Last week, there were rumors that Dell was planning a music player to rival the iPod to reinvigorate its consumer products, but those rumors have since been quelled . On Monday, the Dell blog states clearly that a music player will not be part of their long-term plans to reach consumers.

"As we said a few months ago, our strategy focuses on content offerings and delivery platforms that mix Zing software, remote access and pre-configured media bundles across all of our devices, including licensing agreements with entertainment distributors," said the post. "It has never been about a music player."

So for now, don't expect Dell to jump into the music game. Apple still has that market and will probably dominate the music market with their slick music products for years to come.

Cool new food technology from Japan.

Smart Japanese Farmers have forced their watermelons to grow into a square shape by inserting the melons into square, tempered glass cases while the fruit is still growing on the vine.

thanks Ronda

The Virtual Wall provides a barrier made up of plasma laser beams depicting pedestrians doing what they do best and any car that crosses that barrier suffers the consequences. Okay so maybe those lasers aren’t powerful enough to do any harm but the effect is enough to make drivers and pedestrians alike follow crosswalk rules to the tee.

Source: Yankodesign

Tom Whitwell

Yummy, yummy pancakes in a can! Can you imagine making yummy fresh pancakes in the morning in less than 3 minutes!

The future in food is here. Metal containers are recyclable and cheap which will make organic food available to everyone with ease. The only drawback is the expense.

Times Online writes:

There was excitement on the internet when a blogger found a canned cheeseburger (complete with bun and pickle) on a German camping-supplies website. The verdict from one brave tester: “I’m not sick and I would eat this thing again if it weren’t so expensive.”

Canned bacon is a delight – 1lb of Hungarian cooked bacon, wrapped in paper and sealed in a can. Canned cheese importers MRE Wholesalers are about to start making it again.

Canned pancakes: Can you imagine anything better than an aerosol can full of pancake batter? Best of all, Batter Blaster is even organic!

Canned pork brains in milk gravy is a popular delicacy in America’s Deep South. Charmingly, each can contains 1,170 per cent of the recommended daily intake of cholesterol.

There's a whole supermarket full of canned food horrors in Flickr's "Don't Eat That!" pool.

Check it out, it's totally fun!