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SentrySafe launches 250GB fire and flood proof hard drive

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

We reported on the original 160GB version of this drive at CES this year, and SentrySafe have continued to expand the line with the release of a new 250GB capacity model.
SentrySafe make a range of fireproof document chests and safes; these hard drives are their digital equivalent, giving you extra piece of mind that [...]

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Pest Repeller Nightlight gives you an excuse to fear the dark

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

When I walk out for a smoke and a spot of air in the evening (Yes, it’s sort of oxymoronic. Gimme a break.), I have a nasty habit of leaving my door wide open. At night, tons of flying insects are drawn towards the light, attracting mosquitoes and moths galore into my home.
When I step [...]

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Tyrant Alarm keeps you up with an iron fist of humiliation

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

As a species, us humans just have a really hard time getting ourselves up in the morning. Whether it be an instinctual habit of receiving as much rest as possible or just an inherited laziness we’ve developed over the generations, we just really dislike getting woken up before we want to be awake.  Just look [...]

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Apple and AT&T reveal more iPhone 3G info, App Store preview

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

July 11th is approaching quick! And you know what that means. The launch of the new iPhone 3G. Despite the Stevenote at WWDC and various minuscule bits of trivia, much of the details for the 3G Apple phone were still sort of hazy. Today marks a brand new cacophony of fresh information for us iPhone [...]

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CG Wants You (for a survey)

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Hi fellow gadget hunters, just a quickie post and favor to ask. Would you mind completing a really quick survey to tell us a bit about you. This will help us (and our advertisers) to know what sort of content to publish.
As an bribe incentive we’ll draw a random entrant from a virtual hat on [...]

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Twinbird LED Lamp for all night readers

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

If you’re an addict for reading at night and have a tendency to bother your significant other, this little light might be the better way to go.  It looks a bit easier to point in different directions away from anyone else that happens to be sharing your bed.  Due to the fact it can rotate [...]

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Com One Bluetooth USB Adapter

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

I do most of my work on a laptop that I bought about two years ago. I don’t think it was a newer model, because it didn’t come with Bluetooth. Remember a few years ago when everyone was in a Bluetooth frenzy? These days, practically everything has Bluetooth as a standard feature, [...]

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National Semi to make solar tech for the shade

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

National Semiconductor is jumping into the solar business with technology that’s designed to maximize the output of solar panels.

Lack of sunshine and even dirt buildup can prevent solar panels from working well.
The company’s SolarMagic technology is supposed to recover half of the energy that would otherwise …
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China’s military tries out Segways

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

(Credit: Segway)
Visitors to this summer’s Olympics in Beijing may see a familiar American gadget on the go, according to a report from the Xinhua News Agency, the official press agency of China.
China’s military demonstrated on Tuesday their skills at balancing and shooting while on Segways (Xinhua photo of demo) …
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Solid state drive makers promise better power management

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Has the image of solid state drives as power misers been shattered? A recent review would seem to dispel the notion that these devices are more power efficient than the hard disk drives used in laptops.
In an article at Tom’s Hardware titled “The SSD Power Consumption Hoax”,
the authors state: “We have discovered that [...]

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