Archive for July, 2007
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| Posted Jul 31st, 2007 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]
In a really good example of link baiting and just pure filler material, one of the bloggers at Wired wrote an article entitled “Ten Reasons To Throw Away Your Cellphone.” Well, people certainly bit, to the tune of about 100 comments so far, and it’s only day 1 of this article. Well, I’ll bite a […]
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| Posted Jul 30th, 2007 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]
In the spirit of self-help movement, and with the (great) help of the Web, you no longer have to depend on somone else to figure something out, solve a problem, or learn something new. In this article, we cover some of the various sites that exist now to assist you. These sites vary in their […]
Posted in Networking & Internet | 1 Comment »
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| Posted Jul 30th, 2007 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]
So I’m not sure how much this is really going to significantly reduce the germs that you pick up from the flush handle on a toilet, particularly a reasonably clean home bathroom, but here it is: the FootFlush. A relatively inexpensive gadget that is easy to hook up to your toilet, the FootFlush, comes in […]
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| Posted Jul 30th, 2007 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]
This story starts off with bad news: I left my 2GB iPod Nano on a plane recently. Don’t worry, I’m not too torn up about it since I got it as an office Christmas gift. Now I need to find me a new portable audio player of some sort, because I’m not about to go […]
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| Posted Jul 29th, 2007 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]
Archos has just gone one up in the PMP game, with the 704 Wifi. The 704 is a wide-screened high-res 800×480 7″ TFT LCD touch screen with WiFi so you can surf the Net wherever you go. Applications include the usual slew of multimedia apps, but also include a Web browser and e-mail apps. The […]
Posted in Gizmo of the Day, Portable | 2 Comments »
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| Posted Jul 27th, 2007 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]
(At last), some security researchers have found a vulnerability in the iPhone. Why do I say “at last”? Because it was inevitable, for a number of factors: 1. this is a computer and 2. there is so much hype around this product that there was sure to be lots of hackers (good and bad) looking […]
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| Posted Jul 27th, 2007 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]
Video game maker, Ubisoft, has landed the rights to make a video game based on the popular TV show, Heroes. It will be a 3rd-person superhero game. But don’t hold your breath: you probably won’t see this game until Christmas 2008. The good news is that apparently the show’s creators have been thinking about how […]
Posted in Gaming & Toys, Miscellaneous | No Comments »
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| Posted Jul 27th, 2007 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]
In an attempt to bolster poor sales on the Xbox 360 DVD player add-on, Microsoft has cut the price from $199 to $179 and will include 5 free movies if you’re a buyer in Aug or Sept. On the flip side is the Nintendo Wii which has helped to quadruple, yes 4 times, Nintendo’s […]
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| Posted Jul 27th, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
I’ve always wanted a Biometric Safe mounted in my home for my bearer bonds, loads of diamonds and secret paperwork I don’t want anyone else to read… you know, like in the James Bond flicks.
Now, for only $139.99 from Smarthome I can feel just like James Bond or actually more of like […]
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| Posted Jul 27th, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
Having already reviewed the PCTV To Go and Slingbox a while back, I decided to revisit the technology during my stay in China.
I’m staying at a decently nice hotel with plug-in high speed Internet access so I thought watching TV from Atlanta in China would be a piece of cake. After all, in our […]
Posted in Audio/Video, Home Theater | 2 Comments »