August 2007

Corsair Flash Padlock

Corsair released a Flash Padlock adding security to data stored on you USB drive with auto-lock hardware security. This prevents any unauthorized access or “Brute Force” attack to the data on Flash Padlock. Users can program in a PIN, much like they do for an ATM machine, to lock/unlock their data. An easy to use [...]

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Record Your Life with Digital Archives

Eric A. Taub wrote an interesting article offering tips on digitizing documents, home movies and photographs in The New York Times. The Geeks wrote about this very subject at the beginning of the Hurricane Season. Eric had many of the same suggestions the Geeks had including using USB flash drives to store the data, using [...]

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Helios H2000 Upscaling DVD Player

Helios Labs has released a new region-free DVD player that upscales and plays multiple formats… but this time for under $100! The H2000 is a region-free DVD player capable of upscaling a variety of formats including: MPEG-4, XviD, DivX and MPEG-2 to 1080i resolution via Component, HDMI and VGA; not to mention upscaling your entire [...]

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Wearable Air Purifier

The Wearable Air Purifier from the Wein Air Supply company has been featured on Dateline and has been shown to be of great benefit to those allergies and those susceptible to respiratory infections. My wife and I could have really used this on our three week trip to China as we both got sick, probably [...]

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Panasonic Giving Away $20K in Living in HD Contest

The Geeks received a tip that Panasonic just recently launched Living in HD. Panasonic is looking for all types of families from across the country to experience life in High Definition. By visiting www.LivinginHD.com, you can register to be considered for the Living in HD program by sharing your ideas on why you and your [...]

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Chloe Dao Collection by Pacific Design

Mobile technology case manufacturer, Pacific Design and Fashion Designer, Chloe Dao, announce the launch of the Chloe Dao Collection by Pacific Design. Effortless style that combines classic shape and modern sensibility is the design philosophy of Chloe Dao, winner of “Project Runway” Season 2. Dao has partnered with Pacific Design to create exclusive fashion mobile [...]

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iPhone Getting Gamey

Rumors are flowing that Apple’s iPhone will start competing for gamer’s thumbs in a head to head thumb wrestling match with Nintendo’s handheld DS console. While games have been available since the much hyped iPhone launch, a new report from the New York Post suggests Apple plans on becoming a major player in the “casual [...]

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GIGABYTE GT-U8000-RH Digital TV Tuner

The TweakTown Team reviewed the GIGABYTE GT-U8000-RH Digital TV Tuner recently and gave the product high marks. “This is a Hybrid tuner, which means that it can tune in both analogue and digital DVB-T TV programs. GIGABYTE also has a digital only version, the U7000, which is a physically smaller model. Both models are based [...]

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3″ Mini Die Cast Bender (from Futurama)

No batteries, no wires, doesn’t do much except stand there, but if you’re any kind of geek, then you’re probably a Futurama fan and there’s a good chance that Bender was your favorite character. Show that off with this fanstastic 3″ replica that is nickel plated. His head does turn completely around. It’d be cool [...]

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How Long Before Social Networks Enter a Consolidation Phase?

It seems like everyone is hopping on the social networking bandwagon. Just last week, address organizer Plaxo launched a social networking site (Pulse), and I was blown away to see that there at least 43 sites/applications to build social networks (Reviews 1, 2).

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