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Article Recap from the Week of Mar 27, 2009

Computers, Gizmo of the Day, Home Automation, Networking & Internet, Phones, Portable, Software, Tools, DIY, Home, Office / By Khalid Hosein / March 28, 2009

Here’s our weekly summary of featured items from Gizmos For Geeks:

There’s a new feature from Google Labs that allows you to ‘unsend’ an email just after sending. Why oh why is the Sci Fi Channel renaming themselves to SyFy?

For noisy environments, you’ll be able to get a ‘throat microphone’ from Sanwa. Home improvement buffs may like the Ultimate Musical Doorbell and wanna-be musicians should take a look at the illuminated fret guitar.

Perhaps one of the more high-end, expensive items this week was the 3G WiFi router for Cadillacs. tikitag which was an item we featured from CES 2009 was renamed to ‘touchatag’ and got some new features as well.

For all of you who crave for faster broadband speeds, VDSL2 might have the answer with the possiblity of up to 500Mbps speeds through simple copper telephone wiring.

Finally, the most important article was that there’s a new virus making the rounds and you should update your AV definitions and security patches ASAP.

Source: Gizmos for Geeks.

Cadillac 3G WiFi Router

Networking & Internet, Portable / By William Appleyard / March 28, 2009

3G WiFi Routers have long been offered in high-end Maybachs, but Cadillac has brought it down to a much more affordable level by offering it in their CTS Sport sedans. With a solid 3G connection, you could be looking at a speed of around 400-800kbps, but with a 2G connection you’ll probably get around 200kbps. Your car’s speed may also affect these numbers.

Currently, only 1GB and 5GB plans are available (for $30/month and $60/month respectively) which really isn’t that great, especially with a large majority of phones available with unlimited data plans for a fraction of this cost. There’s also the $500 investment of buying the router, which makes it a bit of a low bang-for-the-buck value.