What do our furry friends get up to when we aren't around? Are they really the lazy eat, sleep, and do very little else freeloaders we give them credit for? Or are they actually leading secret double lives walking around on their hind legs and hosting impromptu poker games, like that famous painting, while you're out slaving away at work? With the great new Pets Eye View Camera you can keep an eye on your cuddly companion, and what mischief (or not) they get up to from their point of view. Well, from their collars point of view anyway.

Beware of Samsung Bluetooth Headset WEP-200.
Samsung creates some of the best mobile phones, but I am not so sure for their bluetooth headsets.

For example, the specific one is a parade of functional inefficiencies:

• the light is only in blue color and does not change to red when the battery is low.
• when you press the side keys to increase/decrease the volume there is no audible feedback to understand if you are increasing or decreasing the volume and how much. All other bluetooth play a simple sound to let you understand the volume.
• It takes too much time to start it up by holding the key down. In my previous (ericsson) blue tooth, it was starting up quickly enough to be able start a powered-off bluetooth and answer a ringing phone call before the call is diverted to the answering machine
• even to hang up a call, it takes some time from pressing the button to the moment the call is actually dropped
  
• It drops very easily from your ear
• the sound is too low

Twilight Umbrellas
The original Twilight Umbrella is studded with a galaxy of tiny blue fibre optic lights, while the Colour Phasing Umbrella has fibre optics that phase (rather unsurprisingly) through five different colours. Unfortunately both of these show their stars on the outside, which is fine for passers by, but don't you really want to be able to see the show yourself without having to stare into a puddle? Thankfully, the third Twilight Umbrella has arrived just in the nick of time. It has colour phasing stars that not only light up the outside of the umbrella, but light up the inside as well, letting you walk around in your own bubble of rainbow coloured calm while the heavens empty around you. Not only do they make you visible, but these funky light-up umbrellas stand out happily from all the dreary black ones out there.
Inside and Out Phasing Stars £29.99
Blue Stars £24.99

Before the Wii, and XBox, before the Playstation, and even before the Gamegear, Lynx and the Gameboy were thrust upon the public over 20 years ago, Nintendo brought us the Game and Watch series of handheld LCD games. Featuring classic characters such as Mario, and Donkey Kong the games were simple, but addictive, and of course stored the high score for you to try and beat on your next go. With these new Nintendo Mini Classics you can relive these fond days gone by.
Price: £9.95

Secret Santa is the tradition of swapping gifts anonymously amongst groups of friends or workmates.

This Christmas gift retailer Firebox is attempting to set a record for the world’s biggest Secret Santa event.

For Global Secret Santa, customers choose something from a selection of Firebox stuff, add a message, and it’s sent to another participant somewhere in the world. In return they’ll get a gift back. A sticker is put on the outside of the Secret Santa gift package, so you can wait until Christmas to open it.

Another cool feature is that customers won’t be matched with someone with the same postcode - so if your whole office did decide to take part, you could get a gift from someone in Alaska not just Accounts.

Products you can send include a key shaped bottle opener, classic Airfix toy soldiers and..er…chocolate covered ants. Firebox has had people from 19 different countries take part so far. It costs £9 to take part, which includes the shipping cost to anywhere in the world.

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When the weather's been corrupted by the dark side (as it often is on this sunny isle of ours) what better way to keep yourself dry than with the Lightblade Umbrella? At first glance it looks just like any other ordinary umbrella, but one click of the button on the handle will illuminate the shaft in a bright flash of light that's sure to scare off those evil pith helmet wearing bad guys, just waiting to pounce in the rain. Or it might just make you look super cool on your commute to work. Stand out and be noticed the next time it rains and make your way to the office Sci-Fi style.

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How best to combat those really annoying people at work? You could take the moral high ground (but the view's no better) and ignore them, or... you could pander to your inner child with a pump action foam filled urban armoury to get your own back. We know which option we'd choose.

Picture this, Neville from the Health & Safety Dept, (the killjoy who's always banging on about the tiniest thing) is smugly walking away from your desk after his latest rant, how great would it be to whip out this pump action, pellet firing Fireball gun and chase him around the office firing foam pellets at him?! Sounds good? Sounds like a disciplinary warning? We hope so.

Holding 4 rounds in the mag and one in the chamber, The Fireball is a sleek pump action gun that fires bright yellow foam balls at a heck of a lick (into the backs of Nevilles everywhere). Simply pump a round into the chamber, push forward on the slide to release the safety and let rip. The gun comes with 18 foam balls for your shooting pleasure and we sell refills in case Neville confiscates your ammo stash. Great fun in the office, the home, the garden, and well, anywhere where you won't be accosted by an armed response unit.

• A cool black and yellow pump action gun.
• 18 yellow foam pellets.
• Makes a really satisfying resounding clunk when you prepare and fire, no really, you can't beat it!
• Refill packs of 6 pellets are available for additional fun.
• The gun has a range of 12-14 metres.
• Size: 47 x 24 x 10cm.
• Suitable for ages 8 years+.

The small pellets are a potential choking hazard so keep out of reach from curious small children.
Do not fire at young children, animals or people's faces.
Only use on private property and not somewhere where you'll scare the pants off the paranoid people.

It wasn't long ago that the all new smooshy squidginess of pillows filled with thousands of tiny polystyrene balls, the most comfortable pillows on earth, were the latest buzz in comfort. Well now the buzz is humming afresh with the introduction of the Massage Cushion - just as nuzzlingly squishy as the regular ones, but with the brilliant addition of a massage motor.

Snuggle up, press the magic button, and this icon of self-indulgence begins its deep and mesmerising vibrations, lulling you into a sublime level of comfort you may never want to escape from. It has a strap around the back, so you can sling it over your chair at work - though this may well result in a blissful expression of relaxation washing over your face, which your boss will view with abject suspicion. It's also well worth you taking it on your next flight abroad, where it will transform the indignity of economy air travel into the level of comfort and luxury that the airlines have no intention of you enjoying.

Whether curled up on the sofa at home, or easing the tedium of work or travel, the Massage Cushion creates a haven of relaxation wherever you are.

• A large smooshy cushion with a button to kick -start some massaging vibrations.
• An attached strap that will stretch around the back of nearly any office or airline chair.
• Colours may vary although all are lovely, a deep, dark green, burgundy or black.
• Suitable for ages 12 years+.
• Requires 3 x AA Batteries (not included).
• Size: 43 x 34 x 13cm.