Meet Iomega’s sexy and portable eGo hard drive. The 2.5-inch drive comes in 2 sizes, 160GB and 250GB, priced $140 and $210 in the USB 2.0 version. The Dual Interface editions (USB and FireWire 400) will cost just $20 more at $160 and $230, respectively. They also come in yummy colors: Cherry Red, Jet Black, Midnight Blue and Alpine White.

At first glance you might think this is some hacked-up clock made out of pieces of a hard drive, but this is actually a hacked-up clock made out of pieces of a hard drive that actually uses the mechanisms of the drive itself in a creative way. The platter itself turns to show the hours, and then the read head indicates the minutes. Clever stuff.

Thanks Charlie White

And I mean that in a good way. Their new units provide Ethernet connections and 7200RPM SATA-II drives in 320GB, 360GB, and 500GB sizes. And it’s not the features that make these attractive, but the pricing: the 320GB version, available now, is $149, a very attractive price even if all the thing does is show up as a simple share on the network. I imagine the 320GB version will go away once the 360Gb and 500GB models appear next month, since pricing will be $149 and $199 (you’ll notice the the entry-level price is the same as for the 320GB version).

It’s not bad to have a recycle bin, since sometimes we really do want to easily retrieve something we deleted. But a 250GB recycle bin? I dunno. Folks at Franco Cagnini, who designed The Tempo, think otherwise. And, there are blue LEDs that indicate how "full" the "trash can" really is. No price or availability, because this is just a concept and someone might come to their senses at some point.

I just love power, especially when packaged in mobile forms.That goes for cars, motorcycles, and, of course, notebooks. The XtremeNotebook Xtreme 917V (wihch is a bit to type) provides some serious power for a low, low starting price of $2,399. The specs:

• 17-inch display
• Core 2 Quad processor
• dual nVidia Geforce Go 7950 GTX graphics processors
• Up to 4GB of DDR2 RAM
• Multicard reader
• Dual-layer DVD writer (no HD?)
• Up to three 250GB hard drives (four spindles? wow!)
• Optional TV tuner
• Gigabit Ethernet
• Wi-Fi
• Standard ports
• 12-cell batter that still manages only about 60 minutes

Sounds like a monster. Go get one, oh rich ones.