While neither of these products are all that new, Skype and Fon hope that when their powers combine, it’ll make them more powerful than Optimus Prime. Skype’s just announced its “SMC Wi-Fi Phone Package” that merges the SMC WSKP100 handset, Fon’s La Fonera router, 500 SkypeOut minutes, and a full year of Skype voicemail, all for $160. That’s pretty much a steal right there, given that when sold separately the handset alone would set you back $200. Of course, as of this writing, Skype’s site says that the package is out of stock, so maybe if you really want all those items soonish, you might have better luck assembling the pieces on your own. But that sorta defeats the point of the package, now doesn’t it?

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Lenovo is busting out a bevy of new notebooks and desktops today in the Asia Pacific realm. Its Y-series laptops and Q / H-series desktops were unveiled, each diverting from the traditional paths previously taken on (the admittedly bland) IBM-branded counterparts. The yet-to-be-priced 13-inch widescreen Y300 touts discrete NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 graphics, a built-in webcam that automatically recognizes its owners face to log them in, and weights just 4.85 pounds. The Y400 maintains the “same design theme” on the Y300, but packs a 14-inch LCD, a “flush-mounted” touchpad, and swaps in a two-watt “subwoofer” for the uber-snazzy webcam. On the desktop side, the Q lineup starts at $1,017 and offers a stylish, trendy design, detachable swivel webcam, multimedia jog dial, tower speakers, ATi Radeon X1300 graphics card, VGA / S-Video outputs, Sonic Gear HS555 headset, and an optional 19- or 20-inch LCD. If you’re scouting a design-focused PC on the cheap, the H series hits at just $699, offers an optional 17- or 19-inch widescreen display, touts an “anti-bacterial keyboard,” and boasts its ability to be a “basic, family-friendly computing system.” While Levovo certainly spruced up its latest offerings, warranty lengths were slashed right along with prices (just 30 days of free phone support and one-year of coverage), and while the desktop systems will begin shipping anytime, the fancy new notebooks won’t hit shelves until mid-December.

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The W44S is Sony Ericsson’s latest multimedia phone, and it’s definitely no slouch. Featuring a dual-hinge QVGA display w/BRAVIA technology, 115MB of internal memory, a 1Seg TV tuner, video recording capabilities, 3.2-megapixel camera (?), and a host of multimedia functions. It measures 101 x 49 x 24mm and weighs 146g. Pricing and availability have not yet been announced. More pictures after the jump.

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Winner of the 2007 International CES Innovation award, emTrace Technologies’ WidgetStation allows you to view widgets from the comfort of your desk. This device features dual TFT-LCD displays, NAND Flash or SDRAM memory, USB connectivity, an Ethernet controller, USB connectivity, and touch-sensitive controls. Pricing and availability have not yet been announced. More pictures after the jump.

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If you’ve got a broken DVD-burner laying around, then why not use it to make your own “high-powered laser”? Full instructions here.

The laser pictured above has a peak output measured at 225 mW (average output 200 mW). It’s a visible red at about 650nm. It can light matches, pop balloons, cut electrical tape, and so forth. It can do pretty much anything a Pulsar 150 from Wicked Lasers can do, because it’s basically the same thing. The only differences? This laser was home-made, and cost about 1/3 the price

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Buffalo Japan unveils the BOMU-W24A/BL, a nifty gyromouse that “allows the cursor to move with the flick (or twist) of your wrist.” One negative, this device is priced at $168.

Aside from sporting the usual assortment of mouse buttons and a scroll wheel, this critter boasts an internal gyro sensor…In case all that twirling gets a bit tiresome, it also packs a standard optical sensor for “normal use,” and offers six programmable buttons all around the enclosure

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