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Virtually Indestructible Keyboard

Juniper Foo | Dec 09, 2004

If you don't mind the rather sinuous and silicon feel of the keys, this is one keyboard that'll banish any dust ball from creeping into those hard-to-clean grooves. Plus it's also the perfect X'mas stocking filler for klutzy friends with a habit of accidentally baptizing their keyboards with their favorite roast blend. And what do you know? There's a Mini Me variant at just 12 inches long as well as a PocketVIK for PDA users.

Click to see the keyboard close-up

Price: US$29.99
Availability: Smart Home
Device: Spillproof keyboard
Basic specs: 109-key unit, PS/2 or USB connector, 516 x 149 x 10mm, Windows HotKeys and Windows 98 Power Management HotKeys, LED indicators for number lock, caps lock and scroll lock

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Sony VAIO Type X

Juniper Foo | Dec 03, 2004

If we had a dollar for every product labelled X, we'd be singing our way to the bank. Tra-la-la. Of course, pigs can fly, too. But we digress. Even a boxy home server blandly named Type X looks yummilicious in the hands of style meisters Sony. That's not all. This Sony VAIO beats with the heart of a Pentium 4 3.6GHz chipset, a 1GB DDR memory and a whopping 1TB (4x250GB RAID 0) of storage wow. Sony says the 500GB dedicated to TV is good to record six channels for five-and-a-half days non-stop. Navigating is eased by a special interface that lets consumers see thumbnails of what they've recorded. Oh, don't hold your breath, though, as Sony has no plans beyond its home shores.

Price: US$5,000
Availability: Japan only
Device:Home server
Basic specs: Pentium 4 Processor 560 (3.6GHz), 1TB hard drive (4x250GB in RAID 0), 1GB (512MBx2) DDR2 533 memory, 128MB ATI Technologies Radeon X600 XT, Intel 915P Express chipset, 1000/100/10 BASE-T, 2xUSB 2.0, i.LINK, 19.5kg, Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2)