Internet Peripherals
While some relish the public spectacle of Karaoke, others may to prefer to do it in more discrete surroundings, which is why Lucky Voice has created the Party Box.
It contains everything you need to host your own Karaoke shindig. Once you've plugged the microphone into the mixer, hook up your computer and log into Lucky Voice Home and pick some tunes to sing along to.
There's a voucher in the box that unlocks thousands of tracks on the site for a month. If the pink microphone isn't quite your colour, then you can even get a turquoise one for duets for an extra £19.95.
The Party Box is available now for £49.95, see Lucky Voice for more information.
The minigorilla from Powertraveller is an indispensible one-size-fits-all source of portable back-up power for a range of gadgets including netbooks, electronic books, camcorders and mobile phones.
As its name suggests, the minigorilla is a tough and durable little fellow and weighing in at 265 grams it's light enough to carry around. You can use it to supply extra juice to any device that requires a 19v DC input or less and it comes with an extensive range of laptop and mobile tips enabling you to power a wide range of devices.
At £99.95 the minigorilla will give your netbook an extra six hours of life ensuring that the next time the power runs low you don't have to panic. Visit Powertraveller for more infornation.
If you like the idea of saving money by making calls over the internet, but don't relish the idea of having to sit in front of a PC wearing a headset while you do it then EnGenius has just the handset for you.
Its design may look at little dated, but its innards are bang up to date, housing a WiFi receiver and SIP client so you can make calls using a compatible Voip provider.
Just find a WiFi connection, tap in your details and you're ready to go. Calls will be routed over the internet giving you a free or heavily discounted way to keep in touch with friends or family. It's got a built-in phone book, so you don't need to remember people's numbers and the battery will last for 100 hours standby and two and a half hours talk time.
The SI-680H is available to buy now for £103.21 from Solwise.
While speculation is still rife about Apple's rumoured iPod mobile phone or iPhone, as it's been dubbed, communications hardware manufacturer Linksys has stolen its thunder with a range of products by the same name.
The Linksys iPhone family consists of seven VoIP handsets, which allow you to make free or cheap calls over the internet. Notable features include real-time contact list access that lets you know if the intended call recipient is available, integration with Skype and Yahoo Messenger and - in the most advanced model, the Wireless-G Phone WIP320 - the ability to make calls on the move via Wi-Fi hotspots with no need for a PC.
The iPhones are priced between £30 and £210. Visit Linksys to find out where to buy them.
Ever wondered what direction evolution will take mankind in the future? Weâre already taller than our ancestors and generally fatter too (although to be fair thatâs more to do with eating all the pies than evolution). At some distant point from now we might have a third eye in the back of our heads, so we wonât need rear view mirrors when driving our hydrogen cars. Or we might have really big bottoms so we can sit down all the time. (Thatâs already happening actually).
The makers of the La Feel Optical Mouse seem to be gambling on us evolving little fingers on the inside of our palms. Weâll need them, you see, to operate the buttons theyâve stupidly stuck on the top of their mouse. There are back and forward buttons for your browser and play/pause and forwards and reverse buttons for your music player.
Now we donât know about you, but we find it easy enough to use a normal mouse to control such things, in the normal way. Or, heaven forbid, if we really need keys for the task thereâs always the keyboard to fall back on. But you might disagree. Indeed you might have already evolved little fingers on the palms of your hands and find this oddity a total godsend.
No pricing details are available at the moment.
