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Indiana Jones desktop accessories available
Keep your paperclips in the Holy Grail 2 October 2009 16:45 GMT
ThinkGeek is continuing its endless quest to bring great joy to the lives of cubicle workers with these Indiana Jones desktop accessories. There's a Holy Grail paperclip holder, a Fertility Idol pen/pencil pot and an Ark of the Covenant business card holder.

The...
VIDEO: Laptop Flip launches
Space-saver and riser in one 28 September 2009 9:47 GMT
The "Laptop Flip" is a two-in-one space saver and riser for your laptop.

As well as offering the option to store your laptop in a vertical stylee when not in use therefore freeing up desk space, when used with your laptop it raises it 1.25-inches.
Cablox cable management system launches
Tidy up wire spaghetti 21 September 2009 10:03 GMT
Cablox is a new kind of cable management system that's said to be easy to install and use.

Designed to tidy up the wire spaghetti you get behind your desk, the Cablox units can be stuck to any clean surface.

When in place, cables and wires are...
Firebox offers CableDrops
Cunning cable management 17 September 2009 10:52 GMT
Firebox is offering what looks like a fantastic solution to "cable drop" syndrome, the "CableDrop".

As we have all experienced, cables have an annoying habit of slithering away behind desks and the like to land in a spaghetti-mess of wires.

CableDrops...
USB hub with paper-clip holder launches
Desktop storage 7 September 2009 11:13 GMT
We don't know about you, but a peripheral has to earn its space on our over-crowded desks by offering as many useful features as possible.

Our somewhat occasional use of the humble paper-clip then would not necessarily mean this new device is a shoe-in, but...
USB retro fan launches for the summer
Coolness? 12 June 2009 10:03 GMT
Rise above the petty squabbles over who gets the fan this summer by buying your own personal USB version.

This 150mm tall retro-styled fan offers 360-degree rotation with the boast of silent operation.

Available in pink, blue and black, it's on...
Heinz unveils desktop Beanzawave
World's smallest microwave powered by USB 9 June 2009 10:34 GMT
Targeting the tech market with cunning precision, Heinz has co-developed a new portable microwave that can be powered by USB.

The "Beanzawave" measures 7.4-inches tall by 6.2-inches wide and 5.9-inches deep, ideal for office use, but is only at prototype stage.
OfficePOD unveiled for your back garden
"The next generation of workplace" 15 May 2009 16:39 GMT
Homeworkers should take a look at the new OfficePOD, a self-contained sort of mini-office for your garden to help separate your work-from-home-life from your home-life.

Measuring 2.1 x 2.1 metres, the teeny structure apparently requires no planning permission...
Oregon Scientific launches slimline metal weather station
Stylish effort for the modern man 30 January 2009 17:19 GMT
Oregon Scientific has launched a metal weather station, the BAR908HG.

With a radio controlled clock and calendar, the station will let you know the indoor and outdoor temperatures and humidity as well as boasting a pressure reader and the ability to predict...
USB stress ball launches
Office toy gets digital twist 21 January 2009 10:09 GMT
The stress ball has been brought up to date with the launch of the USB version from Gadget4All.

Stressed workers can squeeze it, pull it, squash it and twist it, with whatever action they do to the ball transferred to their work on their PC monitor.
Brando launches 7-port hub clock
For the true executive 25 November 2008 11:32 GMT
This 7-port USB hub looks like something you remember seeing on a stockbroker's desk in the Eighties - minus the USB bits, of course. Styling aside, it offers - count 'em - seven USB ports as well as clock and thermometer capabilities. It's on sale now for $37.
Mini Hetty desktop vacuum cleaner launches
Girly version join Henry 21 November 2008 16:07 GMT
Following the launch of the mini desktop Henry, a pretty-in-pink Hetty has now joined the range. On sale from Firebox for £9.95 she offers the same small-scale hoovering abilities as her male counterpart, but is naturally more efficient. Joking!
Floodlamp launches
Stadium lighting for your desk 12 November 2008 14:46 GMT
Sports fans might like this new desk lamp from Firebox that's fashioned after flood lights. Measuring around 50cm tall, it has an aluminium finish, swivel head and will light up with 6 x 40W bulbs. It's £60, on sale now.
Cyber Clean putty launches
Cleans your keyboard's nooks and crannies 20 October 2008 17:10 GMT
Firebox has launched "Cyber Clean", described as a "silly-putty-like slime that blots out the muck from every crevice of your keyboards with a grime-slapping antibacterial action".

