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Cameras
by Michael Pick on August 31, 2007
The latest news from Casio points to what looks like the next generation of digital cameras. Packing 60 FPS still shooting and 300 FPS VGA quality video this really does look like it might make waves ...
I never cease to be amazed at how small and powerful things are getting. I remember my first experience with the Apple II in the late 1970s. An amazing amount of computing power for it's day, yet ...
If you're a mobile phone freak, you've undoubtedly heard that Nokia announced 4 new devices at their GoPlay event yesterday in the UK. One of the devices was the Nokia N81 (also in an 8GB ve...
The need to lug around a camcorder is rapidly being reduced for many people by the growing video capabilities of digital stills cameras. Casio's EX-Z1080 is no exception, and has its sights set fi...
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If you've ever tried to take an important call by the roadside, in a station, or while you're having a drink at the pub, chances are you have encountered the problem of not being able to hear ...
If you're a US Mobile Phone subscriber, you've undoubtedly heard plans advertised "free in-network calling." All the major carriers have it. T-Mobile and Alltel take it a step furthe...
You may ask yourself, why would someone invent an electric candle? Well, aren't candles dangerous? I mean, with all that open flame, someone is going to get hurt.
Well, you don't need to wor...
One of the problems with speaker sounds, is that the sound is naturally unnatural. However, the new JVC quasar Speakers can deliver a 360 degree sound field so that the music or noise sounds natural. ...
One of the first computers I owned was a Apple Mac 512k that had been "upgraded" to Mac Plus specifications using some third party hardware. Then I got an SE/30. A lot of my early computer h...
Apple's recently released streamlined iMac's combine great looks with powerful computing. Never content to rest on their laurels, Sony have released what looks to be a direct competitor, howev...
If you're looking for an ultra-portable media player and watch rolled into one, Epoq's latest offering is well worth checking out. While it isn't cheap at $199, it does manage to combine t...
So who needs one of those bulky video cameras when all you want to do is make and post on YouTube. Well, the mi VDO FX digital camera may be right up your alley.
The mi VDO FX camera is so named beca...
I still will hold that wolverine is a better name for an X-man than it is for a PMP, but the Wolverine PMP looks pretty good at 250GB worth of memory. That's 90GB more than the previous model. Oth...
Crave shares quite a good deal they found: a Western Digital Passport 160gb drive for $88.39 USD-if you pay with PayPal and select their lowest-end shipping option, which I assume only works in the US...
Have you ever been shopping for an item in a brick-and-mortar store and wonder if you can get it cheaper online? If you got a mobile phone, you can check it out, even if your mobile phone doesn't ...
My new house has a sound system throughout the house with speakers in the wall. The speakers do not look particularly offensive to me, but the speakers do protrude out the walls a little.
Consider th...
The one problem with traveling by air, at least in the US, is that most of the airlines haven't put any sort of power jacks into the seat. You might get lucky on a cross-country flight, but on sho...
As I promised-and I apologize for being a bit late with this-I'd give a review of a certain hand-cranked cell phone charger that I purchased. The short answer: not worth the $12 I paid for it.
It...
Anyone that has ever dumped a serious pile of important files, or hastily wiped out a hard-earned collection of *ahem* important images is going to appreciate the Tempo Digital Recycle Bin.
The id...
Yesterday, the hardware hackers unlocked the iPhone. Now the software guys are claiming they've unlocked the iPhone without all that messy disassembly and soldiering.
iPhoneSimFree will be sel...
Just in time for the start of the football season in US, we bring you the SportsCast Wireless Football Scoreboard. Every 15 minutes, this gadget gets an updated through the magic of satellite signals....
If you want a little more out of your portable music player, or fancy yourself as an ultra-mobile DJ, the Pacemaker Portable DJ System might just grab you.
Not only does it manage to look sexier t...
Over the past 24 hours or so, the folks at Finding JTAG on the iPhone posted their entire process for making the Apple iPhone work with a non-AT&T SIM card. It involved 10 very scary steps-steps...
I realize there is nothing gadget-y about this Safe Bedside table, I mean how technical is table that that transformers into a club and bat. As you can see, it is designed for those who feel that a se...
