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Tech wars: with so many cool gadgets on the market, it's hard to pick just one. So why pick just one?


From Jellio comes GummiLights ($125 each), kitschy rubber bears that look almost edible--but no munching. They're meant to fill up a dark room, not your empty stomach.

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Memorex is guessing that USB flash drives are becoming the new diskette--just check its memorex FlashDiscs (3 for $20), which hold 16 megabytes of data and also feature labels, just like the good old floppies of yore.

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Somehow Motorola has gone from chunky and sensible to fashion-forward with its RAZR, SLVR SLVR Silver
SLVR Submarine Low Frequency/Very Low Frequency VMEBUS Receiver
, and PEBL lines--now the Motorola PEBL gets candy-coated with a variety of shades to fit your personal style. Plus you can call people or something.

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Norelco Bodygroom ($40) is your one-stop shop One-Stop Shop

A company or a location that offers a multitude of services to a client or a customer. The idea is to provide convenient and efficient service and also to create the opportunity for the company to sell more products to clients and customers.
 for everything below the neck. There's a trimmer trimmer

see resco nail trimmer, toenail scissors.
 attachment and a hypoallergenic hy·po·al·ler·gen·ic
adj.
Having a decreased tendency to provoke an allergic reaction.


hypoallergenic (hī´pōal´urjen´ik),
adj
 shaver that's even safe for use in the shower. It's perfect for all of your 2,000 parts--yeah, even that one.

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It was a collaboration made in silicone heaven. Jason Wu, fashion designer creator of the RuPaul doll, has come together with Amanda Lepore to create the Amanda Lepore doll, a collectible with proceeds going to benefit the Design Industry Foundation Fighting AIDS. "I drew inspiration from a lot of '50s pinup pin·up  
n.
1.
a. A picture, especially of a sexually attractive person, that is displayed on a wall.

b. A person considered a suitable model for such a picture.

2.
 images and bombshell icons and infused them with some edgy New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 attitude," says Wu, and it shows. The $200 doll comes in three versions--Work Out, Couture Baby, and Trannytale Glam--and is sold exclusively at Jeffrey New York and the David Barton Gym.

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Title Annotation:TOYS
Author:Lopez, Vincent
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Buyers guide
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:May 9, 2006
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