Category: Holiday Gift Guide

Lullaby Light Show Give baby a little techno magic with the Lullaby Light Show (Tomy Toys, $27). The revolving musical night light projects baby animals and different figures on the ceiling, while playing a soothing lullaby by Brahms to rock your beloved to sleep. All you need is three D batteries and your baby's ready to rest. << Back Next >> ...

Keep that inner rock star in the living room with Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Red Octane, $99.99). Using one of the four guitar-shaped controllers for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and PlayStation 2, your pint-sized rocker will be sucked into the music of the best rock n' roll artists of our time, including The Beastie Boys and Jimi Hendrix. New features include a multiplayer battle ...

Rubik's Revolution Since most kids think the 1980s are akin to the Dark Ages, it's no surprise the folks who gave us the Rubik's Cube decided to come out with something new. Rubik's Revolution (Techno Source, $19.99) is a digital version of the addictive box puzzle and features six ways to play -- all based on speed, strategy or a combination of both. Games include Light Speed, Rapid Recharge, ...

American Idol Talent Challenge Not old enough (or brave enough) to hit the 'American Idol' auditions? This holiday season, your kids can sing their hearts out with real American Idol performers with American Idol Talent Challenge (Tech2Go, $49.99), a small piece of hardware that hooks up to your DVD player and uses a microphone and mixer to make little dreams come true. Also included: a DVD ...

TMX Elmo If your child is like most, he or she probably has Elmo is at the top of the holiday wish list this year. And to make things just a little more interesting, Fisher-Price has introduced its TMX Elmo (Fisher-Price, $40), an interactive tickle toy that knows just where its funny bone is. Kicking, sitting, slapping his thigh, this Elmo is like none you've ever seen. And, of course, he ...

MacBooks have always had a clean, sophisticated look to them. Even so, some style mavens might call the somewhat limited color selection (anything you like so long as it's black or white) a little ... muted? If you're one of those aesthetes looking for something a little more visually appealing, you may be interested in hearing some of the talk of a mysteriously hued MacBook spotted near Apple's ...

Hi friends. In the mood for a good deal on a gift? We did a little poking around this morning to find some worthy stocking stuffers you might consider -- especially since the price tag is nice. Amazon today is offering deals on SanDisk Sansa MP3 players, including a 68 percent off the list price for a 4 gigabyte Sansa e260, which will now only set you back $79. eCost is wasting no time moving a ...

Today, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime announced that due to massive demand for the Nintendo Wii, the company will offer a rain check program for those who can't get the console. The program, announced by Fils-Aime on a conference call with Switched.com and others in the gaming press, will be offered via Gamestop retailers on December 20 and 21. If the store is out of stock, you ...

Who doesn't love gadgets? We here at Switched pretty much think everyone does, though we're sure there are a few stragglers out there who haven't hopped on the gizmo bus yet. Regardless, as far as we're concerned, gadgets are the perfect gift for the holidays, which is why we've scoured the piles and piles of cool items we've had a chance to check out hands-on over the past few months and ...

And you thought everything was going to High Def in a handbasket? Here's more evidence we live in a lo-fi world: a more YouTube-capable experience is out from Helio, maker of the Ocean, an already cool mobile communications device (the word "phone" just doesn't cut it) that provides video, GPS and a whole slew of other features in addition to making calls. Many mobile phones already let you ...

Just a few weeks after its release, the Amazon Kindle has already had its DRM cracked. DRM is of course Digital Rights Management, the bane of many legal digital music download users. DRM is applied to the Kindle's files to keep users from simply sharing digital versions of books, magazine, and newspapers with friends. Surprisingly, the new DRM-breach doesn't enable enable users to subvert that ...

LG Electronics announced it is putting its second-generation hybrid high definition disc player on retail shelves, making good on a promise made in September at the CEDIA trade show to have the new devices ready for the holidays. The LG Super Blu Player, officially known as the BH200, will carry a $999 price tag and is capable of reading high-definition discs in the two competing formats ...

This is the story of four cell phones that have two things in common: Each costs under $100, and each doesn't suck. Josh "Kung" Fruhlinger reports. Related Links: How to Send Text Messages for Free How to Watch TV Online for Free Subscribe to our Podcast! ...

The folks at I Am 8-Bit (you may remember them from such art shows as this one) and a design company called Couch (great name, eh?) have put their collective pixels together to create some nice Space Invader-inspired guitar straps, particularly for those of you with 'Rock Band' and/or 'Guitar Hero' gee-tars. The vinyl strap comes in either blue or black, and will set you back $33, or ...

"Give in to the power of the tea," the male model, Hansel, whispered as he seduced the overcome reporter in the epic comedy, Zoolander. That's what we thought of as we entered Armani/Casa, an ultra-hip interior design locale in SoHo where fashionistas shop for their postmodern couches and Eastern-influenced coffee tables. It wasn't a home makeover mission that brought us to Never Neverland, ...