It’s so hard keeping your can of Coke cold at your desk. Or worse, your office doesn’t have a refrigerator. How will you keep that can of Pepsi cold? Better yet, how will you get it cold in the first place? It’s enough to make a geek cry.

But wait! There is salvation!

USBGeek.com has the awesome USB Fridge. This tiny little red fridge plugs into your PC or Mac’s USB port and within minutes is chilled down to a frosty 47 degrees Fahrenheit (8 degrees Celsius), which is more than sufficient to keep that can of Dr. Pepper cold and ready to drink at your desk without having to spend a fortune on a mini-fridge for your cubicle. Easy, plug and play installation with no drivers required, you just take it out of the box, and keep that soda (or other 12 oz can of a work approved beverage) nice and chilled.

Description:

• This USB Fridge is the only way to keep your drink cold while you’re at your computer and it looks cool on any desktop.You can keep your beverage chilled and stay at your computer longer.
• Just minutes after plugging in the USB Fridge the cold plater chills to the perfect temperature for helping keep your beverage cool.
• Takes 5 minutes to bring the fridge down to 8°C (47°F).
• Blue LED lighting effects.
• Easy installation, no driver required, plug & play.
• Powered by USB with 4 feet of cable.
• Compatible with all platforms.
• Dimensions: 19.5 x 9 x 8cm
• Weight: 365gm

Pick up one of your own for $30.00.

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So you think that your newfangled 30″ LCD monitor that you just purchased as a present to yourself this Christmas is the baddest thing on earth right now? Surely when you lay your eyes on what TechnoHouse has to offer, your perspective will change. The company has just finished exhibiting its transparent 360° LED display unit known as “Litefast” at Inter BEE 2007, that took place from November 20th to 22nd, 2007 in Japan. Manufactured by Kinoton GMBH of Germany, Litefast is a technological marvel. In essence, it is a cylindrical transparent display unit that can contain commercial goods or other items for display.

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Western Digital has taken the green track by expanding its line of hard drives known as the GreenPower drive series, boasting power-efficient, consumer-oriented hard drives. These hard drives will come with extra features as well as new capacities, where the RE2-GP will boast 500GB, 750GB, and 1TB sizes. According to Western Digital, these new enterprise hard drives are extremely efficient, touting claims that the RE2-GP is up to 40% more efficient than competitors (in its class, obviously), while drawing 4-5W less power during an operation. There are a trio of optimization routes that the company uses - IntelliPower, IntelliPark, and IntelliSeek, delivering increased efficiency without compromising on performance.

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It’s time to play the Wheel of Organization! Okay, that didn’t really fit as well as that Pat Sajak show that’s really popular with old people, but I couldn’t think of any better way to describe the Stationoli Desk Set.

I’m not sure what Stationoli is, but it sounds like a magician! Introducing the great Stationoli, with the amazing ability to be a stapler, pencil sharpener, staple remover, sticky note and paperclip holder, calculator, and digital alarm clock!

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I love R/C cars. They bring back such feelings of nostalgia of playing with them as a kid. Although now that I’m a “Grown Up” and have a desk job, life seems so boring now and I daydream of playing with those cars again.

Imagine my surprise and glee when I went over to Think Geek and found the USB R/C Mini Car w/Garage!! This cute little car and garage set sits on your desk, where the tiny Mini Cooper-like car sits neatly parked in the garage. Read the rest of this entry »

Most desk lights aren’t worth taking a second glance, but the Posable LED Desk Light is different as it not only offers some useful features but comes in an interesting design as well.

This clever figurine has posable arms and legs and its hands are designed to hold a writing implement, photograph, business card, or note paper, while its LED head sequentially displays a series of seven colors. The magnetic feet can be affixed to a refrigerator or filing cabinet, or the feet can be fitted with the included suction cups for secure placement on a desktop, while the flexible appendages allow you to focus light in different directions. LED lasts up to 100,000 hours. Powered by USB cable (included) or three AA batteries (included).

The Posable LED Desk Light can be yours for $29.95.

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The One-Step DVD/CD Duplicator helps you make dupes of CDs and DVDs without the need to have a PC lying around.

Simply place the source DVD in the top tray and a blank DVD in the bottom tray, and this duplicator takes care of the rest. At 16X DVD and 48X CD drive speeds, this device can back up an entire library of home movies and allows you to easily copy a child’s piano recital for a distant relative. An ample internal 8MB buffer (with 2MB drive buffer) ensures that large files are copied seamlessly and without error. Supports all DVD technology platforms.

Bear in mind this is meant for personal use only, and you shouldn’t use this to duplicate copyrighted or encrypted material. The One-Step DVD/CD Duplicator retails for $349.95.

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Holosonic Research Labs has rolled out its new Square Audio Spotlight Speakers in both 16″ and 24″ formats, making them just nice for architectural installations as well as exhibit displays, bringing improved sonic performance and power efficiency in order to further broaden its range of applications. These square panel formats are what some would term impossibly thin, measuring a mere 0.5″ in thickness, being perfectly flat at the same time. Since they’re so slim, they can just about be mounted almost anywhere, be it solid or suspended ceilings and walls, or even integrated into the display and special exhibits themselves.

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