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Seats with beats: The Logitech Speaker Lapdesk N550

We're often sticklers about good speakers in laptops, but not many of them really offer anything to top what you'll get out of headphones. Logitech's new lap desk, the N550, could address the problem in a jiffy with its built-in array of stereo speakers.

In addition, the N550 also acts as a comfortable heat-shielding surface for your laptop. An angled base elevates your laptop for better viewing, and air-mesh fabric should ventilate the whole product to make it less of a sweat-collector for your thighs. A single USB connection powers the speakers. The Logitech Speaker Lapdesk N550 … Read more

Down periscope! Up periscope!

"It's a periscope," Poggenpohl's showroom manager Oliver tells me as I stare at the futuristic-looking device installed on one of Poggenpohl's sleek steel countertops.

At first I believe Oliver, who provided my tour of the luxury kitchen-maker's San Francisco design studios yesterday, because he is rather poker-faced.

Then again, I can be gullible.

I look again and realize that the submarine-style thing might have something to do with the in-counter steamer next to it. The steamer, made by Gaggenau, one of two appliance makers Poggenpohl usually works with, (the other is Miele), looks normal … Read more