May 2009

Palm Pre rolling out June 6

It turns out the rumors were pretty true, and the Palm Pre will be available Jun 6! It will only be $200 on Sprint. Of course, you’ll have to sign up for a 2-year contract, but that’s not surprising. Here were some of our thoughts on the Palm Pre when it was announced at CES. [...]

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FINIS Aqua Pulse – Swimmer’s Heart Rate Monitor

With the world swaying more and more towards one where people like to stay in shape, more products are appearing to help you out. Here’s where FINIS have found their niche – they’ve developed a heart-rate monitor to measure your body’s exertion and exercise intensity while swimming. They claim that other products aren’t quite up [...]

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GfG’s Article Recap for Week Ending May 15, 2009

This past week we took a look at the very beautiful (although perhaps not awfully practical) glass foosball table from Teckell. We reviewed a powerful nutrition scale to help you keep an eye on what you eat. Virgin Galatic is looking to offer uber short long haul flights and we reported on the new bill [...]

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Dell P2210 22″ Monitor

Dell has a new line-up of eco-friendly monitors including the pictured P2210 which is a 22″ flat panel screen that supports up to a 1680×1050 widescreen resolution. It has 4 USB 2.0 ports, takes VGA, DVI-D and DisplayPort inputs and has an adjustable viewing angle. It is not height-adjustable like the more expensive line, but [...]

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Review: EatSmart Digital Nutrition Scale

If you are ready to start that long postponed diet program, and are serious about the nutritional values (or lack thereof) of what you consume, then the EatSmart digital nutrition scale is the way to go. This thorough review of the EatSmart scale will take you through what the scale can do under real-world conditions. [...]

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Get Behind The Seat Of A GTI

How would you like to get behind the seat of a GTI from the comfort of your own computer? I recently wrote about a curious, and fun, little gamer made by strapping a camera to the front a scale model of a GTI in an adrenaling pumping Scalextric track – and its under your control. There [...]

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Google adds Tasks to Calendar

Once the suggestions turned from a stream into a flood, Google caved and added Tasks (like in Gmail) to Google Calendar. This is a nice addition to GCal for 2 reasons: The Tasks you see in Calendar are the same ones as in your Gmail account, nicely sync’ed up. You can now assign a due [...]

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Netgear Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9150

Netgear hasn’t given up on their networked multimedia devices, even after a somewhat shaky start with their EVA700. One of their latest models, the EVA9150 features video, audio and photo streaming from your PC or Mac or even your NAS to your (HD)TV. It includes an HDMI port and can upconvert to 1080p, already support [...]

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Deal: get a $25 rebate @ Smarthome

As part of their promotional effort in concert with the launch of eBillme as one of their payment processors, Smarthome has a $25 rebate on orders of $100 or more. Unknown when this offer expires, so take advantage of it while you can.

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MvixUSA rolling out next-generation Media Center player

According to a report on MvixCommunity, MvixUSA is set to announce and ship a new product in their media center line. Dubbed the Ultio, this media center will handle numerous new formats such as FLAC, MKV, H.264, is also rumored to include an embedded UPnP and a bittorent client. Read the full post at MvixCommunity.

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