June 2008

lotus Sanitizer Accessories

We first featured the lotus Sanitizing System about 2 years ago. Since then, maker Tersano, has rolled out a few more products to complement and fill out the line. First up is a baby bottle attachment cleaner. Simple to use – put the kid’s bottles, pacifiers and small toys in and have them cleaned up [...]

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25% of the planet online in 2012

Perhaps you’re thinking that # should be higher, but then again, this isn’t really surprising, is it? After all, 2012 is only a few years away, and even in the country of the Internet’s birth (the US), uptake is less than 75%. Appropriately enough, the highest growth will be in high economic growth/’emerging’ countries like [...]

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Nokia buys the rest of Symbian; will open source it

In a somewhat surprising, yet not so surprising move, Nokia bought up the rest of Symbian that it didn’t already own and will open-source the cell phone OS platform. Why? This is the strategy du jour in this age of Linux vs Microsoft, and now Android (Linux basically) vs iPhone/Win Mobile/Blackberry. It’s a $410 million [...]

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Inside the Lego time machine

I must agree with Morgan Webb – the Gizmodo venture down into the Lego vault that has every single Lego set ever made is truly amazing, and even though it’s only 2 minutes long, this video totally captures my childhood Lego memories. What’s even more remarkable is how the author and myself almost have the [...]

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Even Intel says no to Vista

As an IT guy myself, I do find it rather telling when a prominent business partner of Microsoft’s, Intel, has decided that they’re not going to ‘upgrade’ to Windows Vista. I can’t say that I blame them. The change isn’t compelling and according to most reports, more of a pain than a benefit. For those [...]

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The To-Do Tattoo for the palm of your hand

Are you used to writing your To Dos straight onto the palm of your hand? If that just ‘works’ for you, then you should take a look at the To-Do Tattoo which lets you make a very nice, neat To Do list and applies it the palm of your hand with a skin-safe, washable ink [...]

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Kensington Portable Power Outlet with 3 Wall Outlets and 2 USB Power Ports

Here’s another very useful gadget from Kensington, particularly if you’re a road warrior that spends any amount of time in hotels. How many times have you gone hunting around the hotel room for those precious few open power outlets to plug in your laptop, cell phone charger, iPod charger and your 4th must-have gadget? I [...]

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8GB Flash Drive Only $22 From Dane-Elec

It’s not all that often you come across a deal that is worthy of a second look, but today I found an 8GB flash drive for only $22.  That’s not bad.  I will admit, my current flash drive (I have lots but only use one most frequently) is only 2GBs and seems to be holding [...]

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Nokia E61 smartphone

If you’re one of the, yes, many people who aren’t necessarily in love with either a Blackberry or an iPhone, and are considering other cool phones, take a look at the Nokia E61. This is a business-oriented smartphone with a full QWERTY keyboard and a huge 320×240 full-color screen. Apart from the touchscreen, this smartphone [...]

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The Lilypad floating city concept

Although it’s just a concept, an idea, the Lilypad elicits a ‘wow’ when you see the artist-imagined images. The idea is relatively simple – a floating city that can hold about 50,000 people that is self-sustaining. Why? Well, what if the oceans do rise and we lose a lot of existing landmass, particularly with all [...]

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