With the recession in full swing, it's getting harder to buy nice jewelry for a reasonable price. Let alone jewelry that actually does something useful instead of just costing you an arm and a leg. The USB Jewel Rose Necklace Flash Drive is a lovely pendant that has a secret identity, it's a 8GB flash drive too. You can choose from Silver Rose, Black Rose, or Red Rose. Each one comes with a chain to wear around your neck as well and its decorative crystals make a nice added touch. It retails for $37 from Brando.

This is bag too adorable for words. No it's not a laptop bag or even some strange retro handsfree way of answering your cellphone. This is a just the coolest purse I have ever seen! The Betseyville Call Me Purse features a detachable toy phone with fake plastic cord. The bag is certainly "loud" with its vinyl pink leopard print. The face of the bag even has a fancy rotary dial made of gold and pink hardware. Now when your cellphone does ring, don't accidental pick up your bag. The Betseyville Call me Purse retails for $68 from fredflare.

Tweeting seems to be becoming second nature as much as going to the bathroom is. So it only seems appropriate someone would find it necessary to make merchandise around it. Tweet Tees offers custom apparel that all feature the slogan "Eat.Sleep.Tweet". Choose from hoodies, shirts, and messenger bags featuring the logo as well as the little Twitter birdie. Prices are pretty reasonable because you know those who have too much time to Tweet, don't necessarily have jobs.

The next time you get padded down, tell the cops you're not packing a gun but just your gadgets. The Urban Tool Business Holster is the modern day holster vest for your gadgets that you can wear under that Armani suit when you run out of pockets. It can hold your iPod, wallet, or phone. It features a pen case, cable routing, and a yo-yo for a key or USB stick. The adjustable strap and material makes for easy wearing. Lucky folks in europe can score one for 79,90 EUR.

No not an iPod dock but how about iPod cufflinks? Looking to dress up that fancy suit of yours and show off how much you love your iPod at a big fancy meeting? Well you can sport either of these two and certainly be the talk of the conference table. The U2 iPod inspired cufflinks are black and red and can be purchased from cuffdaddy. Then for the corporate woman, there is the pink iPod (Nano) cufflinks that also features a detailed screen from choice cufflinks. Neither pair is very expensive and will cost you about $30 bucks tops. Now just don't be caught listening to your iPod ...

What doesn't say love like getting a binary t-shirt in the shape of a heart. Perfect for Valentine's Day, the Binary Love t-shirt from Thinkgeek is the perfect way to show your 1's and 0's for someone. Available for both men and women just slip it on and declare to the world not only you both geeks but geeks in love!

We're back from CES and at this point we've spent almost 2 weeks with the Vivienne Tam edition we recently reviewed. First of all, it was a pleasure carrying around the VT on the show floor. Because it's so small and lightweight, we didn't feel like we were schlepping a laptop at all. It also served as an excellent blogging machine. The built-in SD card reader also proved very convenient since it allowed us to pull off images from our digital camera easily. It's also been interesting taking in different reactions by men versus women about the VT. Women tend to think it's gorgeous and it seems that the ...

Does NE1 else ever get lost when they read a text msg or IM containing abbreviated words? Then check out the Periodic Table of Texting Tee which might help ease some of the confusion when ur younger sister msgs u saying she is SOZ for borrowing ur car and getting a speeding ticket. Or maybe it's that u live and breath txting, if so, you'll appreciate the Periodic Table of Texting Tee not as a reference but as a badge of pride that represents you're membership in a generation of horrible communication skills. The Tee retails for $24.

Goody, here is another ridiculous way to annoy people with your music. If pumping your tunes through backpacks weren't enough - Now there is the Ozaki iSwing, a yellow vest almost resembling a lifejacket with built in speakers.  Connect your iPod, MP3 player, etc.. to its jack and have at it. Run, jog, or walk and you'll give everyone a 3 watt free concert around you. If you prefer to keep it private, you can do that too by plugging in a pair of headphones. A nice touch is that the back of the vest features pockets for you to place things in. You'll easily stick out of a ...

Palo Alto-based Speck has released a line of bags with urban fashion in two distinct colors, Speakeasy Black Pinstripe with robin's egg blue interior and Coffeehouse Brown Plaid with desert tan interior, each of the four new packs are aptly named for their unique form, function and styling. AftPack Notebook Backpack was designed to offer complete on-the-go storage and notebook protection that lets you bring it all along in style and comfort. Contoured, padded shoulder straps with tuck-away chest straps, extra-comfortable vented body padding, and the quick-access notebook compartment opening all help make AftPack your trusted got-your-back companion as you charge through your daily routine. Fits up to 17" Notebooks. Available ...

Staring at a computer or TV for hours on end can't be healthy, can it? Gunnar Optiks aims to soften the blow from looking at a LCD (or any other) screen for a long time. Do you get a headache from using your computer? Dry eyes? Blurred Vision? You could be sufferring from developing Digital Eye Fatigue (DEF) or Computer Vision Syndrome. I think I might be a victim myself, since I tend to get headaches and dry eyes from staring at a computer screen all day. We tried on a pair from Gunnar's Optiks and took a looksey at a notebook's screen while wearing it. The yellowish ...

