July 2005

One Year Anniversary giveaway!

The Geeks will run two contests from August 1st through August 5th. The first contest will be a daily contest where the Gizmo of that day is given away. On each Gizmo of the Day from August 1st to August 5th there will be a clue to a code somewhere on our site. The first [...]

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Powers of 2 BCD Binary Clock with Blue Lights

Tell time in hi-tech style with this incredible Powers of 2 BCD Clock! It uses the binary code (the language of computers) to indicate the time. After a few minutes of practice, you’ll be able to tell the time by simply adding the values of the blue lights in each column. This compact unit is [...]

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Brits Pay More for Hi-Tech Gadgets than Americans

UK Consumers could be paying almost double what they need to for their hi-tech toys, an investigation has found. The research, carried out by reporters at PC Pro magazine, found that a basket of gadgets and software cost £3,500 from UK shops, but was £1,000 less when bought directly from US websites. The saving varies [...]

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Gizmos for Geeks Marks 1st Anniversary with Contests!

On August 1, 2005, Gizmos For Geeks, one of the fastest growing gadget websites, is celebrating its one year anniversary. To mark the occassion, a giveaway will be held every day from August 1st through August 5th inclusive. According to the company’s founders, Doug Felteau and Khalid Hosein, they set out to build a community [...]

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Laser-Sighted MiniTemp

Once you play with this neat gadget, you will probably find yourself checking the surface temperature of everything in sight. Simply squeeze the trigger and an instant reading, based on infra-red emissions, appears on the backlit display. With a temperature range of 0 to 500 degrees Fahrenheit, you can check the temperature of that overclocked [...]

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Russell Shaw compares Skype and Project Gizmo

By: Russell Shaw In this series of posts, I am comparing the much-ballyhooed Gizmo Project to Skype. For this post, I compared the plans you will need to make each softphone make and receive calls.

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Sanyo VPC-C5 MPEG-4 Camcorder/5 MP Digital Still Camera w/5x Optical Zoom

Make movies anywhere with this tiny, tapeless digital camera. In fact, this multifunction video camera/digital still camera is so small and lightweight, others might mistake it for a cell phone. But don’t be fooled by its diminutive design; the VPC-C5 sports a five-megapixel image sensor and can capture more than 15 minutes of DVD-quality MPEG-4 [...]

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100-Mbit Cable Internet To Hit U.S. In 2006

By Reuters Broadband Internet access via TV cables can reach 100 Megabits per second as early as next year, 50 times faster than the average broadband speeds now offered to cable TV homes, a Finnish firm said on Wednesday. Similar data transmission speeds are possible over fibre networks, but these cost much more for the [...]

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Garmin Streetpilot C340 Portable GPS Navigation System, Traffic Ready

The StreetPilot c340 provides in-car navigation that is simple for anyone to use directly out of the box. After selecting a destination from the user-friendly touch screen interface, Garmin’s text-to-speech feature tells users the name of the street, when to turn, and in what direction. If you miss your turn, the c340 automatically calculates a [...]

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Mobiles will be number one entertainment gadget in three years, predicts LG Electronics

Global and regional digital leader LG Electronics predicts mobile phones will overtake all other entertainment consumer electronics in the next three years as the pace of development in handset features becomes ever more rapid.

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