Filed under: Peripherals Really, people? Are there not enough mouse choices out there to satisfy whatever your poor little palm craves? For those just dead set on bucking the trend and attempting to be more ergonomic, the newest iteration of the Finger Mouse won't disappoint. The unit arrives with a wireless USB dongle and completely engulfs whichever finger you choose to mount the mouse itself on; from there, the 1,000DPI device supposedly moves
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Filed under: Digital Cameras, Displays Last September, Transcend had the bright idea of cluttering up the digital photo frame market even further with its own ho hum offering. Apparently the idea went over okay -- or the brilliant suit who decided to go for it is to prideful to admit otherwise. Either way, today we're presented with the 7-inch T.photo 720, a much less traditional frame (in terms of design) with a 800 x 480 resolution display, 2GB
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Filed under: Cellphones, GPS, Portable Audio, Portable Video See that guy? That's Jonny Gladwell from Auckland New Zealand. He's special no matter how you define the word. He's camped outside of Vodafone NZ right now which puts him on a path to be the world's first iPhone 3G owner. Of course, there's still time for other Kiwi's to get in line at the Wellington and Christchurch shops which will open simultaneously. A holy trinity of buffoonery to
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In 2005, George W. Bush hosted a town-hall meeting in Denver, at which three law-abiding, ticket-holding Americans were removed from a public event because officials didn’t like the bumper sticker on their car. Three years later, John McCain hosted a town-hall meeting in Denver, and a law-abiding American was removed from a public event because officials [...]

I've moved three times in four years, but never quite mastered the art of hanging artwork. Move any frame in our home and you'd be likely to find no less than two sets of holes. Well, not any more. At 36", this level seemed like overkill (especially since most everything I hang is in the 8" x 10" realm), but now that I have one, I don't know how I ever got by without it. On either side of the three bubble levels are two 10-inch ruler
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Filed under: Let's Get This Party StartedTMZ.com: Sacha Baron Cohen strikes again -- this time as a gay German needling the Israeli secret service about hummus.The Jerusalem Post reports that SBC was in the Holy Land and met with a longtime Mossad operative when he went into schtick and asked... Read more

TMZ.com: Before she filed her explosive divorce yesterday, Cynthia Rodriguez was all over Paris -- and staying with rocker Lenny Kravitz.But despite whispers that she was doing the horizontal can-can with Len, looks like she was doing the tourist thing --... Read more

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Wacky & WeirdTMZ.com: At long last, the rest of the world will get to see what Eliot Spitzer thought was hot enough to ruin his career over. Now that Ashley Dupre has dropped her $10 mil lawsuit against Joe Francis and "Girls Gone Wild," Joe says he's got "the green... Read more

An earthquake hit southern Peru early Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Iraq's prime minister said his country wants some type of timetable for a withdrawal of American troops included in the deal the two countries are negotiating.

Iran's president said he did not see any possibility of a war between his country and the United States or Israel.

WASHINGTON A defense official says the Pentagon is changing its policy on cluster bombs and plans to reduce the danger of unexploded munitions in the deadly explosives. The policy shift would require that after 2018, more than 99 percent of the bomblets in a cluster bomb must detonate. The defense official spoke yesterday on condition of anonymity because the policy has not yet been released publicly. Limiting the amount of live munitions left o
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NEW YORK In a break with tradition, Barack Obama will accept the Democratic presidential nomination at Invesco Field at Mile High, a 76,000-seat stadium in Denver, rather than at the site of the party's national convention across town. Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean acknowledged the decision to move Obama's speech to the giant open-air football field of the Denver Broncos would raise security challenges. But he said he and Denver Mayor Jo
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Hurricane Bertha, now a Category 3 storm, is expected to turn in the direction of Bermuda, government forecasters said yesterday. The Atlantic season's first hurricane was centered about 695 miles east-northeast of the Northern Leeward Islands and was moving west-northwest about 12 mph at 11 p.m. yesterday. The storm, with maximum sustained winds near 120 mph, might hit Bermuda, but it's still too early to tell, forecasters
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Filed under: Economy, Paris Motor Show, Hatchbacks, ChevroletChevrolet has big... well... smallish plans for Paris, where the automaker will unveil an "all-new" compact vehicle dubbed the Cruze. Born from Chevy's global design and engineering team, the Cruze will sport many of the exterior elements we've seen on recent concepts, so expect lots of angular lines, a high belt-line and a squat greenhouse. The Cruze will supposedly be able to handle a
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At 100-day mark, Pakistan's government in disarray as economic, militancy problems mount

How good are you at identifying brands of beers and chocolates? I managed to get 8 out of 10 and thankfully I got all the beer brands right.

Filed under: Software, iPhoneWe stumbled upon some preview pictures of 1Password for the iPhone (see our WWDC chat with Agile Web Solutions), which were deleted almost as quickly as they surfaced on Dave Teare's photostream. Since we are, for the moment, playing by the rules of finders, keepers, we (gently) persuaded Dave to give us a little more info what we were seeing. It looks like the PIN field shown will allow for quick access to "less sens
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