A new video game system from Sega takes playing video games while you’re in the bathroom to a whole new level. Called Toylet, the urinal-mounted game system not only has you play games while you’re in the bathroom, it’s powered by urine.

Rather than use a traditional controller, the gaming system has a sensor that measures the volume and pressure involved in your…flow, and uses that to control a game. Games are less than a minute and are displayed on a small eye-level screen. Not exactly a video game system for the kids, games involve doing things like filling a coffee can or blowing wind up an animated reporter’s skirt.

To kick off the annual BlackBerry World trade show, Research In Motion unveiled a gadget, the BlackBerry Music Gateway, that bridges your phone with your stereo. Just pair your BlackBerry (or competing handset) via Bluetooth, and you’ll be quickly streaming music to whatever audio system it’s connected to.

Wait, pairing? Isn’t that why Bluetooth streaming hasn’t really taken off? Actually, it’s more complicated than that, but never fear: RIM has made the pairing simple by using yet another wireless technology: near-field communication (NFC).

The battle between TV Everywhere and online streaming is getting more intense, amidst reports that Hulu will soon require a cable or satellite subscription to access the latest network content.

Right now, users can access many shows from ABC, NBC and Fox on Hulu.com the day after the episodes air on broadcast television for free. Last fall, Fox started limiting next-day access to its most popular prime-time offerings. Although Dish Network, Verizon and Hulu Plus subscribers can still access next-day offerings, free Hulu.com users or Fox.com users need to wait an additional eight days.

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Name: Mon.ki

Quick Pitch: Mon.ki is a Chrome web extension that integrates Twitter content with what’s open in your browser. Users can quickly find out what people are saying about products or news.

Genius Idea: Mon.ki sweeps webpages and gives users the lowdown about given topics in real time on Twitter. It automatically shows related tweets and user profiles.

Ever since Jawbone introduced the first Jambox wireless speaker, people have wondered when they would introduce a larger model — one that could pick up with audio where the diminutive Jambox leaves off. Jawbone heard that steady drumbeat and has answered with the pricey, but extremely effective Big Jambox Bluetooth wireless speaker.

Why would you need a larger Jambox? To be honest, I wasn’t sure either. I own the original Jambox and love it. It fills my office with music or the most recent NPR audio cast. It’s small enough to fit neatly into my backpack and travel to and from work. It handles calls as well as it does audio, announcing when I have an incoming call and letting me conduct it through the device’s build-in speaker phone. I always thought the sound was pretty big for such a small device.

It took 238 takes to make this video, which features video on four synchronized iPhones. We think it was worth the effort.

The iPhones are coordinated to a guitar version of Fun’s “We Are Young” by YouTube user MysteryGuitarMan. Among the cool images: The moon passing by, the Earth and the sun and MGM himself starting and ending the tune.

All of the images are very impressive. But as the comments note, it’s possible that the effects were achieved by less labor-intensive means. (MGM could not be reached at press time for comment.)

The social web just kicked more sand in the face of traditional media, this time courtesy of golfing megastar Tiger Woods.

Woods passed on a traditional question-and-answer session with reporters leading up to his next PGA Tour appearance, which comes this week at the Wells Fargo Championship in North Carolina. Instead, he answered a series of questions submitted by fans via Facebook and Twitter.

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A trio of NFL Draft stars dominated the event’s social media buzz this weekend, remaining near the top of the online conversation for five straight days, according to mRank, Mashable‘s social media chatter-tracker.

Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III and Trent Richardson — the draft’s first, second and third picks, respectively — were hot topics before the draft, during its first day and even after the 253rd and final pick was made on Saturday. mRank monitors conversations across Twitter, Facebook and blogs, then aggregates them to produce scores between one and 100.

Got friends returning from a four-year stint on Mars, or elderly relatives who still don’t get why Facebook is such a big deal? Want to spark a discussion about whether the site is worth its $100 billion valuation? Then you could do a lot worse than simply screening this video.

Made by online investment platform Kapitall, the 150-second vid takes some of the most eye-popping stats about the social network and delivers them in a pleasing animated infographic-style format (not to mention a thumping proto-80′s style synth soundtrack).

Obama Senior Advisor, David Axelrod, and his wife, Susan, are all smiles at the end of brunch with someone who is not their son, though how much does this look like an adorable family portrait? It’s actually Votizen’s, Jason Putorti.

There’s something special about interspecies animal friendships, perhaps because they demonstrate that if animals can put aside their differences, there’s no reason we humans can’t do the same.

We’ve gathered 10 outstanding videos that showcase unusual animal kingdom friendships between dogs and primates, hippos and tortoises, and even cats and birds.

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Have a browse through the video gallery and let us know in the comments below which critter buddies tugged at your heartstrings.

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Shoot a picture from above and your pet will look tiny. Put the camera on the ground and aim up at him, your pet will look like a giant. It’s all a question of perspective, one of the oldest tricks in the photography book. Here’s how to make the most of it.

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A grandmother dies six times — in increasingly violent ways — in a new ad for an Argentinan jobs site called Zonajobs. But it’s all for a good cause, or rather for a good joke.

The ad, from agency Draftfcb in Buenos Aires, is one where you spend the first three quarters wondering what the hell is going on. When the punchline finally lands, you may not only laugh, but think a little as well. In other words, it’s pretty much everything you want in an ad. That is, unless you’re sensitive about this subject — even when it’s blatantly fake. In that case, it’s pretty much unwatchable.