September 2007

D-Link Wireless USB Starter Kit

Wireless is everywhere. Now free your USB Connections of wires too. Here’s how it works: Plug the D-Link USB Adapter into your PC or Notebook computer. Then plug your USB devices into the wireless USB hub. No more clambering under or behind your desk to plug those devices into your desktop. The D-Link Wireless USB [...]

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Monitor Your INSTEON and X10 Devices via Computer Network

This appeals to the computer sys admin in me. The EZBridge IP to INSTEON/X10 Bridge allows you to control and monitor your INSTEON devices from anywhere, by bridging your home automation network and your computer network. And if you’re connected to the Internet via a broadband connection, you can access and control your HA network [...]

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INSTEON Solutions: Home Automation Projects Explained

We’ve featured lots of INSTEON home automation products over the lifetime of our site, but perhaps you thought it’s cool, but didn’t think it would suit you because you couldn’t think of a scenario where INSTEON products would be useful. Well to help you out, Smarthome now has useful scenarios where you can apply INSTEON [...]

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Dummy Security Camera with Motion Sensor and Flashing Light

If you would like some additional security for your property in some measure, but don’t necessarily have quite the budget and/or manpower for a full monitoring solution, then invest $25 in a dummy camera that looks and even acts like the real thing. This realistic looking security camera is easily mounted anywhere you’d like, and [...]

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New Site: Cool Costumes for Halloween

It’s the time of year where ghosts and goblins begin to roam the earth scaring people and gathering sweets for the long winter months. As the air becomes crisp and the nights get longer, thoughts of Halloween enter most people’s mind and either attending costume parties or trick-or-treating excite the young and old. Cool Costumes [...]

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Rotating Wall Power Outlets; Fit Odd-Shaped or Oversized Power Adapters

Bet you didn’t know these existed, eh? Yup, well, they do, and now you don’t need to get extenders or power strips to get more than 1 of those odd-shaped or oversized power adapters plugged straight into your wall power outlet. At only $9.99, this is an elegant solution to an age-old problem. Each outlet [...]

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ThinkGeek T-shirt Grab Bag (Limited Time Offer)

Ooh, ThinkGeek is currently offering up a T-shirt Grab Bag. Pretty much, you can get your hands on a cool ThinkGeek t-shirt, for $6 or $7. Now, it’s a ‘grab bag’ so you’re not going to know ahead of time what you’ll get except for the size, but rest assured, you’ll get a brand new [...]

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Monitor Doors & Windows Wirelessly with Hidden Magnetic Transmitters

If you’re a smart-homeowner who has an HAI Omni or Lumina system, then you may want to make some great additions to your system to further bolster the security of your home. These magnetic transceivers monitor your doors and windows wirelessly. These small magnetic sensors are easily concealed within the door or window frame, and [...]

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HTC TyTN II Smartphone

We recently featured the HTC Advantage 7501 Smartphone/UMPC, but HTC is hardly a one-trick pony (ahem!), and one of their very latest products is the HTC TyTN II smartphone. Before we get into the slew of features, just take a look at how cool the screen tilts up towards you once you slide the full [...]

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Pics of the Google Jets

Wanna see some photos of the Google Jets that they just parked at Moffett Field up in the Mountain View/Sunnyvale area? A friend of GfG, who is a fantastic photographer, just posted some of his very own pictures up on his blog. The pic you see is just a small sampling. Head over and check [...]

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