November 2005

“12 Gizmos of Christmas”: Gizmos for Geeks Holiday Picks (2005)

The Geeks have compiled our 2nd annual “12 Gizmos of Christmas” list! By researching and surveying various print and online magazines as well as online vendors of various geek products to come up with the top 12 categories of gizmos. In each category the geeks include the current hottest selling items and what are on [...]

Read more

Cyber Monday – Online Retailers Have their ‘Black Friday’

While most traditional brick-and-mortar retailers have their banner sales day on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, last year’s sales stats revealed that online merchants have their own super sales day on the Monday following Thanksgiving, since dubbed “Cyber Monday“. While the moniker seems like a slick marketing term, the results bear out its aptness. [...]

Read more

Cellstick USB Cell Phone Contact Manager Backup

Use the Cellstik to backup your cell phone’s contacts list to your PC. It’s a USB stick, so it can conveniently travel with you or be stored in a safe place. So far, the Cellstik is available for some Motorola, Samsung and LG phones. It looks like Spark Technology is working on Cellstiks for other [...]

Read more

IVR Cheat Sheet

In my daily “I can’t help it/compulsive” web surfing, I ran across one of those really useful sites that you just have to bookmark. It’s a “cheat sheet” on how to get past those sometimes annoying automated voice menu systems or IVR (Interactive Voice Response) systems and get straight to a live operator. Over 100 [...]

Read more

Kenmore Stainless Steel Electric Induction Cooktop

How cool is this (pardon the pun)! This stovetop uses electromagnetic induction to heat only the pots and pans made of steel or iron, and nothing else. So you can ‘accidentally’ place your hands on it with adverse side-effects. Of course, be careful not to touch the hots pots and pans! Although these are more [...]

Read more

Google Offers Free Internet Access at Heathrow Aiport

Google is now offering free Internet access for travellers at Heathrow International Airport in London, England. The good folks at Google have set up 10 PCs with Mozilla Firefox browser and bookmarks to Google applications, including Gmail and Google Local. Also included is Google Earth which lets you see Satellite images of places on our [...]

Read more

Ceramic White Sony Playstation Portable (PSP)

Well you already know what the PS (Playstation Portable) is. If not, in a nutshell, it’s Sony’s newest handheld video game system. It not only plays games, but music, videos and is even network capable, with a built-in web browser. The PSP comes in black in the States, but now you can import a version [...]

Read more

A Christmas Shopping Guide

Here’s the inevitable suggested shopping list for gadgets. I’ll bet we’ll throw some more out there before the season is over! This first one is over at the Washington Post and put together by Cathy Lu. Cathy talks a lot about the Xbox 360, its games, but also mentions that it might be easier to [...]

Read more

Dremel 400 Series XPR Rotary Tool

Now that you’re ready to mod out your computer case and include a mini aquarium into the side, you’ll need a powerful tool to help you cut that case cleanly. But don’t just get a saw. Since you’re going to need additional tools in the future when you decide to mess around with other things [...]

Read more

Space Age Ant Habitat

No longer just an ant farm, the Space Age Ant Habitat is almost completely self sustaining (you only need to open it up for a little air every month). Instead, the ants live in a clear gel that provides them with food and water. They can also tunnel through this gel, as they are wont [...]

Read more

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →