January 2009

Facebook tops 222 Million

Even though we already knew it, Facebook has officially surpassed Myspace with users according to comScore. Even though the two sites were fighting closely for the crown mid-2008, by December the clear winner emerged as Facebook grew to 222 million users, 100 million more than Myspace. The graph above shows the Google Trend utilizing data [...]

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Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse Review

Apple’s Mighty Mouse may match my keyboard and 24″ iMac in the context of design, but the Mighty Mouse simply does not match the quality of the iMac. After a year and a half, I have finally decided to drop the Mighty Mouse from my desk (literally) and switch to another mouse. The Mighty Mouse [...]

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Actual Window Manager for Windows

Here’s a nice productivity tool that can help you manage your chaos of open windows especially if you’re one of those folks who has tons of windows and browser tabs open (like me!). It’s a Window Manager that has way more features than you can shake a stick at. Just for starters, you can minimize [...]

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HitMeLater – Schedule your e-mail

E-mail overload? Only want to deal with an e-mail a specific time or day? Take a look at HitMeLater.com. Really easy to use – just send the e-mail that you want later to x@hitmelater.com. Say you want the e-mail in 5 hours? Send the e-mail to 5@hitmelater.com. Want it on Saturday? Send it to saturday@hitmelater.com. [...]

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I dub thee iPencil… DIY iPhone Stand

Fatgadget from Geeky Gadgets had a problem, and as all good Geeks do… he solved it. While working on his PC, he wanted to watch some video but just could not get his iPhone properly propped. Looking around his desk in MacGyver mode, he found 5 pencils and some elastic bands which were crafted into [...]

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Mensa Puzzle Alarm Clock

More alarm clock obsession. This one is for geniuses, or would-be smarty pants. It’s the Mensa Puzzle alarm clock. In order to shut it off, you have memorize a sequence of lights and then punch them back in to the clock. Nice. Don’t get it wrong, or the alarm gets louder. Definitely a good way [...]

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Review: GoodSync – Backup and Sync Tool

Almost 3 years ago, Gizmos for Geeks reviewed GoodSync with the intent of using it to backup important data from a user’s desktop computer to USB thumb drives. Fast forward to today where hard drives have grown tremendously in size and so has data storage and you have an even tougher backup issue. For those [...]

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Obama Still Fighting for Blackberry

Only last week Obama expressed his desire to hang on to his Blackberry: “I’m still clinging to my BlackBerry. They’re going to pry it out of my hands,” Obama said in a broadcast last week televised by CNBC. “You are interacting with people who are outside of the White House in a meaningful way.” The [...]

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Amazon Adds a Music Store

Amazon has added a Music Store to their offerings with categories including Band & Orchestra, Bass Guitars, DJ, Electronic Music & Karaoke, Drums & Percussion, Folk & World Instruments, Guitars, Keyboards, Live Sound & Stage and Recording Equipment. I’d sure hate to be a brick and mortar music store…

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Circuit City Says Farewell

After turning down a Blockbuster offer that was a premium to their then valuation back in April, Circuit City has fallen on harder times and announced January 16th, 2009 on their website that Circuit is going out of business. This affects 567 stores across the US and will result in 34,000 jobs lost. Canadian Circuit [...]

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