Humanity has accomplished some amazing things by combining virtual reality with plain ole reality. This is not one of those things. This is something designed to give randy nerds a few cheap thrills. The idea is that if you can’t find a girlfriend, Alice will take a shot at being the object of your affections.

It’s called “Dennou Figure ARis”, or “Cyber Figure Alice” in plain English. Buyers get the AR software, 2 cybersticks and 2 cybercubes. Place one of the cubes in front of the computer, point your webcam at it and the screen will display a 3D image of Alice standing on top of the cube. Here’s where your cybersticks come in handy. You’ll use them to touch, caress, fondle and peep at your new lady. Fear not, you can of course even undress Alice and change her clothes.

Hewlett Packard, as you’ve probably noticed today, kicked out a ton of new digital products as part of a special coming out event. HP seemed to particularly go crazy in the laptop department, unveiling some 16 new notebook computers.

The rainbow of new HP laptops focuses across both consumer and business platforms. HP said in summary all of these notebooks are designed with new materials and software features that “enrich the user experience.” To get a general summary press release, check after the jump.

Gateway recently unveiled some new desktop PCs – some of which are new models and the rest of which are revamps of existing PC line ups. These new computers are mostly available now, with prices ranging from around $550 to $3,500.

Gateway specifically updated or added new FX, GT and DX Series models. The one pictured above, for example, is the FX7026. All of these computers offer either Intel or AMD processors and at least one available at retail still has Windows XP. For more details, check out the full press release after the jump.

If the Samsung 2263DX 22-inch LCD is Dr. Evil, the small 7-inch LCD grafted onto it would definitely be Mini Me. The idea is that the main 22-inch screen can be used for normal work and the secondary 7-inch screen can be used to extend your desktop to keep other stuff visible.

I guess you could use the little screen for IM applications, RSS feeds, and TV watching or other things. The 7-inch screen attaches to the main display via an arm that allows it to be mounted to either side of the main display or above it. The small display connects to the main display via a mini USB cable so you don’t need to directly connect the small screen to your computer.

Microsoft is showing off today a new wireless laser desktop combo which is somewhat designer focused. It is called the Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 7000 and it prices around $130.

The Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 7000 is what Microsoft called “Windows Aero inspired.” It offers up a thin design in the keyboard, complete with “smoked” translucent border and “floating” keys which can be personalized. The keyboard also is designed to be ergonomically friendly.

A group at Princeton University has found an exploit in common computer hardware that allows them to break codes and retrieve the encrypted data stored on the computers hard disks. The process at its most extreme involves direct access to the computer using a can of compressed air held upside down to freeze the DRAM chip(s) to access the encryption key stored in memory.

When stored data is encrypted, the software usually will use a key to encode and decode the data. That key is most often created and stored into a computer’s memory after a user logs into the computer with a password. According to the researchers, a common misconception is that once the computer is turned off, the DRAM memory disappears and so does the encryption key. In their studies, partially funded by the Dept. of Homeland Security, they found that data is actually retained in the computers memory for many seconds or sometimes even minutes after the computer is turned off. They also found that by freezing the memory chips with liquid nitrogen found in a common can of air for removing dust, they could get the data to remain in memory easily for as long as ten minutes, and often longer.

According to the Financial Times, Apple is finally getting ready to announce a deal with Twentieth Century Fox to offer Fox movies available for download through iTunes. The service would allow users to download Fox movies as a temporary digital “rental”. According to the source Fox is also working out a feature on their physical DVD movies that would let DVD owners temporarily transfer the movie content from the DVD to a digital player like an iPod or a computer using Apple’s DRM.

This is something that Apple has been trying to get going for a while but has met some resistance with most studios, likely for fear of losing sales due to a higher piracy rate of movies and lower costs of ownership. Another issue is the threat that this poses to video on demand services from places such as Comcast and DirectTV. Apple currently sells some movie titles on iTunes from Disney and Viacom but has not had as much luck getting the ball rolling with video as it has with online music purchases, which more that likely has led to a rental offering.