It has an antibacterial formula that zaps germs inside the goo and changes colour...
Desktop coffee maker launches
Firebox offers caffeinated office gizmo 9 October 2008 14:38 GMT
Firebox has launched the "fabulously compact, fuss-free Desktop Coffee Maker".

Complete with two mugs, this little device allows you to make your own delicious filter coffee from the comfort of your own desk.

Capable of making just two cup's worth,...
USB jellyfish aquarium makes a splash
Mesmerising desktop gizmo for dull days 8 October 2008 12:21 GMT
Watching plastic jellyfish float up and down a USB powered tank is infinitely more interesting than working, so why not buy one of these - the USB Jellyfish Aquarium.

It's easy to set-up, gives off an ambient light and comes with two packs of jellyfish no less....
HoMedics launches Shiatsu massage seat cover
With three speeds 8 September 2008 16:50 GMT
If you fancy one of those swanky massage chairs but can't afford the swanky price tag, HoMedics is offering the Shiatsu+ Massager with Heat chair cover that claims to give you a deep shiatsu massage for £160. Available now.
Tape-dispensing four-port hub launches
Desk doodad 31 July 2008 11:52 GMT
Perhaps ideal for those short on desk space, this four-port hub, with one USB port on the front, and three rotatable ones at the back, incorporates a tape dispenser. All for $23.
St James's Park to be transformed into outdoor office
Complete with Wi-Fi, receptionist and water cooler 20 June 2008 12:23 GMT
On 3 and 4 July workers in the capital will be given the opportunity to use St James's Park as their office.

The campaign will see the "Outdoor Office" created in order to encourage both Londoners and visitors to the city to make more of the great outdoor spaces...
Wi-Fi detecting pen launches
With flashing LEDs 27 May 2008 14:53 GMT
Just press the button on this ordinary-looking pen and the LEDs begins to flash. After a few seconds, the flashing stops and the LEDs will display the 802.11b/g Wi-Fi signal strength of your current location. $19.90 available now.
Mini desktop vacuum with LED light launches
And "turbo" mode 18 April 2008 10:24 GMT
Supposedly setting this $12 gadget apart from all the other desktop vacuum offerings is the LED light, "turbo" mode for really stubborn sarnie crumbs and the retractable brush holder.
ThinkGeek launches the "Annoy-a-tron"
Mua-ha-ha-ha! 11 April 2008 12:58 GMT
The ThinkGeek Annoy-a-tron, clearly aimed at the "office joker", is said to be devilishly effective at disturbing that guy in the sales department or your "buddy" down the hall.

With its thin design and embedded magnet for easy hiding, the Annoy-a-tron can...
Sony launches seven digital dictation machines
High, middle and low-end offerings 8 April 2008 8:25 GMT
Sony Europe's IT Peripherals division has added seven new devices to its digital dictation machine range including entry, mid and high-end level devices:

ICDSX68, ICDSX78, ICDSX78DR9 (high-end)
Sony's professional digital dictation machines claim to provide...
USB-powered mini LED desktop light
Most illuminating 28 March 2008 11:53 GMT
Is it just us, or does this three-LED mini USB-powered desk light from Brando actually rise above the usual offerings of utter USB tat? If you think so too, it's $17, on sale now.
Typing speedometer launching soon
WPM instead of MPH 3 March 2008 15:09 GMT
Simply plug this USB gadget into your PC to keep track of how fast you're typing and how many words you've done each day.

We like the dashboard-esque styling - yours for £20 when it launches in March.