Have a magnificent tree ready for next year!

Grow your own Norwegian Spruce Christmas tree with this fun and easy-to-use gift box. Everything you need is inside and makes a wonderful gift for all ages!

Grow your own Christmas tree!

The Norwegian Spruce is everyone’s idea of the classic Christmas tree – and now with this wonderful Grow It gift box, you or someone you love can grow their own!

Everything you need is in the box, and with a little bit of love and patience you should have a handsome little specimen to decorate next Christmas.

Growing Christmas trees is easy and you will find that all the essential ingredients like pots, compost, growing sticks and Christmas tree seedlings come with the Grow It gift box.

Comprehensive instructions guide you through each step and there are even enough Christmas tree seedlings for two attempts – it’s the perfect gift for all ages!

Pack to the max with the Digital Luggage Scale

Say goodbye to excess baggage fees on all your holidays and business trips and beat the airlines at their own game with the Digital Luggage Scale. Accurate results in lbs or kgs!

Pack to the max with the Digital Luggage Scale

An excess baggage fine can put a real downer on your holiday. With Easyjet, where checked-in hold baggage exceeds 20kgs in weight, you have to pay an excess baggage fee of £9 per kg* up to a maximum weight of 50kg. With the Digital Luggage Scale you can cut out the guesswork and pack your bags bang on limit, no fuss, no hassle.

A weight off your mind

Lightweight, compact and user friendly, the Digital Luggage Scales provide a quick and easy way to accurately weigh your luggage. Simply attach the strap on the luggage scales to your bag or suitcase, lift and wait for the beep, then put your luggage down and read the weight in lbs or kgs on the large LCD display. From another pair of flip flops to a few last minute souvenirs, this Digital Luggage Scale will let you know exactly how much more you can cram in your suitcase. Get yours today and beat the airlines at their own game!

*Figures taken from Easyjet website, August 2009.

Microsoft has announced that it has sold 2.5 million units of its Kinect motion controller in the last 25 days. The Xbox 360 accessory is now available at more than 60,000 retailers in 38 countries.

Two weeks ago, the software giant was celebrating that it had sold 1 million units of the Kinect in 10 days. Doing some basic math, it appears that overall momentum has not yet slowed (100,000 Kinects sold each day). The company said that strong demand from the Black Friday weekend were what made the difference.

It’s important to remember that the 2.5 million number isn’t the amount of units shipped, nor is it the amount of units sold to retailers. Instead, it’s the number of Kinects that have actually been sold to consumers. The Kinect’s early success is good news for those who bought the hardware early: it means developers will be more willing to work on more and more intuitive games.

“We are thrilled about the consumer response to Kinect, and are working hard with our retail and manufacturing partners to expedite production and shipments of Kinect to restock shelves as fast as possible to keep up with demand,” Don Mattrick, president of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft, said in a statement. “With sales already exceeding two and a half million units in just 25 days, we are on pace to reach our forecast of 5 million units sold to consumers this holiday.”

Last month, financial analysts at Bernstein Research called Apple’s iPad the most quickly adopted non-phone electronic device ever. Its adoption rate was faster than the DVD player. More specifically, Apple’s latest and greatest sold 2 million units in two months.

It appears that the Kinect has made sure that the iPad didn’t keep its crown for long. With 2.5 million units sold in under a month, it’s already winning, and the 2010 holiday season isn’t even here yet. Of course, Microsoft predicted this would happen two months ago: “The preorders have been really strong. As far as what we’re looking at for holiday, this is going to be stuff that’ll blow away any of the sales you’ve seen with iPad. The Xbox 360 is already selling better than the Wii and Sony right now. Kinect’s really just going to boost that to a whole new level.”

An Internet TV offering from Microsoft could outperform a flailing Google TV, with smart content partnerships and the leverage of the Xbox 360 hardware.

With both Apple and Google now anxiously pawing at the door to consumer living rooms with products like Apple TV and Google TV, it should come as little surprise that Microsoft is apparently lumbering down from Redmond to poke its face in the doorway, too. Early reports suggest Microsoft is developing a paid television service that would use the Xbox 360 to pipe content to TVs. It may be just a sliver of a rumor at the moment, but the concept has legs. Here’s why a Microsoft-developed pay TV service could potentially bowl over Google TV.

Hardware

There were 18.6 million Xbox 360 consoles in the United States the last time Microsoft released numbers this time this year, and we’re willing to bet that number has seen a healthy increase since then (Microsoft claims 44.6 million worldwide, as of September 2010). Among the entire American population, that’s better than one in every 10 households, and if you’re in college, chances are you can find an Xbox 360 among your friends before you can find a toaster.

Microsoft doesn’t need to sell you a new box because you probably already own one.

If you don’t, it’s pretty affordable to get onboard. A Google TV box (the Logitech Revue being the only one, at the moment) will cost you $300. An Xbox 360 Slim will cost you $200, and if you really feel like skimping, you can pick up a refurbished Arcade model from Best Buy for $130. That’s almost Apple TV territory.

Inroads

Besides the fact that millions of Xbox 360 owners wouldn’t have to spend a dime for hardware to tap Microsoft’s TV service, slipstreaming onto an existing device has other benefits, too. The interface is already familiar, the box is already connected, and Microsoft can use updates to push the TV service in front of owners who might not otherwise seek it out.

