Hey, guess what? There’s a Woot Off going on right now! Head over to Woot and see how quickly things like glow in the dark jumbo remotes get snapped up even though nobody supposedly has money anymore. [ Woot ]

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Is It a Bird, a Plane? No, It’s a Woot Off! [Woot Off]

Gizmodo Gallery visitors got a great sneak peek at Tokyoflash’s new watch, the Kisai Tenmetsu , which presents time using tri-colored LEDs in Tokyoflash’s per usual esoteric fashion.

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Gizmodo Gallery’s Kisai Tenmetsu Tokyoflash Watch Can Now Be Yours [Tokyoflash]

Google Code Blog : Native Client: A Technology for Running Native Code on the Web   —  Modern PCs can execute billions of instructions per second, but today’s web applications can access only a small fraction of this computational power.  If web developers could use all of this power, just imagine the rich, dynamic experiences they could create.

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Native Client: A Technology for Running Native Code on the Web (Google Code Blog)

Tokyo’s Shibuya train has a special installation for Christmas that uses its pedestrians’ footsteps to generate electricit. A mat using piezoelectric gadgetry runs a LED display board and a small holiday lights display

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Pedestrian Power Will Generate Holiday Lights at Shibuya Station, Tokyo [Japan]

Stan Veit—the first editor of Computer Shopper —has a fascinating first-person account on the very early years of Apple, starting with what may be the very first Apple tech support call ever, answered by Steve Jobs himself. According to Veit—editor-in-chief of Computer Shopper magazine from 1983 to 1988—Steve Jobs contacted him when his computer shop in New York was taking off big time. On the phone, Steve convinced him about having to check out this amazing new computer, which according to the Jobster was “insanely great” (or something like that). Jobs wanted him to distribute it and, after talking for a bit, Veit agreed to give it a try. To his surprise, it arrived the next day FedEx delivered a package C.O.D.

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The First Apple Tech Support Call Ever [Hi, Steve Jobs Here]

Aidan Malley / AppleInsider : Rumor: Apple’s iTunes going DRM-free starting Tuesday   —  Apple is believed to be on the verge of an end-of-year push that would start by finally offering unprotected iTunes Store music from all major labels and would switch a special post-holiday campaign giving away music and videos to Europeans.

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Rumor: Apple’s iTunes going DRM-free starting Tuesday (Aidan Malley/AppleInsider)

According to Samsung, by 2010, the majority of people who want an LCD TV will have one, and after that, they expect sales to drop sharply. Their solution? Entice buyers with radically new, must have technology . Today at the Samsung Tech Forum, JunHyung Souk, vice president of display R&D, thinks that television revenues could decline considerably after 2010, falling by as much as 40 percent

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Samsung’s Solution to Coming LCD Sales Drop? Making Your TV Obsolete [Samsung Tech Forum 2008]

Why get a normal Christmas tree, when you’ve got the equipment and brains to build a laser-powered version? Continue reading to see more.

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Feature: Engineers Use Lasers to Create Christmas Tree

Here’s a video of the first test of Lockheed Martin’s Multiple Kill Vehicle, hovering and moving in 3D space with deadly precision. But while the video is amazing on itself, how does the MKV work? The Lockheed Martin’s Multiple Kill Vehicle will be the first anti-ballistic missile system designed to search and destroy multiple warheads and countermeasures using a single launcher. First, the MKV-L will fly to encounter the cloud of multiple warheads and decoys being deployed by the enemy missile. Then, instead of exploding, the MKV will maneuver through the threats launching several kill vehicles, each targeted at the different objects on the air, both real dangers and dummies set to deceive missile defenses

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Video of Multiple Kill Vehicle Test Scares Me Silly [Military]

The Tomy Xiao TIP-521 is a nifty camera with an integrated printer that’s capable of printing 2 x 3 in. color photographs in less than 60-seconds, but will you still want one after watching this commercial? Find out after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery. The Tomy Xiao TIP-521 is smaller than the original Zink camera and has a five megapixel CMOS sensor

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Weird Japanese Photo Printing Camera Commercial