Overheating and ergonomic issues are two potential problems laptop users face. A new laptop stand/cooling dock combo device has been introduced which claims to effectively combat both these problems. The Cooldock Laptop Stand is priced at around $65 and available now.

The Cooldock is part of a small category of generic laptop stands which one can use to put the laptop at more traditional eye level to take strain off your vision. This is accomplished via one of eight adjustable levels for height tilt. Also built into this product is a four port USB hub for connecting items like keyboard and mice.

Advanced Media, the manufacturer of Ridata digital products, announced it had begun sales of its Ridata Yego Drive through the Web sites of Wal-Mart and CompUSA. The Yego Drive is available in 2GB and 4GB storage capacities.

The Ridata Yego Drive is a rather unique looking USB drive. Besides allowing one to store data on it this drive also acts as a USB hub via the two USB ports built into its limbs. These USB 2.0 drives also feature what is called “advanced partition and security functions” so one can create password protected areas for storage of important files.

Brando has unveiled a new colorful and unique design for a four-port USB hub. The square (comes in circles, too) chromatic USB hub is USB 2.0 compatible and provides you with 3 additional ports through colorful squares that can make various shapes.

The square blocks are connected together and offer ports at alternating ends to provide additional room to plug in your USB gadgets. The blocks can be shaped in a variety of positions or simply stacked together to keep them neat. If nothing else the chromatic USB hub can add a little color …

Check these three new Belkin USB 2.0 hubs out and think of where you will put them on your desktop. The company announced the Swivel Hub ($29.99), the Clip-on Hub ($29.99) and the Hub-to-Go ($49.99) yesterday, all available in stores beginning next month.

The Swivel Hub has 4 ports of tech goodness. You can angle it 180 degrees to serve you the way that you like to be served by your USB products. It comes with a power supply.

Next is the Clip-On Hub, another four-porter. This one can fasten to the edge of a desk …

After decorating your desk with the USB engine hub you can round out your automotive theme with this TVR Tuscan street mouse.

This wireless optical mouse features working, always-on headlights, brake lights that come on when the mouse is being used, chrome wheels and tinted windows. The car shaped mouse has right and left mouse buttons that are on the hood and a scroll wheel that sticks up through the center of the hood like it’s part of the engine. The wireless TVR Tuscan Street Mouse runs £20.00 (about $40 USD) from …

We can’t say this wouldn’t get a annoying for your office neighbors after a while but it’s an nice alternative to a standard little rectangle USB hub. The USB Engine hub gives you 2 only two additional USB ports but a lot of engine noise.

The engine on the top will actually vibrate when it’s first plugged in and make an engine idling sound. A kick-start lever will then “start” the engine up and it will again vibrate and idle. By using the small gear shifting lever you can make the engine …

Gone are the days of opening letters without knowing exactly what time it is….

It’s high time someone made the obvious combination of products that are most commonly needed together on any one work desk. This device makes the smart trifecta of a 4-port USB hub, an alarm clock and a letter opener all in one convenient battery powered package. It’s available in 3 different combinations as well; one with USB 1.1, one with USB 2.0 and a third with just the clock and the letter opener, …

This Ci70 wireless desktop set from Kensington has got to be the sleekest and thinest we’ve seen, and definitely had the minimalist in mind when designed.

The footprint on the keyboard is 40% smaller than standard multimedia keyboards and even the mouse runs anorexic at 35% of the average size. When not in use the mouse docks neatly in the keyboard to save space and conserve power. An automatic sleep timer also helps conserve energy and saves on wear of the optical sensor.

The wireless desktop works with Windows and …

With all the peripheral USB devices around today that you can connect to your computer, there just never seems to be enough USB ports to go around. Here is a highly unattractive but functional USB hub that has 16 ports to connect your USB peripherals to your computer.

Not only can you connect many devices, but the USB hub has two ports which connect up to two different computers. A selector switch lets you choose to connect the hub to “PC A” or “PC B”.

The …

Seen last week at the CeBIT convention and heading to stores shortly is TrekStor’s DataStation maxi t.uch external hard drive. It comes in three sizes (250 GB, 320 GB and 400 GB) and can double for a USB 2.0 hub with its two ports up at the front.

Compatible with Windows Vista and everything back to Win 2000, as well as OS X and Linux, this is a nice and easy way to backup your system at the touch of a button and also to take it with you if …

Yanko Design has a concept of a USB flash memory storage device that is able to “stack” up the drives.

The Memory Infinite flash drive has a male USB port on one end and a female USB port on the other, allowing the flexible thumb drives to be stacked in line to add memory to your drive, instead of buying more drives.

The design of the flash drives make for a pretty cool gadget and a unique thumb drive, but the practicality of this concept may not e so simple. I can see this working …

This 4-port USB hub is split into 5 different sections that each rotate independently 180 degrees to help avoid tangled up cords, and allows multiple items to be plugged in that may otherwise cover up adjacent ports.

The USB Twister Hub supports USB 1.1 and 2.0, and has an optional AC adapter (extra $4) to increase power output to high power consumption USB devices such as printers. Transfers speeds are up to 480Mbs.

The Twister Hub is cased in aluminum, weighs 46 grams and is 106mm long. The hub is available from Brando for $22 …

Getting over being afraid of it is the first step. After that this unique looking USB and FireWire hub can provide some extra ports and maybe keep some cords in some type of order.

In the alien-looking LaCie Huby design, you get 8 cables that are all flexible and twistable to avoid binding and tangling. It has 5 USB 2.0 cables and 3 FireWire 400 cables, but that is not all. Once you connect it to your PC or Mac, it also powers a little USB fan and a small USB light. …

Belkin recently announced that their Cable-Free USB Hub will be available for purchase starting in mid-December. According to Belkin, the hub is the first Ultra-Wideband (UWB) product on the U.S. market.

Utilizing Freescale’s Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology, the Belkin Cable-Free USB Hub gives you wireless connectivity to your USB devices. UWB solutions promise to provide higher data transfer rates, low cost, low power consumption, and less interference.

The Hub is positioned to give PC users with many multimedia-centric products the freedom to place their USB devices anywhere in the room without running long cables. The hub …

Numerous times throughout the course of a normal week at work, a self destruct button like this could seem all too appropriate. Make sure someone else holds the key to ensure that more than one person is involved when the decision is made to “pull the trigger”. If nothing else this self-destruct gadget would make for a cool conversation piece or stress reliever on any desk or meeting room.

For functionally the device acts as probably the most unpractical 4-port USB hub ever, but aside from that it has a key switch, light, toggles …