This USB Hurricane Lamp plugs directly into one of your computer’s spare USB ports.  It does not require batteries to operate or special drives to install.

Once it’s connected and powered the lamp will illuminate your surroundings as it cycles through seven different colors.

The lamp uses LED bulbs which draw less power from your computer.

It’s available from uxsight.com for $9.69 by clicking here.

This is a pizza cutter that Tim the “Tool Guy” would totally want — it’s the Pizza Boss 3000 — “built from tough engineering-grade plastics and the laser-etched stainless blade has a removable shield for easy clean-up.” There’s no need to be embarrassed by a wimpy looking pizza cutter when you’re having poker night in your man cave.; you can stick a Pizza Boss 3000 in your tool belt for $14.99.

With all of the ups and downs of today’s economy, wouldn’t it be nice if we could get some help from the professionals?  Ways to save, invest and budget our money?  How about loans and investing strategies?  Now how about being able to get it via Twitter?

Mint.com, the popular online personal finance site has partnered with Twitter to provide Money Tweets.  Money Tweets are a way to receive advice and education on finances, as well as current news that can impact our financial future, all via the Twittersphere.

Mint.com’s Money Tweets includes five categories, allowing people to read whatever content most interests them:

• Topics – Collects information relating to budgets, saving, investment, loans, and retirement feeds.  These tweets are from the experts, such as the Wall Street Journal.
• Tweets about Mint.com – Tracks, in real-time, what people are saying about Mint.com in Twitter.
• Tweets from Mint.com - Updates followers on the latest from Mint.com.
• Questions – A question of the day.  A way to bring about discussion and brainstorming on a relevant topic.  Kind of a twitter whiteboard-like discussion.
• Popular – Keeps followers on top of hot financial topics.

To find out more, go to the Mint.com site.

Sony just released their Dream Machine ICF-CL75iP Alarm Clock for iPhone and iPod Touch. It is a pretty impressive unit that works well as an alarm clock but has the special quality of working with your iPhone, iPod touch and just about any other iPod with a dock connector.

At an MSRP of $149.95 is is not cheap.At the same time it offers a huge amount of functionality including a gorgeous screen that makes watching video from your iPhone or touch a pleasure. We unboxed one. Here’s a look…

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My review of the ioSafe fireproof hard drive might just have been the most fun I’ve had with a review here at Gear Diary.

This week ioSafe announced the availability of a 2 TB ioSafe Solo, the company’s external water and fire proof hard drive.  Not only does the drive provide unparalleled protection of your data but it now also provided for massive amounts of storage.

Priced at $399, the 2 TB drive packs all the same protection I demonstrated in my review.

You can check out the new drive here.

Remember the Neogreene laptop sleeve and water bottle holder I reviewed a few months ago? GreenSmart has released two great new products; a lunch bag and a wine tote. Read on for more pictures and information on these unusual and fashionable items!

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The other day we reviewed the Moshi Voice Response Alarm Clock. It works quite well, has some neat voice response technology that makes it simple to set, use and control … and it offers a big, easy to read display too.

I really like it, and I am glad to have it on my night table now.

The clock has an MSRP of $49.99. You can ordered one directly from the company website… OR… you can enter to win one right here on Gear Diary. That’s right, we’re giving away a Moshi!

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I saw this printer in action in a New York Best Buy last week, and I have to say that it was nothing short of cool. You can get and print maps, recipes, coupons, purchase movie tickets, and do all kinds of other things – directly from the touch panel front of this web connected beast of a printer. Granted, you could do the same from your computer, but being able to do these things without booting up the ol’ desktop is a pretty cool feature; plus the printer itself is pretty nice.

The regular price is $399.99, but you can get yours for $339.99 with free shipping. Not bad for a day’s savings!

I reviewed the Moshi Voice Response Alarm Clock yesterday. I like its use of voice recognition a great deal and am finding it a nice addition to my night table.

Now Moshi has released a travel version of their clock that employs the same voice technology. It is smaller but packs the same technology- perfect for travel… or daily use.

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Quirky has just begun pre-sale of their latest collaborative contraption, the StashCan. $54, charged only if there are enough orders to produce the product, will get you on the list for a sleek looking trash can with a removable plastic liner. There will be no more fumbling in the kitchen cabinet for replacement trash bags, because they store handily in a compartment located in thee top of the StashCan. Clever, right?!

quirky’s StashCan is a kitchen trash can with the added ability to store trash bags in the can itself. No more hassle with drippy bags, and time consuming trash removal. The StashCan makes your trash routine far simpler, cleaner, and speedier. (oh and it looks pretty too!)

Step on StashCan’s foot pedal to open the lid to dispose of your garbage. Once your trash is full, simply open the stainless steel rimmed top and pull out the removable, lightweight, plastic liner containing the full trash. Remove your full trash bag and clean the liner (if necessary).

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This is one of those products that kind of snuck up on me. It looked like it was one of those electronic curiosities that catches your eye, leads to an impulse buy and then, within a week, is in a box collecting dust.

As it turns out the Moshi Voice Response Alarm Clock works quite well, is remarkably useful and the review unit I was sent can will remain on my night table once this review is done.

Lets take a look at this unusual, and useful, clock. A video demo follows…

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We have technology for just about everything.  Need to catch up with a friend on the other side of the globe?  No problem, fire up Skype.   Need to find the closest restaurants?  There are apps for this right at your fingertips.  Want to capture every image, note, or voice reminder and never lose them again?  No problem.  When it comes to ensuring quality restorative sleep, however, there’s not too much technology out there for the consumer.

Sure, there’s the Sleeptracker watch (which I do personally use, by the way) — which works as a wearable personal wake-up alarm — and does keep track of sleep patterns if you want to track that data on a computer.  Honestly, though, I’ve not done that once in the two years I’ve used the watch.  Now there is another tool aimed to really give you the gift of better sleep — without the use or dependency of pills or pharmaceuticals?  Where the Sleeptracker will wake you with either an audible or vibrating alarm when you are closest to a waking moment in a sleep cycle (using movement), the Zeo aims to actually coach you to permanently gain a better night’s sleep by revealing your habits and giving you tools to gradually change those habits  – and wake you using actual sleep phases (not movement like Sleeptracker) —  to give you more quality Zzzz’s.

By giving you the gift of sleep, Zeo also promotes the benefits  essential for their health, heart, stamina, memory, work performance, even longevity.   Interested in making these changes in your own life?  Let’s see how Zeo works.

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We purchased the WiLife surveillance system about 2 years ago for extra security at the house.  In terms of a system, if it works for you, it is one of the least expensive and difficult to install ways to get real time video surveillance both as a traditional DVR as well as Internet Access.

On Halloween, we got more than we bargained for!  Read On…

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As much as some of us might like to avoid it winter is coming.  There’s no stopping it.  Do you want to be able to hit the slopes this season and bring some of your technology with you?  There are plenty of clothing items which enable you to do so.  Jackets with built in controls for your iPod, helmets with headphones built in, heated boots and more.

Here’s two items which recently caught our eye.

Hard Mountain Refugium Jacket with Ardica System

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Here is some important information if you own a Belkin surge protector.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Belkin, has announced a voluntary recall of their SurgeMaster surge protectors.  The recall effects an estimated 67,000+ units.

The model numbers effected are F9G930-10, F9G930V10, F9G930-10-W and F9G930-10-SN.   All were manufactured in 2003.

Some units have been reported to experience cracking in the plug assembly which could lead to a potential shock hazard.  Consumers are asked to please stop using this product immediately.

For more information contact Belkin toll-free at 800-952-1465 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday or visit the Belkin web site at www.belkin.com/recall.