Geek Squad has announced that for the holiday season it will be offering a new service that will set up game consoles including the PS3, Wii, and Xbox in the store or in a home. Part of the set up includes installing parental restrictions and controls. In home setup will also connect the console to the Internet.

I’m not honestly sure if you go into Best Buy and purchase a new Wii if the set up service is included free or if there is a fee. There is no mention in the press release about cost for set up of systems bought in the store, but it does say systems bought elsewhere can be set up for $29.99. That makes it seem like items purchased at Best Buy can be set up for free the same day you buy.

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Although the RIAA would doubtlessly disagree, I still find mix CDs to be a rather charming and thoughtful gift: since my parents have retired, I have tended to ask my father to make me CDs of tracks pulled from his extensive jazz collection over his natural inclination to buy me box sets. One problem with burnt CDs as gifts though is the presentation: it's hard to make them truly look good, which is why this $17 Vintage Vinyl CD Packaging Kit appeals: sure, it's just an attractive sleeve, but that makes all the difference. I really like the colors: they remind me of the Acme Novelty Library.

Vintage Vinyl CD Packaging Kit [Fred Flare via Geek Sugar]

This fun Santa webcam connects to your PC via USB and stands 17cm tall, and weighs 128g.

It features a 350K pixels webcam with a max resolution of 640 x 480.

Here’s the specs.

• 350K pixels USB WebCam
• Capture resolution: Up to 640 x 480
• Colour: 24 bit ture RGB colour
• Sensor: 1/4′ CMOS
• Focus distance: 6cm ~ infinity
• Adjustable lens to manually control the clarity of your image
• Auto white balance and exposure
• Support Windows Vista, XP, 2000, ME
• Dimension: 18cm x 17cm tall
• Weight: 128g

The Santa Claus webcam is available for $25 from USB Geek.

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The Santa Claus Webcam

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It has a 1.5 inch touchscreen TFT display, and a hands free kit, with a Bluetooth headset.

Memory comes in the form of 128MB onboard, but this can be expended to 2GB with the addition of a T-Flash card.

Here’s the specs.

• A watch and a mobile phone all rolled into one.
• Pop your SIM card into the watch and it’s easy to make and receive calls
• 1.5 inch TFT colour touch screen.
• Includes a hands free kit, Bluetooth headset and a stylus for negotiating the touch screen.
• The stylus is stored in a handy slot built in to the watch strap.
• No need to buy a new SIM card - simply take it out of your mobile and pop it in the watch.
• Receives SMS, MMS and can display recent and missed calls.
• Store up to 300 contacts.
• Built in alarm clock has 5 different tones to choose from.
• Compatible with all networks except 3.
• Record audio using the hands-free kit’s mic and use the craftily concealed 1.3 megapixel camera to take pics and record video.
• 128MB memory can be expanded up to 2GB with a T-Flash card (not included).
• Supports MP3, MIDI, WAV, AAC and MP4 files.
• Requires 650mAh battery (included).

The sWaP Cell Phone watch is available for £249 about $374 from IWOOT.

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The sWaP Cell Phone Watch

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As well as a pen, it has a built in torch, a stylus, a UV Light and a red laser pointer.

This high tech gadget has enough bells and whistles to make most geeks drool. Twist the shaft one way and you get a ballpoint pen, twist it the other way and you get a stylus tip for stylusing stuff. Press the top button to turn on the laser pointer, press the bottom button to cycle through the flashlight and UV light. The flashlight even comes on a flexible shaft for precision aiming

It runs of 3 LR41 batteries and measures 5.25 inches long, it is available for $9.99 from Think Geek.

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Ultimate 5-in-1 Geek Pen

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Inside, I don't usually get star struck, but how can a geek not get excited seeing both Harold from Harold and Kumar and Sylar in the same theater sitting in the same row watching themselves on the screen. And it was Trek! Not the old Trek, and Not even Next Generation, but a new kind of Trek with the origins of the old characters and how they met up. Shields up, spoilers ahead.

They first showed the new trailer, previewed in theaters playing Bond, which you can see here.

Then they went through the scene were we see a trouble Kirk getting into a bar fight with cadets until a man stationed on his father's ship realizes who he is, stops the fight and asks him if he wants to do something better with his life. Kirk takes him up and joins. The next scene involves Kirk working with Bones to smuggle him aboard the Enterprise and he saves them from walking into a trap. The next scene involves a fight scene with John Cho (HAROLD and Sulu) and Chris Pine (Kirk) vs some filthy Romulans, skydiving (yes, skydiving) and a saber fight. And the final scene involves Spock and Kirk meeting Scotty.

The Trek Dorks are currently a bit polarized, a few upset over rewriting canon and a few worried about the stylistic updates. But I really like the New Trek, and I think it could break out of the category of Films Only for Nerds. You've got more action, humor, and heat than you did in the old ones. Even if its a bit less intellectual than previous movies at times, if the preview was any indication, it doesn't seem to ever slow down. And most importantly, it's impossible to not resonate with the young cast playing the classic characters as they express the old mannerisms; Kirk runs like Kirk, Bones complains like bones, and Scotty, well Scotty is 100x more funny than the old Scotty. Come to think of it, everyone with an accent is extremely funny, but maybe because I'm a bit racist. (In a loving way.) Someone should have done an origins movie long ago, but within a year, we'll have a modern telling of the heroes many of us grew up with. If you're like me, you'll probably find the story of how they all got together as cadets and juniors as important as the actual adventure they go on. Maybe we can do an io9/Gizmodo reader meetup movie night.

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The Fusion Solar Messenger bag can charge cell phones, MP3 players, and rechargeable batteries or any other device that can be plugged into a 12V auto adapter. The solar charger itself is removable and can be used outside the bag.

Total power output for the charger is 2.5 watts, so it won’t be charging anything quickly. Other than the charger, the bag itself has what you expect a notebook bag to offer. It can swallow a 17-inch notebook and has numerous other pouches for phones and other gadgets as well. The bag is available now for $249.95.

Eclipse Solar Gear

The Darth Vader Bobble Head is just what it sounds like - a small representation of the holiday’s most maleficent overlord. If you’ve been a good little kid, he’ll bring you a small present. If you’ve been a bad little kid, Santa Vader will bring you something awesome. And if you’ve been bad enough, maybe he’ll take you on as his apprentice.

The Santa Vader Bobble Head is available for $14.99 from Think Geek.

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Santa Vader Bobble Head

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As you can see from the photos, the Abarth Powerplay Extreme uses the Antec Skeleton PC case.

Unfortunately there aren’t a lot of details available as yet on the specs, it will be powered by the Intel Core i7, and will come with a Blu-ray/HD DVD player, and a CD burner.

There is no word on pricing or availability as yet.

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Abarth Powerplay Extreme PC

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