May 2006

Logitech 28mm Portable Speakers featuring NXT Technology

The Geeks received Logitech’s first product to employ NXT’s flat-panel speaker technology, simply called the Logitech 28mm Portable Speaker. NXT provides unique sound solutions and they are best known for their flat-paneled speaker technology which exploits their expertise in bending wave physics. We have tested several portable speakers before with lackluster results… read on to [...]

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Top 10 Must-Haves For The World Cup

Being the soccer fan that I am, and I know I’m going to be leaving an impression in my sofa in the next few weeks with the World Cup on, I had to point out the quirky list of Top 10 Must-Haves for the World Cup that the folks over at HipTechBlog put together. Not [...]

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Add Remote Control to your Doors

Take yet another step towards turning your static, ‘manual’ house into a dynamic and totally remote controlled playground. Ok, maybe you don’t run with scissors in the house any more, but this is better. Outfit your doors with this gadget and you can open and close them via a 4-button remote control. The Swing Door [...]

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Review: SENA Blackberry 8700 Leather Case

The Geeks received a SENA Blackberry 8700 Leather Case to review and since I’m a Treo guy and don’t have a Crackberry, I asked one of the executives at my company to give the SENA case a full test. Using the SENA case with his Blackberry for a few weeks, he performed real world tests [...]

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Hollywood sues Cablevision over network DVR

In another example of greed and fear among huge corporations, 4 Hollywood studios and the big 3 television networks sued Cablevision over their plan to launch an on-demand service that could replace the consumer’s TiVo/DVR. So instead of recording stuff to your own home DVR, you would record it to a DVR run by Cablevision [...]

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UV Hawk

If you’re a pasty white geek afraid of facing the sun without SPF 1001 sunscreen, the Geeks have found a gizmo for you (and me!)… the UV Hawk. The device has four skin tone options that help eliminate sunburns dependant on your skin type. The portable device shows accurate UV index and the safe amount [...]

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Number of American Internet Users at 172 Million

According to the latest survey run by Harris Interactive, the number of Americans online in April was 172 million, which represents a 5% increase over the same period a year ago. Also encouraging is that the demographic profile of American Internet users is starting to resemble the overall demographics of the country. You know what [...]

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Review: FM Transmitters: Roadmaster VRFM8/VRFM9, Kensington Pico

We started out reviewing the VRFM8 from Roadmaster, which is an FM transmitter for wirelessly broadcasting music from your iPod, USB stick or other music source over your car’s stereo, but then also got the VRFM9. At about the same time, Kensington was good enough to send us a Pico FM transmitter, so this review [...]

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Wireless BBQ Temperature Probe

Most do not possess my Jedi Grilling powers of knowing exactly when to pull the steaks to assure they are perfectly cooked to specifications (nothing like a top sirloin with a nice pink center). In cases where you’ve overcooked or underdone meat on the grill, today’s gizmo is for you! The final gizmo in the [...]

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25-Piece Stainless Steel Grill Set

Continuing the Memorial Day weekend theme of grilling, no Grill Geek should be without his or her trusty set of grill tools. Sharper Image has compiled 25 stainless steel tools into their grill set including the usual spatula and extra-long tongs as well as salt and pepper shakers and a corkscrew (don’t worry, the spatula [...]

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