The war between HD DVD and Blu-Ray has been long documented, with all the bigger players (20th century Fox/Buena Vista) making their choice and the smaller independent labels cowering in the corner. Well now it seems the tide may be turning in the Blu-Ray fight, and no it's not just the price reduction on the PS3. It's porn my friends, good old fashioned hard core penetrative porn, which is sparking a rise in Blu-Ray sales Japanese porn producers have chosen the Blu-ray format exclusively, so we can now watch high def, um, screen shots..

Looking like the kind of accessories Spaced's Tyres would get off to, this U-GlowLites assortment of wildly flashing jewellery brings a new meaning to bling. Lights chase each other around a choker, a ring looks like the emergency services running on your finger and there's a whole lot more ludicrous stuff besides; digital name badges and rainbow wands to name but two. The bits and pieces are cheap and bulk-buying is easy, so if you're having a party for pre-teens, these might go down well.

[via Chip Chick]

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I do love a good laptop bag and this one definitely make sit onto my wishlist. Whether you are a Mickey Mouse or a Donald Duck fan this case is highly covetable, with its second skin styling and retro graphics making it oh so cute.. The case comes in two sizes, 13.3 and 15.4 to fit your laptop, and is made out of a durable waterproof neoprene material to keep your laptop looking good.

£24.95 from Apple

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With the swathes of purple suede and bold print, you could be forgiven for not knowing this is a laptop bag (and that, as far as I'm concerned, is exactly what you want from a bag designed to carry expensive goods). Bamboo handles, wooden beaded tassels and handy pockets finish a bag which has space inside for your 15" laptop, power cable, spare batteries, mobile and iPod, with gel shock absorbers built in to keep everything in chic padded safety. $175.

J'tote Afric Laptop Bag [via The Bag Lady]

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Is that a tour guide in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? Seriously though, having an inbuilt tour guide on a camera is a pretty nifty idea, considering the one time a person dusts out their tech and takes it with them is always the holiday, and combining the portability of a camera with the usefulness of a tour guide leaves extra space in that handbag for, uh, stolen mini bar snacks! The tour guide provides travel information covering 2600 regions in 30 countries, and you can download updates onto the not to shoddy 450 MB of internal memory. It also has 8.1 mega-pixels, a three inch LCD touchscreen and and integrated MP3 and PMP player making it a holiday essential, as it combines all the gadgets you might need in one without skimping on picture quality. It uses face recognition technology and anti shock, to provide you with the perfect poolside pose. Ready, set, snap!

£229 from the end of August at Samsung

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Maybe it's the fact that we've just had the Shiny summer party, or maybe it's the emergent sunshine, but I felt in the mood to cover some party gadgets. The first thing I came across were these Beer Mug fairy lights, which put me in mind of the heady pints of Duff Beer at Moe's Tavern. As Nanny Ogg might say: "Up, You Bottom!". $15.99.

[via Nerd Approved]

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I like Spidey, as though he may have superpowers he's still a geek at heart, and what's a radioactive spider between friends? Superman may have the flying power and the X men, well they were born that way, but our Spidey has had to work at it, and we like to give him kudos for that. Now his daredevil antics can be yours too ( though without the whole web slinging part) with the training studio that teaches you secret tricks of the arachnid superhero. The kit contains an interactive DVD with two sound bop bangs and a wall mat to practice your web skills on. You can bop baddies to your hearts delight and you don't have to worry about a whiny Mary Jane! Sweet.

£29.99 from Argos [ via Spinmaster]

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Multi-coloured and portable, the Clique Hue HD webcam boasts a 1.3 megapixel sensor with the capability to take 1280x1024 video at 10fps, or 1024 x 768 at 30fps. There's also the usual microphone, plus face-tracking and noise reduction technology built in. And you can snap stills at the touch of a button. Just pull it out of its base to plug it straight into a USB port if you're on the go. $79.99 (taking a $20 introductory discount into account).

[via Gizmodo]

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It's official, iPhone mania has reached the realms of the utterly ludicrous. Help me decide, is this the best thing ever or just plain tragic? I'm all for geekdom but the meticulous icing work that's gone into this cake just seems unnecessary!

From Sugarcat Cakes, this seems too perfect to cut into, but it might just stand in for the real thing for now. And I bet it tastes a whole lot better too.

[via The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs]

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I admit it, I'm an email upgrader. I was on Hotmail, but forsook that for Gmail, when I decided it had more kudos and looked better on job applications. There's the Macaddicts, who all adopt @mac.com addresses to show their allegiance. You could be one of those people who adopt your ISP's name, or if you're really serious, creating your own - susiis@herdesk, for instance. So tell me. Why have you chosen your email address?

Long-time iPod users will recognise this chipper little image as the Happy iPod logo, the perfect way to proclaim your geekdom and (ooh, controversial) apple loving go hand in hand.

This super-cute geek tee is from American Apparel and is perfect for retro gadgeters and new apple converts alike. The retro little logo is just so cheek-pinchably cute I love it. And it's a bargain at just $17. Go on, let the world know how unashamed an iPod junkie you really are.

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Hands up who can smell a lawsuit? Lawyer-loving Apple aren't going to be too happy about this little kit, and we all know they aren't shy of demanding compensation for such things. The gadget I'm teasing you about is a replacement battery kit for the iPhone.

The most over priced and most talked about gadget this year is clearly a smart move to cash in on for Brando, and there's no denying this is a great product that may just prove very popular, if it continues to be sold that is. As much of an Apple junkie as I am, I'll freely admit their batteries need a change-up after a while. Get yours before we get our hands on the phone in the UK from Brando for just $20.

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If you frequently wish that you could watch DVDs while navigating the depths of a swimming pool then, quite frankly, you're a bit mad. Thankfully though you can now do just that with the world's first waterproof digital video player.

Coming soon from Chinavasion, this waterproof digital video player can handle being submerged in up to about 10-feet of water without skipping a beat. The earphones are also watertight, but only if you keep them in your ears, which might be a bit of a pain judging by most standard sets. The player has a small 1.8-inch color display and comes with software to convert videos from MPEG, WMV, ASF formats. Audio playback is also supported in WAV, WMA and MP3 formats. Keep your eyes peeled for this gadget's arrival. You won't want to miss the chance to watch Jaws while submerged.

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Do I have to write something to go with this picture? Really? Well, ok. David Beckham. New Motorola Razr 2. 2 mm slimmer than the original Razr. Pearl grey, espresso and mahogany colours. Music player. Web browser. Comes with David's personal phone number pre-installed. Well, ok I might have lied about one of those. It actually doesn't come in pearl grey.

[Via Geeksugar]

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Jealous of your cat's photography skills? Want to have the cat itself on camera? Why not try making a variety of stupid noises at the cat to make it turn around (it will, only to pointedly twitch away the minute you press the button)? Oh, you've tried that? Well, you could always spare your vocal chords by getting the camera to do it for you.

Yes, that's the principle behind the Holga "Meow" K202 Cat Camera. It's a 35mm camera that features a bizarre and scary fetching cat face design, and emits a long meeeeoooooww to get the cat's (or kid's) attention. Or scare the living daylights out of everyone. Your choice. Available through eBay for $29.99.

[via Techie Diva]

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Okay, maybe that's overstating it, but it's fast becoming an absolute necessity to write about Pac-Man, Ms Pac-Man and the Inky crew at least once a day. Pac-Man has always found a friendly home on Shiny Shiny, with fridge magnets, customisable fridge lights, head gear and even moving fluffy toys all finding their place on this site. So Crafty Crafty's homage to DIY Pac-Man worship was too good to miss. There's crosstitch! Jewellery! Wrist cuffs! Head over and find out more.

When an Etsy store is called "Fancy Animals", you just know it's going to be worth checking out, don't you? Sadly enough, this one doesn't actually sell fancy animals, but it does sell some rather fancy cases for your DS Lite. The two cases pictured above are handmade, and cost $20 each. They both feature open tops which allow you to charge the console and see the power indicator light without removing it from the case, and there are pockets on the back which will hold at least four games. There are other designs available, so check out the store for more.

Product Page | [via Techie Diva]

This pet carrier wouldn't be nearly chi-chi enough for Paris Hilton, or any of the other 'slebs who like to carry their pooches around in their designer handbags, but trust me, your pet will thank you for that. Louis Vuitton's carriers may look luxurious (until the dog has a little "accident", of course) but they don't come with built-in climate control like this one, which will sense the outside temperature and either cool things down or heat them up inside the crate accordingly. Good for long journeys by plane or by car, these will hold pets up to 12.5-pounds, with larger versions available soon.

Product Page | [via Engadget]

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Good news for Neil Gaiman fans, as Stardust saw its LA premiere this week and first pics of a CGI Angelina Jolie emerged from Robert Zemeckis's Beowulf, which Gaiman co-scripted. More pics of a gold-drenched Angelina emerging from the darkness, as revealed in today's Metro, are after the jump. Try and keep tongues rolled in.

As a fantasy and comic book author, Gaiman's work is a particularly rich subject for computer-enhanced filmmaking. I for one am dribbling fervently over Stardust, which boasts a mixed bag of US and UK talents including Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jason Flemyng and Sienna Miller cast obviously completely against type as the beautiful but vapid Victoria. There's also an appearance from Adam and Joe's Adam Buxton and Yvainne, the star Tristan is seeking, is played by Claire Danes. Flemyng and Buxton are tragicomic relief in the form of the ghostly princes of Stormhold. Stills from the film are also beyond the link.

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It's no surprise to find that people's music buying habits have changed thanks to the internet. CD sales are down, illegal downloading is fit and well, and there are even people downloading the legal way. But a less expected result is that musical tastes are broadening. It's been attributed to social networking (along with the loss of childhood innocence, binge drinking and the weird weather we've been having recently), and the way people can upload songs onto profiles onto things like MySpace, and to a lesser degree, Facebook. A third of MySpace users have legally bought a copy of a song they discovered on the site.

But I reckon this is giving social networking too much credit (I'm waiting to be smite down by God 2.0). By my calculations there has never been a better time to start an obscure rock band, or simply to join Gogol Bordello.