The last thing you want to do with digital data is keep it near the heat, but don’t let LaCie’s new 500GB Golden Disk fool you. Even though the top surface of the drive is made with actual gold alloy coating, the drive is only meant to resemble a melting gold bar. Designed for LaCie by design wunderkind Ora-ìto—who has left his mark on everything from Louis-Vuitton to Nike—Golden Disk just might become the only peripheral on your desktop that you stare at more than your monitor. —Ian Daly

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HDTVPC: That’s no typo. Samsung’s new X22 note PC has a built-in HDMI connection and webcam so you can make hi-def calls (or watch HD movies).

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