August 2009

The ‘anti-Twitter’: Woofer!

LOL. Too funny. 2 guys from DC decided to create the “anti-Twitter” appropriately titled Woofer. What does that mean exactly? Woofer doesn’t have a maximum length like Twitter; instead it has a minimum length (1400 characters to be exact)! It’s actually an homage to Twitter. Not sure this will actually have Twitter-like traction, especially as [...]

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VHS2DVD Wizard – Converts VHS to DVD

VHS2DVD Wizard is another competitor in the VHS to DVD conversion market. It presents a simple and tidy way to transfer your VHS video tapes to DVDs. Sure it might not have the same features as some of the other competitors (round up) but it does it cheaper and perhaps with less hassle. Plug in [...]

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Sennheiser’s Totally Wireless Earphones

Sennheiser have broken into the ultra premium headphone market by offering their Sennheiser MX W1 Earphones, which are completely wireless and compatible with any device with a 3.5mm jack. The included transmitter plugs into the jack to transmit your music (or book, as Amazon say these get bought alot with Kindles) into your headphones wirelessly. [...]

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Google Books now supports EPUB format

Now we’re moving along. Google is doing their part to get the industry on board with EPUB, an electronic format for books. That means that all of those public domain books hosted on Google Books are now downloadable in that format on any device that supports it. That includes Sony’s line of eReaders. C’mon Amazon [...]

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Calibrate your HD TV with this free tool

You may not know it, but there’s a good chance your high-def TV is not calibrated properly. Essentially, yellow should look like yellow on every TV, but it usually doesn’t because either you or the factory or the store tweaked the TV. What you should do is get a calibration DVD that walks you through [...]

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USB Wireless Computer Control

This nifty innovation takes the TV remote to the next level by turning it into a computer remote. All you need to do is plug the USB receiver into your computer and away you go. The remote features buttons for all the major computer functions, such as page up/down, tab, mouse, typing controls (in a [...]

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Split Stick – 2 Flash Drives In One

Some ‘crazy’ people over at quirky.com have designed a flash drive they named the Split Stick. This is a 2GB, double-ended flash drive that allows you to switch between 2 different memory units by sliding a button along, separating your work from leisure or whatever else it may be that you choose to keep separate. [...]

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Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) available Fri

Apple’s latest revision of the Mac OS operating system, version 10.6 (codenamed “Snow Leopard”) drops tomorrow (Fri) for an upgrade price of $29. Yes, $29. Why? Because Snow Leopard is meant to be more of a performance and efficiency improvement, not a version replete with new features. Not only is the memory footprint smaller, but [...]

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Target’s specials next week include Xbox 360s

Wondering what to do this Sunday? Maybe you should think about taking a trip to your local Target b/c they’re probably going to have Xbox 360s on sale for $250. Elite 120GB models will go for $300. via Engadget

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Scuba Masks With Cameras

Sports items with built in cameras are nothing new, but they can still be highly impressive and innovative, especially when inside an underwater sports item such as a scuba mask. This is where Liquid Image come in – they supply 4 masks with built in cameras set into the top of them to record your [...]

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