Paramount and Dreamworks pictures have recently decided to release some of their upcoming movies on only HD and normal DVD format. That's right, some of their recent hits, such as Transformers and...
The Forever Last Radio seems to work a bit better than that hand-cranked cell phone charger I reviewed. One minute of cranking gives you 20 minutes of radio/night light time or 40 minutes of flashli...
Let's face it: sometimes all the electronic gizmos in the world won't help you when what you really need is a knife. Just like your Electronic Gadgets, your physical gadgets need to serve more...
I have been in the process of reassembling my home network since I moved several weeks ago. Unlike most people whom have a single Internet connection and only need to throw up a single WiFi-enabled ro...
As someone who doesn't live in a large city and rarely visits one, parking meters are not something I have to deal with on a day to day basis. However, having lived in cities with parking meters, ...
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Cameras
by Mark Rollins on August 22, 2007
It appears that Elgato has updated their popular EyeTV with an ASTC receiver and a hybrid tuner exclusively for Mac. This USB TV box comes with a specialized NTSC converter that makes video into MPEG-...
It seems like it is a good week for mini cam corders this week with the introduction of the V.I.O. helmet cam. The kit comes with its own lens, recorder/converter, and it is water and Shock resistant ...
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Cars
by Mark Rollins on August 22, 2007
All those who cherish the back to the future films will remember the iconic DeLorean sports car that doubled as a time machine. Apparently, one of the VPs at the DeLorean motor company has announced t...
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Games
by Mark Rollins on August 22, 2007
I'm sure there are a lot of you who have never heard of MAME, but I'm sure that all of you have heard of the iPhone. MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, and the one for the iPhon...
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Laptops
by Mark Rollins on August 21, 2007
The Toshiba Qosmio G40 is obviously more television than it is electronic notebook. It is equipped with 2 digital TV tuners, an HDMI port and complete compatibility with the REGZA range Televisions.
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LG Electronics is planning on introducing a new phone/camera in Berlin. The LG-KU990 camera phone, is also known as the "Viewty".
Granted, it may not be the best of names, but it has some ...
You wouldn't think that anyone would need to put a technical twist to children's board puzzles, but Lite-on Technology has an idea.
As you can see, the E-puzzle plugs right into your USB por...
It's nice to see that companies are responding to needs of cubicle dwellers, who are deprived of nature for eight hours a day, plus unpaid overtime. I suppose it is only natural that some company ...
The International Herald Tribune brings us word of a rather disturbing gadget: an Elvis bust that sings to you!
There's quite a lot of animatronic magic going on here. Beneath the rubbery skin ...
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Misc
by Mark Rollins on August 20, 2007
Sure, we all want our personal videos on our iPod, but why deal with the all the middleman of the computer. Fortunately, the iCube iRec allows you to connect your iPod directly to your source and reco...
The other day, I was at a cheap hotel, and tried to find a WiFi hotspot. I had to settle for some parking space somewhere, and could only stay a few minutes.
If only I had Wi-Fire! This teeny-weeny ...
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Mobile
by Mark Rollins on August 20, 2007
I've worked with diabetics before, and they carry these machines so they can constantly check their blood sugar levels. However, they also carry cell phones, so why not combine the two?
The Gluco...
I don't use SIM cards on my phone, personally, but I'm betting that there are those who are addicted to them, even going so far as using multiples. Fortunately, the WND DUO Atom is for you.
...
Sony has never been too big about the remote control market, but all that might change with the introduction of the RM-PZ1FD, the RM-PZ1SD, and RM-PZ1D.
All three of these remotes have infrared LEDs...
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Mobile
by Mark Rollins on August 20, 2007
I suppose that this was imminent. Considering all the valuable information that we store on flash drives, it is about time someone (in this case, corsair) invented a Flash Drive with a combination loc...
As a child of the 1980s, I spent many an after-school afternoon plastered to the tube watching Voltron. Five lion robots join together to form one uber-robot to take on the bad guys from another galax...
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It's funny, people are wondering when they can use their iPhone on something other than AT&T. Apparently, someone cracked their iPhone, alright. I don't think this is the kind of "cra...
