If you’re watching Big Brother this year, you might have seen the Alarm Clock task that the housemates had to undertake, where they had to search through a room full of alarm clocks for the ones that were ringing.

Thumbs Up were asked by the Big Brother production team to supply some of their novelty alarm clocks for this task and actually went to visit the Big Brother set to deliver them and get an insider’s view as to everything that was going on.

We were also asked to help out with a few other things, but we’ve been asked to keep these top secret for now! Although, the moment we’re allowed to tell you, we’ll make sure you get the full story!

Meanwhile - here are some of the awesome and original alarm clocks from Thumbs Up that vexed the Big Brother Housemates:

Pole Dancer Alarm Clock

Hotel Phone Alarm

Time Bomb Alarm

Our friends at Gamepage - a great site that features loads of essential reviews on the latest computer games, DVDs and other goodies are running a competition to win five Thumbs Up USB Owls!

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Just some short youtube videos of two new Alarm Clocks from Thumbs Up.

One of our long-time supporters, Robert from Geekalerts sent us this picture of his cat admiring our RC Mosquito:

Thumbs Up recently visited Shiny Shiny, one of our favourite tech news websites to give them the lowdown on flying RC helicopters.

Have a look at their feature here:

T3 - one of the UK’s top tech and gadget magazines has taken a look at Thumbs Up’s Wifi Detecting Watch and the amazing Bladez 3D RC helicopter.

We all love film here at Thumbs Up and pay close attention to things like the Cannes Film Festival, so we were delighted to see the official poster displaying something that looks very much like our Black Bar Sunglasses:

The Japanese have come up with yet another invention you didn’t know you needed until you heard about it: Puchi Puchi – the everlasting bubble wrap simulator.

Everyone loves popping bubble wrap and it’s a great way to relieve stress and tension, but the problem with it is that it runs out, and there’s not always a sheet to hand when you need it. But if you have a Puchi Puchi on your keyring or in your pocket, you can pop away to your heart’s content, safe in the knowledge it’ll never run out!

Why ‘Puchi Puchi’? Well, according to Japanese people, that’s the sound that bubbles make when they pop! Puchi Puchi feels just like the real thing and is tactile and satisfying to handle and pop. Each time you press one of the ‘bubbles’ it makes a realistic popping noise, but at random intervals this is replaced by a surprising and cute sound! There’s no need to be stressed out or tense when you’ve got your Puchi Puchi everlasting bubble wrap handy, simply pop away to relieve the tension!

Already a huge sales success in the Far East, Puchi Puchi looks set to be the next big craze over here too!

Watch Puchi Puchi in action!

Click here for more info.

As many of you no doubt know, this year the caped crusader returns in the new movie titled: The Dark Knight. To help bring a little light to the darkness will be Thumbs Up’s new Batman light-up t-shirts.
The traditional Batman logo which has been a classic piece of iconography ever since the first movie is making a comeback in electro-luminescent form.

Featuring heavily in this new movie will be Batman’s arch-nemesis – The Joker. For those of you who are going to be rooting for the bad guy – because, let’s face it, he’s more fun than grim old Batman, there’s also a light-up Joker t-shirt that’ll be just the thing to show who you support.

These high-quality shirts are made from 100% cotton and contain a small battery pack that powers a flexible panel on the front of the shirt to give amazing effects, ranging from a gentle glow to a pulsing strobe. Great for night time parties, clubbing or to just attract some attention!

Officially licensed from Warner Brothers to celebrate the launch of what’s set to be one of 2008’s biggest movies, these new light-up t-shirts are a great new twist on a classic design.

Early reports on the Falcon MVIX from the UK audio-visual media have been extremely positive. Expect to see some more detailed reviews soon.

Stuff TV called it ‘a streaming dream’.

What HiFi were impressed with how it bridged the gap between TV and PC.