Barnes & Noble hinted at the fact that the Nook may have led to a major turnaround in its business. They certainly needed it. The company said that its “comparable store sales,” or those at large stores open for more than 1.25 years, were almost double what they had expected, at 9.7 percent. So what happened? Not surprisingly, they credited sales of Nook e-readers to the overall spike and to having its best-ever single day of sales on December 23. Seems like the Nook has saved the day.

The company said that more details will be made available on January 6. The company’s paper sales have been declining, especially at retail, so they have turned more toward digital devices and Apple-style displays that push the Nook.

If you think that the Hummingbird processor in your Nexus S is a bit slow at 1GHz, maybe you can overclock it, like morfic at XDA has managed to do. He overclocked the Nexus S to 1.2 Ghz and developed a new kernal which allows owners of the Nexus S to add an extra 200 million clock cycles to the processing power.

The only problem is that with this increase in speed, you are going to have some glitches. The increased speed disables the phone’s Bluetooth capabilities for one, but hey you have more power. There’s always a price to pay.

The anger of birds knows no bounds as the game has now arrived on the PS3 and PSP. The Angry Birds game will be released as a PlayStation mini title, so it can be played on your PlayStation 3 console or a PlayStation Portable.

Rovio CEO Peter Vesterbacka says that mobile titles hitting consoles will become more common. “The smartphone gaming platform is actually turning out to be the biggest and most played out there,” he said. “So it’s starting to beat the traditional games on consoles and PCs.”

Apple’s iPhone alarm clock experienced a strange glitch with the new year and failed to wake users on New Year’s Day and January 2. This is caused by a bug that Apple still hasn’t fully explained, but the company did make a statement yesterday saying that the failure of its clock app only happens when you set a one-time alarm, and that it will somehow fix itself on January 3. However despite that, the problem still apparently exists.

So if you want to make sure that you wake up on time and don’t piss off your boss, here’s how to work around the problem until we get a proper fix.

Ramos will be introducing not one, not two, but a trio of new tablets at CES. There’s the W10, W12 and W15 models. The Ramos W10 sports a Cortex A9-based SoC (System-on-Chip) with the Mali-400 3D graphics chip and 512MB DDR2 RAM.

Next, the Ramos W12 boasts an A9 SoC with Mali-400 graphics and an 8-inch display with a 4:3 aspect ratio. Last but not least, the Ramos W15 packs in the RK2918 Rockchip SoC and an 8-inch display with a 16:9 aspect ratio. Sadly, we don’t have any info on pricing for any of these yet.

Pioneer Japan has introduced a new series of compact cordless phones, dubbed the Pioneer TF-FN2000 series. This 2.4GHz cordless phone features an LED display, an answering machine, a call screening system and a hands-free mode. It certainly is unique looking.

The Pioneer TF-FN2000 delivers 6-hours of continuous talk time on a full charge and comes with a compact cradle and an ultra minimalistic handset. This device is available in black, white and red. It should be launched in Japan later this month.

Samsung is making quite the fashion statement, together with glasses maker, Silhouette, with their new world’s lightest 3D designer shutter glasses. They weigh just 28g, 10g lighter than regular 3D glasses and they have been ergonomically developed so that one size fits all. The glasses can be easily adjusted allowing an adult or child to wear them. Of course they will make their debut at this year’s CES.

Some other features include auto on/off support, wireless charging and you can attach to your normal glasses.

Well, they said they would do it and sure enough Samsung has now met it’s goal and sold 10 million Galaxy S smartphones around the world. This was accomplished in less than seven months since the device first hit the market.

North American sales contributed to about 4 million, followed by Europe at 2.5 million. Now that they have achieved this goal, maybe they can offer up the long-delayed Android 2.2 Froyo update to those millions of Galaxy S phones. What do you think Samsung?

Professional video types will be happy to hear about Lexar Media’s two newest cards. The 64GB and 128GB Class 10 SDXC cards, which “offer minimum guaranteed speeds of 133x (20MB per second),” and ship with a limited lifetime warranty.

If all goes according to plan, and we can’t see why it wouldn’t, they will arrive later this quarter. The prices are $399.99 for 64GB and $699.99 for 128GB.

If you are a lefty, then you couldn’t help but notice that most modern camcorders just aren’t built for you, but Samsung’s HMX-Q10 is one that you can love. It features a compact design with a prominent record button right on the back for convenience.

The 2.7-inch touchscreen automatically flips if you hold the camera upside down. Other features include a 10x (2.75 – 27.5mm) optical zoom, a 5 megapixel sensor for full HD recording at 60i. You can have progressive at 720p. It will cost you $299 and ships in February.

Earlier today Vizio confirmed many of the details of its Rose Bowl tablet teaser. The company is getting into mobile devices and will use Android for the Via Tablet, an eight-incher with a front camera, three speakers and Wi-Fi for Internet access. There will also be a matching Via Phone which sports a four-inch display, a back five-megapixel camera and its own front camera.

We still don’t have many hardware details, but the company promised a ‘blessed’ version of Android with support for the Market. The devices won’t ship until sometime this summer, so the tablet will likely use Honeycomb (Android 2.4) or later. One carrier has been lined already but is unidentified.

For those of you who enjoy getting your entertainment through a helmet, check out this Moto GP Helmet Sound System. It’s a lot like this one. This one is built to look like a standard sized helmet, keeping your iPod (or iPhone) just behind the visor.

Your music will play through a pair of 7 watt speakers on the top and a 15 watt sub resides in the bottom. Other features include a USB port and SD card slot for playing music from another source. How much would you pay to use your device from within a helmet? This one will cost you $240.

Whether robbing a convenience store or just strolling down the street on a winter’s day, you might as well do it in style. Plain black ski masks have been done and putting a pair of nylons on your head is just weird. Be the Staypuft Marshmallow Man instead.

This Stay Puft Marshmallow Man ski mask is just $20. It will make you feel warm and cozy. In some cases it may also make sure that no one can identify you. Who is going to believe that the Staypuft Marshmallow man held up a bank? Not that we condone that behavior.

There are two things that a man should never be without. Beer and your phone. What could be better than popping open that bottle of beer with your iPhone 4? This new case will help you do just that. It comes with a bottle and a can opener.

The rubberized slider case will make sure you are never thirsty. It even has a supporting app, which will play sounds or display pictures as you open your drinks. The Be A Head Case iPhone 4 Bottle and Can Opener will cost you $24.99.

I’ve always wanted to rip the guts out of a four-slice toaster and replace them with an Xbox 360. Luckily for me, now I don’t have to do it as someone else has done it for me. You may not be able to enjoy breakfast anymore with this mod, but you’ll be able to play CoD: Black Ops in the kitchen.

It is the work of modder ncaruso11, aka (akatheguy2) and it is dubbed the XToaster360. Best kitchen appliance ever. COD is way better than toast anyway.