Over at devicedaily.com you can find a nice list of 10 really weird (well, some of them are weird at least) watch concepts. Featured above is the Nixie watch that uses the same kind of nixie tubes that were used in calculators and other ‘digital’ devices in the late 60’s / early 70’s.

10 Cool And Weird Watch Concepts [devicedaily.com]

If you are a regular reader of Fosfor you probably know that I am a big fan of both the iPhone and Google, and there’s no surprise that I really dig this upcoming new application from Google that includes speech recognition and simply will let you ask your iPhone questions by using your voice. Amazingly neat!

Google Is Taking Questions (Spoken, via iPhone) [nytimes.com]

Using an old hard drive as the input device for your discjockeying is probably one of the most geeky way of mixing music. Over at instructables you can find this nice little guide that will let you know how to convert and re-build an old HD.

HDDJ: Turning an old hard disk drive into a rotary input device [instructables.com]

I just stumbled across these two articles featuring some nice (and some useless) iPhone apps. The first one has listed the 10 best useless iPhone apps and the second one lists 47 iPhone apps you shouldn’t miss out on.

10 best useless iPhone apps for less than a dollar [dvice.com]
47 iPhone Apps You Shouldn’t Miss [devicedaily.com]

The official specifications for USB 3.0 will most probably become official in the next couple of days but one of the most important benefits with an upgrade is the increased bandwidth and transfer speed. Here’s a quick comparison of how long it would take to transfer 25GB with the different USB standards.

USB 1.1: 9.3 hours
USB 2.0: 13.9 minutes
USB 3.0: 70 seconds

25GB in 70 seconds with USB 3.0 [thefutureofthings.com]

I just got this in the mail and I thought it was a quite funny idea. Shampoo bottled up in what looks like oil bottles. Nice.

Gear Head Camaro shampoo [gearheadshampoo.com]

There’s a rumor circulating that Apple is about to launch a new version of their iPhone software in 10 days. Some of the new features that are supposed to come are the ability to turn auto-correction on and off, emoji icons, new language support and support for Google street view.

Rumor: iPhone 2.2 update coming November 21 [edibleapple.com]

I’m a fan of Top 10 lists, especially gadget related ones but I found this unusual list of the top 10 greatest geeks of all time. I’m a bit surprised that names like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates didn’t make it to the geek list but it’s still worth a quick look.

The top 10 greatest geeks of all time [itnews.com.au]

You would of course be better off I you just went out and bought a Mac, but if you want to stick with your PC and just make it look a bit more Appleish go and check out this little guide.

7 ways to make your PC look like a Mac [techradar.com]

I would personally prefer a cheaper TV without a built-in PC or blu-ray player, but it’s still really interesting to see all these new machines hitting the market in a rapid pace. The Allio PCTV comes with a built-in home theater PC including a blu-ray drive. The flagship model is $2799…

Allio 42-inch HDTV with PC and Blu-ray Player [hothardware.com]