Techno gear

Are your gadget taste affected by the recession?

2009-01-09T18:58:00.000-08:00

I have been a very loyal followers to high technology gadget's news. But due to economic recession I have to hold my needs and put the important stuffs in front like buying new stuffs and renovation of my new house. I had some things in my mind like getting a 42 inches lcd tv for my living room and a nice stove for the kitchen which would cost me a fortune. But I guess it is not so important. I have to put my kid in front. Maybe I would save some money for it later. Hope I will have the money soon.

Music, music, music...

2008-12-26T17:34:00.000-08:00

Music is part of life, and as far as I know, music has added something to everyone's life ... but right there the similarities cease ... we all seem to have some go to music that may be different at different times ... in a crowd, on holidays, in the shower, at work, traveling, on a date, at a funeral, watching TV (all the popular shows now have background music), shopping, studying, exercising ... well, I'm sure you get the idea. We even have all types of gadgets that plays music. Cell phone, ipod, and sometimes in weird way toilets do play music. Help yourself to understand more about music by answering the survey below.

Entertainment in a bag

2008-12-25T06:29:00.000-08:00

How would you like an entertainment system that you could carry anywhere you like. I know I want one. But it is not for the faint of heart because you will in the center of attention.

A new, luxury, and interesting lady bag, which is incorporated with tv screen on it. It is available in variety of colors which really appealing, leathers and fabrics that lasts long, this bag is a multimedia bag which is packed with built-in 7” LCD tv screen, dvd and mpeg player.

You won’t miss any episodes of your favorite showbiz interviews. You may record all those and make a copy on DVD and you enjoy watching it while on-the-go. If you want to, sit back comfortably on one side of bus or train you always ride on and put your lovely bag on your lap and play what you have burnt on DVD. If you run out of video to view, you are able to browse your picture collections and reminisce the those unforgettable moments.

This BagTV comes with a built-in lightweight battery that can last up to 2.5 hours of continuous viewing. Enough for a long travel.

A musical chair

2008-12-22T15:36:00.001-08:00

The former Sound Chair is now called the Sound Chair Touch. From the first glance only the 20 inch iMac touchscreen is seen as new thing in it. Actually, there is not much more of news about it. It is still a chair that judging by design came down from a UFO, or from another place like it, and is still offered only with leather and suede inside. All the materials, by the way, are of a very high quality, so they will not call to any censure. In rest, the Sound Chair Touch has a standard pack for multimedia amusement. The bendable iMac display connector wires it to a PC with ATI Radeon 2400 XT GPU, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz processor, 250 GB on internal HDD and 1 GB of RAM. Good enough for a home PC, but we are not dealing with one. That is the price I am getting at. Rumors are speaking of five figures on the price tag. That’s more then ten grand for a smart and fashionable piece of furniture.
I love to have this chair in my home. It compliments the interior and it has cool edge too. Not sure if the price tags fits my pockets. For the whole story you can read it at ( source )

Light with no batteries is light without .........

2008-12-20T00:53:00.000-08:00

This Christmas, stop worrying about running out of batteries forever.

World, meet Forever Everlife Flashlight DLX. A flashlight that doesnt require any batteries all you have to do is to shake it for 60 seconds and you’ll have up to 100 minutes of continuous bright light.

Imagine the money you’ll save by not having to replace costly batteries. The Forever Everlife Flashlight DLX uses the Faraday Principle of Electromagnetic Energy that guarantees replacement parts will never be needed!

It never and would never need batteries and bulbs. It is waterproof and floats in water.

Now, can you just see yourself exploring the attic or crawling under the house to fix something without the fear of ever running out of light?

Product Features

No battery and bulb needed
Just shake it for 1 minute can last 100 minutes
Charging indicator LED shows it is charging
Water-proof and shock-proof
Great for emergency use

Turn your monitor into touch screen

2008-12-18T05:39:00.000-08:00

People who want or need a tablet or touch screen display don’t really have a lot of affordable options. For example, Wacom’s tablets are nice - Penny Arcade’s Gabe uses it - but they’re quite expensive. Fortunately, Korean company Pen and Free has invented a peripheral device that might make touch screen affordable. Called the Duo, it gives touch screen and tablet capabilities to any ordinary monitor that it’s attached to. The best part is that it’s worth a whopping $44.

The model pictured above is for laptops while the one pictured below is for desktop monitors. You can attach the Duo on top or on a monitor’s sides. It has word recognition, motion recognition and supports plug & play via USB. One other neat thing with the Duo is that you can choose which part of your screen to use as a tablet/touch screen.

