One Clever Power Strip It's the little things in life, like having enough outlets to charge all your accessories. Really, is there nothing sadder than wandering around searching in vain, power adapter in hand? Socket Sense may be the answer. On other power strips, adapters tend to block one or more sockets, allowing you to plug in only three units at most. This product has sockets set at 45-degree angles that also slide and expand, so the surge protector can accommodate all six adapters. Last seen for $18.99 at ThinkGeek.com. SAFARI Montage Offers New Terms SAFARI Montage, the digital media and video-on-demand system, has added new reference content: an interactive version of the Visual Dictionary by QA International. Now, school and district users of SAFARI Montage can access more than 6,000 illustrations and 14,000 terms written and spoken in English and Spanish, along with related exercises for students to test their vocabulary. The Visual Dictionary covers a range of topics from Art & Music and Community & Society to Environmental Science and Sports & Games. www.safarimontage.com. How Will Tech Fare in the New Economy? Electronic gadgets will continue to be the most desired items during the holidays for adults and teens, according to a study just released by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). Computers come in second on holiday wish lists—beating out peace and happiness—with TVs, gaming systems, and cell phones among the Top 10. Despite a troubled economy and uncertainty on consumer spending overall, CEA predicts 3.5 percent growth over the same period last year. While Apple's strong fourth quarter results reassured many in the industry, Amazon hinted at trouble on the e-commerce side, projecting a drop in sales of big ticket ($1,000) items, reports ZDNet. The Geek in Winter Each season brings a new line of fashionable accessories, this one designed for iPhone and other touchscreen users. A basic, casual mitt, Dots Gloves are embellished with small rounded metal bits that enable one to work an iPhone, iPod or other touchscreen device without direct finger contact. The patent-pending design comes in smooth knit (see above colors) and ragg wool versions and costs $15 and $20, respectively, in two sizes, regular and large. You can specify up to two dots for right and left gloves. www.dotsgloves.com. CES Gets Playful Toys aren't merely child's play. Consider CES, the annual consumer gadgets show in Vegas, which has invited toy companies to set up shop at this year's event. Set for January 9, 2009 the first-ever Kids@Play Summit will offer an exhibition and presentations by leaders in the digital toy realm along with experts in education and learning. Speakers include Gary Knell, president and CEO of Sesame Workshop, on kids' mobile phone use, and Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, who will discuss teens online. www.kidsatplaysummit.com. Give Us Your Best TechShots Are folks engaged with technology at your library? A group on photo-sharing site Flickr wants to know. Cindi Trainor, a contributor to the ALA blog TechSource and founder of ALA TechShots on Flickr, "hopes that more people submit photos of the innovative (or ordinary!) ways that they are using technology to deliver collections and services to their users." Case in point: the Lester Public Library, Two Rivers, WI, an enthusiastic Flickr user, contributed the above shot of a DDR pad in action. Jeff Dawson, Lester's director, says, "We are using Flickr to generate excitement about our beautiful library AND our beautiful community." www.flickr.com/groups/tech-shots. Voice Recorders from Philips Philips has added several new editions to its Digital Voice Tracer brand of recorders. The Digital Voice Tracer 660, 860, and 880 models record directly to MP3 and feature an extra large LCD screen, with up to 2GB of memory. USB support enables fast file downloading and energy-efficient recording—a savings on batteries. File split and indexing tools make it easier to manage longer recordings, such as marking the beginning of a new section. Stereo-lapel microphone and earphones included. www.dictation.philips.com. Eye-Fi Now Faster Eye-Fi, the clever card that enables you to wirelessly upload your pics, just got faster. The wireless speeds, twice as speedy according to the company, are also available to existing Eye-Fi users free of charge. But yes, there's more. With the Eye-Fi Manager Web application, users can opt for other services, including Web-sharing, geotagging, and Hotspot Access upgrades. Eye-Fi also supports Twitter and RSS feeds, giving shutterbugs even more ways to share. Purchase cards from Eye-Fi directly at www.eye.fi. A Widescreen for Your Head Get a load of these souped-up specs. The latest in the Vuzix line of video eyewear, the iWear AV310 Widescreen projects a virtual 52-inch screen from nine feet and runs a full five hours on a single AA battery. With a true widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio, it's like a home theater for your head. The AV310 lets users adjust the focus, earbuds, and nosepiece to enable comfortable viewing. Compatible with NTSC or PAL devices with a video input, iWear works with iPods, portable media players, video cameras, gaming consoles, DVD players, digital cameras, and cellular phones with video output. $250. www.vuzix.com. A Camcorder Built for YouTube Need a low-cost camcorder for uploading clips to YouTube? Consider the SC-MX20 by Samsung. Doug Aamoth of CrunchGear calls it his new "go-to camcorder," based on quality, battery life, compact size, and price. Featuring a 680K pixel CCD sensor, with standard resolution of 720x480, the Samsung SC-MX20 boasts 34x optical zoom, advanced noise reduction, and image stabilization. In Web & Mobile mode, the camcorder's resolution is automatically adjusted to 640x480 (H.264 / AAC / MP4) and optimized for use on YouTube and other sites. $250. www.samsung.com.