Review of HP's DVD Movie Writer dc3000. Remember those hundred new products that HP announced last month? Well PC Mag reviews one of the gadgets that got plenty of attention at the time, the HP DVD Movie Writer dc3000, an external DVD+RW burner that has analog-in ports for to simplify the process of making copies of VHS tapes. Read... [Gizmodo]

Sony's personal video player. A beautiful-looking video iPod from Sony that just might be the gadget we've been waiting for. Right now it's just a prototype, but a Vaio personal video player with a 3.5-inch high-resolution LCD screen and a 20GB hard drive for loading up to 10 hours of MPEG-2 video has turned up at the WPC Expo in Tokyo. Hopefully they'll get this out soon and that it'll play MPEG-4 files as well. Read [Thanks, Peter]... [Gizmodo]

The PlayScreen: a tablet-style portable DVD player. This is such a good and obvious idea, we're surprised no one has done this yet (or maybe someone has and we missed it): a portable DVD player with a tablet-style design, rather than a clamshell like every other player out there. The PlayScreen, as it's called, has a 7-inch widescreen LCD screen, two stereo speakers and can also play CDs and MP3s. And while there are some advantages to having a clamshell design, like being able to close the player up to protect its display, the nice thing about the PlayScreen is that it can be easily mounted in a car or to a wall. Read... [Gizmodo]

Mirra Personal Server Debuts. A startup company claims it has an easier way to traffic and back up digital content. [eWEEK Technology News]