October 2005

Linksys WVC11B Wireless-B Video Camera

If you are looking for a quick setup web cam, this Linksys wireless web cam has a built-in web server and has the usual Linksys quick and easy setup. The video camera provides MPEG-4 video compression for a 320×240 stream that can be seen from any web browser. There’s even a security mode feature that [...]

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Trackitback’s Lost Gadget Recovery Products Now Available at eCOST.com

Trackitback has partnered with eCost to sell it’s gadget recovery products which can be used on everything from iPods to PDAs, Treos to Crackberrys, digital cameras to digital camcorders, etc… Basically, customers affix a label to their gizmos and if it’s found the label instructs the finder to call a toll free number on the [...]

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Netgear RangeMax Wireless Router

NetGear built a superior 802.11g wireless switch by stuffing 7 antennas into the box using MIMO (multiple antennas at both ends of the radio link) technology. You will not need range extenders, repeaters or external antennas but your house should be more than covered as the device delivers up to 500,000 square feet of coverage! [...]

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Gadget boom ‘causing chaos in the office’

This article by David Derbyshire hits close to home for the Geeks as we have to deal with this growing problem. Of course we love it when users make more work for us! Gizmos load numerous extra drivers and extra software on user’s machines and then the user’s wonder why their machines run slower! More [...]

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Lingo Global 8 Electronic Translator

Now you can go on on your next trip to a country that doesn’t speak your language with the Lingo Global 8 Language Translator which translates English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese (Phonetic), Japanese (Phonetic), Korean (Phonetic) (in all directions). The Lingo Global 8 translates over 8,000 words and 500 popular phrases. The Lingo comes [...]

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Warning on ‘wasteful’ gadget use

A study in Britain found that Britains are wasting electricity and put the blame on gizmos. What have gizmos done to these researchers to be picked on? The study mentions that three out of four people leave appliances constantly in standby including chargers for MP3 players and cell phones and that the typical householders in [...]

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Shake Awake – Vibrating Alarm Clock

This would make a perfect gift for that person in your life that has ‘trouble’ waking up in the morning. The Shake Awake Vibrating Alarm Clock goes into your pillowcase or under your mattress and it gently nudges you awake in the morning by vibrating. This is supposed to be even better than an ear-shattering [...]

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Fiber Optic Nightlight

The fiber optic nightlight from Harriet Carter flashes in multiple colors from a plume of hair-thin fibers. The strands don’t actually move, but the changing colors have an undulating effect, which hopefully can hypnotically induce sleep. Hundreds of delicate strands form a shimmering fan of reds, greens, purples, yellows and whites above the plug-in nightlight.

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Mvix Multimedia Player

Linux running a drive enclosure equals a really cool gizmo called Mvix’s Multimedia Player. You need to purchase a a 3.5″ hard drive to put in the Mvix Multimedia Player since it does not come with one. The good part of that is you can put any size you want or can afford in the [...]

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The 3GB Cell Phone

Samsung is going to sell a new handset with 3GB of storage. 3GB! The SPH-V7900 which will only be available in Korea, will be able to store a few high-def video clips and around 700 MP3 music files. Perhaps you may be thinking that 3GB is way too much. Heck, even the venerable Palm Treo [...]

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