Available in black or grey, 3sixteen’s Field Jacket is a contradiction of sorts; its snap button pockets and military styling give it a hard edge, but its fleece gives it a soft touch.

Like GTA IV sans any pretenses of doing good, we hope Mafia II will be half as fun as the premier trailer above; it’s a nice 50s pastiche of car chases, gunfights and Little Richard.

Improving on their wildly popular Snowclogs, Salomon’s Snowclog 3 is waterproof, warm and comfortable; it’s good both on the mountain and for everyday use. Note: size up.

Element’s customizable Liquid Case for the iPhone is downright sexy, with a transparent polymer base, molded bezel, acrylic flip-lid and a laser-engraved aluminum backplate.

Mac fans are agog over this 30 Years of Apple video; it’s a roundup of just about every product in the last three decades, from the Newton and Lisa to the Macbook and iPhone.

Mixing mid century modern with modern minimalism, the Sonic Chair takes the classic bubble chair and turns it into a mini-office with 20″ touchscreen iMac on a pivoting arm.

Deconstructing Disney characters may seem disconcerting, but M. Hofko’s Cartoon Particles are a quirky 3d look at the basic building blocks of our favorite ducks, dogs and mice.

Gears of War 2 has added its own DLC to the mix with its Combustible Map Pack at Xbox LIVE; it’s a set of three multiplayer maps titled Flood, Gold Rush and Fuel Station.

Tokyoflash’s Waku watch is a step away from their metal/plastic designs, but is no less cryptic or minimalist; the leather strap extends onto the face, which hides 15 multicolored LEDs.

Its composite back may scare guitar purists, but the Ovation Idea’s tech is super sweet: preamp for live gigs, built-in mp3 recorder with condenser mic, and playback for practicing.

There’s something oddly hypnotic about this Soulcalibur IV video, set to Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal. Two Voldos are cool, although it gets a bit too kinky for us at 1:19.

The 2008 Olympics may be long over, but we’re loving this sweet case mod based off the Beijing Digital building; it’s made with aluminum, wood, UV blue acrylic and UV CCFLs.

The wait is over for push-to-talk fans: BlackBerry’s Curve 8350i is official and will be available to Sprint customers this week, and features Wi-Fi plus Group Connect with up to 20 people.

Available 12/18 in Japan (Q1, USA), Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2 may be the bastard child of two franchises, but hordes of enemies + mecha + tweaked AI = one sexy bastard.

Top Gear pits the electric Tesla Roadster versus its gas guzzling Lotus Elise twin in the video above; it kicks butt with a 0-60 of 3.9s, but is anemic with only 55 miles on a charge.

Julien Bergignat’s Tima watch concept is an excellent blend of form and function; ePaper allows it to display analog or digital time on a lengthy curved surface that hugs the wrist.

Our playground drag race days are long over, but this badass King of the Trike t-shirt by UK-based Godmachine has us longing for some primo three-wheeled track time.

Making its US debut in January and available for preorder, Italy-based Aux’s Classic 2.1 Speakers are compact yet produce a huge sweetspot; choose from regular, gloss and leather versions.

It may not be a speed demon, but this six-legged Hexabot chair may be ideal for career couch potatoes; it was constructed by CMU student Rich Pantaleo for his final course project.