April 2009

Draw with a laser during your next presentation

by Julie on April 30, 2009 · 5 comments

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Afterglow is a new system that creates an interactive environment with a laser pointer on a projection screen. The laser pointer can be used as a drawing tool to emphasize items on the screen and can also be used to control the cursor like a mouse. Afterglow also has built in slide controls for PowerPoint [...]

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If you are a gadget freak and a hat freak, then you’ll love these cool caps from nobis. They have a special Caps_Lock system that allows you dial in the perfect fit for your noggin. Pin it

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This INSANELY equipped Gaming Notebook from ASUS is going for $150 off right now, and they’re throwing in a gaming mouse and Targus made backpack. With Blu-ray, dual 320GB 7200rpm drives, 512MB Discrete Nvidia 9800M GS graphics, and 4GB of DDR, heavy-duty gaming is always within arms reach. Netbook Shmetbook! You won’t be toting this beast [...]

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Win an AT&T Pantech Matrix Pro Smartphone

by Julie on April 30, 2009 · 86 comments

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It’s time for The Gadgeteer to give away an AT&T Pantech Matrix Pro smarpthone and a $100 AT&T store gift card! This a great little phone. You know you want one! Pin it

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We all know that to be healthy we should exercise every day and drink plenty of water. But how many of us actually take this advice instead of making excuses or saying something like “I’ll start at the first of the month…”? It’s the same thing with backing up the files on your computer. We [...]

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Imagine driving a vehicle with atleast one small child strapped in a car seat behind you.  The child is reading a book or playing with a doll and suddenly it drops to the floor of the car.  The child desperately wants that item but cannot reach it due to the safety restraints, so the child begins to cry [...]

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Protect your computer from the Swine Flu

by Julie on April 28, 2009 · 3 comments

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Ok, I know this is in bad taste (Meredyth put me up to it, blame her), but check out this USB flash drive from Brando that’s in the shape of a syringe. No, it won’t protect you or your computer from any nasty infections, but it’s certainly unique. Pin it

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Throughout my career I have focused upon features,  benefits and the value proposition to recommend tech products to my customers.  The ThinkGeek Bluetooth Retro Handset from  is a device that has limited features, very few benefits and is not cost effective,  BUT I like it anyway.  If you’re curious how I came to this conclusion, [...]

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Friend of The Gadgeteer and music man extraordinaire Mark Rosengarten sent me an email tonight to tell me that he’s waiting to take delivery of a Tenori-On. Since I had no clue what he was talking about, I went directly to my BFF Google for the 411. The Tenori-On is a really wild looking musical [...]

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I know next to nothing about wine, Red or White… My beverage of choice is either Diet Coke or iced tea. So much for culture… But if I were a connoisseur, I’d have to have one of these wine aerators from Vinturi. This device draws in and mixes the proper amount of air for the [...]

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All you tough guys out there listen up… You can now look even more like a tool cool with the HD Helmet camera from ContourHD. It’s an HD camera (1280×720 pixels and 30 fps) with a 135 degree wide angle lens that can fit on your goggles. Pin it

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A wrist watch that only tells the time is not something that a gadgeteer would probably take much notice of – right? Of course I’m right That’s why I want to show you the 20.20 Sport Digital Watch from iBeam. This watch tells the time and a whole lot more. Pin it

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30×30 Panasonic Camera and Camcorder Giveaway

by Julie on April 27, 2009 · 3 comments

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The 30×30 contest is where Panasonic will be giving away one digital camera or camcorder every day for 30 days to the members within the Living in HD (LiHD) community. The contest starts May 1st and these are the Panasonic digital camera and camcorder models that will be given away: Digital Cameras: DMC-ZS3, DMC-TS1 Camcorder: [...]

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You can never have too many cases and bags, I always say! Pin it

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This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series HP Mini 1000 Netbook Review

I have now carried the HP Mini 1000xp with me daily for three months. This is a short article on the lessons I have learned about the Mini, netbooks, and me. Pin it

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The Tradition Leather Case by Noreve displays the description: “Haute Couture for Mobile Devices” on its packaging. It truly lives up to this description. It’s made of real leather and has a classic, simplistic but elegant design while maintaining practicality. Pin it

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Do you remember plastering puffy vinyl stickers all over your stuff when you were a kid? It looks like you can now do the same thing with your iPhone. DomeSkins are 3D skins for the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPod nano and iPod Classic. They are available in a wide assortment of styles and not only [...]

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Last month Plantraco introduced a micro spitfire RC plane. This month, they bring us a 1/72nd scale Messerschmitt Fighter. I have no idea what a Messerschmitt Fighter really is, but it looks pretty darn cool. Now you can buy both and go head to head in aerial combat. On second thought, that’s probably a really [...]

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Some of my time at work is spent under desks, behind stacks of network gear, and fishing around for cables in the plenum of an office or data center. A good flashlight is not hard to find, and I have several LED-equipped models, but they all suffer the same flaws. They are rounded, slender, and [...]

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In honor of Earth Day, Gear Diary and The Gadgeteer are holding another dual site contest. We are each giving away a Green 500GB Seagate FreeAgent Go USB hard drive with a desktop dock. What does a portable hard drive have to do with Earth Day you ask? These days with content all going digital, [...]

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