Review: Chumby, the Internet Beanbag

February 27, 2008 By PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer Review: Chumby, the Internet Beanbag

(AP) -- If you cross an alarm clock, a picture frame and an Internet radio player with a gerbil, you would get the Chumby, possibly the least threatening-looking electronic device ever.

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