CES 2009 is upon us yet again - has it been a year already? Time certainly flies by too fast for our own good. GiiNii International has a fair number of devices in their lineup that will make their debut in Las Vegas, Nevada, slightly over a week from now. The offerings in question are :- PixPlus – A new line of 10″ Wi-Fi–enabled digital picture frames that also are powerful information and entertainment companions, delivering location-relevant online content to any room unlike any other digital frames on the market PixPlus Featuring FrameChannel – Streams content from more than 500 FrameChannel.com channels PixPlus Source – Streams content from HowStuffWorks.com C-U-C-Me digital camera feature – Patent-pending technology lets everyone in the picture see how the photo will look as it’s being taken. With GiiNii’s new reflective image feature, people in the picture can see what the lens sees. This innovative feature is on most of GiiNii’s new line of Clicka digital cameras Clearview HDTVs For The Other Room – A line of innovative high-definition televisions that perform double duty as super-sized digital picture frames Movit Mini – A portable social networking and communications device that features the Skype application, so it’s ready to use with any Wi-Fi network Wireless carrier- independent, it sports a huge, 4.3″ touch-screen and plays music and videos Sounds like they’re pretty utilitarian gizmos to take a gander at. I’m sure our hardworking staff at CG will check these out on the showfloor, once we’re fed with enough pizza and good beer. Press Release Cool Gift Idea: Digital Picture Frames, check out our reviews.[ GiiNii International to unveil new products at CES 2009 copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

For Internet junkies with high-speed access, there's a growing set of options for viewing online TV shows and movies. Sites like Hulu.com, Joost.com and even YouTube.com are showing full-length TV shows online. While YouTube is far behind Hulu and Joost in that regard, at least iPhone owners can watch YouTube videos on their mobile screens. When I stumbled upon Joost in the Apple App Store, I was pleasantly surprised. I had briefly used Joost's client-side Mac video viewing application in its early days, back when Joost had very little content ... then forgot about it.

While solid state drives are very well suited for netbooks from a power efficiency viewpoint, they pose problems when it comes to capacity (and performance, but that's another matter). In order to combat this issue, MSI has launched a new netbook with a hybrid approach to storage: it has a solid state drive for the operating system and applications, and a conventional hard drive for storage.

Nokia has been playing their cards close to their chest most of the time when it comes to cell phone releases, as their designs tend to lean towards the safe side of things. Well, good thing the Finnish telecommunications company is going the extra mile to come up with a potentially groundbreaking design in the future, if what we see above in a recent patent application goes through to the manufacturing process. This completely weird four-way folding Communicator is full of hinges, keys and pixels that consists of “at least four device parts,” making us wonder what those parts are exactly. What do you think Nokia is up to? Source: Engadget Introducing Foolish Gadgets because not all gadgets are cool [ Nokia patent application shows strange Communicator design copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

If you’re sick of the plain looking emails on your Blackberry and wish you could view HTML emails in all their splendid colorful glory, you must try Empower HTML Email Viewer Pro. Being designed specifically for Blackberry run devices, Empower HTML Mail Viewer allows you to view HTML formatted emails right inside your native email application. Now you can read your mails - complete with Images, web Links, email addresses, and even Smileys in all their glory. No extra setup, no server, no re-routing of emails - its ALL device based! Just install and you are ready to GO.. Finally a product that was long time missing on BlackBerry! A must-have for every Blackberry owner. The Pro Edition also has advanced features like Faster speeds, PIM Integration, Image Cache, PocketDay Integration, System fonts, Autoupdate notification, support for OS 4.3 and many more customization options! Try it for FREE now: Empower HTML Email Viewer PRO Features of Empower HTML Email Viewer Pro for Blackberry: * Faster speeds! No popups, no annoying progress bars, no delay. Its instantaneous. Just click & boom! Your email is there * Fully device based - no extra setup, no server, no rerouting of mails. * Integrates into the Native Email Client. * See *images* in your email. * View clutter-free meaningful *hyperlinks*. * Better expressions with real graphic *Smileys*. * Add To Task - quickly add an email to Task. * Add Appointment - create Calendar appointments from your email. * All System Fonts are supported! * Image Caching for faster viewing experience. * Support for both: In-memory & SDCard cache. You can even browse the SDCard cache using RIM Media Manager. * Option to pre-fetch images. Faster Viewing experience. * Auto-detect Connection settings. No need to manually try each connection or fiddle with APN or anything * Wi-Fi support for faster access. * Detects Inline replies & shows them in Color * Even detects Signature blocks in incoming emails and replies, and shows them in different colors. * AutoUpdate feature to notify you of any new upgrades. * Option to load Images on-Demand on a per email basis * Different header background for each Account. Quickly distinguish between emails. * Numerous customization options for color, font, style etc. Minimum Requirements: * RIM OS 4.1 Display Dimensions 160 x 160, 240 x 160, 240 x 240, 240 x 260, 320 x 240 Operating System 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5 Try it for FREE now: Empower HTML Email Viewer PRO Tags: blackberry, blackberry html email, empower html email, html email viewer

