If you’re wondering what to give to that hot new sexytary – er, I mean, secretary in the office as a welcoming gift, how about this Portable Nail Dryer? After all, she has this habit of making sure her nails are in immaculate condition always, so it makes perfect sense to see her eyes glow in glee as she unboxes this prezzie. Just don’t tell her that it costs you a mere $15 or you’ll forever be branded as a cheapskate in her mind. I’m not too sure just how strong the gust of wind is with the Portable Nail Dryer, but hopefully it won’t make too much of a ruckus at the office.

While most people would associate the Brazilian with trimming one of the most intimate parts of the body, I never knew the term could be applied in the world of consumer electronics – the iPod nano in this case.

Designed to integrate with Apple’s 3rd Generation iPod Nano and leading protective cases, the Brazilian™ from BudTrap™ “Trims the Bush” of headphone tangles in an unobtrusive, fun and colourful way. The Brazilian™ will be available to North America, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand from July 11 at BudTrap.com.

You will be able to choose from pink, orange, red, lime green, baby blue, black and white colors. No idea on how much it costs though, but let’s just say this wouldn’t require you to sell your first born.

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Seagate is first off the blocks when it comes to a 1.5TB hard drive – at least by this August anyways. The Seagate 1.5TB Barracuda 7200.11 will feature a quartet of platters that will cram as much data as possible into the eleventh generation of its flagship drive. In fact, Seagate takes pride that this is by right the single largest hard drive capacity bump in the last half century – now isn’t that an achievement to crow about? After all, we keep on running out of space over time as we accumulate more and more digital junk, in addition to file formats getting much larger in size no thanks to the more powerful computers we’re “blessed” with. I’d personally prefer to store my data on Pioneer’s 16-layer disc that can hold as much as 400GB of data at one go, although searching through archives on that will be painfully slow compared to the hard drive.

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Kodak has just rolled out a new pocket digital video camera for the masses in the form of the Zi6, enabling one to shoot video wherever they are without feeling the strain of a really heavy camcorder. According to John Blake, General Manager Digital Capture and Devices, Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company, “Today’s connected consumers increasingly turn to video to express themselves and connect with others. The KODAK Zi6 Pocket Video Camera satisfies their thirst for an HD video camera that is simple to use and can go anywhere life takes them. With the launch of the Zi6 Pocket Video Camera, consumers now have a high-quality solution from the trusted brand in digital imaging.” More to come on the Zi6 after the jump.

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Who among us has the money to spend on Star Wars memorabilia? The biggest and the best Star Wars fans, that’s who. We find a way to get that money. Even if it means not eating for a few days. And these helmet replicas are well worth the lost meals.

Available from eFx Collectibles, the Darth Vader and Stormtroopers helmet replicas are the key to the Imperial empires image. Do you see Luke Skywalker walking around with a bad-ass helmet? I think not. But then again, his space station doesn’t get totally wrecked either. But no matter. These helmets are awesome, even if they are a symbol of the evil in the universe.

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Puppies are undeniably cute. Sometimes they are indeed painfully cute. No teeth brushing could remove the sugary syrup of a dog’s puppy-eyed stare. I don’t care how old you are. The loving gaze of a puppy will melt your cold heart.

Sega Toys knows you love puppies. Everyone loves puppies. Except for ninjas. They hate puppies. Starting on August 8th, Sega Toys will be selling their new cute dog robot toy called “Uchi no Suupa Doggu Sakadachi Rakki” (My Super Stand-up-and-beg Dog Lucky) which doesn’t only sit around looking frighteningly innocent, but answers to a collection of 13 voice commands.

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Eastman Kodak has announced a rival to Cupertino’s AppleTV. The Theatre HD Player connects to your HDTV and links to Kodak online galleries and Flickr via WiFi. This enables users to create slide shows and access them in glorious high definition.

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It’s not “officially” here just yet, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get it. And a day early no less. While digging through the Apple XML files just like any other true Apple fan with some extra time on their hands, MacRumors has dredged up the URL location for the iPhone 2.0 firmware upgrade. The download comes in the form of a .ipsw file, which you can install on your phone by holding down the “Option” key (shift on PCs) and clicking the “Check For Update” button on the iTunes iPhone menu.

Along with the new firmware comes the really big news of the day. The emergence of the Apple App Store, which has also proven to be live. I had a chance to dabble around with some of the apps, and let me tell you, it was well worth the wait.

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