[DelFly via IEEE Spectrum Blog] Thanks, Erico!

"the latest solution to video card noise reduction. It has an excellent implement of state-of-the-art design and technology and give you a better gaming experience by reducing the distortion and noise generated from graphic card. It reduces the noise distortion generated from high-end graphic card (from both Radeon and GeForce) or TV tuner card, which provide up to 10% increase performance on Signal-to-Noise Ratio"

So to sum things up, it seems that the iClear doesn't do a damn thing. As far as anyone can tell, it is simply a slab of plastic that plugs into PCIe x1 socket.

However, according to a review by Alexey Samsonov the device did have a positive effect on signal-to-noise-ratios at certain frequencies when utilized with a low-quality analog TV tuner card and a video card configuration. But even if that is accurate, it is hardly worth spending around $80 on (athough Newegg has been bundling them free with certain video cards apparently). Still, if you do decide to experiment with it, I highly recommend picking up Boing Boing Gadgets' X-Maple pixel-flutter reduction block for PCIe as a companion. [HIS iClear via HTSAP via Boing Boing Gadgets and iClear Review]

Why's this cool? Because now you won't have to take the goggles off for an entire 200 hours (the life of the battery). Your buddies will call you a weirdo, but they're just jealous that they didn't have $230 to spend on a pair of super googles. Just try not to talk in a Rainier Wolfcastle voice the whole time. [UVEXSports via Crunchgear via Uber Gizmo]

Specifically, if you bought your laptop within the last 14 days and want to pay a 10% open box restocking fee, you can go ahead and get an RMA from Apple.

But if you want to keep your current machine and you bought your MacBook Pro after May 26 from an Apple Store (brick-and-mortar or online), they will give you back $200 for your troubles. Just bring your receipt into an Apple store or call 1-800-676-2775. – Ben Longo

Sales and Refunds Policy [Apple]

It also shows you a list of the actors in that program you like, and then you can "swivel" to other programs in which those actors appear, or actors similar to them. It can also give you suggestions based on other viewers' feedback, and also finds shows using tags added to programs.

This is a lot more powerful than TiVo's current keyword search, which requires you to tediously enter characters without a keyboard. It's a clever idea, taking advantage of the strengths of the TiVo interface. Available to broadband connected TiVo users, this new search feature lets you wander around programs that are broadcast, on cable, and even on the Web.

TiVo says it will begin rolling out this update today, and gives you the opportunity to sign up to receive it as soon as possible at this URL. – Charlie White

Universal Swivel Search Demo [TiVo]

Not only are their models guaranteed to run completely silently—they warranted for ten years. So long after your son hits puberty, daughter is knocked up, wife leaves you, mom becomes roommate again and pet develops rabies from daughter, you will have your precious clocks to remind you of all the good times. – Mark Wilson

Product Page [via coolest gadgets]

Heck, if Seinfeld makes billions of dollars on an entire TV series about nothing, certainly some enterprising entrepreneur can swipe a few thousand from those who want to send a message to their "loved ones." But if there's actually something in there, then this is not nothing, it's something.

So besides being a poor value, it's mislabeled. Might be worth $2 worth of laughs, but not $6.28. Is this that "nothingness" Camus and Hemingway wrote about? – Charlie White

Product Page [I Want One of Those, via Oh Gizmo]

First, he emphasizes Microsoft's plan to create a flash-based Zune in order to compete with Apple's best selling player, the Nano. MS wants to sell a "lower-cost product" in order to "quickly boost its user base", which is a good idea.

Chris also talks about expanding Wi-Fi features to enable downloading tracks in public (he said this last time) and syncing wirelessly with your PCs. Still nothing about a Zune phone, however.

But there he does confirm that within a month, there'll be real news to share.– Jason Chen

New Zune Player Will Face Tough Market [Yahoo via Zunerama]

You can get 2 and 4GB models for $65 and $80, which really makes this a lot cheaper than getting a Nano. Too bad you can't use this with the Nike+iPod kit, which we're still cursing as the reason why we're forced to buy a player we otherwise don't really need. Anything to get sexy, we suppose. – Jason Chen

Ultraslim Meizu M3 Music Card Video Preview [TechEBlog]