringing all the features found on its tried and tested DTVPal along with an enhanced digital tuner for optimizing weak signal areas. The DTVPal Plus will be the latest converter box that qualifies for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s TV Converter Box Coupon Program; where it will retail for a mere $29.99 if you include a government coupon. Alternatively, those who can’t be bothered can pick up the DTVPal Plus sans coupon for $69.99.

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VTech will be releasing tech toys meant for kids, and these new toys are meant to provide kids with the necessary skills that they’ll need later in life, regardless of whether they want to be graphic designers, always being up an about or even a storyteller when they grow up. In a nutshell, these new products from VTech will help ease the learning process by making it fun and safe at the same time, helping children learn and develop their inherent skills regardless of their interest.

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Ever wished you had a pet but do not want to get bogged down by details such as picking up after it, sending it for vaccination shots, as well as the whole works? Well, with the Robotic Junkyard Dog, that dream can now be realized albeit to a certain extent.

Constructed from “scrap,” this mischievous robotic mutt performs a programmable series of up to 80 moves - if he listens, that is. He cocks his head, twitches his ears, wags his muffler tail, sits, stands, and scampers freely–infrared sensors help him to react to movements, avoid obstacles, and detect and avoid drop-offs like stairs. The simple remote directs movements and commands 18 different tricks like “shake hands” and “play dead”. Programmed to “malfunction,” he requires his owner to reset his circuits straight. Whether happy, angry, or crazy, his slot-machine eyes express his moods and desires–food, running wild, or the call of nature. Entering a code on the mutt’s control panel reprograms him as a cat, a junkyard guard dog warning of approaching strangers, or rescues him from a “breakdown.” A pair of rear wheels and forepaws that slide over the floor make him a highly mobile dog, even on carpet. Requires four C, two AA, and three AAA batteries.

You can pick up the Robotic Junkyard Dog for $129.95.

Sometimes it is difficult to get up in the morning, and if it wasn’t for my infant son, who cries in the morning at 7:00 A.M, I probably would never get out of bed. It appears that Hammer Schlemmer has found a way to create the technological equivalent of a screaming baby in the morning in the form of an alarm clock.

The Tantrum Throwing Alarm Clock will do exactly what its name entails. All you need to do is set it, and it will begin to tap its arms lightly when it goes off. Apparently, it will be sedated when you pat it on the head, which is the closest thing to a snooze button.

If you give it too many snoozes, the alarm will go into a full tantrum where it will flip open its maw like Mr. Mouth, a classic toy from the seventies. Anger isn’t the only emotion that it feels because if you pet the clock, it will apparently smile and even tap its wrists in appreciation.

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Eastman Kodak is back this time round, offering two new all-in-one printers for the masses - the ESP 7 and ESP 9. Both models will include the latest in print technology in addition to affordable, premium-quality inks that help create aesthetically pleasing as well as powerful printers, allowing users to print up to double the photos and documents with the same amount of dough splashed out on ink, helping the average consumer save up to $110 annually compared to its competitors in the consumer inkjet printers market.

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Anymore most of us use our cellphone for our phone calls.  Actually, I have a land line hooked up because the overall plan for phone, cable and internet is cheaper than getting just internet and cable.  However, it tends to ring so often with telemarketers that I just have it unplugged.  Plus, everyone calls my cellphone, I’m not sure anyone actually has my home number.  For the most part people are either already as bad as I am or are slowly going to be moving towards that.  Which makes a pink high heel phone horribly ridiculous and pointless on so many levels.

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Move over, Sony. There is a new Blu-ray player in town that is much cheaper than the PS3. Memorex is back with the MVBD-2510 Blu-ray player, retailing for $269.99 complete with a full line of BD cleaning and storage accessories. Inside this (relatively) affordable package lies advanced Blu-ray playback technology crammed in a sleek design that boasts brushed metal accents as well as a white LED display that adds to the sophisticated look which will definitely bear compliments from whoever drops by your living room.

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I remember back in the days where Wi-Fi connectivity was something coveted, and you could have that smug look while sitting at Starbucks reading your favorite news online whereas everybody else had to settle for yesterday’s headlines with the newspaper. Since those early days, Wi-Fi hotspots have grown by leaps and bounds, and it can be quite a hassle to whip out your notebook just to find whether there is a hotspot within the vicinity for you to connect to. With the Wi-Fi watch, you don’t have to do that any more since it can search for the nearest Wi-Fi networks at the touch of a button within a 100 meter radius. Other features include a Chronograph, Countdown, Alarm, Hourly Chime, Dual Time and Lap Memory. This shockproof and water resistant (up to 100 meters) Wi-Fi watch will retail for £24.99.