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When is Vista Sideshow not Vista Sideshow? When it does the same thing as Sideshow—display little widgets on an external device—but doesn’t use Vista’s Gadgets. The USB Gadget Display does look like a little 2-inch LCD display, which shows clocks and various other things like CPU and RAM usage outside of your machine, but it works with Windows XP, something Sideshow can’t claim.

We see so much insane USB crap around here that we were pretty apprehensive of a link entitled “Accordion USB drive,” but color us magenta if the damn thing doesn’t actually look incredibly useful — instead of an easily-lost cap, the connector simply pops back into the case. Sadly, it’s not a real product yet, just a concept by Polish design student Jacek Ry.

We’ve seen awesome Tesla coil art many times before, and the latest addition to the catalog is no exception. With Christmas decorations, a vehicle anti-theft device and allied soldiers all getting the Tesla treatment, it was only a matter of time before the humble laptop entered into the realms of electrical greatness.

Egoman’s latest PMP, the MP810RSTD-43 bears an impressive, 4.3-inch touchscreen, which supports 16.7 million colours, and that just about sets it apart from the other iPod touch clones sitting it out in PMP purgatory. The device will playback WVI and RMVB at 30 fps, is just 7.2mm thick and will happily playback MP3, WMA, ADPCM, WAV, APC and FLAC files

Ever wish you could have an aquarium and not actually worry about taking care of the fish? Well now you can have the aquarium aspect without actually having the real fish side to it with the new Brando USB Interactive Aquarium. Leave it to Brando to come up with yet another zany USB product. This one’s a funny one if you ask me.

Produced in conjunction with open source Linux startup, Good OS, Everex’s new limited edition MyMiniPC is designed especially for the MySpace-obsessed, featuring a special version of gOS Linux chalk full of social network goodness, including a slew of new MySpace apps created in the wake of the site’s recent open-API launch.

We’ve seen awesome Tesla coil art many times before, and the latest addition to the catalog is no exception. With Christmas decorations, a vehicle anti-theft device and allied soldiers all getting the Tesla treatment, it was only a matter of time before the humble laptop entered into the realms of electrical greatness. Accordion-style USB drive actually solves a problem.

These USB gadgets are not exactly the most time-saving devices ever made. Whatever works for you, man.

Keep your desk spic and span with Mr. Gadget USB Vacuum Cleaner. The two attachments are ideal for cleaning your keyboard.

Something for a fresh-smelling workplace: the USB Ashtray and Deodorizer absorbs smoke through a fan that leads the air into a carbon filter.

Forget lost or misplaced USB drives. The Mr. Gadget 1 GB USB 2.0 Executive Watch keeps your data at hand. The watch is made of stainless steel and comes with a five year warranty.

With the USB Shaver, you don’t even have to go far to get a close shave. It is compact and has twin floating heads for precision.

And on top of that, the Toshiba G450 is a USB drive for 160 MB of data, too. Talk about multi-tasking. This 3G phone functions as a 3.6Mbits-per-second modem on mobile broadband. Unusual in design and function, the G450 automatically charges when connected to a laptop via USB. Like a regular mobile phone, it can take calls, send SMS and works as an alarm clock. The light and compact G450 had reviewers scratching their heads because of its tiny screen and the unique keypad layout, which takes a little getting used to. It comes in three colors: white, red and black.

They may not look fancy, but IronKey calls its USB drives the world’s most secure. And they are certainly the most sophisticated ones out in the market today. Read speeds reach up to 30 MBps and write speeds up to 20 MBps. IronKey employs AES hardware encryption and secure online backup for password recovery. It cannot be hacked, rendering other password manager software program on regular USB drives inferior. The drive is tamper-proof, housed in waterproof metal casing, and will self-destruct in case of physical attack. The interior components are sealed in an epoxy-based potting compound. IronKey works on Windows XP and Windows Vista computers without drivers or software. It is designed with business, military and government use in mind. IronKey comes in 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, or 8GB for Basic, Personal or Enterprise use, with prices starting at $79.