Spotted elsewhere in the news:

1) This is sort of a clever gadget for the PC user: Canon Marketing Japan's new "LS-100TKM" looks like a regular black or white PC mouse, but flips open like a clamshell phone to reveal a ten-key pad. The keys rest on the bottom of the opened mouse, while an LCD screen appears on the underside of the flipped-open "lid". Use it for either ten-key input, or as a calculator (with the ability to transmit the calculated result to your PC). From late June, JPY3500.
http://cweb.canon.jp/calc/lineup/mouse/index.html

2) What's new in hard disks? Bigger storage in a smaller space - same as always. From late June, BUFFALO will begin selling the "LinkStation mini", a network external hard disk unit containing two 2.5-inch disks in RAID configuration. It's fanless and quiet, fits neatly on the palm of your hand, and weighs a mere half a kilogram - great for a home server that won't take up much space or make noise. JPY37,000 for 500GB, JPY74,000 for 1TB.
http://buffalo.jp/products/catalog/storage/ls-wsgl_r1/

3) SONY announced a prototype back-illuminated CMOS image sensor with double the previous sensitivity and low noise. Additional tech specs probably won't interest many readers; what it means to you is this: significantly clearer, richer images from future cameras once the sensor makes its way into products.
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/200806/08-069E/index.html

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