January 2008

Pleo Performance Editing Tools – The Plunchkins!

What perfect timing for Robert Oschler’s new robotics video than the day we vote “Pleo” as the Gizmo of the Day! The video shows Digger, Claire, and Pendragon, Robert’s 3 Pleos, doing a skit that involves a short bit of dialogue followed by a song complete with synchronized lip movements. Each Pleo is running a [...]

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“Guitar Hero” franchise sets $1 billion record

One Billion Dollars. That’s what the Execs at gaming publisher Activision are saying in a Dr. Evil accent while walking around their offices newly outfitted in gold thanks to the “Guitar Hero” franchise setting an industry record posting over $1B in North American sales in only 26 months. “‘Guitar Hero’ is one of the biggest [...]

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Pleo Robotic Life Form

Every red blooded geek loves robots. Which is why we were pretty bummed out when Sony discontinued their Aibo line of robotic dogs (instead we got PS3… but that’s a story for another day). And we’re only marginally interested in those radio control style robots… yep we want robots that can think and move for [...]

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Cyberguys 5% Discount with Buyer’s Club Keycode

Cyberguys has a secret and now improved Buyers Club that will allow you to take 5% off every order, every day by simply entering the keycode BUYERSCLUB when you check out. Cyberguys is a true Geek’s haven for all things geek-oriented.

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SetYourRate.com launch

UK buyers of services can rejoice with the opening of SetYourRate.com, a new online services marketplace with services up for sale from professional services like accountancy to fun leisure activities such as pole dancing lessons. Personally, I’d pay for a pole dancing watching activity! Because service sellers can remain anonymous, registrants can use the site [...]

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CES 2008 Coverage by Virtual Hideout

Diceman over at Virtual Hideout sent the Geeks their link of additional coverage of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES). As you know, if you can think of any technical gizmo or gadget, chances are that it’s already there. This year’s event didn’t quite have the amount of computer components as last year, but there [...]

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Tabletop Arcade Machine with 48 Classic Video Games

MAME systems embedded in classic standup arcade consoles have been around for a while, but I haven’t seen one embedded in a tabletop arcade game. I liked these so much more, because you didn’t get as tired standing and you had a place to put your cup! But this isn’t just another MAME system. The [...]

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Ultra-thin Digital Voice Recorder

When it comes to portable electronic gadgets, thin is always in. We constantly want to see our electronics becoming lighter, smaller and thinner so that we can have the justification to buy a shiny new toy. Yes, new features are always nice – but what we really want is a gadget so thin it will [...]

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The technology week in view: 21st January 2008

Recently, I have been evaluating a new product, PacketTrap, which integrates a number of network management tools into a common graphical user interface. It also contains a number of useful reporting features that can be accessed using a gadget driven dashboard. Some interesting things you can run with PacketTrap are Ping Scan, SNMP Scan, WMI [...]

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Hidden Camera Detector

Are you paranoid? Are you worried that people are watching you? For example, I know for most of “King of Queens” run, my wife and I could’ve sworn that they had a camera in our house. I wish I had one of these Hidden Camera Detectors so I could’ve sued “King of Queens” and had [...]

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