Archive for November 5th, 2007

Cold Office? Fingers Turning to Ice at the Keyboard? Here’s the Answer!

Monday, November 5th, 2007

My home office is freezing cold in the winter. I couldn’t bear working at the computer once the temperature drops … my fingers would turn to ice. Then one day, the answer fell at my feet, and best of all, it was free …

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Bookeen Cybook Gen3 Demo Clip

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Move over Sony Reader. There’s a new reader coming out soon using new e-ink screen Vizplex and support for Mobipocket e-books.

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Turn Drinks Cold Instantly with TinChilla

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Ever want a nice icy cold one and all you have is warm stuff lying around. With the Tinchilla, one minute and it’s icy cold and ready for you to enjoy.

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Portable Dry Ice Maker

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Make you own Dry Ice. This dry ice maker is capable of producing a 1 lb. block of dry ice in as little as 60 seconds for keeping foods and beverages cold (-109.3 F)

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Marshmallow Cannon Blast Soft Sugary Gooness 50 Feet

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Summertime is a great time to go camping, which usually includes a camp fire and the age old tradition of s’mores. Since you’ve almost always got leftover marshmallows, why not put them to use with this $40 marshmallow shooter?

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Sony launches “Net Juke” hard drive-based stereo systems

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Finally, Sony is stepping up the mini-stereo concept nearly into the year 2007 with its latest offerings, the NAS-D55HD, NAS-M75HD, and NAS-M95HD hard drive-based sound machines

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New Music Player Phone

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Motorola i885 handset includes an MP3 player with internal and external stereo speakers, removable microSD memory card to store more music, pictures and videos – all wrapped in a charcoal soft touch clamshell design

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Bluetooth Vibrating Wristbands Alert You to Calls (They actually work!)

Monday, November 5th, 2007

The BlueQ is simple device: a wearable Bluetooth wristband that vibrates when your phone gets a call. Even if you do keep your phone in your pants on vibrate, most of the time it’s still loud and annoying, or too soft for you to feel.

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Hard Drive Clock, an even better one (IMHO) than the others.

Monday, November 5th, 2007

I found this this one a couple of years ago on a forum I frequent ( [H] ). I think this clock is much neater and anyone with a little electronics experience could make since a complete DIY list and schematic is posted on this site. Also, there are videos posted showing how to set the clock, and even in action.

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Dell jumps the gun on its big new gaming laptop

Monday, November 5th, 2007

There were rumours that Dell XPS M1730 was to be launched in US,Europe and Asia simultaneously.Recently, Engadget provided a sneak preiview into it’s configuration(though not customisable) on the Dell US site.Though you cant get to it if you search the site!
Is it really coming to other regions(Asia) and in which countries and probably when ?!?!

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Sony Ericsson K850 / K530 handsets get spotted

Monday, November 5th, 2007

No sooner than Sony Ericsson goes and makes the K850 and K530 (amongst many others) official, it looks like there’s already been some hands-on action with a pair. Reportedly snapped at the recent Sony Ericsson product launch in Hong Kong, the five-megapixel K850 cameraphone was oohed and ahhed over, but the not-exactly-soft soft keys……….

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Special Version of Yahoo Messenger in Labs?

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Yahoo Messenger has millions of fans who access the chatting solution using the PC, the Mac OS X or even the mobile flavor of the application. But it seems like the parent company Yahoo wants even more than that as a special version of Yahoo Messenger targets the AT&T customers.

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Have a Motorola Razr? Skin it to look like OS X!

Monday, November 5th, 2007

I just installed this skin/hacked my way and it works great. If you hate the standard Moto skins that come with it, this is just right for you.

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Make Your Own Photography Lightbox

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Step-by-step instructions on building a lightbox for taking professional-quality photos of your eBay sales items! Soft, diffuse lighting, no glare, no shadows. Enhance the look of your item for mere pennies.

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Random Name Generator for Domains, Screen Names, Pets…

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Great tool for coming up with new ideas for domain names, pet names, screen names and so on.

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USB BB Gun Will Shoot Your Eye Out, Remotely

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Sure, you could get that USB foam rocket launcher if you’re some sort of wussbag, but if you mean business you know that a couple of soft darts to the face aren’t going to really get your message across. You need to get serious.

