We’re too caught up in the frenzied celebration of our 10th birthday to write about today's product. Check out this refurbi- uh, classic write-up.

Somebody at Belkin feels this way about USB, and frankly, we’re concerned. A search of the Belkin online catalog yields no less than 168 results for "USB". Now, we dig universal standards for device interface as much as the next online retailer, but we’d feel better if that USB-ophilic Belkin exec found another hobby. You know, for his own sake.

In the meantime, though, we’ll just keep enjoying products like the Belkin TuneSync Dock and 5-Port USB Hub. Not only is it a chromatically-correct iPod charging dock, complete with a stereo-out jack for speakers (not included) or headphones (not included), it also functions perfectly well as a compact, 5-port AC-powered USB hub. In half a jiffy, you can add five extra USB ports to your mac or PC without having to hack open your computer case. We don’t support Belkin’s unhealthy fixation on USB, but we’ll sure as hell take advantage of it when it suits us. We just wonder how many of these that Belkin exec has in his office.

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