Microsoft Kins smartphone

Microsoft unveiled its latest Kins smartphones, called Kin 1 and Kin 2, earlier today.




Kin One (Kin 1)


Kin Two (Kin 2)

Microsoft said its new touch-screen phones -- a short, square-shaped handset called Kin 1 and a longer, more rectangular one called Kin 2 -- will be sold exclusively in the U.S. by Verizon Wireless. They are being made by Sharp Corp., which has produced Sidekick cell phones, whose software comes from Microsoft-owned Danger Inc.

SOLIG solar-powered lighting for IKEA

IKEA will be stocking their shelves with a new line of solar-powered summer night lighting!. Dubbed SOLIG, the collection ranges from the practical to the decorative and features energy-efficient LED bulbs.