Tiny turntable/speaker/mixer

This portable speaker for your MP3 player does more than just amplify sound. The Turntable Speaker Mixer is shaped like a tiny turntable and, aside from blaring out your tunes, can be used to add preprogrammed sound effects to your music.

This novelty speaker comes with a built-in battery, USB cable and audio cable. It would make a great gift for an aspiring DJ so he can scratch records (albeit digitally) anytime, anywhere. We spotted the Turntable Speaker Mixer online at UrbanOutfitters for US$40.

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iTunes Plus lets users upgrade individual songs

File this under: Now you tell me.

On Wednesday, I paid US$30 to upgrade some of my iTunes music. That's the only way iTunes Plus allowed me to do it: Swap out all the songs in my library eligible for upgrade or forget about getting any of them at the higher bitrate.

But on Thursday I read at Macworld.com that iTunes is now enabling users to upgrade on a per-song basis. What are the odds?

If I would have just waited a few hours, I wouldn't have had to pay that US$0.30 for "The Shock of the Lightning" by Oasis, a song I once loved but have been oppressed by lately as the tune is now played everywhere. But just before I started writing this, I checked out the upgrade feature on the iTunes front door and it offered me the chance to receive higher-quality versions of three new songs: Two by Brit band Kasabian and one by A Tribe Called Quest.
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Study: Nintendo brain games don't make the grade

Nintendo's brain games may not help put your kid on the Nobel Prize track after all, according to one professor who put the titles to the test.

Alain Lieury, a professor of cognitive psychology at the University of Rennes in Brittany, France, surveyed a group of 10-year-olds and concluded that homework, reading, or playing Scrabble or sudoku produced benefits that matched or beat the supposed memory-enhancing properties of such titles as Big Brain Academy, Brain Training, and Brain Age.

The latter game contains several types of puzzle challenges designed to stimulate and keep the gray matter "young" and sharp.

"The Nintendo DS is a technological jewel. As a game it's fine," the Times Online quotes Lieury as saying. "But it is charlatanism to claim that it is a scientific test."
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Paniq at the Disco...in your jacket

Sometimes--like when it's freezing out or you're speeding along on your bike--it's not very convenient to take out your gadget and fumble with the controller. A new wearable electronics system called Paniq lets you do the controlling straight from your clothes, which could make things easier (or not).

By connecting Paniq modules to Paniqmode interactive garments, you can control your iPod or other gizmo via smart-fabric buttons integrated into the garb.
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Logitech launches new Pure-Fi speaker docks for iPods and iPhones

Logitech is more commonly associated with peripherals like mice and keyboards, but what you may not know is that the company also produces speaker systems and docks. The Swiss outfit has just added a pair of Pure-Fi docking stations with integrated speakers for your iPods and iPhones. One comes with omnidirectional acoustics that transmit sound evenly in all directions, which the company claims to be a first for iPod/iPhone speaker docks. The Pure-Fi Express Plus juices up either via AC mains or batteries and has a carry handle for easy portability.

The second of the duo is the Pure-Fi Anytime that comes with motion sensing technology. This lets you activate the alarm clock controls simply by waving your hand over the speakers and also dims light automatically. To snooze, repeat the same action. The Pure-Fi Anytime also comes with a built-in AM/FM radio and charges your iPod/iPhone when docked.

The Pure-Fi Express Plus will cost S$129 (US$92.80) when it launches next month in Southeast Asia, with the Pure-Fi Anytime priced at a S$10 (US$7.19) premium over the Express Plus.
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