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The humble radio has seen a lot of changes in recent years and that transformation continues with the arrival of the Revo Blik WiFI Radio.

For under £100, you get a well made WiFi radio with access to over 8,000 radio stations, an FM tuner, iPod/MP3 player connectivity and the ability to stream music from your PC or laptop.

Stations can be searched by genre or country and if 8,000+ aren’t enough to keep you happy, you need help. Being Wi-Fi-enabled means you don’t even have to have it attached to your PC, just within range of your wireless router.

There’s a large LCD, plenty of presets, an Alarm and Snooze function and a remote control so that you don’t have to make too much of an effort. You can buy it here in black or white but, if you want some more information, check out a decent review of it here.-Martin Lynch

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You might think you have a big aquarium but this monster from Yamaha is so big it needs its own wheels.

Yamaha Australia has built two of these SupaTanks, each 15m long, which are designed to be wheeled around with up to 20 live fish inside to various shows Down Under.

The 13,600ltr tanks are meant to combine education and the beauty of fish in their natural environment but, in typical Aussie style, they are used to demonstrate how to catch fish and how they react to lures and that old fish favourite, a fish hook in the face.

“The Yamaha SupaTank show is designed to both educate families on how to safely and successfully learn to fish along with displaying the fascinating underwater feeding behaviours of fish. In full view of wide-eyed spectators, the fish can be seen stalking and attacking the lures cast by participants from the elevated ‘half-tinny’ casting platform complete with Yamaha four stroke outboard motor.”

Don’t be surprised if someone tries to flog you a Yamaha outboard motor too.-Martin Lynch

[Gizmag]

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A high court judge rules that controversial video game Manhunt 2 must be sent for re-evaluation.

The first two Toy Story films are to be re-made in digital 3D ahead of the release of Toy Story 3 in 2010.

M&S broke data protection rules over a stolen laptop containing details of 26,000 staff, a watchdog says.

Denon started encroaching on Yamaha’s territory last July when it launched its first surround sound bar, the DHT-FS3 X-SPACE. It also cost around £700, which meant it wasn’t going to appeal to everyone, no matter how much they hated the clutter of wires in living room.

As a result, there’s a new one on the horizon, the DHT-FS5. It’s looks quite different to its predecessor and, unlike the FS3, doesn’t come with a separate subwoofer. The X-SPACE technology promises to recreate that enveloping 5:1 surround sound experience by firing sound around the room.

The power output rating is the same at 150W, thanks to an internal amp and 6 full-firing speakers. It measures 750×138×118mm and weighs 5.1Kg.

There’s only Japanese pricing right now and that’s a very attractive £305. You can safely expect that to bloat to £400, and maybe even higher, by the time it travels the globe to get here in the coming months.-Martin Lynch

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I hate people talking to me while I eat but I guess it’s different for animals.

The Chatter Bowl Talking Pet Feeder is designed for those of you who suffer massive guilt whenever you slope off for a dirty weekend by the sea, leaving your cat or dog all aloney woney at homey.

This way, you can record a 10 second message to your favourite furball, which will play whenever the sensor detects your pet is near:

“Hello Tigger Wigger. Mommy loves you so much, my liddle-widdle, cutesey-wutesy, snuggly-wuggly diddums.”

Yuck.

The makers say: “It was quite entertaining watching our cats interact with the Chatter Bowl. At first they looked around, trying to figure out where the voice came from, and later they got very comfortable with it and seemed to enjoy walking up to the bowl, hearing our familiar voice, calling them to “eat.” We think this would make a great gift for any dog or cat lover, especially someone who is gone from home, when the comforting sound of their voice would be a welcomed sound for the pets who miss them.”

Great, a bowl that encourages pet obesity. Anyway, it will probably sell a million. It costs around £13 here.-Martin Lynch

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Film studios producing Rambo and The Incredible Hulk reach an interim deal with striking writers.

Since the world has gone security mad, what better way to indulge your new found paranoia than a Fingerprint USB Flash Drive from Apacer.

This 4GB drive seems like it was especially created for MoD staff who just can’t seem to stop losing their laptops and other devices filled with highly sensitive information. This way, when they leave their USB stick in the back of a taxi or in their car overnight, there’s at least some chance that the culprits won’t get your National Insurance, NHS, driver’s licence, passport and bank account details. Which is nice.

The Apacer drive is rubber-coated for durability and uses “advanced fingerprint recognition technology”. And best of all, it only costs £30 here. Jump now for the full specs.-Martin Lynch

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Features

* Advanced fingerprint recognition technology
* File encryption/decryption
* Adjustable public and private partition areas
* Elegant and durable rubber coated exterior
* One-touch fingerprint access
* Easy-to-grip for superior handling
* Capless Design, Retractable USB connector means no cap to lose
* Simple to connect
* Comes with easy-to-attach leather strap

Specifications

* USB 2.0 certified, backward compatible with USB 1.1
* Read: 15MB/sec, Write: 10MB/sec
* Support Windows XP/ 2000/ Vista (32bit)
* Bright blue LED flashing – USB detection , Data transmission
* Dimension: (L) 73 x (W) 20 x (H) 10 mm
* Weight: 14g approx.

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A 20-year-old Russian man is the first person to be convicted for taking part in cyber attacks against Estonia.