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Top 10 Coolest USB Devices

Monday, November 5th, 2007

There are lots of ‘Top 10 Weird USB Devices’, but they are all just flash disks in weird shapes.
Bring on the good USB devices:
10. USB Tie

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One billion cellphones to ship this year

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Despite a soft second quarter, both in terms of units and average selling prices, the mobile phone market is expected to achieve shipments of one billion units this year, according to ABI Research. Over 245 million mobile handsets shipped in Q3, and 4Q is expected to be a “bumper quarter.”

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GORGEOUS Sony OLED tv phone

Monday, November 5th, 2007

This Sony Ericsson phone concept by Karsten Willmann has all the basics of “phone concepts 101″ down. You’ve got the high contrast OLED display. You’ve got the really thin form factor. And then there’s the number key pad and soft keys sitting nearly flush with the surface.

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Are your hands cold? Are you using your computer? No Problem!

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Plug in these USB powered gloves to keep your hands warm.

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Via unveils NanoBook “ultra mobile device”

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Via Technologies has unveiled the NanoBook Ultra Mobile Device (UMD) — a reference design for a low-cost UMPC-like device with a full QWERTY keyboard. It’s a bit like a Palm Foleo with a brain and built-in hard drive (and more).

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Your High Tech Throne! The Geeky Toilet Seat

Monday, November 5th, 2007

With an air filter that eliminates odors and soft lighting that gets rid of the need to flip the switch in the middle of the night, shocking your sleepy eyes, Kohler’s new C3-200 toilet is set to bring U.S. consumers one step closer to the amazing toilets.

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Optical periscopes replaced with digital camera systems

Monday, November 5th, 2007

The new Virginia-class United States submarines do not use optical periscopes - they’re all digital. The new “photonic mast” includes infrared, HDTV (B&W), color TV, GPS, and a bunch of other toys geared more toward surveillance than cold-war attack.

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Baden Bath DVD Tub

Monday, November 5th, 2007

The new Baden Bath DVD Tub features a flat panel TV screen which folds down, as well as a DVD player and stereo system with dual remotes. Your bath water will never go cold again. The tub itself has ten jets and a heater to keep your water hot throughout your bath. It also features a cooler for wine, champagne or your favorite beverage.

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Nokia’s DVD-3800 player — is this for real?

Monday, November 5th, 2007

We know the rebadging / knockoff fiends have kicked out some seriously stupefying gear in the past, but we just find it (mighty) hard to believe that Nokia is actually venturing into the DVD player market. Nevertheless, a tipster reportedly snapped the above shot whilst out in Almaty, Kazakhstan. (pictures after the jump)

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Convert RSS/ATOM feeds into PDF - Free Google Gadget

Monday, November 5th, 2007

This gadget allows users (who have added it to their iGoogle or Google Desktop pages) to enter a feed URL (either RSS or ATOM), choose a font and get their feed in PDF format.

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Happy Birthday Dear Google, Happy Birthday to You…

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Google… What a name, what an impressive brand, what a powerful search engine! Well, believe it or not, Google celebrates today the 9th anniversary as it was first released on the Internet in September 1998.

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Garmin Nuvo 660 Photos Spotted

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Photos and product technical specs of Garmin’s up coming Nuvi 660 are available. Now in wide-screen format, the newest member of the Nuvi family looks like it could be a winner.

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White-hot Action for your iPod Shuffle

Monday, November 5th, 2007

It is now possible to listen to your music from your ipod Shuffle when doing sport with DLO’s (Digital Lifestyle Outfitters) white armband.

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Scientists Invent Sugar-Powered Fuel Cells

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Researchers at the Saint Louis University in Missouri have developed a fuel cell that runs on any sugar source from soft drinks to tree sap. The fuel cell has the potential to run three to four times longer on a single charge than conventional lithium ion batteries we know and love today.

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Firefox 3 Quietly Works With Google

Monday, November 5th, 2007

irefox 3, codename Gran Paradiso, bundles several security features such as an antiphishing filter which is able to block all the websites which are identified as malicious. But who’s the provider of this utility because there must be one since Mozilla is only focused on the browsing capabilities?

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IM-5 will unload hot punishment into an attacker’s face

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Apparently, non-lethal weapons are all the rage these days. Mace? That’s yesterday’s news. Why spray an attacker in the face when you can fire five projectiles full of insanely ho PAVA powder?

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