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Nyko iTop iPod Button Relocator

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Nyko iTop iPod Button Relocator

This innovative and inexpensive iPod accessory is a must-have if you wear your iPod on your belt. Stop pulling out your iPod every other song, and start controlling your music with Nyko’s iTop Button Relocator for iPod. The iTop is a small adapter that attaches to the top of the iPod through the headphone and remote jack. Once connected, you can now play, pause, skip, go back, and change the volume all without having to remove the iPod from a case, pocket, or purse. The iTop is small, lightweight, requires no batteries, and matches the white and chrome décor of the iPod. The color coded and tactile buttons allow users to easily control their playlists by sight or touch. The iTop fits any 10GB and above iPod, and is perfect for the active iPod user.

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Pepper Pad Internet Media Player

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Pepper Pad Internet Media Player

The new 2.3 lb. Pepper wireless pad from Pepper Computer is the first portable device designed specifically for all the broadband activities consumers want to do most: browse the Web, e-mail and IM with friends, listen to music, watch videos, share photos and create personal journals. Offering a far richer viewing experience than small-screen PDAs or phones and much less maintenance than complex laptops, the Pepper wireless pad is the solution that millions of broadband users really need.

With Wi-Fi networking capabilities, an easy-to-use interface, and an innovative, compact design, Pepper offers hassle-free, wireless, instant-on access to the Internet and is ready to go anytime. With Pepper’s built-in digital media libraries it is easy to keep photos, music and videos organized and searchable. Pepper’s additional applications make sharing photo albums or scrapbooks simple. The Pepper wireless pad is portable and rugged so you can use it in any room at home or away.

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Apple Releases New Software for iTunes

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By Greg Sandoval, AP Technology Writer

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple Computer Inc. released new software Tuesday designed to make it easier for users to listen to the increasingly popular, but largely unstructured podcast offerings.

Apple, which also announced color screens for its iPod digital music players, said the new iTunes software comes with a podcast directory that lists more than 3,000 free audio programs. It also sports a new menu and the ability to automatically send new episodes of podcasts to the user’s computer.

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The Video equivalent of the iPod: the vPod

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By Paul H.B. Shin, Daily News Staff Writer

A new gadget from Japan nicknamed the vPod is poised to invade subways and airplanes around the world, possibly doing for video what the hugely popular iPod did for music. The miniature display, officially called the Teleglass, can be attached to an ordinary pair of eyeglasses and allows the wearer to watch DVDs or read a computer screen through one eye while they’re on the go. Despite its small size, the wearer actually sees an image equivalent to watching a 14-inch screen from a distance of 3 feet. And people easily get used to viewing an image through one eye only, said Axsom, who has tried a prototype of the Teleglass used in factories.

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Luminglass

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Luminglass

New! Upgraded technology provides brighter display and a smaller footprint!

Crafted from fine quality glass, Luminglass transforms electric current into a spectacular array of light so unique, it was seen in the film Star Trek ® “First Contact”. Just plug it in, and watch as lighting mysteriously dances inside a disk of glass that’s less than a quarter-inch thick! Create everything from a delicate tapestry of spider webs, to a powerful lightning storm! Luminglass also features a sound-responsive mode which, when used with your voice or music, creates a pulsating rhythm of light that will dazzle the senses. AC Adapter Included.

At only 6 inches in diameter, Luminglass is an energizing addition to any office space. Wall mountable and also includes stand.

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Underwater 256MB MP3 Player / Recorder / Radio

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Underwater 256MB MP3 Player / Recorder / Radio

For those water-loving folks among you who need your tunes even in or under water, H2O Audio has come up with a line of products just for you. No longer are you limited to dry environments to listen to your favorite tunes. Whether you are on the surface, or 200 feet below we have something for you. Go ahead, dive in, get wet.

H2O Audio products 2 main product lines: the DV Series – ‘Deep Version’, designed for SCUBA applications with amplified audio and depth capabilities of 200ft (60m), and the SV Series – ‘Surface Version’ designed for surface watersports such as surfing, wakeboarding, swimming and kayaking with depth capabilities of 10ft (3m).

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A few iPod and Tivo Hacks

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eCoustics is running a couple of articles on hacking your iPod and your Tivo. First up is a hack to allow you to access your hidden music files on your iPod. This way you can copy over those music files over to your computer if you’d like to listen there instead. The Tivo hack reveals some configuration settings and features that the “untouched” TiVo does not normally allow access to.

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