Ok, so maybe these odd gumdrop-shaped mice won’t give you a Repetitive Stress Injury, but they sure don’t look like anything comfortable to use all day.

The real question is: Are you supposed to drop a quarter in the slot?

Microsoft is gearing up to give Sony another run for the gaming console crown with the upcoming XBox 2. First it lowered the price of the current XBox and someday soon, you may see one of these on a store shelf.

Only problem, it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got the games.

The VoIP wars are just beginning and Vonage has fired the first shot at AT&T. AT&T is rolling out its own VoIP phone service called “CallVantage” which Vonage finds sounds a little too close to its own brand name. To really slap the point across, AT&T is starting service right in Vonage’s home state of New Jersey.

NEC is rolling out some high concept mobile phones under the unpronounceable and completely forgettable name, Reasonantware. (Who names these things?!)

The phone will wrap around you, other objects and then the material memorizes its shape and stays that way until you wrap into some other form. Weird, interesting, wow.

Some cool new MP3 players are coming from virtual unknown MSI. The Mega Player 515 boasts a 14 hour battery life and has an integrated FM tuner. And the design is eye catching enough to make me re-think the flash device as music player dilemma.

The Mega Cache 15 (not shown) is a small hard drive (1.5GBs) for file ferrying, and even Flash Mail and file backup. You can do better on small portable drives (like my beloved Archos) but the flash based MP3 player is sweet.

The Scubadoo Underwater Motorcycle is about to go on sale in Australia for AUD $17,500. All we can say, is “We want it!”

Of course, the design makes it look like the thing could tip over and have you literally riding down under, but we love this futuristic vehicle.

Google rolled out some new features including a new Personalized Search. You fill out a profile and specifiy what categories interest you, such as technology (what, who me?) or science and then when you search you can adjust a slider to make the answers more relavant to you. I did a search on “Alice Hill” and with the slider set to low it showed links to this site, but when it was set to high, the link disappeared and showed old press releases. Uh…thanks?

Indian scientists have launched the first ever computer for the poor. Called the Simputer, it goes on sale this week with a $240 price tag. According to BBC News, “The handheld comes in three versions. The basic model has a monochrome screen, a 206Mhz processor and 64MB of memory. It also has an internal microphone, speakers and a battery that lasts for six hours. People can use the Simputer to surf the net, send e-mails or organise their finances, using a stylus to write on screen. It also comes with software to let users type notes and letters in Hindi and Kannada.” Seems pricey to us.