Hasta La Gadget!

November isn’t even technically over yet, but Amazon’s Kindle has already hit a new monthly sales record. The retailer issued a statement today to that effect, but didn’t actually release any specific sales number. It did add, however that the e-book reader is, “the most wished for, the most gifted, and the number one bestselling product across all product categories on Amazon.”

Despite the addition of a few new players in the market–including, most notably, Barnes & Noble’s new Nook–the Kindle continues to be the most well-known e-book reader on the market, and will no doubt continue to sell well into the holidays.

Michael Arrington announced the death of the CrunchPad on Monday morning in a blog post heavily spiced with angst and drama.

According to Arrignton, the Cruchpad — a 12-inch Web tablet expected to be priced at about $300 — was just days away from launch. At the last minute, however, Arrington received an email from Chandra Rathakrishnan, the chief executive of manufacturing partner Fusion Garage, apparently trying to cut Arrington out of the product on the eve of the launch. Fusion Garage, according to Arrington, would market the device itself under its own name.

“Err, what?” Arrington wrote. “This is the equivalent of Foxconn, who build the iPhone,
notifiying Apple a couple of days before launch that they’d be moving
ahead and selling the iPhone directly without any involvement from
Apple.”

Today’s the day for shopping in your jammies. I’ve got killer deals on a 22-inch LCD, a 17-inch desktop replacement, a 10-inch Netbook, and even earbuds. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-10406004-58.html” class=”origPostedBlog”The Cheapskate/a/p

This article was written on January 09, 2007 by CyberNet.

Dell wasn’t left out of the loop today because they also unveiled a few new products. One thing that really shocked me is that they are now offering a liquid-cooled PC: XPS 710 H2C and this is how it will work…

The XPS 710 H₂C is Dell’s first liquid-cooled desktop. It utilizes a two-stage cooling process that utilizes a liquid-to-air heat exchanger to remove much of the heat from the processor. From there, a fluid chiller removes more of the processor heat with ceramic-based thermoelectric cooling (TEC) modules. This cooling system allows Dell to ship the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 processor overclocked to 3.2GHz.

This beast won’t be for the average computer user but it sure throws another alternative in the mix for those gamers looking for a powerful PC. It currently isn’t being sold on their site so exact pricing isn’t known, but it sports Intel’s quad core processor and a liquid cooling system so I would bet that it will inch over the existing $4,700 pricetag for the current model.

Dell also decided to throw in some new monitors that we haven’t seen before. One of them is the 27″ monster pictured below that is all prettied up with a silver frame (opposed to the black one that Dell monitors typically come with). The monitor that I would really like to welcome to the bunch, however, is the 22″ widescreen that sports a resolution of 1680 x 1050! The best part about that monitor is that it will only set you back $329 (currently on sale for $296). That price puts it slightly below what a lot of other manufacturer’s are offering 22″ monitors for, and you might be able to scrape up an applicable coupon to knock the price down even further!

I’m not sure what we’ll see coming from Dell next, but I am pleased to see that they let Alienware remain their own entity even after acquiring them early last year. Dell’s gaming machines might be top-of-the-line, but the fact of the matter is that they aren’t known for building PC’s that are as “gamer-friendly” as Alienware’s offerings. I wonder how many people even fork out $4,700 for a desktop computer from Dell?

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There’s everything to love about this cross-shaped screwdriver/pendant from designer Michiel Cornelissen, not least the pun-tacular name: A Bit Cross. Here’s Michiel’s description:

With its combination of symbolical and practical strengths, it’s hard to think of a situation where this pendant would not have you covered.

We don’t know if this new Christian Utility niche will take off, or even if it’s really allowed — is it considered respectful to use a cross to put together IKEA furniture, for example (the tool is designed to fit IKEA’s standard flat-pack hex bolts)?

The cross-driver is made from “laser sintered stainless steel”, designed by Cornelissen and “printed” by online 3D printing service Shapeways. The steel isn’t hardened like a proper tool, but for light jobs, or just to wear as an awesome pendant, it will do fine. The tool costs €30 or $45, and ships without the red leather cord. If you were thinking of buying me a Christmas present, consider this at the top of my list.

Product page [Michiel Cornelissen via Make]