We can't help but be reminded of Oakley's similar bluetooth sunglasses. Putting that aside, these Trispecs Sunglasses look promising. They are a pair of "designer" sunglasses that also work as wireless stereo headphones and a bluetooth headset. They feature noise elimination acoustic technology, dual microphones and dual speakers. The sunglasses are  available in a variety of features, styles and colors - including female specific versions. Yay! Feature Run down: * Power turns on by extending the in-ear speakers * Voice prompts and voice dialing for easy, hands-free use * Instant, dynamic volume to compensate for noise changes in the environment * Retractable standard earbud speakers or upgrade with in-ear barrel speakers * One-touch activation of ...

We've been ogling the HP Vivienne Tam Edition Series from the moment it was announced. Compact design + Truly Fashionable looks? That's just our speed. But we're not totally superficial, and when it comes to ultraportables we want them to have substance too. Now that the HP Vivienne Tam Edition has arrived on our doorstep, we've finally gotten the opportunity to see if this netbook is all it's cracked up to be. First off, here is a little background about my personal experience with the netbooks phenomena. Previously I owned a HP Mini 2133, which was one of the first netbooks on the market after the Eee PC arrived. I ...

We've been obsessing over the HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam edition series since the day it debuted. For those of you who are also a fan of the fashionista netbook, you'll be pleased to hear that there will be a matching Vivienne Tam edition Wireless mouse available soon as well. The mouse has the same design of the netbook itself - It's essentially HP's ordinary Wireless Optical Mouse, just rebranded, and is overall quite lovely. Really, it's the Vivienne Tam design that makes it stand out.  Let's face it - if you're going to go for the Vivienne Tam Edition netbook then you're probably all about style, so you ...

Well isn't this a nice way to ring in the new year with some USB bling. The USB Jewel Bracelet Thumb Drive is economical yet flashy. You can pick one up for $33 at Brando in either silver or gold and it has a very decent 8GB storage capacity. Show me a diamond that does that!

We all love our emoticons - what would IM or any instant messenger be without it. So Clixwear has built its whole company around just that. They are supposedly the first and only company to offer witty on-line nicknames combined with emoticons to express who you truly are. Wouldn't you want to say your are a lil_d3vil :) on a pair of undies? Prices are affordable and there is a varity of styles for both kids and adults to choose from.

Move over Prada Phone the new Dior Phone (called Dior Phone Diamonds 'Glorious Black' - talk about badly translated) is about to wipe the floor with you. Back in May there were rumors that it was coming and then it got delayed. But just recently it has made its official launch and has a website solely dedicated to it. Decked out in diamonds and sapphires, 641 diamonds to be exact. The house of Dior offers up a slim clamshell design, with a "hand brushed stainless steel case", and a flat "electroluminescent keyboard". The hinges browser and casing are decked out in 640 diamonds that equal 3.251 carats. Lastly ...

180S's Tec Touch gloves aren't the first iPod gloves we've ever come across. You might even remember TavoProduct's iPod (and iPhone) compatible gloves from a while back. However the Tec Touch gloves seem like they are significantly warmer then TavoProducts pair. Tec Touch are designed with gel pads that have been placed on the forefinger and thumb so that you can use them with your iPod without removing your gloves. No word on iPhone compatiblity, but we imagine that they work with the iPhone as well. The Tec Touch gloves are available in three colors including charcoal, black and java. and they retail for $50.00 each. ...

When the the holidays roll around there is always two things you can expect. Fruit cake and someone wearing festive holiday clothing. We Love Holiday Sweaters We Hate Sheep is a site solely dedicated to letting you create tacky holiday sweaters online. Know someone who would appreciate a festive sweater vest - go ahead and deck it out with as many Santas as you can or reindeer and then e-mail it to them. The recipient will receive this message when they open the e-mail:  "Chip Chick said you were the kind of person who loves holiday sweaters. Really loves them. Like you would wear a fuzzy felt reindeer on ...

Here in New York it might as well be the dead of winter. It feels like 20 degrees and it's only mid November. This is the time of season that many who have a iPhone or any device that requires your pointer or thumb to operate it, will find themselves removing their gloves constantly when outside to do anything. So Etre Touchy has a pair of cute cotton gloves that are feminine and not atrocious looking like a few other gadget friendly gloves we have seen. These brown gloves with a aqua blue trim on the pointer and thumb parts of the glove. The best part is that both the pointer and thumb are exposed and easily freed to use your iPhone, iPod Touch, or any other gadget that would not easily work with all fingers in a bulky glove. The best part is they can be shipped worldwide and cost USD 22.45 or EUR 17.76. The only problem I foresee with these gloves is you will probably have 4 very cold fingers.

Who says audio cables are only good for music? Osklen, New York has come up with a unique design for all the audiophilies out there. For $97 you can own a silver audio cable themed necklace or for $127 you can own a gold one. It may be cheaper to just wrap a pair of audio cables you have laying around your home around your neck but I think these would probably color coordinate better with an outfit. (Source: Manhattan Magazine)