According to reports, the 19-inch SyncMaster 940UX will be axing the DVI and VGA inputs in favor of a USB 2.0 connector, which means you can finally do away with those flakey USB to VGA adapters of days past. Slated for a May release, the display should sync up with Windows XP initially, with Vista drivers (no OS X love?) to follow shortly thereafter. No other details regarding contrast ratio, resolution, or whether a 0.25-page installation manual will be included is currently available, and more importantly, we’re not so sure how your CPU is going to feel about its newfangled processing duties when you plug this sucka in. Still, Samsung claims between “three and five” of these monitors can be plugged in and used at any given time based on the amount of processing requirements your applications have.

Samsung’s got a new phone coming your way. It is wicked thin, comes with a 3megapixel camera, 70MB of space and a 2.2-inch LCD with 240×320 resolution.

for the full release specs, head on over to Samsung.

If you weren’t able to go to this year’s CES convention (which is probably the majority of you out there), ExtremeTech.com has set up a lovely slideshow filled with photos of the hottest gadgets being shown, and the hottest booth babes showing said gadgets. Head over here to take a look. Here’s a quick sample of what to expect.

A new service, myGreenElectronics has surfaced on the internets, whose function is to not only help you find out where you can safely recycled your outdated electronics via a simple zip code based search box, but also to point you in the direction of electronics that Mother Earth would be happy to use.

So, you got that iPod for Christmas, and as you read this, you’re probably filling up that 60G harddrive with questionably obtained music. But now, what to play it on. Surely those buds aren’t going to do the trick, and computer speakers just won’t cut it.

Fortunately, there is salvation for the audiophiles out there with a desire to hear those boss MP3 tunes in all their glory. With the Triode-Tube iPod Speakers, you’ll be pumping your digital music through some sweet vacuum tubes, which present a warm and more “organic” sound. They also claim to soften the digital distortion that can come from compressing the files.

There is one tiny drawback to obtaining these handy dandy wall-shaking, noise-polluting, angry-phone-call getting monsters. It’ll cost you $3,999.95!

The Hitch is a great new technogeek gadget that will allow the transfer of data from one iPod to another iPod. It also works great to transfer files between any two random USB mass storage devices you may have lying around. Go from digital camera to iPod or USB thumbdrive to external hard drive, etc. The possibilities are endless.

Tired of rabid iPod fanatics who believe technology ends at Apple? Sick of people waving their little white boxes around as if anyone really gives a damn? Or maybe just have money to blow and want to try something different?

Well, in that case, the gadget freaks at Gizmodo have some extensive coverage of Microsoft’s recently released Zune.

First, you can read the full review of the player.

Still think that you need to have an iPod to be accepted by society as a whole? Then here’s a comparison of the two players.

A digital audio player is nothing without a good interface to your PC, so here is a comparison of iTunes and Zune Software (come on, that’s what they call it?). Here is a an image of the two interfaces side-by-side captured by someone at Gizmodo who likes The Killers just a wee bit too much.

Too lazy to read through all of that and just want some straightforward questions answered? This Zune Q&A might be just what you want.

And, finally, if you get off on unboxing porn, then this dirty Zune on Zune unboxing gallery is just for you. Eww, I bet they’re wirelessly sharing more than just files in this one.