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TrustedReviews.com has a pretty fantastic review of the Sony VAIO VGN-TZ12VN.  This is the first Sony laptop that is a solid state machine.  This means no more spinning hard disks, longer battery life, and overall faster performance.  Seems like a pretty great idea.

Check out the last page for the performance marks, such as the PC Mark 05 scores (overall 1869).

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The RCA EZ201 looks like a little ipod with an eye to me.  I wonder if it works well for the low $100’s price tag?

As expected, this 5.25-ounce video recorder sports a ho hum enclosure, no optical zoom, 512MB of internal memory, a 1.5-inch LCD, MemoryManager software, and a SD expansion slot as well. The device is also compatible with Box.net’s online storage / sharing service, touts an EZ Grab feature that allows users to easily snag still shots from live action footage, and can function for two solid hours on a pair of AA cells. Best of all, however, is the price that CC is currently charging for this budget-minded device, as the $119.99 asking price is a full $10 less than we had previously seen, and you’ll even get a 1GB SD card thrown in gratis.

Wouldn’t a cell phone be more effective than this?  Not only that, you would also have to carry around this extra device on top of everything else. 
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Better dust off that Xbox 360! Folding@home might be coming to the Xbox 360 soon according to Microsoft.

From Engadget:

Peter Moore of Microsoft has gone on record by saying that the Xbox 360 could also join the project, although he made sure to include a jibe at Microsoft’s primary competitor by mentioning the 360’s much larger install base, and quoting Xbox 360 processor’s “equal power to the PS3.” He even went so far as to cast doubt regarding the value of the 250,000 currently registered PS3’s on the program, saying that “we’ll continue to look at this and see whether there’s real value.” We’re forced to ask: how is this kind of attitude in aid of the project? By reducing something as noble as the Folding@home project to a PR battle, Moore’s indication sounds bitter and petty. He might as well have said, “ok, we’ll fight disease, but only ’cause the Xbox 360 is better than the PS3.” The irony is, it probably isn’t.

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This solar light is pretty neat.  I’m always a sucker for solar powered anything.  I guess it still amazes me that we can harness the power of the sun.

From Cool Tools:

I’ve used these solar LED lights for reading at night for over a year. There are three models and I have one of each — the Heavy Duty Compact model, the Compact model and the Mini, which I attach with Velcro to my backpack and then to my bike helmet when I need it for night riding. On full brightness, the Mini lasts 12 hours (recharge time is advertised as 7 hours).The Heavy Duty charges completely in 10 hours and, at full brightness, gives 12+ hours of light, while the Compact charges completely in 6 hours and, at full brightness, gives 12+ hours of light.

Very Cool!

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Dpreview takes a look at the new Casio EX-V7 in their latest review.

As well as being the first ultra-slim Exilim to sport a large (7x) zoom it is the first with mechanical (CCD-shift) image stabilization. It’s also got a wealth of unique features and a fair degree of photographic control. But is the EX-V7 as good in use as it looks on paper?

From a portion of the conclusion:

The reality is that the EX-V7 is a disappointing camera, and one that fails to deliver on its promise, even allowing for the compromises inevitably involved in squeezing this much stuff into such a small body. Of course we expect there to be such compromises, but there has to be a limit to what is acceptable; being able to fit a camera in a shirt pocket surely should not come ‘at any cost’.

I guess I never really was a fan of the Casio cameras.
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