Headplay is probably every couch potato's dream. Imagine a TV. Now imagine being able to take it anywhere and everywhere you go (except perhaps in the shower), and being able to watch movies or play games on it anytime you want. That's the concept for the new "Personal Cinema System" device, Headplay.

Headplay is a head-mounted device; basically, a TV you wear on your head. You can connect it to your gaming consoles, your DVD Player, your iPod, your PC, and maybe your Betamax player if it hasn't choked on dust yet. If it has a video out function, Headplay can most probably display it. You can also plug in a memory stick and Headplay can run the media files - movies, videos, and images - with its own built-in player.

Once you're behind the lenses of Headplay it's pretty easy to just relax and go dead to the world around you. It's nothing but you and the screen, with the stereo sounds blocking off everything else. It's like your own movie screen inside your living room.

To read the complete review of Headplay - what it is, what it does, how it plays on Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, and Nintendo' Wii on it - click on the link for the full article.

Think your iPod video doesn't have the juice to go the distance with your media consumption appetite? With the NuPower Video+, you can give your portable entertainment system a lot of extra oomph to keep it locked and loaded everywhere you go.

Up to 16 extra hours of video or 80 more hours of music will be available once you get NuPower. It's light, easy to carry and packs all these features:

Â? All-in-one design: rechargeable battery pack, stand, and docking station.
Â? No extra charger needed...uses standard iPod video charger.
Â? Provides up to three full charges** for disconnected use.
Â? Built-in Dock Connector for using all your existing iPod accessories.
Â? Plug-and-Play for effortless enjoyment of your digital media.

   

Okay, maybe not the cancer cure thing, but it certainly seems that Apple is once again setting out to kick some innovation into the USB storage device/media player market. According to AppleInsider, the Cupertino-based company has filed for a patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office titled "Hot unpluggable media storage device."

Presently, iPod users as well as those who use portable media storage devices or other PMPs must first prepare their players to be disconnected from their computers by performing some preparatory unmounting actions through software. The patent, which was filed for in October and published for the first time on Thursday, centers on advanced techniques that would let users skip the unmounting and unplug their peripherals without any data loss or corruption.

"One advantage of the invention is that peripheral devices, e.g., media devices, are able to be 'hot' unpluggable without data loss or corruption," Apple wrote. "Another advantage of the invention is that peripheral devices can have 'plug-and-play' as well as 'remove-and-go' characteristics which better satisfies user needs and usage."

AppleInsider also notes that according to Apple, the invention can be implemented in software, hardware or a combination of the two. It could also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable medium such as read-only memory, random-access memory, CD-ROMs, magnetic tape, optical data storage devices, and carrier waves.

A plug and play internal Bluetooth upgrade is now available for PowerMac G5,  PowerMac G4 and iMac G4 systems. The chip adds Bluetooth connectivity between Macs and a wide range of Bluetooth-enabled devices such as PDAs, cellphones, cameras, headsets, printers, keyboards and mice.     

It's very easy to install as the Bluetooth module fits directly into the Mac's main logic board, attaching to the built-in Apple antenna.

It's now available for $25.95 and comes with 1-year warranty.

Compatibility:

PowerMac G4 (FW 800)
PowerMac G5
PowerMac G5 (June 2004)
PowerMac G5 (Late 2004)
iMac G4 (17-inch Flat Panel, 1 GHz)
iMac G4 (USB 2.0)