September 2009

Kitchen Peeler with built-in chamber for catching peelings

Who can have too many kitchen gadgets?! This take on the ubiquitous kitchen peeler is pretty nice – it has a chamber built-in that catches the peelings. The blade itself is double-sided and made of stainless steel. Snap open the chamber lid to empty and stick it in the dishwasher for fast and easy clean-up. [...]

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Need for Speed giving away a BMW M3

In what has to be one of the most extravagant promotions for a video game, EA is giving away a BMW M3 to help promote the latest in the Need for Speed series (called Shift). Apart from the M3, you can win NfS bags, t-shirts and more. Here’s what you need to do – get [...]

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Nimbuzz Mobile aggregates your IM contacts on your mobile

Here’s another IM aggregator that makes managing all of your online personalities on your cell/smart phone/mobile easier: Nimbuzz Mobile. It can handle Skype, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, AIM, Google Talk and more using a single login. Nimbuzz not only IMs, but also manages clls, messaging, photos, video, music and more. Nimbuzz also lets you locate your [...]

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Play poker on your iPhone

Interested in playing some poker on your iPhone but noticed that there aren’t apps for your favorite poker sites? Then take a look at this quick guide on what you can do to get around the Apple restrictions on ‘gambling’ apps.

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IDC Ecco Intelligent Digital Compass Personal Pocket GPS Locator

Want a GPS but want something even smaller? Then take a look at Ecco’s portable GPS fob that fits on your keychain. The Ecco can store 3 locations and find locations in seconds by pulling in info from 32 satellites within 60 secs. It uses rechargeable batteries and shows direction arrows and distance. Never get [...]

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Hawking HU2P4 Easy-Link File Sharing USB Hub

The Hawking HU2P4 Easy-Link USB File Sharing Hub is one of those gadgets that isn’t ground-breaking but very useful. Connect PCs together to share files via USB and the bundled file-sharing software. In addition, it comes with a built-in 3-port USB 2.0 hub, so you can cut down on the number of accessories plugged into [...]

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Get Papa John’s pizza from your Playstation 3

Following on the heels of Tivo users being able to order Domino’s pizza from their Tivo, PS3 owners will now have a Papa John’s button on their startup page from which they can order pizza. What’s next? Order Pizza Hut from your Dish satellite receiver? Somehow I don’t think pizza should be the food of [...]

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Sonos CR200, Wireless Controller

Sonos has a new product, a wireless controller for your Sonos system that lets you control all your music in any room from anywhere. The full-color, 3.5-inch LCD touchscreen CR200 lets you control any of your Sonos controllers. You can play your CDs, music on your computer(s) or even Internet Radio. Let’s say you decide [...]

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New Search Engine, Duck Duck Go, promises less garbage, more relevance, simplicity

One thing to love about the Internet and entrepreneurs in general is that despite what sometimes seem like insurmountable dominance, such as Google has over the search engine market, new attempts to break them down occur all the time. New search engine, Duck Duck Go, is trying to do just that with their quirky name, [...]

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Staple-less Stapler

I recently tried out a staple-less stapler which works without traditional metal staples. The staple-less stapler (which I’m going to shorten to ‘sls’) works by cutting out a tab of the paper, wrapping it around and tucking it back into a small slot (take a look at the picture for a better idea). The sls [...]

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