May 2009

Top Three Weird, Must-Have Electronics

Muji CD Player – This CD player isn’t your standard “walk-around-very-carefully” music device. As a matter of fact, it looks a lot like a little lamp. The Muji CD Player is wall ounted, and absolutely indispensable, at around $180. You mount it, and turn it on by pulling the string. It’s flat, with its own [...]

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Facebook valued at $10 billion?

Facebook’s public valuation is of course a moving target, given that they’re a private company, but a recent investment of US$200 million by a Russian investor for a 1.96% stake in the company puts the valuation at roughly $10 billion. Not too shabby. 2 years ago, Microsoft invested $240 million and attached a valuation of [...]

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Review: postersPrinting.com – Photo to Poster service

We recently encountered a new service called PostersPrinting which will take your digital photo and turn it into a quality poster which you can then frame or perhaps use for presentations. We took this service out for a test run and were very pleased with the results. Read on for the review.

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Audiopoint’s Voice Terminal Service (VTS) adds support for Google services

Speech recognition company Audiopoint has released a new version of their Voice Terminal Service (VTS) that now supports Gmail and Google Calendar. VTS allows customers to interact with their e-mail, calendar and Internet services in general via a traditional telephone. For example, VTS’ Google Calendar Interface allows users to listen to Daily Agendas, based on [...]

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Freezer Failure Sensor Kit

A little while ago we pondered what a gadget/gizmo actually was and found one of the definition to be a ‘device or control this is very useful for a particular job’ well, I think we can safely say we’ve found something to fit this bill perfectly – presenting the Freezer Failure Sensor Kit. This nifty [...]

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Maytag testing out ‘connected’ Washers and Dryers

Boy I wish we had these when I was in college. I don’t miss continually walking to and from the laundry room or just sitting in those loud, hot rooms waiting for my laundry to finish. Maytag is testing out some new connected washers and dryers at a Wheelock College. These washers and dryers can [...]

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GfG’s Article Recap for Week Ending May 22, 2009

This past week on GfG, we featured FINIS’s new product – a heart rate monitor for swimmers. Palm have confirmed they will be rolling out the Palm Pre on June 6. We took a look at the upcoming movie, Gamer, which has a different take on gaming in the future. Gmail has even more new [...]

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Aerobie Aeropress – hand press coffee maker

Here’s another coffee gadget for you caffeine addicts – the Aerobie AeroPress. This ingenious creation allows you to brew fresh coffee into your cup without having to make a big pot or invest in an expensive machine. All you have to do is stick your fresh coffee into the top of the ‘tube’, position it [...]

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Gmail’s 2 latest features: Translation and Import from other accounts

Gmail has 2 cool new features. The first can be really useful for those of us who frequently get e-mail from all over the world – language translation. Just head into your Gmail Labs section, look for Message Translation and enable. Messages in foreign languages will now have a link to translate. I was surprised [...]

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New movie Gamer, puts a twist on gaming

Gamer is an upcoming action movie with an interesting twist. Set in the future, mind-control is common and used in FPS video gaming where players control inmates in actual battles. This flick has some big names in it like Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, John Leguizamo, Kyra Sedgwick and Ludacris. Comes out Sep 4. Take [...]

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