I’d give you more details but the Engrish on Pen and Free’s website goes up to 11. Overall it’s a promising alternative but I don’t think that this is going to replace a dedicated tablet device, especially for people who draw. It’s cheap all right, but it’s not that easy to draw on a vertical surface (e.g. your PC’s monitor), compared to a tablet that’s resting on your desk or on your lap. If any of you own a Duo, tell us how the quality is. Also, try attaching it to a touch screen monitor. It should explode.

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Dangerous emails that should be deleted immediately

2008-12-16T16:51:00.000-08:00

Number 1
McDonald's and Other Familiar Brands Used for Viruses

Fake McDonald's, Coke, and Hallmark Coupons

Trusted brands are usually just that -- to be trusted -- but right now there's a particularly sneaky set of e-mails going around purporting to be from McDonald's, Coca-Cola, and Hallmark. As you can see in the above picture of the McDonald's e-mail, these fake promo messages claim to offer coupons for discounts that actually turn out to be links that download a malicious virus that'll snag all your personal information (like banking information, passwords). According to CNET, similar e-mails are appear to come from Coca-Cola and Hallmark as well -- the latter even including a goofy-looking holiday card! So, watch out for these e-mails, but also make sure your anti-virus software is up-to-date.

Number 2
Cheaper Gas

Once again, scammers are going for what's in the news and people's innate desire to save some bucks by highlighting gas prices in spam e-mails. Either they're offering gas cards with locked-in rates or they're hawking gizmos that increase your mileage. Just don't believe it, ok? Especially since now that gas prices are low again, you won't really need these huckster discounts.

Number 3
F.B.I. Vs. Facebook

Yes, there are more important matters to worry about than Facebook's recent redesign -- namely, an e-mail with a message that says "F.B.I. vs. Facebook," which includes the above picture and has a link to download the Storm Worm botnet, that nasty piece of malware that connects infected computers and uses them for identity theft and spam. Make sure not to open any e-mail with this subject and make sure to delete it immediately. If you do accidentally open this e-mail, don't click on any links within it and delete it immediately. Lastly, before you open another e-mail, make sure you have some sort of anti-virus software installed.

Number 4
CNN and MSNBC Alerts

Rather than stick with sensational headlines, swindlers are now manufacturing fake custom alerts from CNN and MSNBC that looks pretty legit at first glance. The subject line, as you can see from the screenshot above, says "CNN Alerts: My Custom Alert." If you click on "Full story," you'll be taken to a video player that tells you to download Adobe Flash, but instead turns out to be malware. The easiest solution is to delete it without opening it, but MXLab's Web site has more information on dealing with this nasty bit of e-mail.

Number 5
The Hitman

We told you about the Hitman scheme a while back, but unfortunately, this old con is still going on, only with slight differences. The FBI sent out another warning a month ago, saying that now recipients are being threatened with kidnapping (instead of just killing), and that the new e-mails contain more personal information that fools some people into thinking it's a valid threat. The best solution to this e-mail? Just ignore it, but the FBI also encourages people to report any threatening messages they receive, which you can do via the FBI's Internet Crime Center.

Number 6
Hurricane Charities

Sadly, disasters encourage scammers to prey on the charitable. Naturally, recent hurricanes Ike and Gustav spawned dozens of fake e-mails designed to rip you off. Pretty much every standard scheme has been repurposed for these storms, so check out the list of variations here.

Number 7
Nigerian Scam, Take 2

Just like an extra lame sequel, another Nigerian scam is making the rounds, only this time it's using the first wave of 419 crimes to lure victims. This time, a Nigerian attorney claims to have large settlements for people defrauded by scammers, accessible once people send in $675 and some personal information. Surprise – it's fake.

Number 8
irline Tickets

If you're not flying anywhere, be on the lookout for any ticket messages from airlines, including major ones like JetBlue, Frontier Airlines, and US Airways. E-mails are going out saying that your credit card has been used to purchase a ticket contained in an attached Zip file. If you open it the file, it downloads malware that can be used to steal your personal information. Should you receive an e-mail like this, delete it immediately and contact authorities if you receive it or have already opened it.

Number 9
Search Engine Optimization Offers

Whether it's business or personal, having your own Web site puts you at risk from scammers. Currently, companies offering better search results for your site are offering their services for a fee, although there's no real company. Like any unsolicited e-mails, don't respond to them without looking into the business first and don't give away anything personal before you find out if it's legit. In this case, the lack of company information and bizarre e-mail addresses are the most telling signs that it's phony.

Number 10
Holiday E-mails

Major holidays means it's time to be wary of any greeting cards from unknown senders. Many of these e-mails provide a link to see a message or download some sort of file, but really all you're doing is downloading the Storm Worm. We warned you about it last year at Valentine's Day, and be sure to keep a lookout for the creepy above-pictured skeleton e-card with Halloween right around the corner.

