I know there are many of you who love making art on the computer, or working with digital photos. The Wacom DTF-521 Pen Based Display is a great tool to help do more.

The DTF-521 combines a high quality LCD display with Wacom’s patented, cordless, battery-free pen technology. This 15” interactive pen display is an excellent option for applications that can realize the benefits of working with pen on screen.

The DTF-521 has a built-in VGA pass-thru connector that makes it easy to setup for interactive presentations or take with you when presenting. Annotating on screen with pen control is a naturally powerful way to communicate. Two USB ports built into the display provide easy access to your favorite USB devices.

However, this kind of technology comes with a price tag. The DTF-521 is currently available on the Wacom website for $1624.

DTF-521 – Overview [Wacom via OhGizmo]

Finally, a place for of all of your pirated music (I’m just kidding, folks- pirating is wrong). The people at IcyDock have a 4-Bay external hard drive enclosure.

MB561series 4 Bay SATA Removal Hard Drive Enclosure combines the versatility of hot-swap functionality which supports the fastest SATA drives and it can support up to 4 SATA I/II hard drive drives. The MB561series 4 Bay high speed SATA interface is an ideal solution for user that require bandwidth and additional expand availability. MB561series is perfect solution for professional such as Photographer, Video Editor, Graphic Designer and Mass Media Manager.

From the way I figure, you have 3TB of storage with a RAID configuration. A 750GB drive is the biggest one around, 750×4= 3000 ÷ 1024 = 2.92 TB ≈ 3TB (Like my math?). This is a great thing for people who do movie or photo editing. Just remember if one drive of the four goes down, you’re SOL.

The Icydock MB561S SATA Hard Drive Enclosure will set you back about $230.

Icydock MB561S SATA Hard Drive [Icydock via Digg]

After a few days of “checking out”, I have discovered that the new template doesn’t appear right in Internet Explorer, especially IE 6. I will spend part of this weekend trying to make the thing work, as well as bringing you great tech content. Be sure to comment of anything else you notice. Thanks! Today’s Post is Below.

If you’re a spring person, they you like wind chimes. In which case, you should consider the Wind Chime Alarm Clock.

The Wind Chime Alarm Clock features 12-hour and 24-hour clocks, the date, a stopwatch function, and two different alarm modes. You can wake up to the sound of electronic beeping or to the gentle sounds of wind chimes. We choose the latter. You can also set the wind chimes to chime continuously, although this will drain the batteries fairly quickly. Chime, on, party people. Chime on.

I like wind chimes, but not that much; especially at 6am. Anyway, the Wind Chime Alarm Clock goes for $19.95.

Wind Chime Alarm Clock [Vat19 via Gizmodo]

Just when you thought and 80GB iPod was big (that’s a bigger drive than in my MacBook), a 120GB FLASH iPod may be around the corner.

We already knew they were working a 250GB version of their 2.5-inch, SATA 1.5Gbps (and PATA) SpinPoint M5 spinning at 5,400rpm. It’ll bring an 8MB cache, 24dB whine when idle, 2W power consumption, and 12-ms average seek time when it hits later in the month. According to Samsung, that makes this the largest 2.5-inch disk in a 9.5-mm profile — whatever. The newly announced 1.8-inch SpinPoint N2 however, brings a world’s first 120GB capacity to portable handheld devices like UMPCs (pictured) and perhaps — if Sammy is real lucky — future iPods. As such, the N2 spins at 3,600rpm or 4,200rpm with a 15-ms average seek and sub-1W power consumption to help keep your portable device, portable. Production of the 1.8-incher begins in July although we’re pretty sure they’re already providing samples to OEMs

Maybe Steve was right when he said you need a new iPod every year. Also, I’m sure Apple won’t be the only ones using this technology. Who knows, maybe we’ll see a 120GB Zune?

Samsung announces 1.8-inch 120GB disk for UMPCs and perhaps, iPods [Engadget]

Happy Humpday everyone, and do I have present for you. For (almost) two years, you’ve been staring at the same ol’ Kubrick Theme. Today I introduce a new theme for the site.

The theme is a modified version of K2, the second version of Kubrick (the default WP theme). While the logo, address, and content are still the same, I figured it was time to switch things up. After all, I’ve been using the previous theme for two years.

Enjoy the new theme. Please comment of any bugs that you see in the new script. Thanks!

- Jake

While it has been a long time since I last upgraded a hard drive, the dilemma is still the same: What to do with the old one? Lifehacker recently mentioned an solution that I was aware of, but completely passed my mind: An external enclosure.

An external hard drive can serve countless uses: moving large files from one PC to another, backing up data, rescuing files from an unbootable drive, and, of course, expanding your available storage space. It can also act as a holding tank for your data while you perform a hard-drive wipe and OS reinstall.

Your hard drive needs a new home, a small case that supplies power, protection and a USB or FireWire interface. Prices for these enclosures range from as little as $10 on up to around $100, though I wouldn’t pay more than $20-30 for one… The key consideration is size: If your hard drive came from a notebook, you’ll need a 2.5-inch enclosure. Desktop drives require a 3.5-inch enclosure.

Once you’ve settled on an enclosure, it’s time to install the drive. There’s nothing difficult about it–you probably won’t need anything more sophisticated than a screwdriver. But the usual electronics-handling rules apply: Make sure you’re working in a static-free environment, handle everything with care, don’t force the connections, etc… If you’re enclosing an IDE drive, make sure to set its master/slave/cable-select jumper in accordance with the instructions provided with the enclosure.

The article’s length makes the project seem harder than it really is. That said, LH’s article is a great resource for those of you who have never done a thing like this.

Alpha Geek: Turn an old hard drive into an external drive [Lifehacker]

Time for a Windows Tip. Today, I’m going to tell you how to disable the low disk warning, that is, the little pop-up balloon in Windows that tells you there is little disk space left. While this is a nice thought, there are some that have there disks always on the edge.

Here’s what you do. Open Command Prompt (Start >> Run >> Cmd). Enter the following:

REM copy here
regini HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer “NoLowDiskSpaceChecks” = REG_DWORD 1
REM end copy here

And viola!. Keep in mind the REM lines are added to make this easier to copy correctly. Enjoy your full disks.

Disable Windows low disk space warning in one line [Download Squad]

Do you feel your 2G iPod Shuffle is left out? Then the new 2G Shuffle dock adapter from Griffin is what you need.

Your iPod shuffle is an incredible entertainment value in an incredibly small package. It delivers the music just like its full-size iPod cousins. But one thing it doesn’t do is fit in the dock well in your made-for-iPod speaker system.

That’s why we made a Dock Adapter especially for 2nd generation iPod shuffle. The Dock Adapter is shaped just like the dock connector on the bottom of every full-size iPod. Plug it into your iPod shuffle’s headphone jack, and suddenly the little guy fits in your iPod speakers just like the big guys.

The adapter works with any universal dock, and goes for $19.99.

Dock Adapter for iPod Shuffle [Griffin via OhGizmo!]

I just love those mornings when I get up Early (before everyone else in the house) to work on my PC (yes, I work on my PC occasionally), to startup and have the giant Startup Sound wake everyone in the house up. There's a simple solution to mute any sound in Windows.

Just go to the Start menu, to Control Panel and open the Sounds and Audio Devices icon. Click the Sounds tab in the box, and in the Program Events area, scroll down to the icon called Start Windows and select it. In the Sounds drop-down menu in the bottom of the box, change the setting from "Windows XP Startup.wav" to "None" or a different sound of your own choosing.

With that, you can also mute, or change any other sound in Windows that you can't stand. See, silence is golden.

Silence Windows first thing in the morning [Lifehacker]