The Toshiba FF1 projector is one of the first LED projectors to hit the market. With LED technology the lifespan of the FF1 LED is around 10,000 hours which is far higher then conventional projectors. Conveniently located on the left side

I’ve had Swiss Army knives on my keychain for years, it’s come in handy on many occasions. Recently I always seem to have a USB flash drive in my pocket too. When I received the SWISS MEMORY USB Victorinox drive from Swissbit it was obvious that combining the two was actually a very good idea. The Victorinox is compact, easy to use and brings the usefulness of the Swiss Arm tools. The USB drive comes in a variety of sizes from 128MB to 2GB and is a plug-n-play (unless Win 98) device and price points range from $50USD to $225USD respectively.

VXI has a new USB microphone certified by MacSpeech, a leading speech recognition company for Macintosh computers. The TalkPro USB100 has several key features to bring superior quality; sophisticated noise canceling mic along with VXI’s Digital Signal Processing technology which converts audio from analog to digital.

VolumeShield released their AntiCopy protection software which blocks PC ports from being used. The software allows a user to lock-down USB ports, firewire ports, CD/DVD writers and floppy drives. AntiCopy is available for free to personal users or Enterprise Edition for corporate users.

Nintendo confirmed their new console, Revolution, will have a USB port for expanded memory capacity such as USB flash drives and hard drives. With USB connectivity we now understand how Nintendo will compete with it’s drive toting rivals like PlayStation and Xbox.

Do you have a great song in your mind and you want to record it to PC, well the Behringer USB guitar will make that as easy as 1, 2, 3. The iAXE USB Guitar is the first of it’s kind with direct connect to PC via USB capability. The kit includes powerful software with virtual amps, stomp boxes and effects. It’s easy to play along with your favorite MP3, WAV or AIFF songs.

Behringer even offers a multi-track recording and editing suite to record on the spot. The high-quality electric guitar comes with a fantastic maple neck and its screaming tone sings through 3 single-coil pickups with 5-way switching. A built-in connector allows you to connect your headphones straight to your guitar so you can jam with your favorite band. List price is just under $150USD.

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Available now at Amazon.com

Blue Microphones has been working hard on the first professional grade microphone for the computer. The Snowball is a USB microphone designed for a wide range of studio set, desktop and workspace audio recordings. This plug-n-play mic uses a dual capsule design and three pattern switch (cardioid, cardioid with 10dB pad and omni) to capture everything from soft vocals to the loudest bang.

The front capsule is designed to “hear” what is right in front of at as a fixed pattern and the rear capsule is designed to “hear” all sound around it to generate a brighter sound. Although the Snowball was not engineered specifically for Podcasting, it’s probably the best microphone solution for just that.

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The USB Snowball is available now at Amazon.com