Gizmo of the Day

SmartHome’s SecureLine 2 Full Home Security Control System

Today’s Gizmo is an updated version of an alarm system we featured almost exactly 4 years ago, the Web-enabled SecureLine. The new SecureLine 2 offers a more modern display and extra features.

The main control panel looks flashier, with a style that would fit in better with the modern home. It also supports home automation management, such as the control of your compatible lights or blinds.

Dell XPS 17 laptop

Weekly Deals: IdeaPad Y560p, Dell XPS 17 Laptops & Apps For Cheap

Despite the emergence of touch-based tablets for casual computing, if you want to play the latest 3D games or have real productivity requirements, the best portable solution is still using a laptop.

This week, here are two solid laptop deals from Lenovo and HP, both at similar price point but they’re definitely built for different users:

D-Link Offers Wireless N Speeds Over Your Electric Wiring

D-Link’s DHP-1320 Router allows you to make extra fast connections throughout your home via your existing electrical wiring. The DHP-1320 offers speeds of upto 300Mbps throughout a huge area of your home.

Because the router is in the PowerLine series it can be used to get a wired internet connection almost anywhere in the home, and at a fraction of the cost of having new phone sockets and wiring installed.

Plug-In Compact iPhone/iPod Speaker Dock

Similar to Quirky, Kickstarter is another website that helps back designer’s innovative ideas, as long as enough money is pledged to the product. The idea we’re featuring today is the WALdok – a iPhone/iPod plug-in speaker, and has already met its funding pledge so will go into production on the 9th of April this year.

CrashPlan Offers Multiple-Location Backup for $1.50/Month

Stop for a minute and think about how you’d cope if you lost the contents of your hard drive. If you hadn’t thought about backing up your data because of cost, security reasons or because you didn’t true the backup companies, it’s definitely time to think again. Another good product we’ve found to back up your data is CrashPlan, but we really love BackBlaze which we mentioned in our daily must-use products.

Canon EOS 60D 18 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 3.0-Inch LCD

Review: Canon EOS 60D Digital SLR Camera

Canon EOS 60D 18 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 3.0-Inch LCDReleased in August 2010, the Canon 60D digital SLR camera became an immediate favorite among both entry-level and advanced photographers. Both in design and features, it is definitely a step up from the 50D. I was able to test this camera and overall, I was very impressed with both its performance and its feel. Let’s take a look at some of the 60D’s features.

Amazon Cloud Drive

Amazon Races Ahead of Google, Apple with Digital Locker Called Cloud Drive

Amazon Cloud DriveAmazon.com just rolled out a number of related products revolving around storing your music, movies, photos or whatever in the cloud, Amazon’s cloud to be specific. Amazon just got a huge jump on Google, Apple, Microsoft and anyone else that wanted to get into this ‘digital locker’ game. And I use the word ‘game’ facetiously, because this is big business. Just ask Apple (re: iTunes).

First an overview. Cloud Drive is the linchpin in this whole deal. It’s where you store your well… anything. It can be music and everyone seems to be fixated on that, but it can be photos, videos, documents – so your own personal hard drive, but stored on Amazon’s S3 servers.

The Ultimate Backpack for Technology-Inclined Travellers

Quirky have churned out some neat products recently, and they currently need your support for their new Trek Support Electric Backpack. This is a backpack for travellers to fit in their essential gadgets, and have them recharged by the internal battery as they’re going about their business. The battery can last around 7 hours depending on what devices you’re charging up and can hold gadgets of any size in its ‘gadget mesh’.

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