From the folks at Blendtec who make the highly entertaining Will It Blend videos featuring their industrial-grade blenders, we discover that abazias.com decided to actually try and blend a diamond e...
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Is it a wall? Is it a couch? Is it art? It's all of the above! Quoting from Jordi Canudas:
Behind the Wall is an intriguing two sided piece of furniture that is both wall and sofa. It offers a ...
If you're like most self-respecting geeks, there's probably some place in your house where you've got wires going everywhere. Every gadget needs power eventually, so there's usually a ...
As high-tech as I am in some areas, it'd probably amaze you to learn that up until my recent move, my audio system was in the stone age. We had a small stereo in the living room, a boom box in my ...
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If you want to look like you've got an alarm system, but don't want to pay the monthly service fee, then a device like the Digital Private Eye might be for you. It looks like a traditional pas...
I think it's more than the Koreans that want this.
South Korea is referred to as "The Broadband Capital Of The World." There's broadband. Everywhere. Even mobile. Fast enough to wat...
You know what you don't see anymore? Ghetto Blasters. Why is that? Who decided that we should not share our music, but put them in little boxes called iPods?
Well, fortunately, Lasonic made an i...
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Games
by Mark Rollins on August 15, 2007
I must confess that I am more of a Wii than a Playstation man, but I cannot imagine why someone would want to attach a screen onto the Playstation 3. However, it appears that Nevover has done that, bu...
It seems we've had a rash of battery-related problems in laptops. Since mobile phones can, in some situations, replace a laptop, it seems only fair that they also get their fair share of battery p...
You know, when my eyes hurt from staring at a computer screen too long, I take a break. I go eat, get a drink, pet my cats, take a walk or something.
Someone apparently thought a gadget that massage...
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Cameras
by Mark Rollins on August 14, 2007
This new XShot sounds like some new sci-fi franchise, but it is a simple extension of yourself. That is, instead of using your outstretched arm to take shots of yourself, you can use the xshot to do t...
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Cameras
by Mark Rollins on August 14, 2007
Once again, I love to discuss ideas that really should have been invented quite a while ago. For example, taking a panoramic camera in a 360 usually involves a complex series of shots that have to be ...
Mobile phones are becoming more and more powerful. Nokia even refers to some of their phones as Multimedia Computers. No doubt they are as they contain much of the same functionality-and more-in a sma...
Ever walk in some place that had a TV that's up really high and wanted to change the channel? Or change the volume? Or shut it off entirely? And you want to do it without getting caught?
The Ninj...
When I moved into my new house recently, we also purchased the high-efficiency washer and dryer that was here already. Considering we previously had a 10 year old washer and dryer, both of which had i...
Rita El Khoury, a Lebanese blogger who covers Symbian S60 devices in her Dotsisx blog, reported a conversation she had with an employee at her local apple store. If the employee is to be believed, the...
One common complaint I hear with cable company-provided DVR equipment is that the ability to store more movies locally is very limited. You can store a few programs, but try and store a whole season o...
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GPS
by Mark Rollins on August 10, 2007
The main problem with GPS systems is they are designed to be used safely indoors. That means if you want to go all Easy Rider, you are stuck using paper maps, which will easily get wet on the open roa...
Here is a product that will definitely help those who live in a dictatorial cubicle empire ruled by a Dress code. Sometimes that necktie and shirt can seem chokingly hot, so Thanko, a company renowned...
One of the major complaints some people have about the Apple iPhone is that the battery is not user serviceable. The process costs $79 plus shipping, not to mention being without your iPhone for sever...
I thought I would do a little follow-up on the who new iMac bug that has been going around. Right now, you can get yourself an iMac, but if you want the Bluetooth wireless keyboard, you might have to ...
Hello, Newman. Trust me when I say that I don't say that like jerry seinfeld, but I am privileged to welcome Newman's vx1000 Windows CE Portable Media Player.
This is quite a media player, w...
The Linksys WRE54G is a neat idea. When you get it configured right, it works well. The trick is: getting it configured right.