Microsoft has already hammered out a template for video delivery on the Xbox 360, too. The latest fall update brought on-demand ESPN to the box, and Netflix streaming has been standard for over a year now. Together, they give Microsoft a technological testbed for streaming that should ensure the final product feels polished right out of the box, as opposed to the hokey beta feel of Google TV.

Licensing

Rather than partnering with major networks and premium content providers like HBO to offer content that other boxes couldn’t access, Google TV merely provided an interface for consumers to get at what was already there. Smart move in theory, bad move in execution. Within weeks of launch, ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox all cut off their free online streams to Google, Hulu had it blocked from the start, and what content remains is often fragmented and less than intuitive to access.

Microsoft, meanwhile, is apparently in talks to actually work with providers to deliver content, rather than merely acting as a conduit to deliver it. Besides the fact that working directly with providers will prevent content from being abruptly shut off, partnerships should also open up access to exclusive content, fresher content, more complete content, higher quality (1080p?) content, and hopefully, a more unified interface along the lines of what we’ve seen with iTunes on the Apple TV.

Watch your TV in style

Funky and flexible, these cool LED lights are the perfect accessory for your home entertainment system.

Watch your TV in style

Whether you’re watching an action, thriller or scary movie, these LED lights will add to the atmosphere, creating your very own cinema experience.

Maybe you’ve invited the lads round to watch the big match? Increase the nail-biting tension and funk up your entertainment system at the same time!

If you’ve just crashed in front of the telly after a hard day at the office and fancy some cool lighting to help you unwind, don’t stress about heaving yourself back up to flick the switch on these lights. There’s a compact remote control that comes on a keychain so you can have it with you at all times.

Each strip comes with 30 blue LED lights that provide a cool lighting effect – perfect for a relaxing night in. Thanks to the flexible strip, you can stick them anywhere – under your TV, stereo, speakers – the choice is yours!

The two strips can also be connected to each other in series, making the light 1 meter in length

The perfect way to tame your desktop cables

Get organised with Cordies; the desktop management system to keep your unruly cables at bay

Keep your cables in line with Cordies

Fed up of loose cables clogging up your desk space? Cordies is a simple storage solution for all your loose cables. It’s perfect for power cords, USB cords, mobile phone chargers, headphones and many more!

Simply slot your loose cables through of one of the loops to keep cables neat and tidy the easy way. There are four loop spaces but this doesn’t mean you are limited to only storing four cables – you can store multiple cables at once by stacking them on top of each other.

Cordies are simple but extremely effective and provide an ideal way to bring some much needed order back to your desk space at home or at work.

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Forget tinsel; get some decorations with a difference!

These cool funky, LED Christmas tree lights are perfect for brightening up the office during the festive season. Drape them around your PC or work area to help you get into the Christmas spirit! You’ll certainly make your work mates jealous and it won’t make looking at your screen as boring!

With network sites like Twitter and Facebook and the ability to watch catch-up TV on your PC, we Brits are spending more and more time on the computer at home. For this reason alone, make sure you don’t miss out your family’s best friend when putting up the Christmas decorations! And don’t forget to pack them into the Christmas box for next year too!

Powered by USB, this set of 20 bulbs will light up like a Christmas tree in a stunning sea of evergreen conifer trees. Simply plug the USB into your PC and arrange the chain as you see fit. The flexible cord allows you to be as artistic as you like! And, these festive lights are compatible with PCs, Macs and all desktop and laptop computers with USB connectivity.

Add fun to your desk and get into the swing of the season!

Hold the phone

A keyring with a difference, Nohands holds your mobile device where it’s convenient for you. It looks so simple, but does so much, freeing up your hands so you can put them to better use.

Need a hand? Nohands is here to help

Designed and hand-finished in the UK, Nohands is an innovative way to stick your mobile device anywhere! It has a protective case which acts as a keyring so you can take it everywhere. When you remove the case, you’ll reveal the sticky polymer slab which can be applied to nearly any surface to hold your gadget, leaving you footloose and hands free.

This very simple idea really will come in handy… in more ways than one.

With Nohands the possibilities are endless. Maybe you’d like to use your phone as a timer in the kitchen, to watch TV on-the-move or in the gym, as an alarm in bed, or to play music in the shower – all of these instances and more, would be tricky unless there was some clever, little invention to help you.

Don’t use your hands, use your head… and get Nohands

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The World’s Best Knife Sharpener

Sharpening your blades is now quick and safe with this ingenious device.

The World’s Best Knife Sharpener

Whether you’re slicing meat, dicing vegetables or carving the Sunday Roast, a sharp blade makes cutting effortless. AnySharp restores a super sharp cutting edge to blunt knife blades that have dulled with use.

AnySharp is an ingenious device, featuring a PowerGrip suction base which fixes it to pretty much any flat surface. Just push down the lever and you’re ready to sharpen.

The AnySharp needs only light pressure to remove very fine amounts of metal from the blade, and with slightly more pressure, will make short work of restoring even the bluntest knife.

Just put your knife into the sharpening jaw, apply a light pressure, and pull the knife slowly towards you.
Do remember, very little pressure is needed with AnySharp and to wipe the knife before use.

Don’t keep buying new knives — sharpen the old favourites with this indispensable knife sharpener.

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