December 2007

12 Threats of Christmas from an IT Security Perspective

I have to give a shout-out to ma boys over at PGP Corporation including James and Andres for helping me encrypt the world, one laptop at a time. Here’s a neat Youtube video harmonizing the 12 Threats of Christmas from an IT Security perspective presented by PGP: By the way did you know the PGP [...]

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TechShout’s Top 10 Tech and Gadget Gifts for Christmas

TechShout wrapped up their top 10 Tech and Gadget Gifts for Christmas yesterday including three gaming gadgets (Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and Sony PSP), a couple of cameras (Sony Handycam DCR-SR100 and Nikon Coolpix S1 Digital Camera), a couple portable audio devices (Apple iPod Touch and Sansa Shaker MP3 player) as well as a [...]

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Save When Watering: INSTEON 8-Zone Sprinkler Controller

Living in Georgia I’m keenly aware of water waste thanks to the current Georgia Water Crisis. Due to our most recent drought, the second this decade, watering restrictions prevent watering of lawns between certain times and on certain days depending on your address. While out subdivision requires in ground sprinklers, the brains of the sprinkler [...]

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Merry Christmas from the Geeks

The Geeks finally took a little break on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day but are already ramping up for our final week of 2007 as Santa settles down for his well deserved rest. This week we’ll feature gadgets that will help you go green in the new year. Speaking of the new year, next month [...]

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The technology week in View: December 21st 2007

Christmas is around the corner and the New Year only a few steps away. Busy times lie ahead for technology and IT but before that no doubt a number of gadgets are going to appear in stockings around Cristmas trees this year. Imagine my surprise when A missile launcher arrived in the post this morning. [...]

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The Latest on GottaHave – The Geeks’ PriceGrabber Blog

If you haven’t been reading GottaHave, PriceGrabber’s Gadget blog, penned by your very own Geeks (us of course!), then you’re missing out on some cool articles. For example, did you know that Rock Band rocks? (PS> it does.) Digital Readers may be here to stay; desk lighting can be cool; SanDisk is making USB hubs [...]

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Cocktail Cyclone Portable Drink Mixer

Why am I not thinking up this stuff?! Yes, that’s the jealousy talking, the jealousy over someone else inventing this cool product. It’s a cocktail mixer that generates a mini cyclone inside the mixer to mix the perfect drink. I did laugh at Gizmodo’s observation that it only gets more exciting the more drinks you [...]

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Toastess 4 Slice Digital Toaster

Welcome to the best thing since sliced bread… a digital toaster. This 4 Slice Digital Countdown Toaster features three indicator lights with easy-touch control buttons. The electronic sensor ensures consistent browning results, time after time, with a removable crumb tray for easy cleaning. It has a cancel button to interrupt the cycle, a defrost function, [...]

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Aquavista 500 Wall Mounted Aquarium

If you’d love an aquarium but don’t have the space to put a traditional tank, the Aquavista wall mounted aquarium is the perfect solution for small living spaces. The Aquavista aquarium doubles as a beautiful piece of art – thus saving you money on purchasing pictures to hang on the wall. It’s a pretty cool [...]

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The World’s Most Famous Photoshop Fakes

All professional photographs are usually touched-up a tiny bit. Sometimes specks of dust need to be removed, maybe the image needs a little bit of color correction or even a dose of red eye reduction. Then there are images that get completely ‘shopped (aka Photoshopped). For example, look at the terrible image of Oprah to [...]

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