Number 11
Time Warner Cable Threat

If you're a customer of Time Warner (which is the parent company of AOL and Switched.com), outages might not be your only problem. Clients in San Antonio, Texas, all of whom used the Road Runner Internet service, recently received e-mails sent with the company's name and logo asking them to provide account information or they would lose service. Time Warner says that people receiving these messages should delete them and contact the company.

Number 12
Wall Street Woes

While there haven't been any confirmed cases yet, the creators of CertifiedMail issued a warning that spammers will most likely try to use the current economic crisis for phishing (a.k.a., online scamming) purposes. Just as with the hurricanes, the security experts at CertifiedMail believe criminals will capitalize on fear and the high profile nature of the story, so be warned.

Number 13
Obama Sex Scandal

Yes, fake news is all the rage for scammers and they've taken to politics for their latest sensational stories. In one of the more recent versions of the threat, an e-mail purports to have a video of Barack Obama having sex with a Ukrainian woman. Of course, you click on the video and it's malware. As we've said before, please stick to legitimate news sites.

Number 14

Dangerous E-Mails You Should Delete Immediately 16

by Dan Reilly, posted Dec 7th 2008 at 12:00AM

Would You Fall for This?

We think this one's so obvious that we saved it for last. After all, who in their right mind would actually enter their credit card number into an e-mail asking if their credit card number has been stolen? It's such a transparent scam that it made it onto failblog.org, a site that catalogs these sorts of numskulleries. [Related Link: How to Avoid ID Theft]

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Train yourself to save

2008-12-15T16:32:00.001-08:00

When a coin is inserted the Yamanote Piggy Bank begins playing nice train station music, if you've been to Tokyo, Ueno, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Nippori or Shinagawa, you’ll probably recognize it. We admit the Japanese are great when it comes to creating music like this, once heard it's never forgotten.
If you fall in love with this piggy bank, buy it now on GeekStuff4U.com

Yamanote Piggy Bank
by AkihabaraNews

The sci fi keyboard

2008-12-14T15:59:00.000-08:00

Remember when you were promised all those amazing future tech innovations? Just around the corner was supposed to be a shining technology utopia with flying cars, personal space travel to distant galaxies, and bio-implantable cell phones. It's almost disappointing enough to make you sit at home and watch old episodes of "Space 1999".

Don't lose hope! An amazing glimpse of this promised future has just arrived at ThinkGeek in the form of the Bluetooth Laser Virtual Keyboard. This tiny device laser-projects a keyboard on any flat surface... you can then type away accompanied by simulated key click sounds. It really is true future magic at its best. You'll be turning heads the moment you pull this baby from your pocket and use it to compose an e-mail on your bluetooth enabled PDA or Cell Phone. With 63 keys and and full size QWERTY layout the Laser Virtual Keyboard can approach typing speeds of a standard keyboard... in a size a little larger than a matchbook.

Product Features

Connects to PDAs Smartphones and Computers using Bluetooth
Projects a full size keyboard onto any flat surface
Allows the convenience of regular keyboard typing in a tiny form factor
Rechargeable battery lasts for 120 minutes of continuous typing
Tiny size only 3.5 inches high
Compatible with PalmOS 5, PocketPC 2003, Windows Smartphone, Symbian OS, and Windows 2000/XP. Limited Mac OSX Support.

Source ( Techgeek)

A cool watch

2008-12-12T22:59:00.000-08:00

Time Machine Clock

“The Time Machine Clock is a kinetic display device that eschews the normal conventions of a timepiece - hands, to you and me - and instead replaces them with an altogether more elaborate means of saying ‘ten past two’. A central spindle counts the seconds, releasing a ball every minute. Once five minutes is reached, the five minute ball is released. These balls accumulate until 12 have been released, whereupon the one hour ball is set free and rolls into place. This continues on the hour, every hour. Along the way, a precision movement mechanism ensures complete accuracy.”

I'll definitely love this kind of watch. Instead of hearing tick tocks watching balls rolling would be nice.

Funny grannies on wheels

2008-12-12T16:41:00.000-08:00

Two high-octane octogenarians rev up their wheelchairs and spin around the 10-piece track; individual controls keep the action going. Requires four AA batteries (not included). Plastic. Grannies are 3¼"H; assembled track is 15½" x 25½".

a cool dude from apple

2008-12-11T16:44:00.000-08:00

Apple triBook Concept Laptop

December 11th, 2008 by Mark R in Apple News, PC Gadgets

It appears that our friends from Apple have leaked some drool-worthy information on the net with their latest concept, the triBook.

Yes, I am also quite impressed at a screen that can fold out into three. These side screens are perfectly sandwiched in between the main display and the keyboard. Every time a user wants to use the triBook, he or she will unfold it like opening a cardboard box. A user also has the option of combining all three screens for a landscape display of about 21 inches.

