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iWoodKiosk The iWoodKiosk by Tactus Multimedia is, well, just that¡Xan indoor, interactive terminal that's made out of wood. (And if the literature's to be trusted, most decidedly not a witch.) With a website and catalog that prominently features close up, lacquer-coated shots of what can only be described as wood porn, the finished piece looks great and would be a sight for sore eyes at any convention or trade show. It features an in-built G5 but can be purchased separately, if the muse moves you. Weighing in at 155 pounds and just about 5 feet tall, it's a perfectly elegant solution for hotels, museums, banks and the like. No word on pricing or availability, but I'm sure they'll be available soon if they're not already. Product Page [iWoodKiosk via Engadget] - cardinal (editor@gizmodo.com) [Gizmodo] 10:43:31 PM

TouchDIC DS Software It's taken a lot of conditioning to move towards the back of our collective consciousness all the less-than-respectable avenues a game console with a touch-screen interface could afford us. So we (and brother site Kotaku) believe a quick word of thanks is deserved to the Korean company who's producing Touch-DIC¡Xa Korean dictionary, we note with some great irony. The finger truly sells it for us. Oh, how the touch-possibilities are flooding back to us. Product Page [TouchDIC via Kotaku] - cardinal (editor@gizmodo.com) [Gizmodo] 4:02:12 PM

HP Introduces Line of TVs HP has just announced a set of televisions including Pavilion branded plasmas and LCDs. And how about this: HD Digital Entertainment Center z550 series The new HP z555 and z557 High-definition Digital Entertainment Center series include three tuners: One ATSC OTA high-definition TV tuner for the ability to pause, play and record HD over-the-air programming and two NTSC tuners for recording two standard definition shows simultaneously. The z555 model comes with a 250 GB 7,200 rpm Serial ATA hard drive, and the z557 model comes with two 300 GB hard drives, one being a personal media drive to deliver over half a terabyte of combined storage. That's a heady piece of media center goodness, eh? HP Debuts Digital Entertainment Products [DesignTechnica] - johnb (tips@gizmodo.com) [Gizmodo] 4:00:24 PM