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September 3, 2008 1:04 PM PDT

Webcam is part witch, part Pinocchio

by Leslie Katz
Angel Baby Webcam (Credit: PCLaunches.com)

A reader named Jenny wrote in to alert us to the Devil Angel Baby Webcam featured on PCLaunches.com, and we'd just like to say: Thanks, Jenny! If we have nightmares tonight, we're blaming them on you.

Some might call this little Windows-only camera "cute," but we prefer the term "mutant." The blue-haired rubber gadget has a USB Webcam built into its face, making it not only a freaky desktop accessory, but a handy video-conferencing tool. It can capture or display video at 1,280x960 at up to 15fps, and sells online for $14.99, plus $5 shipping.

As an added bonus, Angel's witch-hat-adorned head can rotate 360 degrees, giving it that Linda Blair-in-The Exorcist feel.

Leslie Katz, senior editor of CNET's Crave, covers gadgets, games, and most other digital distractions. As a co-host of the CNET News Daily Podcast, she sometimes tries to channel Terry Gross. E-mail Leslie.
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by Someone-else September 3, 2008 3:08 PM PDT
i wouldn't buy it....

have you also seem the Dog-shaped webcam too? where the cam is the nose of the dog, in Portuguese it's called web-cão, that mean web-dog, and is spelled about the same way as webcam
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by crave08 September 3, 2008 5:50 PM PDT
well, i will call this cute. it reminds me of my childhood. this will be a rather unique desktop accessory.
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by 520xyz September 3, 2008 6:07 PM PDT
Magic desktop accessory..

oh. her head can rotate 360 degrees, um.. i will try
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by stumbleupon September 3, 2008 6:26 PM PDT
I looking for a long time, this gadget was the original here. My one friend of the previous two months to help me buy it, very cute. When my girlfriend to see it, she excitedly kiss me.

I like, I love the gadget, thank you...
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by crave08 September 4, 2008 12:30 AM PDT
if u want to discover more COOL USB Gadgets like this usb webcam, check out this...

http://gadgets.sourcingmap.com/?tagcategory=21
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