The MSI AE2220 all-in-one PC will be released in Japan on June 19th. This computer is priced at 89 800 Yen (or $979). The Windows 7-powered desktop packs in a 1.90GHz Intel Celeron T3100 processor, up to 2GB of memory, an nVidia ION graphics, 320GB of HDD, DVD SuperMulti-drive and a 21.1-inch Full HD LCD display.

Some other specs include 6 USB 2.0 ports, an eSata port, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Gigabit Ethernet and a 1.3MP webcam. Not too bad for an all-in-one solution, if you live in Japan.

In April we showed you an April fool’s iPad Arcade console. But now it’s real. This is a cardboard iPad arcade console created by Hideyoshi Moriya. It’s made of cardboard and has two arcade buttons and a joystick.

To connect the controller to the iPad an Arduino board sits inside the cabinet. It looks like the controllers respond nicely and can handle the iPad games pretty well. Now you just need some art on that cabinet.

When barbecuing with Peach, Bowser and the rest of the gang, a plain old grill just won’t do. But this Mushroom grill is perfect for cooking up some Yoshi burgers. It was created by Greg Mata, who dubs it the Grilltendo.

Greg had to use special paints to make sure it would stand up to the heat. Hopefully whatever he cooks with it makes you larger or lets you shoot fireballs. It’s much better than your old rusty grill.

Two Kindle cases in two days. Maybe reading books isn’t dead after all. The KlearKase press release even goes so far as bad mouthing yesterday’s M-Edge Guardian for being twice as expensive and thrice as heavy. I guess the Kindle waterproof case wars have begun.

This 6-ounce polycarbonate case will cost you just $39.99 and Amazon will have them available by the end of the month. This one does look cooler than the M-Edge. What do you think?

I have seen my share of strange earphones over the years. Some of the strange sets I have seen look like mushrooms growing out of your ears, bolts, and arrows to name a few. A company called MUNITIO has unveiled a new set of earphones that are interesting.

The earphones are called the Teknines Nine Millimeter Earphones and are set to launch later this month. The earphones certainly fall into the premium category with a price of $250. For that much loot, you get earphones that look like 9mm bullets.

Foxconn has been under scrutiny this year after ten of its workers at its Chinese manufacturing plants have committed suicide. The harsh working conditions at the factory are blamed by some for the rash of suicides.

Foxconn has opened the factory to report to see the working conditions for themselves and the company gave the workers as much as a 66% raise depending on their performance. Foxconn is rumored to be considering a decisive action in the wake of the deaths.

The PS3 has been around for a while now and the last time it was updated we ended up with the PS3 Slim. Since the thinner and cooler running version of the console turned up, we haven’t seen anything new from Sony on the PS3.

With E3 kicking off next week it appears that there is a chance we may have some announcements from Sony on new PS3 models. A couple new PS3 model numbers have come across the FCC.

OCZ has been selling a couple versions of its Vertex SSDs for a while now. The last one we talked about was the Vertex 2 with up to 480GB of storage. Two more Vertex 2 drives have been added to the family including a Vertex 2 Pro and a Vertex 2 EX model.

The EX and the Pro have the same performance capability with write speed up to 285MB/sec and read speed up to 275MB/sec. However, on the inside the two use different types of NAND flash.

The first time we heard of the MSI GX740 notebook was back during CES when the notebook was announced. The machine is now available to purchase online in the US. This gaming notebook sports a 17-inch screen.

That big screen has a resolution of 1680 x 1050. The version on sale at Newegg and Amazon uses a Core i5 or i7 CPU, 4GB of RAM, 500GB of storage, a 9-cell battery, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

Philips has officially launched their new line of Fidelio iPhone/iPod Docks. The Fidelio launch is just one piece of Philips massive global marketing campaign that brings together three award winning people from producers to composers. The campaign is called “Obsessed with Sound” and the three people involved are Steven Lillywhite, Geoff Foster, and Benjamin Herman. The campaign has the trio taking consumers talking up their reasons why they live and love sound, and how they expect nothing then perfection.

Each one has an obvious Apple style. Each has a beautiful design and quality craftsmanship that will please Apple fans.

If there’s one thing (well two things) I can’t get enough of on my huge HDTV, it’s Facebook and Google Maps. I just need more of both in my livingroom. Can’t get enough when I’m watching my favorite shows.

Thankfully, Samsung has announced that they are now offering Facebook and Google Maps on their connected TVs that run Samsung Apps. Thanks Samsung, but I don’t need this. There are far better things you could be offering. Watching TV is one of the things people do when they want to relax and escape from Facebook.

Coffee makes the world go round. If we had no coffee, none of us would get out of bed in the morning. So it makes sense that we are always looking to improve coffee making technology. This new coffee machine concept is a bit different. And we aren’t sure it really improves things much.

It has a dock for an Android powered smartphone on top. Apparently the phone runs an app that would play music when docked, so you get have some tunes with your coffee. It has a QR-code scanner that reads the barcode-like tags on top of the coffee cartridges and plays music to go with the brand/flavor.

Now you can use a microscope with your iPad. Scalar Corp has developed the AirMicro model A1, a microscope capable of connecting to the iPhone/iPad via a wireless LAN. It’s powered by three AA batteries. It’s a portable microscope with a 50x lens, so you can zoom in and out of the images which will be shown on the iPad or iPhone.

It can be used with replaceable lens units with magnification ratios ranging from 50x to 200x and can shoot QVGA videos at 15fps with its 5-megapixel CMOS sensor. It should hit North America in mid-June and the Japanese market by the end of June.

This is a cool mod with a retro twist. A Japanese modder took an old Macintosh classic and turned it into an awesome iPad docking station. It’s a simple idea that is executed perfectly.

The iPad screen fits nicely inside the old monitor frame of the Mac Classic and just like that you have the best of the old and new. We love this kind of creativity. Awesome job.

Lenovo has announced the ThinkCentre M90z AIO which features a 23-inch display and is powered by Intel’s Core i3 or i5 processors. One of the more interesting features of the M90z is that the built-in webcam has a physical switch to toggle the camera on/off, giving you some additional control for privacy.

The M90z is available now and will cost you about $899. Some other features include DDR3 memory, hard drive/solid state drive, a DVD burner, and optional Wi-Fi/Bluetooth.