July 2005

AU-100 Voice Over IP USB Phone

The best thing in communication since Alexander Graham Bell invented the phone! Plug this VOIP phone into your USB port and use it to make free phone calls anywhere in the world, using one of the softphone services. The phone is fully compatible with Skype, Vonage soft phone, Net2Phone,X-Ten, StanaPhone, SJPhone, MSN Mesenger, AOL Instant [...]

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Home Automation

Yahoo has “Tech Tuesday” and this past week’s article dealt with Home Automation which is near and dear to my heart! Here’s a sample of the article: Joel Durham Jr. – ExtremeTech The PC-controlled digital home is gradually becoming a reality. While we’re still a long way from living like the Jetsons, with robot maids [...]

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Update to Web Site Problems

The Geeks have found a web hosting company that supports our framework and deals with database driven sites much better than Web Site Source. After WSS dropped the ball again today, we went ahead and made the move to Site5. So far we’ve been extremely impressed with the help we’ve received.

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Sony DPP-FP30 Digital Photo Printer

Why wait for the family to email photos to each other when you can print them instantly? The Sony DPP-FP30 pops out professional-quality photos quickly and easily, and it’s compatible with both Windows-based PCs and PictBridge digital cameras. Speeds are a little faster when you’re printing from your PC–you can expect 4-by-6-inch photo in about [...]

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Nuclear Powered Batteries

In a few years, you may see more devices being powered by get this… batteries based on nuclear technology. Using the relatively benign radioisotope tritium, a battery can run for about 12 years (the half-life of tritium). These new batteries are ideal for low-powered, small devices that need to last a long time – think [...]

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Buffalo 1.0 TB TeraStation External Disk Storage

How would you like to have 1 Terabyte of disk space sitting at the side of your desk?! Yes, that’s right – 1,000GB of storage. The Buffalo TeraStation Terabyte Network Attached Storage offers just that much storage. The TeraStation combine advanced fault tolerant data solutions, robust file security, and Gigabit Ethernet networking. It also has [...]

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Speed Read on your Cell Phone One Word at a Time

By Ina Fried and Michael Kanellos, Staff Writers, CNET News.com For those who have squinted to read text on their cell phones, Stanford University researchers think they have hit upon a better way: Do it one word at a time. The technique, known as Rapid Serial Visual Presentation, or RSVP, makes up for the tiny [...]

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Stealth Switch Desktop Cloaking Device

StealthSwitch is a microprocessor based computer privacy device. StealthSwitch uses technology to instantly and completely hide applications with a press of the footswitch. The applications are not just minimized they are made completely invisible. No more minimizing applications, turning off the monitor, or re-booting when someone enters your office or cubicle.

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Apple’s Pie in the Sky

Barron’s Online By Bill Alpert Published: June 29, 2005 THE IPOD SHOWS WHY Apple Computer is a great company. With elegant hardware and friendly software, Apple’s portable player made a profitable business out of digital music — a trick that had eluded record labels and such erstwhile leaders as Sony, Microsoft, Real Networks, and Napster. [...]

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eDimensional 3-D Gaming Wireless Glasses

Set yourself free of wires and view amazing 3D gaming action through our wireless 3D glasses. Any existing game on any PC comes to life when you slip on our wireless 3D glasses. Now supporting both CRT and LCD monitors!

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