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Peripherals
by Mark Rollins on September 30, 2008
Targus has recently put out many laptop accessories that are designed to go with Apple Macbooks.
These accessories include a $50 Wireless mouse with a USB mircoreceiver, and there is also the $70 Bl...
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Mobile Phones
by Chris Matier on September 30, 2008
I'm a guy, and I would never wear anything called Sparkling Allure, Contemporary Elegance or Evening Classic. In fact, I am not even sure what Allure is, but apparently, my wife does, or at least ...
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Toys
by Mark Rollins on September 29, 2008
This isn't the first time we have reported on ThinkGeek products, and that is because we simply cannot resist. Especially now, as they are selling the Micro R/C 4-Channel Flying saucer.
The palm...
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General Cool Stuff
by Chris Matier on September 29, 2008
Cleaning and de-cluttering my desk was probably certainly not drove Xerox and their research and development on their new paper concept, but it will certainly be the result. Xerox has been developed, ...
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Peripherals
by Mark Rollins on September 26, 2008
My wife is an avid scrapbooker, and I think she would enjoy the HP PhotoSmart printer B8550 for its ability to print photos.
The B8550 is compatible with the PC and Mac, but it can also take an imag...
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Sponsored Post
by Creative Weblogging on September 26, 2008
Nowadays, when everyone seems to be talking about carbon footprint, we have to find solutions to reduce our energy consumption without necessarily compromising performance. Is that at all feasible in ...
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Peripherals
by Chris Matier on September 26, 2008
If I am going to buy something, it better do more than one thing, and it better do them well. That's why I won't buy a digital photo frame, a waffle iron, or (until now) a fancy iPhone chargin...
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Mobile Phones
by Mark Rollins on September 25, 2008
Sure, all of us have a cellular phone that needs constant charging. Some of us live in homes with several types of phones, so it would be good to have a charger for all of them.
This is what the USB...
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Storage Stuff
by Chris Matier on September 25, 2008
The netbook craze is staring to get a little bit overwhelming. Just about everyone and their brother is producing one of the diminutive little buggers, and most of them are absolutely unimpressive. It...
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Digital Cameras
by Mark Rollins on September 24, 2008
Perhaps you have heard of Eye-Fi, an SDcard that allows for the wireless transfer of pictures to an internet-ready computer.
Eye-Fi has been getting a lot of flack because its upload speeds from cam...
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Just Plain Weird
by Chris Matier on September 24, 2008
OK, I admit it, this post has a very, very bad title, but the idea I am writing about is very, very bad. Digital Card, a CD and DVD replication company is offering Rub & Smell CD, DVD, HD-DVD and ...
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Sound Makers
by Mark Rollins on September 23, 2008
sandisk announced the other day that they will be selling slotMusic, a way for musicians to put their tunes on microSD cards.
The card can have 1GB of memory, and can play back music up to 320 kilob...
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Mobile Phones
by Chris Matier on September 23, 2008
Have camera phones jumped the shark? I mean, how many megapixels do you need in a mobile handset? The feature set of a camera phone are nowhere near a digital SLR or even a point and shoot digital cam...
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Peripherals
by Mark Rollins on September 22, 2008
I believe that I have reported on Brando products many times. They have put out some of the most gadgety-gadgets that I have ever reported on, and they have now put out the Super Tiny Keyboard.
The ...
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Portable Media Players
by Chris Matier on September 22, 2008
There are gadgets I have bought because of the hype, and now they either have hit the streets via Craigslist, or are currently gathering dust. Take my son's Wii for example - its only job right no...
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Games
by Mark Rollins on September 19, 2008
As a Nintendo Wii addict, I can honestly say that nothing spoils your game time more than getting ready to play, only to find out those wireless Wiimotes have dead batteries in them.
Of course, ther...
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Mobile Phones
by Chris Matier on September 19, 2008
It is no secret that Google is a giant prepared to take over the world. At some point in my life, I expect that I might very well look down and see that I have been bought and will be sporting a "...
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Portable Media Players
by Mark Rollins on September 18, 2008
For some reason, the Audio Pro Porto Go (say that ten times really fast) reminds me of Paris Hilton. That, or some high society gal who wants to take her music everywhere, and needs an iPod speaker th...
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Tech News Around The World
by Chris Matier on September 18, 2008
I have shared before that I am a Mac fan, and I have been for years. I have an iPhone, MacBook, and iEverthing. So, for me, it is no surprise to me that a recent industry report is declaring that Appl...
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Toys
by Mark Rollins on September 17, 2008
Some of you may have fond memories of a toy that Hasbro put out over twenty years ago called the Lite Brite. The now famous toy uses little pegs that are put on a board, and then illuminated by an ord...
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Speakers & Headphones
by Chris Matier on September 17, 2008
When I lecture, I tend to have a presentation projector, my MacBook with a Wacom Tablet for notes, and a set of cheap (sub $100) PC speakers to push sound somewhere near my class. The end result tends...
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Peripherals
by Mark Rollins on September 16, 2008
Sure, we have TiVo and other DVRs to record our shows now, but we used to use a thing called VHS tapes. Assuming that we can't find all these shows online somewhere, it would be nice to view this ...