An unfolded triBook measures at 6.75 x 10 inches, and it is about 1 inch thick. That may not be good enough to fit into a manila envelope like the MacBook Air, but I am willing to sacrifice the skinniness for that fold-out feature.

Not much is known about the triBook’s other features, other than it comes with a “kick-ass” hard drive (that is a direct quote from my source). It also has many I/O connectors, an 8x SuperDrive, plus a MacBook Pro-caliber CPU.

Right now, the triBook is just concept, but I could easily see it becoming the standard for laptops. After all, who wouldn’t want more real estate for their laptop screen? That alone is enough to convert me to a Mac user, and I’m sure a lot of people will also be Apple converts if this ever gets mass-marketed.

The weird and the funny

2008-12-10T17:37:00.000-08:00

I like to share to you the weird and the latest gadgets on the market. For the moment, This is the first one.

The Sauce Dispensing Chopsticks

With these sauce dispensing chopsticks you'll never have to dip your sushi in soy sauce again For $21, you can purchsae two pairs of these chopsticks -- made from polypropylene and ABS. [Source]

Trying to get my hands on this technology next year

2008-12-10T17:31:00.000-08:00

PlayStation 3 Specifications and Details

Product name: PLAYSTATION 3

CPU: Cell Processor

PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
1 VMX vector unit per core
512KB L2 cache
7 x SPE @3.2GHz
7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
* 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS

GPU: RSX @550MHz

1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines

Sound: Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell-base processing)

Memory:

256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz
256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz

System Bandwidth:

Main RAM: 25.6GB/s
VRAM: 22.4GB/s
RSX: 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
SB: 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)

System Floating Point Performance: 2 TFLOPS

Storage:

HDD
Detachable 2.5” HDD slot x 1

I/O:

USB: Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
Memory Stick: standard/Duo, PRO x 1
SD: standard/mini x 1
CompactFlash: (Type I, II) x 1

Communication: Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x3 (input x 1 + output x 2)

Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g

Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)

Controller:

Bluetooth (up to 7)
USB2.0 (wired)
Wi-Fi (PSP®)
Network (over IP)

AV Output:

Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
HDMI: HDMI out x 2
Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1

CD Disc media (read only):

PlayStation CD-ROM
PlayStation 2 CD-ROM
CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW
SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD
DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)

DVD Disc media (read only):

PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM
PLAYSTATION 3 DVD-ROM
DVD-Video: DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW

Blu-ray Disc media (read only):

PLAYSTATION 3 BD-ROM
BD-Video: BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE

My dream phone

2008-12-10T17:24:00.000-08:00

Hello, I am trying to get my hands on some of this thing and hopefully I will. I'll definitely look good with this kind of phone in my hands. I am hoping to get one in January.

S amsung announces the launch of the new Samsung Omnia SGH-i900 mobile phone. The Samsung Omnia brings together high performance business content, top of the range style and a fun, dynamic multi-media experience, to ensure consumers are always connected both at home and at work. Omnia, meaning ‘everything’ in Latin and ‘wish’ in Arabic, goes beyond the current top-of-the-line features available in today’s mobile phones. The Samsung i900 Omnia will be available to the market from June 2008.

Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional

• Familiar and comfortable PC-like environment
• Seamlessly integrates office and phone
• Continually adds innovative software applications

Professional 5MP Auto Focus Camera

• Advanecd smile shot and face detection
• Auto-panorama shot
• video recording with Power LED
• Business Card Reader
• Wide Dynamic Range
• Multi Scene mode
• Digital Image Stabilization
• Video Editor

Premier Pocket Theater & Superior Storage

• 3.2" WQVGA TFT LCD display
• Multi-Cofec (DivX, Xvid, MP4)
• Contents sharing among devices with Samsung DLNA Certified™ Solution
• internal 16GB and external memory up to 16GB
- 23 DVD-quality films,
- 8,000 MP3 songs,
- 12,000 5-megapixel images

Sleek metalic Look

• 12.5mm Ultra-slim Body

Advanced Navigation Tools
• Built-in A-GPS / Geo-Tagging for your favorite places on the road
Optimal Internet Browsing
• Advanecd smile shot and face detection
• Auto-panorama shot
• video recording with Power LED
• Business Card Reader
• Wide Dynamic Range
• Multi Scene mode
• Digital Image Stabilization
• Video Editor
All-inclisive Business Tools
• Microsoft® Office Suite document view & edit
• Contents sharing among devices with Samsung
DLNA Centified™ Solution
• Push E-mail
Full Touch Screen
• Samsung's exclusive TouchWiz UI
• Intuitive drag & drop
• Various tactile feedback
• Large in-screen QWERTY keypad
• Sleek Metalic look