Archive for June, 2007

The iPhone Redux

| Posted Jun 30th, 2007 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]


First to the punch to disassemble the iPhone is the team at AnandTech. Lots of pictures, including the processors, and some speculation as to specifics. Get to it quickly before the Apple legal team does!
via BoingBoing, via AnandTech

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iPhone Release - Day Two

| Posted Jun 30th, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]


The only thing that will #$%! up the iPhone is AT&T.
My brother called with an update this morning on his new gadget… the iBrick. Even though he was number 6 in line and a current customer of AT&T, AT&T has not been able to activate the iPhone more than 12 hours later. [...]

LintEater Dryer Vent Cleaning System

| Posted Jun 30th, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]


Since I’d rather not see my computers, hundreds of CDs, books, & DVDs go up in smoke, I’ve got to get one of these lint removal vent cleaning systems for my dyer. Strangely enough, I don’t worry about the oven or the toaster blowing up or setting anything on fire, but the dryer… now there’s [...]

iPhone Released

| Posted Jun 29th, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]


My brother has been waiting in anticipation for the iPhone since it was announced like a little kid counts down to Christmas. Today was his Christmas as he waited in line for iPhone.
I called my brother thinking I may be the first person to call him on his new shiny gadget, but he [...]

Open Source Community Enables YouTube Browsing on Neuros OSD

| Posted Jun 29th, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]


Our friends over at Neuros Technologies have announced a beta version of a YouTube browser for their award-winning Neuros OSD product. With this release, the device can now be used to easily browse and play the entire YouTube video collection on any TV, both standard and high definition. Functionality already in this release [...]

It’s a Guy Thing by Scott Seegert

| Posted Jun 29th, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]


Normally “the Geeks” don’t feature books, but Scott Seegert has written a very entertaining one called It’s a Guy Thing: Awesome Innovations from the Underdeveloped Male Mind.
It’s a Guy Thing examines 70 patents over the past 140 years that were obviously invented by men in the looses term. Some of the [...]

Eve: Real Time 3D Network Surveillance Tool

| Posted Jun 28th, 2007 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]


One of our readers wrote in to tell us about a cool new piece of software that looks like a video game, but instead it gives you a real-time 3D dynamic representation of your network traffic. It’s called Eve, and while it’s now in an ‘intro’ phase, there are some interesting possibilities for it in [...]

Grrls for Geeks Launched

| Posted Jun 28th, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]


Earlier this week “the Geeks” launched our latest value-add website for Geeks around the web called Grrls For Geeks! The site compiles pictures and photos of cute Geek Grrls (Girls for non-Geeks) for your viewing and rating pleasure in a modern and geek pinup daily calendar sort of way.

Start each day by checking [...]

Cable & Satellite Wiring Kit for Dummies

| Posted Jun 28th, 2007 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]


I remember seeing a couple of these new ‘for Dummies’ products at CES, which are more than just the books that have become practically a household phrase; they are books plus an actual product. For example, the one I remember was Digital Photography for Dummies that came with an actual digital camera. This particular product [...]

iPhone Reviews and Videos

| Posted Jun 27th, 2007 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]


iPhones have been put into the hands of the media, journalists and tech folks. Not us sadly, but there is already lots of good material out there days before Friday’s general release to the public. First off, we’ll show you an entertaining video from David Pogue of the New York Times.

There’s another video from Walt [...]

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