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Archive for December, 2009

Thermaltake new DuOrb CPU cooler sneak peek!

With the rapidly expanding market for portable devices, many companies are searching for new ways to tap into the extremely lucrative market.  At this point, for a company to attempt to jump into the cell phone or mp3 player market, you’d either have to be crazy, or have insane amounts of funding.  Or possibly both.

This leaves many companies working their way into the portable device accessories market, making everything from decorative cases to chargers, which is what Keystone decided to go with.  The new Eco Tag solar charger is a luggage tag with built in solar panels that can charge your portable devices while you travel. While it may sound great in theory… I see one major problem… luggage generally doesn’t see much sunlight.  I think back to my last trip abroad, and the location of my luggage during each step of the way, and at most my luggage sat in the sun for maybe 10 minutes throughout the whole trip.

I can’t imagine that 10 minutes of solar charging is going to power anything for very much time.  The Keystone Eco Tag solar charge is expected to ship in February 2010 for $35.  I expect no one to buy it.

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The microwave has without a doubt changed life as we know it.  Every grocery store in America now has rows of freezers stuffed with microwavable culinary creations of every type.  The ritual of laborious dinner preparation has been replaced with peeling back some plastic, pressing a few buttons and waiting 2.5 – 3 minutes depending on your microwaves wattage.  But what are we supposed to do when we are not home? Read the rest of this entry »

The iPhone 4 just got some healthy competion in the form of the Droid X, a new Android phone from Motorola with a large touch screen, an 8 megapixel camera and 720p HD video recording. Find out if this has Apple’s new pride and joy beat. For more from Gadget Pr0n, go here: g4tv.com
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Xbox 360 Game Pad – Black

• The Xbox 360 GamePad features analog triggers and joysticks. Licensed vibration feedback technology immerses you in the game letting you feel all the action.
• Official licensed Mad Catz product
• Analog triggers, & joysticks
• Features vibration feedback technology
• PC USB compatible

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High-end Video Card Options

Computer enthusiasts are mostly familiar with video cards that are manufactured for leisure purposes such as gaming or watching movies. That is because many technology websites tend to focus on news for a wider audience. Therefore, it is rare to come across a piece of news that is specifically written for professionals such as designers, architects, and engineers.

The needs of professionals are different from that of the ordinary consumer. For one, professionals often need to run higher-end software applications such as graphics or video editing software, or software that computes highly complex mathematical formulas. Complex mathematical software is most commonly used in the oil and gas industry. A high-end graphics display may be needed to translate such computations into geometrical displays.

To cater to the special needs of these professionals, graphic card manufacturers have released high-end video cards such as the NVIDIA Quadro FX5800 and the Palit Revolution 700 Deluxe.

The NVIDIA Quadro boasts of a staggering 4GB memory. Most video cards (including several high-end cards) only offer up to 2GB memory. For example, the new Palit Revolution 700 only offers up to 2GB

What Do You Know About Your Usb

Universal Serial Bus was developed keeping in mind the usage of various peripherals through the same port. USB allows high-speed, easy connection of peripherals like printer, scanner, thumb drive etc. to a PC. Once you plug in USB, everything configures automatically however some times there are problems for which you might contact your tech support company. USB has gained popularity in recent times due to simple interface and multi peripheral support. There are many companies who provide online computer help and computer support on issues pertaining to USB and USB peripherals.

USB drives have an edge over all other storage devices which are considered portable particularly the floppy disk, some of the common traits of a USB drives are they have a more packed in shape, operate faster, hold much more data, have a more durable design, and operate more reliably due to their lack of moving parts. The influence and addiction to a USB devices can be imagined from a fact that now a day’s pc and laptops are being sold without a floppy disk drive, as there

Toshiba Satellite T115D-S1125 LED TruBrite 11.6-Inch Laptop (Black)

• 1.5GHz AMD Athlon NeoX2 L325 Processor
• 2GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM Memory
• 320GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive (5400RPM); 802.11b/g wireless LAN
• 11.6″ LED (16:9) 1366×768 Display; ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
• Window 7 Home Premium 64-bit

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The Unparalleled Gadgets World Continues To Flourish

When every possible sector is hit hard by the overall economic slowdown; the world of gadgets is still rocking as hard as it can! USB Flash drives; pocket projectors; timepieces; Bluetooth electronics; digital photo frames; and many more continue to come in unique concepts & designs; shapes with lots of added style. In fact; you cannot dare to separate technology world with the fashion world today as consumers become more fashion conscious than ever before!

Sony Ericsson; Nokia; Motorola and others refuse to give up as they persist to roll out exceptional ultra-high end smartphones that indeed come laden with awe-inspiring features. Samsung tried his luck in the pocket projectors segment, while accessory makers too are leaving no stone unturned in introducing useful mobile phone accessories; gaming console accessories and other gadgetry accessories!

What is driving consumers crazier than ever before is the bizarre gadgetry inventions; the so-called out-of-the-box creations. Laptops; notebooks are remarkably shaped with unbelievable finesse and factor added to them. Wii Fit continues to top the exergaming concept charts; while new smartphones such as Palm Pre and Blackberry Storm have

Samsung LN32A450 32-Inch 720p LCD HDTV

• 720p HD Resolution
• Wide Color Enhancer
• 3 HDMI Inputs
• 6ms response time

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