This might very well be the future of the computer mouse. The Space Navigator will let you pan, zoom, rotate and do all kinds of stuff that you can’t do with your typical mouse. The idea is that through pressure sensing technology, it will allow the controller cap to become a virtual extension of the user.

You can push, pull, twist or tilt the cap to simultaneously pan, zoom and rotate 3D imagery. When you increase pressure it will go fast and when pressure is decreased you can make fine intricate adjustments. This is particularly good for architects and artists. It’s only $59 for educational use, but if you want to spend $99, it comes comes with an unlimited use license for commercial purposes, as well as full phone, email and online support.

Maybe this company just likes making speakers shaped like fruit or maybe they’re taking a more welcome route of latching onto the Apple popularity as apposed to throwing the letter “i” in front of their product name, but either way these speakers look kinda’ cool.

When put together the two channel, 1W speakers are held in place by magnets and they are in fact shaped like an Apple and have no affiliation to Apple the company. The speakers are powered by a USB connection from your computer and connect sound through a standard 3.5mm audio jack from your computer or just about any mp3 player. They come on colors of red or green and measure, well, about the size of an apple at 112x104x56mm each. The Apple Design speaker set runs about 25 Euros, (~$36 USD) on Ebay.de.

Today HP launched its 300 series portable GPS units through the iPAQ 310 Travel Companion, featuring a 4.3-inch touchscreen interface on a 3D, turn-by-turn navigation system.

The iPAQ 310 shows off some fast response times by housing a Centrality Titan 600MHz processor and 128MB SDRAM with 2GB of Flash ROM, running on Windows CE 5.0. The memory can be expanded with a microSD card slot to hold your additional media of pictures, songs and video to look at during those special, non-navigating moments with your GPS. It also has …

The more we come across newer and cooler gadgets, the more we find we’re wanting needing to carry around more stuff with us, most of which ends up in a back pack or computer bag. This G-Man jacket designed for use by federal law enforcement officials has 40 individual pockets built-in, some hidden and some not, for storing all shapes and sizes of portable gadgets ridding our need for a separate bag.

The G-Man jacket has some of the pockets specifically designed for things like …

For as long as the electromagnetic broadcasting wave has existed it has been the dream of many to grab it from the air and watch it for free. Of course we all know that it’s against the law to watch HBO or download movies if you’re not paying for it but the legality of certain aspects of the broadcasting medium remain open to interpretation.

Consider Hammacher Schlemmer’s Laptop HDTV Receiver., a small antenna and 79-inch cord that plugs into your computer’s USB …

Remember when you had to take your film roll to the local Fotomat to get it developed? They would come back in an envelope with the negatives in the bottom just in case you needed to get the pictures developed again someday.

This device, apply named The Slide And Negative To Digital Picture Converter will scan those old 35mm negatives as well as slides and convert them into digital photos through your computer. Plug this converter into your USB port and use the included software to convert all …

Audiovox has an affordable MP3 player with a 512MB capacity for only $19.99, losing the frills found in many of the latest media players and providing bare-bones portable tunes.

The Audiovox MP6512 supports MP3 and WMA (and protected WMA) files, has a nice OLED display that shows the track playing, and a fairly small case measuring 2.4 inches long and .8 inches thick.

Transfer the music files via a USB connection to your computer, and I guess I was a little off with the bare-bones comment. The MP6512 does have an built-in equalizer with …

A new Home Beta site has been launched shortly after the announcement of the new virtual and interactive universe called ‘Home‘ from Sony at the annual Game Developers Conference last week in San Francisco.

The Home Beta site (www.homebetatrial.com) is a domain registered to ‘Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited’ in London, and was purchased less than two weeks ago. The site describes the new Home virtual world and urges viewers to check back in order to register for a chance to take part in the Beta Trial of Home.

“Home™ is …