Apple has had some success with their unibody MacBooks, so it makes sense that they would start considering the possibility of introducing unibody iPods in the future. That’s what this recently released patent application suggests.

A unibody iPod could mean a lighter, thinner and tougher iPod, plus they save money by using fewer parts. Otherwise, the iPod classic shown here remains pretty much the same, but “the final part looks like it was machined down from a large thick slab of material,” according to Apple.

Microsoft’s latest ad in the Laptop Hunters series follows Lisa and Jackson, a mother and son. They need a computer that’s “fast” because they need to look up stuff online before they haed out the door to baseball practice.

They don’t have any trouble finding great PC options for under-$1500. They make it look like they almost bought a Mac which are “popular at this age”. They soon select an affordable VAIO and get their cash back. The moral of the story? Probably that kids don’t want a Mac. Video below.

Video Projectors have replaced the filmstrip projectors and overhead projectors that teachers used when I was in school. Today the teacher can simply pull up a page on her computer or run software and let the whole class view it on a screen or the blackboard. Projectors are certainly much better than fighting those stuttering filmstrips that always seemed to get out of sync with the audio.

Sanyo has announced four new projectors aimed at both the classroom and the boardroom called the PCL-XU355, PLC-XU350, PLC-XU305, and PLC-XU300. The most interesting pair out of the quartet are the XU355 and the XU305, both of which offer the industry’s first Simple Wireless Setting feature via a USB memory stick.

It’s hard to believe after being around for well over a year that Crysis is still one of the best looking video games on the market. The follow up to the original Crysis, Crysis Warhead, was equally lush graphically, even if the story line wasn’t as good.

EA and Crytek are now offering a free trial period to get players to try out Crysis Wars, the online shooter version of Crysis. Crytek and EA also announced that they would release a Crysis Maximum Edition that has Crysis, Crysis Warhead, and Crysis Wars in one box on May 5 for $39.99.

YouTube might not be making that much money for its owner Google today, but the site certainly draws a huge amount of visitors. YouTube has all sorts of videos from blog-like entries to car crashes and everything in between including music videos from top artists.

YouTube and Universal Music Group have announced that they are launching a premium music and video service called Vevo. The site promises to offer UMG’s broad catalog of artists and will allow users to create and upload their own videos using UMG songs.

Man, look at that kid. He’s crazy happy. I mean, he’s doing a cartwheel and everything. It’s the kind of gadget that just makes you smile. Unlike this similar product which is just plain creepy.

It’s like night and day. One makes you go OMG that’s messed up and demented. The other makes you sigh and smile and brightens your day. This happy guy comes with 4 USB 2.0 ports and when you take him off his stand he still doesn’t look creepy.

You might remember, we told you about the LED message mouse last October. But since all of the other kids are slinging it around the net, we just wanted to brag and say we covered it back then. It’s a standard USB mouse, with some extra special features.

It can also display messages with the built in LED display. Up to 12 characters, and it also has a built in fan to keep your hands nice and cool if you have sweaty palms. I don’t wanna know why. I’m just saying.

We all know how boring outlets and switches can be. It’s high time they got a facelift. You can do just that with these Cubic Switchplates. They make your outlets look cool and immediately level up any room.

The switch plates replace your regular boring ones. The only difference is that they have a little bit of extra material on the outside which creates the optical illusion of your outlets being in 3D. That’s the third dimension to you and me. No glasses required. No fancy hologram trickery.

The HTC Touch Diamond just became available on yet another carrier. Verizon. It’s pretty much the same, with just a few differences with the phone on this carrier.

The TouchFLO interface is customized for Verizon and features Visual Voice Mail. You’ll also get the VZ Navigator service, with GPS mapping built-in. Other than that, the phone is pretty much the same.

Dell XPS 625 and The XPS 630 now have a liquid cooling option in place of the standard fan-cooling option. The Asetek liquid cooling system gives the system a more even cooling of the processor and makes overclocking more of a possibility for users that want to step things up a bit.

This cooling option will also reduce the overall noise, since there’s no fan noise. Both computers include the Intel Core 2 Extreme and are unlocked, making speed boosts easier, so you want a better cooling option.

Meet Samsung’s dual SIM phone dubbed the B5702. This dual SIM phone supports quad-band connectivity. It also has some other specs worth a mention, including a 3 megapixel camera with video recording, FM, RDS, FM radio and a stylish slider.

The design is simple, but elegant. It also features two LEDs that let you know which SIM card is currently in use. The phone promises a great net experience with browsing supported using both SIM cards.

The Samsung MBP200 comes with a Projection Panel with a HVGA resolution of 480×320, and a 2.2” 320×240 QVGA LCD. It also supports a standard 3.5 mm stereo earphone jack, with support for MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, WAV playback. You’ll get support for DivX, Xvid, WMV9 Simple Profile, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 formats and it has a microSD slot to support cards up to a 16GB capacity.

The Samsung MBP200 was announced a while back, at the last CES, but it finally has a price and a release date. Which are May and around $637. Sadly, it’s only bound for select European markets for the moment.

Most smokers own a cigarette lighter that does one thing. Light cigarettes. But now you are in the 21st century. Hows about a lighter that does 3 things? This gadget-lighter will still provide a flame, but it will also act as an air purifier and perfume dispenser.

I guess the idea is to light up, then purify the air, then perfume it. It’s like you and your cig were never there. You have just become a ninja. For $54.99 you’ll also get a car charger. Why do I get the feeling this doesn’t work as advertised?

They are always coming up with more ways to sell us things. Now a new type of billboard is on the way, displaying ads suited to your individual tastes as you by. The odds are pretty good that a fair amount of these ads will be for fast food and gadgets.

You can thank Yahoo Japan, who plans to install billboards with not only cameras, but also facial analysis tech to identify your age and sex. They will also display content like news and weather. I wonder if that facial analysis will tell teens they need Clearasil.

Looks like Nintendo is being a bit of a grinch, by saying that there are no plans to cut the price on Wii systems. This comes straight from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, in response to recent speculation that a Wii price cut could be in the works. It seemed likely since manufacturing costs for the console have supposedly dropped quite a bit recently.

According to Iwata, they won’t be driving up sales numbers with a price cut. Instead Nintendo will put “more energy and time into making better entertainment so that our products are going to remain in the top position in our customer’s wish lists”.