bananas

For the most part, keyboards just aren't very exciting. They sit there and go clickety-clack. What if you want a keyboard that goes squish-squash or splish-splash? Then you turn to the MaKey MaKey Invention Kit.

MaKey MaKey is a kit that turns just about any object into a touchpad. It consists of a circuit board and a set of alligator clips.

Clip those clips onto fruit, people, or pieces of bread. Even pencil markings can work. Open up a Web site or a program, plug the board into your computer's USB port, and you're good to go.… Read more

October is over, which means today was humiliation day on Rumor Has It. Since Karyne made every single wrong bet she could last month, she lost (not only this round of bets, but her dignity, as well).

But wearing the costume on the show wasn't enough; she actually wore it out on the big bad streets of San Francisco. Check out the video below to see how that went. Hint: Nobody on the big bad streets of San Francisco seems to notice when there's someone nearby who's dressed like a banana.

Also this week, we take a look at next week's Barnes & Noble announcement, Google jumps into music and original content, we mourn the loss of an Apple product that not many people care about, and mildly celebrate the birth of another Apple product that we don't really care about. Oh, and bendy phones are a thing that we'll probably break.

Heard a tech rumor you think we should cover? E-mail rumorhasit [at] cnet.com. You can also call 1-800-750-CNET, Ext: 1310, to leave us a message!

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I have a house full of the pickiest eaters in the entire world. One of the few foods everyone here will eat is a banana, provided that there is not even a hint of a bruise on it. Hanging my bananas up has become a necessity. The Kamenstein Banana Hanger with Slicer provides a nice alternative to the many less-than-elegant banana hangers out there. It is constructed from stainless steel, and is weighty enough that it won't tip over if you get a particularly hefty bunch of bananas.

The Kamenstein Banana Hanger with Slicer offers an additional feature not … Read more

You know the problem: you pack your lunch, but by the time you go to eat it, your banana is bruised and yukky. That's why you need the Banana Guard--a "unique, patented device" that is "specially designed to fit the vast majority of bananas."

Yes, this product begs to be poked fun of, but if you frequently feed children, you may actually find it useful. Kids--at least my kids--often reject food based purely on aesthetics, and many a bruised banana has been deemed unworthy of my children's sensitive palates. The Banana Guard is … Read more

Sometimes it's the simple things that make the biggest difference. Ever used a chip clip on a bag and been disappointed to find that your chips are stale anyway? Next time, try the Banana Seal, which essentially turns any bag into a zip-top resealable bag.

Press a tube into the sealer on the opposite side of the bag to seal in freshness, even in the freezer. The clip is virtually unbreakable and creates an airtight seal for bags of snacks, crackers, frozen foods, brown sugar, and so on. It's particularly useful for anyone with dexterity issues, because it'… Read more

Bananas are a favorite in my house, but the longer I have a particular banana on the counter, the less appealing it looks. The Banana Split, from Umbra, keeps bananas off of counters, eliminating the contact with a hard surface that can bruise a banana. A bunch of bananas can hang from the Banana Split--they'll be up and out of the way. While it may look like it requires a balancing act, a bunch of bananas simply sits on the holder. You won't have a problem--at least until you get down to just one banana. The designer, Jason … Read more

One of my favorite parts about summer is eating fresh fruits and vegetables. Although these kinds of things are available year round, the nicer weather makes my local produce market a destination on my days off.

The tricky part about buying an abundance of fruits and veggies is eating them before they rot, and the biggest offender of preemptive over-ripening in my fruit bowl is the banana. Whether I buy organic or conventional, there is inevitably at least one in the bunch that transitions into the brown speckled mess that ends up becoming banana bread.

I'm not saying that … Read more

We've all given in to purchases on a whim. My husband, for example, once drove home in a used Mitsubishi Eclipse. With blue lightning bolts on the doors. When we already had two children. My own impulse buys tend to be slightly less extravagant, probably because I'm the one who pays the bills in our house. My latest find for the "Do I really need this?" category is this adorable banana slicer made by Hutzler.

Do I really need a banana slicer? Of course not. Will my 3-year-old love it? You bet. Is that a good … Read more

We've already got salary.com, jobvent.com and even, yes, rateyouremployeramerica.com.

Sites where America's downtrodden and downhearted employees voice their opinions about their bosses.

On the the latest, Glassdoor.com, a creation of three former Expedia executives, the CEOs of Cisco and Google do very well and the CEOs of Microsoft and Yahoo, shockingly, do not do so well.

But why no overpaid.com? Or uselessemployee.com? Or even a worstemployeeinamerica.com?

I can see the Valley's finest (and not so finest) working on it now.

The online superhighway seems to be a one-way street. A … Read more