Everyone knows true fortunes come from fortune cookies and not Magic 8-balls. Smart Cookie by Fred looks like the giant version [5" wide] of the real deal. Flip it over and it displays 21 answers to all your life questions. When not dishing out witty messages, it makes for a kitschy paperweight. Comes packaged in a clear Chinese take-out container and retails for $9.99. -Leah Cheng

Griffin’s PowerMate is a USB multimedia controller with a knob design. The PowerMate looks like a volume knob with a USB connector coming out of it, and it can serve as one but it can also be customized to do a bunch of other stuff like scroll through documents, edit home movies, and an assortment of other things. You can even customize what happens when you push it down. Another neat yet not-so-practical feature of the PowerMate is its cool blue glowing light that shows you the visual status of what you’re controlling. For example, turn up the volume and the light gets brighter. The concept is a bit similar to to Logitech’s ­NuLOOQ but at a retail price of $45.00 its also significantly less expensive.

PSPs are a must for traveling because their awesome for watching movies, playing games, listening to music, surfing the web, and a bunch of other stuff if you have the time and patience to hack them. PSP Passports now make PSPs an even greater asset for your travels. Each passport is a travel guide to a city that gives you the low-down on over 250 of the hottest restaurants, bars, clubs, hotels, shops and sights. These guides also includes maps, scene-setting movies, audio phrase books, audio tours, and an option to create your own itinerary or choose a ready-made one. Currently the PSP Passports are available for Amsterdam, Barclona, London, Paris, Prague and Rome. Overall, these travel guides seem very well put together and worth a look if you are heading to one of these cities or just interested in them, but keep in mind that these guides are exclusive to the PSP.

Fancy yourself a pink iRocker but don’t feel like spending $289 just on a chair with speakers that you can attach your ipod too? Aside from the iRocker, Target also has a pink Blast Pod Audio Rocker that retails for $99. Both chairs basically function the same way except that the iRocker has 15 watt amp versus the Blast Pod’s 10 watt amp. And unlike the Blast Pod, the iRocker also sports 4 reclining positions, but if you’re on a budget, the Blast Pod will suffice. The Blast Pod Audio Rocker is also available in navy Blue and the iRocker is also available in red, black and blue. But if for some reason $99 is even to much to spend on your bum, there are inflatable audio rockers that retail for $29 and come in the colors blue/white, green/white and red/white.

While it’s a shame that our photos of Best Buy’s lovely Home Solutions area didn’t come out, we were intrigued hearing about their new on line Kitchen & Laundry Design Center that allows you to design your dream laundry room, kitchen or wet bar using special 3D software that helps you envision your design from all different angles. This online design system eliminates the need to buy or learn costly and complicated software. It’s not only easy to pick up, it’s also highly customizable, allowing you choose your wall, cabinet and flooring colors, materials, decorative items, and appliances all in one place. The Kitchen & Laundry Design Center also lets you easily sort through dishwashers, refrigerators and other appliances according to price, brand, type, color and size, so when the time comes to convince your loved one that you need a new kitchen – you can show them not only how it will look, but exactly how much it will all cost.

We don’t know which is cooler – Belkin’s new pink case for the Samsung K5 or the fact that there are pink Samsung K5s floating around overseas. In case you aren’t familiar with the K5, it’s an awesome Nano alternative with powerful built-in speakers and a spiffy touch screen. We also spotted some of Belkin’s upcoming ipod cases.

We spotted the pink pocket drive at Seagate’s booth. The MSRP for this little 6GB hard drive is $109 and 10% of the proceeds go to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, so if you’re looking for a pocketable hard drive, this is one worth getting. It also comes preloaded with songs by several artists including Joan Jett, Stefy and Toby Lightman.

Recently SonyEricsson tried to make a bid splash with their bluetooth watches that connect to their cell phones. However, we should have known better that there were already other bluetooth watches out there that connect to bluetooth phones, even though Chronotech’s Bluevoice bluetooth watches don’t function quite the same way, these are in many ways cooler then SonyEricsson’s watches because these watches’ time piece serve as a detachable bluetooth headset. Chronotech’s Bluevoice watches will be available in several different colors, including ever so popular pink, blue and green sparkle, just to name a few. They will be available in early November with the analog version retailing for $127.95 and the digital version retailing for $119.95.

Another awesome new gadget we spotted on the Digital Life show floor today is the Mio’s Digiwalker H610, a tiny yet powerful GPS device. Smaller than a deck of cards, this lightweight little guy weighs just 3.88oz and it will fit in the palm of your hand. We loved ithe H610s bright 2.7 TFT touch screen and the fact that you can also use it as an MP3, video and photo player. They even throw in 4 video games. A three year WorldMate subscription feature is also included which connects you to weather, flight info and other cool stuff. And pink lovers can rejoice because there will be a pink face plate available for the H610. The H610 comes with remote control earphones, an in-car charger, a device holder, a car mount, a usb cable, a wrist strap and stylus and a neck strap, all for $499.

