Hasta La Gadget!

When it comes to external hard drives, 1TB has become the new holy grail. Proving that mass storage doesn’t have to be bulky, Seagate is introducing the world’s slimmest 1TB portable, the 1TB FreeAgent GoFlex. This model uses a new 2.5-inch drive with two platters, each at 500GB, to maintain the same height and depth as 640GB and smaller GoFlex drives.

The drive comes pre-loaded with a copy of Star Trek for no additional cost. It also includes 20 other films which can be purchased and viewed. You’ll get a USB 3.0 cable for speedy transfers. With its thinner size, this is the first time a 1TB drive has been compatible with Seagate’s GoFlex TV device. The 1TB drive goes for $169.99, and the product page will update at 11AM ET today.

You’ve got to hand it to Quirky. The invention site has quickly transformed itself into a repository for all things why-didn’t-I-think-of-that. The site’s latest product, The Cable Collar, is a pretty perfect example of logical simplicity.

The product adds a cord wrap to the perimeter of an outlet face, letting the user manage line slack around the plug. There are six anchor notches on the outside of the Cable Collar to keep the cable in place.

The Cable Collar is the 57th product to be developed through the Quirky community since the site launched in June of last year. The product is made of hard plastic that promises not to mess with the electrical connection. A plus, certainly, for an outlet plate.

Fresh out of the development phase, you can pre-order the thing for $6.99 through Quirky.

Informercially video for the product after the jump.

Good news, now you can pick up an iPad and iPhone in the same place you buy your toilet paper in bulk. Sam’s Club is set to become the most recent large retailer to offer the iPad, following the lead of Target, Best Buy, and, most recently, Walmart, the owner of the membership-only retailer.

The addition of the warehouse chain is the latest announcement in what is shaping up to be an incredible aggressive holiday season for Apple’s iPad. The tablet sold more than three million units in its first 80 days–a faster adoption rate than the iPhone and DVD player.

If you’re not familiar with the Pogoplug, you’re missing out: the handy little gadget will set you back $99 USD, is available exclusively at Best Buy retail stores, and turns any four USB devices you plug into it into Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices as soon as you plug the Pogoplug into your home network. Just connect the Pogoplug to your router via wired Ethernet, and your USB drives are suddenly available to all of the computers in your home, not just one.

The new Pogoplug Pro makes the whole process a little easier by removing the need to plug in your Pogoplug via wired Ethernet. The “Pro” version adds Wi-Fi, and changes the Pogoplug’s former hot-pink exterior to a sleek black one. It still offers media streaming and network sharing, the same as the original, and even has mobile and desktop apps to help you access your files at home on the go.  The best part though is the price hasn’t changed, and both versions will run you $99 list.
 

Having trouble justifying your grownup Farmville obsession to your friends, family, and co-workers? Don’t be ashamed, be proud–after all, you’re in good company. Battered by the stresses of post-season play, it seems that the Tampa Bay Rays have gotten themselves hooked on We Farm, a Farmville knockoff for the iPad.

The game infiltrated the team’s clubhouse by way of pitcher James Shields, whose seven-year-old daughter turned him on to the farm-simulating mobile app. Now players David Price, Chad Qualls, Kelly Shoppach, Matt Joyce, Matt Garza, and B.J. Upton are in on the fake crop-growing action.

“We definitely have the iPad addiction,” pitcher Jeff Niemann told Yahoo Sports. “All of us, in some way, shape or form.”

Niemann apparently doesn’t go in for the fake farming thing. He’s more of an Angry Birds guy. “You throw birds at things and break stuff,” he told the site. “We have fun. We can turn the brain off for a little bit.”