Smaller portable hard drives. Tom's Hardware Guide on some of the new, smaller, portable hard drives that have come out recently, like the SPIO (pictured at right). These are the ones that use the same kinds of 2.5-inch hard disks which have been showing up in laptops for awhile now. Read... [Gizmodo]

TiVo The Next Generation. Michael Gartner believes the time is now for the Media Center PC, at least for Robert Scoble. If Microsoft would... [LibraryPlanet.com]

Bluetooth digital pen from Maxell. We've already seen Sony Ericsson and Nokia license this same technology from Anoto, but there's another new digital Bluetooth pen from Maxell that can transmit what you're writing directly to a computer or a cellphone and either store it as a file or send it off as an text message or email. You do have to do the writing on special paper though. Read [Translated from Japanese using Babelfish]... [Gizmodo]

Sprint's Game Pad. Who needs Nokia's N-Gage when you can just get this: a game pad controller from Sprint PCS for Samsung's new A600 cameraphone.The Game Pad is roughly the size and shape of a Game Boy Advance, except that the vibrant color screen is part of a phone that can be removed at any time except during game play. The directional pad and buttons correspond directly to the phone's own controls, so when you're not in a game, you can use it to browse the Web or fiddle with settings. You can even charge the phone through the Game Pad, smart considering that games can really drain the juice.Read... [Gizmodo]

ZigBee Low-Power Wireless Networking. asmithmd1 writes "Do you you have a great idea for a wireless device that really doesn't need the 1 Mbit/sec (and high power consumption) of Bluetooth? [Slashdot] Well I didn't know Bluetooth was a power hog -- now I do! [Scott Mace: Home networking]

World's Most Advanced Portable TV. Eric Schlaepfer writes "Here's another great toy for your wish list! ICOM manufactures the highly advanced IC-R3 portable scanner/television set. Besides ... [Slashdot]