Muggers aren’t just after your purse anymore, ipods are what many thieves are lusting after. iLOCKr is an anti-theft ipod security case that aims to protect your 5G ipods or Nanos so that you can travel with your ipod attached to your pants or luggage without any worries. The iLOCKr made up of a lightweight aluminum tht comes with a personalize combination lock. The iLOCKr is available in several colors including black, white, green, pink and camouflage and it comes with 3 iWRAPr protective skins to give your ipod protection from its most dangerous foe – your nails. iLOCKrs are available at Amazon for $29.95

We just came back from Digital Life at the Javitz Center in New York. Sure, there were some big announcements like the colorful new GSM Palm 680. But what we were really after are the smaller goodies that we scoped out. Stay tuned for all of our fantastic finds.

Everyone loves to share a finely cooked meal with family or fri
ends, unless they’re the one in charge of preparing it. Cook-N-Dine eliminates need to slave over a hot stove any longer, instead have everyone contribute to meal preparation with the Cook-N-Dine.
The Cook-N-Dine is a stainless steel table that doubles as a grill surface when plugged in to a power outlet. There are three different temperate sections: the cooking area, which sinks down slightly when heated and forms a sort of shallow pit, the warming area (to keep your food warm or reheat it), and the eating area. The eating area is always cool to the touch and occupies a large space to the end of the table. The table returns to level when cooled.
Although they don’t specify how long it takes to cool, I assume that isn’t a huge issue. The only real concern I have with the product is ventilation. I wonder if the designers of the Cook-N-Dine expect the consumer to purchase a vent in addition to their $4000 product? – Natalie Mayslich

Image Advanced Treadmills with LCD TVs are cool enough to entice us to actually exercise. There are several different ones a part of the series which each come with an LCD TV and built in speakers. Our favorite is the priciest one, the Image Advanced 4000 that comes with a 10.2" interactive TV. You can connect an antennae or COAX cable to the TV, or you can watch DVDs on it by connecting your DVD player via an RF converter. As for the treadmill itself, it has 33 workout programs, four fans and a bunch of other stuff which we don’t care about but probably should. The Image Advanced 4000 Treadmill retails for $1,894 at WalMart.

Nowadays Rollerblades are super tacky, as a matter of fact if you have the need to strap suicide wheels to your feet then it’d probably be cooler to wear some retro roller skates. But if you really want to get noticed then you got to get yourself a a pair of LandRoller skates. LandRollers look almost like what it would be having a Segway attached to each of your shoes. Supposedly Landrollers give you an enhanced skating experience. We think this is just another way to break your neck. But hey if they have David Boreanaz pushing it, how bad can it be? You can pick a pair of LandRoller Skates up at the Sharper Image for $199.95.

If there is one thing that I know about my own sleep history,
it’s that it is either a hit or miss. There are times when I wake up feeling refreshed and ready to take on the
world, and then there are times, when I awake from my slumber feeling like some
groggy eyed zombie. This is not a good experience, to say the least, especially
since I go to bed at the same time every night (9pm). What if I told you that there is a device to aid you in
having a more predictable and pleasing waking experience? The good folks at
Innovative Sleep Solutions LLC gave me the opportunity to try out their
Sleeptracker watch, and I took them up on it. For 15 days, I used the
Sleeptracker and took it through its paces.  The Sleeptracker differs from that of a conventional
watch, in that it monitors your sleep cycle and is designed to detect when
you’re almost awake and then awakes you at just the right time, thus, feeling
invigorated.

Until now we could barely stand the Get a Mac ads. Personally we like both Macs and PCs but those ads make you hate "Macs" for being so pompous. Well, Apple just posted three new Get a Mac ads and these are more irritating then the previous ones,  especially the one featuring super model Gisele BÃŒndchen representing a Mac-made video. If you love PCs then you won’t want to know what they use to represent a PC-made video. Final Cut Pro is great… but did they forget about Avid on the PC which has been an industry standard for years?

PNY’s Evolution Attaché USB drive packs a 7 in 1 card reader that supports Compact Flash, Secure Digital, SmartMedia, MMC, Memory Stick, and MicroDive cards. Unfortunately the Evolution Attaché USB drive is only available in measly capacities of 128mb, 256mb and 512mb. However, you can expand the Evolution Attaché’s memory via one of the supported flash cards. Prices for the drives range from $19.99 to $59.99.