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Storage Stuff
by Chris Matier on September 16, 2008
I am all for multi-function devices. I have a printer / scanner / copier, I carry a Swiss-Army knife, and own an iPhone. If I am going to plop money down for a gadget or gizmo, it better do more than ...
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Digital Cameras
by Mark Rollins on September 15, 2008
The digital Picture Frame market is booming, and what used to be a handy electronic device for viewing photos is slowly becoming an all-out Home Media Player.
This is what RMI is doing as their new ...
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Displays
by Chris Matier on September 15, 2008
You might just be looking at the next big tiny thing in computing. This is the first of what is sure to be an onslaught of mini or pico projectors. This one, the 3M MPro110 mini projector, has VGA or ...
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Portable Media Players
by Mark Rollins on September 12, 2008
Yesterday, I reported on the Altec Lansing's The Orbit, an iPod speaker system. If you are still looking for an iPod dock of some kind, you might want to check out Ewoo's three new models.
T...
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General Cool Stuff
by Chris Matier on September 12, 2008
Let me start by saying that this is only a concept - but it is a freaking cool one. Imagine being able to print on toast. You read correctly - what if you could take images from from the internet or y...
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Speakers & Headphones
by Mark Rollins on September 11, 2008
For those of you who still don't have a speaker for your iPhone or iPod, then you might want to give the Orbit from Altec Lansing a try.
The Orbit, or Orbit MP3 iM237, is a single speaker sound ...
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Just Plain Weird
by Chris Matier on September 11, 2008
Have you protected your laptop from all the nasties out there? Is your virus scan software and your adware scanner working? What about a S.M.A.R.T. monitor for your hard drive? How about a blessing fr...
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Laptops
by Mark Rollins on September 10, 2008
Hopefully you have a better battery for your laptop than the one I have in mine. As soon as I go unplugged, I find that I have about an hour before I must desperately find an outlet.
I know of other...
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Portable Media Players
by Chris Matier on September 10, 2008
In case you were hiding under a rock hiding from today's scheduled "end of the world," yesterday was a major day for Apple and their darling iPod family. Oh yeah, and steve Jobs is not d...
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Speakers & Headphones
by Mark Rollins on September 9, 2008
Sony has come out with some very interesting stereo headphones that are completely wireless with the dr-bt160as "Active" stereo headphones.
Of course, wireless headphones are nothing new, ...
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GPS
by Chris Matier on September 9, 2008
Until recently, I have owned a Garmin eTrex Venture - it died. I have loved having a gps forever. I use it for geocaching, finding my car in a crowded parking lot, and for hiking. I didn't want to...
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Displays
by Mark Rollins on September 8, 2008
I don't know if there is a market for digital paper just yet, but a company known as Plastic Logic has been putting out a new e-newspaper reader.
It apparently has some e-ink device that allows ...
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Tech News Around The World
by Chris Matier on September 8, 2008
I bet you can name at least 3 flash device manufacturers. I also bet that the names of Sandisk or samsung were two of the three you named. Well, if Samsung has its way, it will own Sandisk, and be the...
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Peripherals
by Mark Rollins on September 5, 2008
For those of you who want to look at stars, but don't want to deal with the whole telescope thing, you might want to try the StellarWindow.
The StellarWindow is a USB stick that comes with tilt ...
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Peripherals
by Chris Matier on September 5, 2008
For my younger readers, the object in this photo is a cassette tape. You see, in the olden days, people didn't buy music online, or even on CD; they used a cassette tape. Before that, cassette tap...
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Digital Cameras
by Mark Rollins on September 4, 2008
About a year ago, we covered a very fine digital camera from sanyo known as the Xacti E1, and the company has followed up with a sequel with the Xacti E2.
The E2 records MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 at 640 x 48...
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Peripherals
by Chris Matier on September 4, 2008
The Space Invaders Pew - Pew, and the Pac-Man waka-waka-waka are sounds that will forever be part of my childhood. Classic games still hold a special place in my heart, and that is why I love this fle...
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Peripherals
by Mark Rollins on September 3, 2008
logitech has not one, not two, but three new keyboards.
The first is the one you see here, the Illuminated Keyboard, which will be on sale in October for about $80. It has to its credit broken the r...
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Just For Fun
by Mark Rollins on September 3, 2008
Once in a while, someone will come up with a gadget that does nothing, like the yo-yo, or the hula hoop. The sole purposes of such devices is simply to pass the time in a fun manner.
I have discover...
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Green Gadgets
by Chris Matier on September 3, 2008
Phantom power is the trickle of energy that every single electrical device consumes, even when it is turned off. For some devices, such as plasma televisions or printers, those "trickles" ca...
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Tech News Around The World
by Chris Matier on September 2, 2008
As a Apple fan, my browser of choice for navigating the internets is Firefox, with Safari a close second. On a Windows machine, I also like the Safari action, but use Internet Explorer, under duress, ...
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Just For Fun
by Chris Matier on September 1, 2008
MiaMia beats the heck out of a magic 8 ball. The last time I asked a magic 8 ball a simple question, the dumb thing couldn't make up it's mind. Now, MiaMia on the other hand has answers when I...
