Gizmos for Geeks

AGAVA Software Company announces the availability of AGAVA AntispamServant. It is a trainable spam filter featuring message content analysis.

Your fingerprint is your password!
Biometrics - the identification of individuals using biological traits, such as those based on retinal or iris scanning, fingerprints, or face recognition.
This is an emerging technology that is increasingly being used for information and computer security. We also think it just happens to be pretty […]

Introducing the new iPod: the iPod and iPod photo lines have merged, creating a single line of white iPods that all feature color displays. All new iPods now have the ability to view album artwork, photos and play slideshows in stunning color.

By Ellen McCarthy / Washington Post
A biometric payment system made by a Herndon, Va., firm, is starting to be installed at convenience stores and supermarket chains, including Piggly Wiggly, another step in a revolution that is turning the human body into the ultimate identification card. Already, faces and fingerprints are used to track visitors coming […]

Enjoy the convenience of powering your iPOD in your car and the ability to use a single charger for many FireWire powered devices. Also, the convenience of charging cell phones, PDAs, other USB MP3 players and even Gameboy Advance SP on the road with a USB charger.

eCoustics is running some pretty informative articles on speaker placement, sound isolation, understanding speaker frequency reponse and all about impedance. What more can I say? Go read and learn grasshopper!

Audiophiles and home theater enthusiasts regularly use the word “reference” to describe the qualities of a loudspeaker or an A/V component without thinking too much about the term. In certain contexts, “reference” may even be attached to an entire audio or home theater system, the implication being that “reference” equipment is about as good as […]

If you stop and ask most thirty-somethings in the street what their favorite childhood arcade memories are comprised of - chances are good that most of those folks will name either Ms. Pac Man or Galaga. Why? There is no simple answer.

By Greg Sandoval, AP Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple Computer Inc. released new software Tuesday designed to make it easier for users to listen to the increasingly popular, but largely unstructured podcast offerings.
Apple, which also announced color screens for its iPod digital music players, said the new iTunes software […]

Japanese firms NEC and Unitika have developed a plastic made of corn for cellphone bodies, meaning users who choose to get a more hi-tech gadget need not fear polluting the environment, company spokespeople said on Tuesday. The computer giant and the major textile maker said they had already produced cellphone samples with the new material, […]