Here is a quick list of 10 cool things most people don’t know that the Mac can do. Nothing really fancy but still worth checking out if your a Mac owner - you might learn a neat little feature.

Top 10 Things You Forgot Your Mac Can Do [lifehacker.com]

The Rush is an exciting project by the designer Martin Ruegg. At the moment it is just a concept but the idea is to control the camera by a small finger ring remote, and record all the data on a flash memory inside the camera. Nice one.

Rush [martinruegg.com]

I was really surprised when I saw that Firebox had a bunch of fresh Cobra phone remakes in stock. The Cobra, or Scandiphone, is a classic Swedish retro phone from the 1950s that still is very popular over here. The ones you can find over at Firebox looks exactly like the original one. Cool.

Retro Telephones [firebox.com]

This USB flash drive look good enough to eat, don’t you think? Absolutely delicious! The cake drives will be available later this month and store up to 4GB. No word on pricing yet.

Cake Royale Series USB Flash Drives Offer Slices of Storage That Look Good Enough To Eat [nexus404.com]

The PDP-5020FD is the latest plasma screen coming from Pioneer. We just got the press release in our inbox and here’s the hightlights:

* Improved black levels reducing the idle luminance and improving black levels five times over the previous 2007 KURO models.
* Pioneer KURO televisions are now only 3.7 Inches thick, reduced by nearly 20 percent
* New remote control and redesigned high definition graphic user interface for ease-of-use and seamless integration with other A/V equipment
* Networked Home Media Gallery for playback of digital assets such as HD movie, music and photos from a PC or via USB
* Pioneer KURO televisions are DLNA compatible and Windows PlaysForSure™ compatible

The 50 inch ($4000) and the 60 inch ($5500), both full HD screen will be out in June.

Full press release from Pioneer after the jump:

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This is a funny present for the person who already has everything - the Meat Mark-It, a tool that will let you mark those steaks with pride! It would be quite cool to put the guest names on all the steaks during the next barbecue. The asking price is $26.

Meat Mark-It [Amazon.com]
via [gadgetking.com]

Wouldn’t it be nice to leave your home to get some tools and come back with _this_? I have never in my life seen such a massive tool set…! It aint exactly free though…$8599.

Craftsman 1470 pc. Professional Tool Set [sears.com]
via [Uncrate]

If you look at the sales figures showing how many standalone blu-ray players that have been sold the last couple of months, you can see that the sales figures have dropped almost 40% between January and March - and that is quite a surprise since at least I expected to see a dramatic increase when the format war ended. It will be really interesting to see how long it will take until standalone blu-ray players reach the price level of around $100…

Blu-ray hits bumps in the road to HD market dominance [arstechnica.com]

The ZvBox is a brand new product from a new startup called ZeeVee. Basically it is a device that turns your computer content into a digital-cable signal that can be distributed through your existing antenna at home and make it possible to view the computer content on other HDTV screens in your home. The main problem with this device is that the HDTV need to be ready for digital-cable to make it work as planned. Along with the device you will get a wireless keyboard and a remote. The system is capable of showing content up to 1080i (not 1080p). Full press release inside.

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The next couple of days there is a big trade show in Barecelona called 3GSM focusing on the next generation of mobile phones and related technology. Tonight Sony Ericsson held a big press event where they showed a bunch of new phones including their upcoming flag ship model Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1.

It is a direct competitor to Apple’s iPhone and it’s actually a better phone if you just compare the tech specs: turbo 3G, 3.2 megapixel camera, QWERTY keyboard and touch sensitive screen and radio. It’s a very exciting model and we have published some info and pictures and video after the link.

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