CANON FS100 FLASH MEMORY CAMCORDER, $500

Thinking about upgrading your camcorder? Or feeling left out of the rush to put your favourite videos online? Then the flash memory camcorders models should be on your list of ones to try out. Canon is releasing its new camcorders this April and look for the FS100 that has a 48x advanced zoom, a 1.07 megapixel CCD image sensor and a SDHC card (Secure Digital High Capacity) slot. It will be available in silver, navy and red.

BELKIN DESKTOP INTERNET PHONE FOR SKYPE, $100

If you're among the 245 million users of Skype, here is Belkin's latest phone that plugs into a wired or wireless router or an Ethernet port to let you start dialling those Skype calls. It has a speaker, speed dial, call hold and release, call pickup/park, mute and all the other bells and whistles like contacts and call-timer display. At www.belkin.com.

PACEMAKER, TONIUM LABORATORIES, 520 EUROS, ABOUT $780 CDN.

Billed as the first 'professional pocket-sized DJ system,' this lets you walk into a party with all your music stored on a 120-gigabyte Pacemaker hard drive. Plug it into a sound system and you're an instant DJ. It lets you mix between tracks, use effects and the other tricks of the DJ trade. It also gives you Pacemaker Editor, downloadable software for Macs and PCs to play, edit and create mixes for your music. Expected out by mid-February. They're taking pre-bookings at www.pacemaker.net.

USB RECHARGEABLE BATTERY, ABOUT $20 FOR TWO-PACK

Now here's a new twist for the rechargeable battery. AA batteries from the folks at Kinlan who've brought us such other indispensable items as the USB beverage cooler. Power up by charging these batteries through the USB port on your computer or gaming console.

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