November 2009

The beginning of the end? AOL to go its own way Dec 9

Back in the mid-90s, I really thought that AOL (America Online) couldn’t keep competing against the tidalwave of new ISPs that were offering Internet connectivity for much less, not to mention without the horrible bandwidth-sucking AOL application in an age of dial-up modems. I was quite wrong. Relatively few knew about those ‘other’ ISPs and [...]

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LAlarm – Laptop alarm security software – sounds loud alarm on theft of laptop

Worried about your laptop getting stolen when nature calls and you’re at a Starbucks chugging coffee and working? LAlarm (laptop alarm) semi-solves that problem by equipping your laptop with a auto-style alarm – loud and annoying! If you have the LAlarm software installed, you simply plug your computer into a power outlet or plug in [...]

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Livio Internet Radio gives you Pandora access plus 11,000+ Internet radio stations

Livio and Pandora have partnered to bring you the Livio Radio which features easy-to-setup access to Pandora as well as over 11,000 other Internet radio stations. Once you pay for the box, you won’t have to pay for anything else except of course for your home’s Internet connection. You will not be restricted to the [...]

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Review: TrickleStar’s PC TrickleSaver and PC TrickleSwitch power conservation gadgets

TrickleStar is a tech company that makes a line of products geared to save you money with your energy usage. We reviewed 2 of their products that go hand in hand. The main product is the PC TrickleSaver. It basically works by monitoring your computer (via USB cable) to see if it’s on. If it’s [...]

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Dell’s Mini 3 smartphone to run Android and will be released in China and Brazil first

First there were the rumors, but now Dell has confirmed that they are getting into the cell phone handset market and yes, the Mini 3 as it will be called, will run Android. They’re starting off in China and Brazil, but hopefully will release a handset stateside soon.

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Telekentic Obstacle Course – use your brain only to navigate the maze

Here’s another game that makes you use your brain (or is it brainwaves?) this time to navigate a maze. You wear a headset that has a headband and 2 earlobe clips. Yes it doesn’t look pretty, but it measures your theta wave activity and in turn sends wireless signals to the game. The object is [...]

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Rechargeable AA Battery Pack Never Lets You Down

At the time of this article, Buy.com has a set of AA battery chargers which re-powers via USB at a 72% savings. List price went from $24 down to $7 bucks! Great stocking stuffer for the geeky Dad, brother or in-law. Save the environment by throwing fewer batteries away! This Ni-MH battery recharges with any [...]

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Geeky 80s Wedding Invitation

This is simply really creative and sooo appropriate if you’re a child of the 80s and a computer/gaming geek. Illustrator Carla Berrocal created this wedding invitation that is pays homage to the blocky graphics of the Atari era of video games. Nicely done Carla. via Switched and BuzzFeed

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Microsoft’s Bing team giving away free WiFi service in exchange for searching

I’ve spent my own share of time criticizing Microsoft for their buggy software and unethical business practices, but I’ve got to give them kudos for this move. They are exchanging free (1-time use) WiFi service for just a single search on Bing, their new search engine. Pretty smart. The goal is to get more people [...]

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iTouchless Touch-free Paper Towel Dispenser

Ever have dirty hands while say cooking and need a quick paper towel to clean something up, and you end up doing all sorts of acrobatics with your arms and head and arms to either get a paper towel or need to wash your hands first? Well those days are over. The Towel-Matic Sensor Paper [...]

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