Ever heard of ruthenium? Me either. Turns out it’s used as an external plating on these luxurious open-back headphones. There are other expensive materials inside, with titanium-plated 40mm drivers, silver-plated copper wires with 99.99 percent purity and kevlar-coated cables.

There is also Ethiopian sheepskin earcup pads. The Ultrasone Edition 10s will cost you $2,745. Crazy, I know. So if you have some money burning a hole in your pocket, why not give them a try.

This 27-inch Samsung monitor is the first LCD to tout an amazing 1ms response time, halving the previous best in this category of 2ms. Pretty impressive. Not sure it will be noticeable though in daily use. With that great response time however, there is also a lack of stand adjustment and Samsung’s Touch of Color enclosure.

Other features include 1920 x 1080 resolution, 300 nits of brightness, HDMI input, and a 1,000:1 contrast ratio. You can pick up the Samsung P2770FH later this month for just $400.

It’s October and that means that it’s Breast cancer Awareness month. The time of year when gadgets go pink. Microsoft is also supporting the cause in its own small way. The Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000.

The mouse will sell from now until the end of September of next year for $40 and contribute a $4 donation per sale to the Kamen for the Cure charitable fund. Sure it isn’t the manliest mouse, but I guess it’s for a good cause.

We’ve seen a number of iPad cases with integral keyboards, which are handy for easier typing rather than using the iPad’s on screen keyboard. But most have low quality keyboards that you won’t want to use for long typing sessions.

PADACS Toccata Keyboard case is perfect for the heavy duty iPad user, since it sports a built in bluetooth keyboard with plastic keys, similar to more traditional keyboards. The Bluetooth 2.0 keyboard is compatible with a wide range of devices including the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GH (with iOS4) and Bluetooth enabled devices running Windows, Mac or Linux.

If you’re looking to find an Android tablet at an affordable price, then check out the Rocktab from Nationite. This tablet is powered by a 600MHz Rockchip RK2808 processor, hence the name. The device packs in a 7-inch 800 x 480 resistive touchscreen display, 128MB RAM, and 2GB/8GB/16GB of flash storage.

Some other features include a microSDHC card slot (up to 16GB), WiFi, a USB port, a 3.5mm headset jack, integrated speakers and Android 1.5 OS runs the show.

Energy Sistem has introduced a new portable DVD player called the Energy M2700. This player has all of the basic functions that you need and can read DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, CD-R, and CD-RW. It measures 21cm x 4cm x 15.8cm and weighs in at 840 grams.

The Energy M2700 also features a 7-inch high-resolution widescreen display, a USB port and an SD/MMC/MS card reader. It can also be used as a digital picture frame.

HP has already announced that the company won’t be launching any Windows Phone 7 devices that would use Microsoft’s mobile OS and now today the company says that they will also be killing plans for Android devices from the company’s lineup.

HP will turn it’s focus on its own webOS mobile operating system instead, taking advantage of its acquisition of Palm. The one exemption to this new mandate seems to be the HP Photosmart eStation printer, which features an integrated Android tablet.

The Harris BlackJack USB drive is aimed at the computer forensics field. It will search and catalog targeted information on suspect computers. You can configure it to search for specific data or types of data with a special configuration utility.

The drive is compatible with Windows computers and can boot in under 3 seconds flat. LED indicators let you know if the software has found what it was searching for.

Logitech is getting ready to unveil its Google TV hardware and the company’s VP claims that they have more than just Google TV hardware. Logitech had previously acquired LifeSize Communications, a company that specializes in corporate HD video conferencing.

This technology will be hitting your living room soon and should be compatible with Google TV. Some of Logitech’s webcams are already certified to offer Skype HD video calling, so it wouldn’t be a big surprise if it were all related.

Folks are really eager to get them some Google TV, whether through hardware from Logitech, or TVs from Sony. Looks like Google already has a hit on their hands. The service should do well, though it has some competition from Apple’s Apple TV hardware.

Google has just launched a new site, so if you want, hit the link below and take a tour and get to know the features. If you don’t already, you will want to get in on Google TV after you check it out.

Boom boxes are probably best left in the past, but if you want to relive the old days, then check out this Innovative Technology Boom Box. It supports both your iPhone, iPod, or any MP3 player via an auxiliary audio input.

You can dock your iPhone into the cassette deck, and turn it into an expensive cassette tape. It also sports an SD card slot and a USB port so you can record live music from the built-in FM radio as MP3 files.

Open the drive bay doors Hal. I need to put my disc in. I’m sorry Dave I can’t do that. This decal is awesome. It may not turn your MacBook into a real Hal 9000 computer, but that’s okay. You don’t want your computer trying to kill you anyway.

This is just a nice decal without all of the murder in deep space. The Hal 9000 MacBook decal is available for the 13 inch MacBook, 13, 15 and 17 inch MacBook Pro’s for just $15 each.

Samsung has further expanded its Bada options with the introduction of the new and improved Wave II. The most significant difference over the previous Wave is a larger 3.7-inch WVGA SLCD screen, compared to a 3.3-inch AMOLED of its predecessor.

Aside from that, you get the same 1GHz Hummingbird processor, the very same LED flash-equipped 5-megapixel camera and the same Bada. There is a new Swype-type input method called Trace however.

I would bet at one time or another we have all loaned someone something and had it returned with damage. That is frustrating and the least we expect from those who borrowed it is to fix it for us. That is just want one guy did.

As the story goes, a dude loaned a DSLR to a pal and while the pal had the camera, the control wheel was somehow lost. Rather than return the camera broken, the dude who borrowed it set about crafting his own replacement.

I never really thought about how heavy equipment gets to remote locations. For instance, the giant cutters that they use logging when they are miles from a paved road. That stuff has to get there by helicopter often.

The problem is that the most powerful helicopter today can only lift 20 tons. Really heavy equipment simply can’t get where it’s needed at times today. A company called Skylifter has unveiled a new way to transport up to 150 tons of gear.