Matrox Graphics Inc. has made available its PowerDesk for Mac desktop management software for Graphics eXpansion Modules (GXMs) used with Apple Mac systems. What makes the PowerDesk for Mac stand out is by improving how and where windows are arranged, making it much easier for users to run multiple applications on a Matrox DualHead2Go or TripleHead2Go multi-monitor set up. The PowerDesk software-which comes with an easy-to-use interface for setting supported GXM multi-display modes-offers time-saving features that eliminate the need to manually position applications on a multi-monitor configuration. With a keyboard shortcut you can move windows between monitors while maximizing a window to fit a single display. In addition, the Dock can be dedicated to the bottom left, center, or right hand side of your preferred external display. You will be able to download the PowerDesk for Mac software here. Press Release Check out the Coolest Gadgets 2008 Gift Guides, Christmas shopping made easy.[ Matrox PowerDesk for Mac announced copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

The iPhone has received yet another interesting function - while it won’t be able to save the world (yet) or change your flat tire on the freeway, it is able to illuminate your life as a lava lamp thanks to Gotham Wave Games who came up with the Lava Lamp application for the iPhone. What makes this more interesting is you are able to push the lava around the screen with your fingers, taking advantage of the iPhone’s multi-touch display. This makes it possible to push blobs together and merge them or pull them apart, whichever you fancy. Sounds fun, although it lacks the feeling of the actual texture but we’ll overlook that at this point in time. You can download the iLava application for $0.99. Press Release Check out the Coolest Gadgets 2008 Gift Guides, Christmas shopping made easy.[ Lava Lamp for the iPhone copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

The first pre-release of Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring is now available. This alpha concentrates on updating to the major desktop components of the distribution, including KDE 4.2 Beta 2, GNOME 2.25.2, Xfce 4.6 Beta 2, X.org server 1.5, and kernel 2.6.28 rc8. It is also the first distribution to introduce the major new Tcl/Tk release, 8.6. The alpha is available only in the DVD Free edition with a traditional installer and no proprietary applications; future pre-releases will add the live CD One edition with proprietary drivers. Please help test this first pre-release and report bugs to Mandriva.

Fourteen tech firms have banded together to form a new industry alliance and cooperatively seek $1 billion to $2 billion in federal funding to create a center for the development and manufacture of domestic lithium ion batteries for transportation applications in the United States. The National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Battery Cell Manufacture is currently being advised by the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, a national research lab and a leading developer of new battery technologies.

A quiet battle of sorts is taking place behind the scenes in the software industry. Software as a Service and cloud computing have evolved, placing much more attention on Web-based applications. This greater focus has also raised expectations for the services delivered via Web 2.0. The open source software community has responded to this growing demand for a software-driven Internet by building some of the leading Web apps available. "I'm seeing more innovation in open source in this area," Aaron Fulkerson, cofounder and CEO of MindTouch, told LinuxInsider.