For those of you whom have never tried using a wifi repeater, the basic ...
One of the things I miss about my old house is that it had Cat5E jacks in nearly every room. When you specify the kind of house that gets built, you can do these kinds of things. Sadly, moving into my...
I always like microscopes, and now there is one that attaches via USB to your computer. This USB Digital Microscope has a Magnification of 10 to 50 X, with 200X continuous. I'm not sure what that ...
Well, I guess someone had to write an article about this, and it might as well be me.
In case you been off-world, you should know that Mr. Jobs has announced new iMacs.
They are huge at 20 to 24 in...
I suppose I probably should be reporting on something like the iMac or something, but I would prefer looking at this new Strapya Message Fan! I mean, look at it! As the fan blades spin, your personal ...
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Mobile
by Mark Rollins on August 8, 2007
Wibrain's B1 UMPC has really gone kind of retro, don't you think? I mean, look at its buttons and it's little dial thing in the left hand corner. It is definitely a refugee of the seventie...
On many occasions, I've used a mobile phone as a flashlight, or a torch if you prefer. It's almost always handy and I can make it light up easily. And there are even some models, such as the N...
Sometimes, technology gets caught up in legal red tape. In this case, it's intellectual property law.
The US International Trade Commission is blocking the importation of chips made by Qualcomm r...
There have been some conflicting messages about whether or not networking giant Cisco, whom purchased linksys in 2003, was going to kill the Linksys brand name. John Chambers recently reiterated his d...
Apparently, there are some people in this world whom have a problem smiling correctly. For those people, we have the solution: the Beauty Smile Trainer.
Supposedly, this little piece of rubber is sup...
If you've never played the electronic toy Bop-it, then you should know that it is the most annoying yet addictive toys ever to hit the market. All you need to do is start it up, and do what it say...
Since Transformers is "the" movie to see this summer (I'm still seeing ads for it on TV!) I suppose that anything Transformers related will get tons of extra press.
Case in point: this...
A recent survey of 2,057 people at salary.com says that a typical office worker admits to wasting 1.7 hours of a typical 8.5 hour work day doing non-work related tasks. The most popular time waster is...
You know, sometimes we joke about our computers-especially laptops-being so hot you could cook on them. Let's just say someone took that concept a little too literally and created the geekiest way...
Some of you readers may have kids that are young enough to use the internet, but you live in constant fear that they will get themselves into trouble.
Fortunately, that great toymaker Fisher Price i...
No, this product isn't you with your pants down. Apparently, some Russian designer believes that a large light-box should be in the shape of the moon.
I guess some people just need to see the mo...
Have you ever wanted a USB compatible device with a little face on it that has the ability to sing along to your favorite tunes? If the answer is no, then forget about the Tengu.
I don't know ho...
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Mobile
by Mark Rollins on August 3, 2007
So far, I don't see the UMPC market getting any hotter these days, but this new one might change things. The Acturion Victum tablet 8 doesn't look like it comes with a QWERTY keyboard, but it ...
As someone who has more than his share of battery-powered gizmos, the one thing I am constantly frustrated on every single one is battery life. From laptops to mobile phones to the battery-powered toy...
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I just moved into a new house. My new "office" in the new home is much bigger than the old office, and even the old one was a little big! The idea of "walling part of it off" seems...
Recently, I got to experience a couple of different wireless mice as part of a comparison test. The one I liked was the Logitech V450 Laser Cordless Mouse for Notebooks.
In short, the reason I liked...
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Generally, digital photo frames are usually very small, only the size of your photos. However, this Gigantor Digital photo frame is has a 15 inch diagonal.
Sure, size matters, but it also has 1024x7...
In a world full of iPod dock, only the most unique get written about. That little movie preview-ish intro is precisely what I think about B&W Loudspeakers Zeppelin, an iPod dock that certain lives...
There are times when you want to share something on your laptop with multiple people. Let's face it, laptops don't exactly have large screens. Even if you can connect your laptop to a bigger s...
Trying to get all these little devices to do what you want can sometimes be a frustrating experience. Sometimes you want to take the devices and throw them across the room. Or maybe you want to shoot ...
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