Spotted elsewhere in the news:

1) Osaka-based RUN'A is offering a new JPY9240 FM radio/CD-player combo from the end of May. Boring, you say? Not when the whole thing is shaped like the head of Disney's Stitch character. Push the nose to open the mouth, place a CD on the tongue, push the mouth closed again, and let the odd blue creature blare tunes from his purple ear speakers. You control playback, forward, etc. by pushing Stitch's teeth. Naturally.
http://www.runat.co.jp/runat/release41.htm (Japanese)

2) If you've got one of several Canon digital camera models, there's a free, open-source, and (reportedly) non-destructive firmware upgrade that'll grant your camera impressive new features: RAW image format handling, longer video times, more on-screen info, super-fast and -slow shutter speeds, scripting, and more. Learn more about, and get your hands on, the Canon Hacker's Developer Kit here:
http://lifehacker.com/387380/turn-your-point+and+shoot-into-a-super+came... (English)

3) From June, ever-creative GREEN HOUSE will offer the USB-based GH-USB-FAN desktop fan in a retro design evocative of the nostalgic mid-20th century Showa era. Drop JPY1980 and place a bit of good ol' "furuki yoki" Nippon next to your PC. Just in time for warm weather.
http://www.green-house.co.jp/news/2008/r0512a.html

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