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Domo-kun sinks teeth into Mimobots

Having never jumped on the Mimobot bandwagon, we weren't terribly excited when the Halo series made its debut last week. But then we realized that it had stolen the spotlight from the real star in our book: Domo-kun.

Our favorite sharp-toothed character from Japan has shown been incarnated in a line of Mimobot USB flash drives that blow away all others. In addition to the classic Domo X, they also come in Ninja Domo and--best of all--Rasta Domo.

As with other Mimobots, they have storage sizes ranging from 512MB to 4GB. But as far as we're concerned, the … Read more

Transformers coming out of our ears

So you think the likes of Spider-Man and Pirates of the Caribbean have saturated the market with merchandising? Wait till the Transformers juggernaut gets into full gear as the movie's July 4 opening nears.

We've already seen an "Optimus Prime" helmet, GM cars and, just yesterday, some Transformer Nikes. Now, Tokyomango says Takara Tomy is assaulting our auditory canals with the "Transformers Music Label Frenzy and Rumble" earphones. With a name like that, can there be any doubt that they're from Japan?

DoMo: Home page for your cell phone

DoMo from GoWare is a new PC app that lets you build a home page for your mobile phone. You create the categories you want on your phone, and choose content (such as RSS feeds) that goes in the categories. Then the app creates a home page for your cellular that's customized for the particular screen and resolution of your phone.

It looks like NetVibes for a phone, which is a pretty nice idea. Of course, what would be really cool is for NetVibes to offer a mobile version, so that you wouldn't have to create separate home … Read more