August 2007

Ariel Steam Shower Packed with Features

Until my brother showed this to me, I had no idea that one could salivate this much over a standalone shower unit. Ariel is just one of the companies that makes these tricked out steam shower stalls that with the blue highlights, glass and flourescent lighting, look pretty futuristic. And the feature list bears that [...]

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Track & Field Challenge

Can’t afford a Wii but want to use video games to get in shape or keep your kids active? Konami has a low-cost video game to get you off the couch and into the game with Track and Field Challenge. Simply plug the mat into any TV and up to two players are ready to [...]

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Unlocking the iPhone

There have been a few stories in the news lately about how you can unlock the iPhone to work on something other than the AT&T network. As I’m fond of saying, it was just a matter of time. Now the stories. First up is 17-year George Hotz who spent 2 months with a soldering iron [...]

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Review of the SanDisk Sansa e200 Series MP3 Player

You may have read my article on how I chose my latest portable audio player, the Sansa e280. The e200 series is essentially all the same model except for the storage amounts (2, 4, 6 and 8GB). Here is my review of this player, but let me say upfront that after having had it for [...]

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INSTEON / X10 Wireless Sensor Receiver

Simplifying the world of home automation, this INSTEON/X10 Wireless Sensor Receiver blends the world of X10 and INSTEON. Home Automation tends to be a DIY market and many folks in Home Automation have been tinkering with X10 for a long time so they have several legacy applications of home automation using X10. A couple of [...]

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10.1 Things You Should Know About HDMI

Ecoustic’s Alan Loff wrote a short but informative question and answer article onn HDMI. If you’ve ever been interested in high quality audio and video, you should scan through this article. Here’s a quote: There have been four versions (plus several a and b variants) of HDMI– but each one uses the same 19-pin cable [...]

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The gPhone from Google is a Go

According to one blogger‘s inside source at Google, the ‘gPhone‘ (not its actual name), or Google smartphone is for real, and could potentially be out in Q1 2008. Here are some of the features that it’s speculated to have: Google Maps with GPS, Google Talk, VoIP, Gmail, Google Productivity Apps, essentially all of the Google [...]

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Timex Ironman iControl Digital Sports Watch Controls Your iPod

It’s not just a Timex IRONMAN digital sports watch, but it also controls your iPod. Just plug the accompanying adaptor into your iPod and you can now wirelessly pause/play, skip backwards and forwards and adjust the volume right from your wrist. I’m actually surprised this is only $100. Compatible with 5th and 6th gen iPods [...]

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Review: nxZEN nX6000 Bluetooth Headset

I recently tested out both the nX6000 (pictured) and the nxZEN 5000 VoIP for use with my Palm Treo 700P. This will primarily be a review of the 6000, as I had too many issues with the nxZEN VoIP. I’ll draw comparisons between both models from time to time. Gennum’s nxZEN line of bluetooth headsets [...]

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iRobot Roomba 570 Vacuum Cleaning Robot

iRobot recently released the new 5-series (who do they think they are? BMW?) of which the iRobot Roomba 570 Vacuum Cleaning Robot is the top of the series. The 570 improved navigation and floor covering, edge and corner cleaning, brushes and filters and anti-tangle technology. You can also control Roomba remotely with the Wireless Command [...]

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