The NB1000 from Pentax is all about customization. It is identical to the RS1000 and comes with a Lego-like body, allowing you to customize your camera with different blocks that come in several sizes and colors. It’s basically just a cheap ploy to get Lego fans buying the camera.

The NB1000 is a 14.1-megapixel camera with a 4x zoom. It is capable of recording 720p video too. Looks like this one is for the Japanese market only though. It will be available later this year for 20,000 Yen ($238).

Soon you will be able to get TomTom’s Go Live 1000 navigation unit. If you’re in Europe, anyway. The company has announced that the 4.3-inch GPS will be available this month, and will soon be followed by the Go Live 1005 in October, which has a larger 5-inch screen.

Both screens are capacitive, with TomTom’s “Fluid Touch”. There’s also a new magnetic windshield mount that lets you easily remove the device when you leave the car. You’ll also get a year of free “HD Traffic” information with each, along with TomTom Weather, IQ Routes, and Local Search with Google.

If you happen to be living in Japan and need some new earbuds, Sony will be releasing the High-end MDR-EX1000 earphones there. If you are game, they will cost you 61,950 Yen (or $735 yankee dollars).

These earphones feature a sensitivity of 108dB/mW, a bandwidth reproduction of 3-30,000Hz, an impedance of 32 Ohms, and 16mm drivers. You can expect the Sony High-end MDR-EX1000 earphones to be released in Japan on October 23rd.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab should get official soon since we’ve already seen some pictures of the device. And now, more pictures of this tablet have surfaced, confirming that it will be running Android 2.2 and sport the model number GT-P1000.

The leak also says that the device is lighter, constructed from lightweight plastic. The 7-inch display will have a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. There’s also the 3.2-megapixel camera, 3G support, and built-in eBook application.

Sounds like LG is pretty confident about its soon to be released Android-tablet, due in the fourth quarter of this year. The tablet is branded as part of the Optimus line and will take a different route than the iPad tablet.

Instead of focusing on consumption, entertainment, and multimedia, LG will be gearing its tablet toward productivity. LG’s vice president of marketing for mobile devices Chang Ma says so. “Our tablet will be better than the iPad.” He says, “It’s going to be surprisingly productive.”

Sanyo is now offering its first Flip-type camera, with 3X optical zoom and dual-mics. The VPC-PD2BK will cost you just $170, which lines up nicely with the rest of the pocket cameras. And yes, it can do 1080P at 30FPS.

It takes 10-megapixel photos, has stereo sound recording, flash, is SD/SDHC/SDXC card compatible and measures 2.48 x 0.87 x 4.36. Those are some nice features packed into this tiny cam.

Samsung has announced yet another touchscreen phone in South Korea. This time with a twist. The Nori (SHW-A220) targets users who like to customize their phones with accessories and make them look like tiny people.

Nori users can customize it with eight unique character adhesive films in all. Some features include a 3-inch touchscreen display (240×400), a 3.2MP rear camera, 1.3MP front facing camera, 3G, Wi-Fi, T-DMB, GPS, Bluetooth 2.1, Etiquette mode, SOS, microSD card slot (up to 16GB) and 1000mAh battery.

We have covered all the cool computer cases from NZXT extensively here on SlipperyBrick over the years. NZXT routinely makes some of the coolest cases the gamer or enthusiast can buy. The company has announced that it is now in the PSU market.

The line of PSUs from NZXT is called the HALE90 series. The PSUs are offered in 550W, 650W, 750W, 850W, and 1000W versions. All of the PSUs are 80 Plus Gold certified for efficiency.

Razer debuted the Lachesis gaming mouse back in 2007 and the first iteration of the rodent had 4000dpi sensitivity. For its day, the Lachesis was one of the most sensitive mice you could buy. Today that 4000dpi mark isn’t that big of a deal.

Razer has announced that it has updated the Lachesis gaming mouse with a new design and a new sensor. The 3.5G laser sensor from Razer supports up to 5600dpi and the mouse has customizable lighting.

I think that anyone who has tried to buy a new Apple product like the iPad or iPhone on launch day and the days and weeks thereafter knows that shortages are common. The main reason for shortages of Apple products like these is that Apple can’t get enough screens.

LG Display builds the screens for many of the Apple products including the iPad and iPhone. LG has stated that it will not be able to meet the demand that Apple has for screens.

It’s been a long time since Sprint had a handset that most people actually wanted. The Evo 4G that landed on the Sprint network back in May was popular from the start and shortages quickly ensued.

The Evo 4G is the first smartphone to support 4G service with Sprint, which is WiMax. The WSJ reports that Sprint CEO Dan Hesse has stated that the shortage of the Evo 4G is hurting the lead Sprint has in 4G service.

Mimoco, makers of cute Star Wars flash drives, are now back with their latest creations. The Mimoco Lobot and Monster Molly flash drives. Both flash drives deliver up to 16GB of storage.

The company plans to introduce the Lobot flash drive at the International Comic Con in San Diego, while the Monster Molly flash drive will appear at a convention in Taiwan Taipei. Both the Mimoco Lobot and Monster Molly flash drives will be available in just 1000 and 500 units.

Last year with the economy doing so poorly lots of big and small technology firms ended up laying off lots of workers and closing doors. Microsoft was forced to shed about 5,000 workers.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft is now getting ready to make new “small” cuts in its workforce. The WSJ source says that these “small” cuts will not be as large as the 5,000 canned last year.

All most of us know about nuclear explosions today comes from the 60′s and movies. Back during the cold war, kids in school had bomb drills, which were weird considering the radiation could make it under your desk.

A new photo and story has surfaced that occurred back in 1962. The US strapped a hydrogen bomb to a rocket and fired it 250 miles above the Pacific Ocean. The bomb used was 1000 times more powerful than the one that leveled Hiroshima.

Between 2003 and 2005, Dell sold millions of OptiPlex computers. According to documents, Dell knew these systems were full of dangerously faulty motherboards that might catch fire, but sold them anyway.

The NYT paints Dell as a desperate company, so hell-bent on cutting costs that they knowingly sold computers with capacitors that were sure to eventually burst and ooze all over the motherboard and they refused to fix the 1000 affected computers of the firm representing them regarding the related lawsuit. Apparently Dell was fixing these systems with the same faulty motherboard here and there.