Most people and offices nowadays need some sort of shredder or other method of dealing with the large amount of potentially sensitive stuff we get every day. While a simple cheap ‘wastebasket-topper’ unit works for many of us, some of us need more. The Swingline EX100-07 Stack and Shred Automatic Shredder may be your answer. [...]
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Amber Alerts notify us when a child has been lost or taken and is in danger. Missing children aren’t the only vulnerable people in need of immediate recovery, though. Elderly people, those with mental illness, Alzheimer patients, and others with cognitive impairment may also go missing and will need assistance returning home where they can [...]
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Most video surveillance systems don’t have the smarts to distinguish between a burglar jimmying the lock and the azalea bush blowing in the wind, and this results in a lot of false alarms and wasted recording space. Archerfish say they have “Intelligent Surveillance Technology that’s more advanced than motion detection” that understands what it sees. [...]
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I know pepper spray isn’t the first thing you consider for a Mother’s Day gift, but I think giving something to keep your mother safe is a great way to show her you love her. The Sabre Pepper Spray Home & Away Protection Kit contains a small canister for her keychain, and a larger glow-in-the-dark [...]
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This Swiss Army knife was developed over a five-year period in conjunction with emergency medical and rescue services personnel. The Victorinox RescueTool has a window breaker and a seat belt cutter in addition to the more traditional Swiss Army tools. Luminescent, bright yellow grip shells make it easy to see, and the nylon cord allows [...]
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Everybody knows that there are lots of things we can do to keep our data safe. We have lots of things to consider: protecting our credit card information when we shop online, protecting our data from virus attacks, keeping our kids safe online. We all know that there are steps we should take to protect [...]
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You’ve seen those big emergency tools designed to help you escape your car in an emergency. They have a glass-breaking hammer, seatbelt cutter – and they’re as big as a small hammer and hard to keep within reach in your car. The BodyGard 5-in-1 Emergency tool is small (1¾”W x 3”L x 5/8”H) and comes [...]
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All of us techies know that by the time we open our new computer, or for that matter, just about any other tech device, it is close to being obsolete. If this is, for the most part, true of tech gadgets, it is especially true of software, security software in particular. By the time you [...]
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Laptops are attractive for their portability, but can also be a security nightmare for the same reason. Kensington locks have been around for years securing laptops. I still have the first one I bought over 10 years ago. Essentially the Kensington lock is a cable with a lock that fits into a slot of your [...]
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Do you worry about your property, pets, kids, parents, etc. when you’re not physically with them? How would you like an extremely easy to setup security camera system that can show you a live view anytime you like from a PC or Mac browser, or from your iPhone and iPad? If that sounds good, wait [...]
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Designed for kids ages 8 and up, the iSafe backpack has a built in security system, which is powered by batteries and can be activated by the wearer pulling on a cord. Once the cord is pulled, the bag sounds off as loud as a car alarm and can run up to 2 continuous hours [...]
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Lots of passwords and private information? Use a lot of different computers? Having trouble keeping them all straight and secure? Splashdata’s SplashID Key Safe may be your solution!
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After reading Robin’s post yesterday about her dog being attacked by off-leash dogs, I remembered seeing the Dog Dazer while surfing the Sky Mall site. The Dog Dazer emits a high-frequency sound that’s painful to dog’s ears, but inaudible to humans. Use a 1-2 second burst to startle and hopefully deter a threatening dog from [...]
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For the third time in a month, my dog has been attacked by other dogs (unleashed) while out on our walks. I started carrying a pepper sprayer after the second incident but this last time I could not get it whipped out fast enough, determine where the nozzle was, and could not fumble for the [...]
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If you have a need to monitor the activities of your nanny, house sitter, house cleaner, or other part-time guests and need a no-brainer contraption to do so, the motion-activated SD-V03 Color Spy Camera from Spy Gadgets can do the duty. While I don’t have a need to monitor my kids’ nanny, I do have [...]
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ZOMM is a multi-function gadget that can fit in your pocket. It is a wireless leash for your cellphone, that will signal with an audible alarm when you’re too far away from your phone, thus preventing lost phones. It also functions as a small handsfree speaker phone. The price isn’t bad either at $79.99
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