Amazon recently registered the domain names Kindlescribe.com and Kindlescribes.com.  This adds to their KindleAir and KindleSocialNetwork domain names they registered earlier this month.  We’ve all heard the rumours about a tablet based device but what else does Amazon have planned ? An ebook writer ? A light weight aluminum e-reader ?  A competitor […]
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Nintendo releases 59 LCD based handheld electronic games. Created by game designer Gunpei Yokoi, these LCD screened games include a clock and an alarm.
Nintendo Releases Game and Watch LCD Handheld – Do you remember? Read More
Sony has  just announced the world’s first digital binoculars with HD video recording, zoom, autofocus and Steadyshot Image stabilization. Capable of recording Full HD video with stereo sound and even a 3D mode that records as stereoscopic video for playback on most 3D HDTVs. The Dev-5 has 10x optical zoom with up to 20x digital
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Come to the  Dark Side……….. the New Zealand Mint has released 2 unique four coin sets depicting Star Wars characters that will be legal tender on the South Pacific Island of Niue. The coins feature a full coloured image of your favourite character duos of Luke Skywalker / Princess Leia, Obi-Wan Kenobi / Yoda, R2-D2 /
Star Wars Coins – Legal Tender in a Cantina on Tatooine? Read More
As a motorcycle rider as much as I love my MotoGP bike racing (go Stoner !!), as a Citizen of Planet Earth I always wonder how much of our precious fossil fuel is used up during a weekend of racing  (and that’s not even taking into account transport to and from events and other things).
Motorcycle + Salt + Electricity = Landspeed Record Read More
Your tablet doesn’t quite pump out enough sound for that rave party ? Those explosions not “big” enough while watching the latest block buster ? Logitech has just announced the Tablet Speaker to help you pump up the volume. Using a rubberised clip the speakers attach to your tablet and connect via your headphone jack.
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Hanging out for the next season of Walking Dead ? Love your Angry Birds ? Here’s a similarly addictive game ( well for me anyways ), Stupid Zombies.  Using angles, other physics and pure luck ( 🙂 ) the objective is to kill all the zombies with as few shots as possible . With a variety of
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Samsung Electronics Australia  announced the local availability of its new range of powerful and stylish edge-lit LED monitors, the 3D capable SA 9 series, Smart Hub enabled TA9 Series as well as their CA5 Central Station Monitor. The SA 9 is available in 23 and 27″ configurations, full HD with  3D playback from a wide
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Got your vinyl stored away in boxes somewhere?  Grab out the best (or worst) record and revive its sound (well kinda). London Designer Paul Cocksedge molds old 12″ records into a smartphone amplifier, working on the same principles as the gramaphones of old. Paul will be heating and molding old LP’s at an Exhibition called
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Citrix prides itself in providing a heterogeneous device solution for remote access.  In keeping with this they have just released a Technical Preview of their Citrix Receiver for Chrome OS. What you can do with Citrix Receiver: Access you applications and Windows desktop at your office, home or on the road. Keep your information stored on your
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Do you ever pine for the days when you didn’t have to charge your phone every day, or when you didn’t have to have some sort of degree to operate some of the functions, or that your phone didn’t have all those functions that you’ll never use  ? Do your kids annoy you with their
John’s Anti Smart Phone Read More
We all know fruit’s good for you however in Australia, due to Cyclone Yasi devastating Australia’s  crops, bananas are very expensive.  So I don’t want to chuck a banana in my gadget bag or pocket and end up with bruised, mushy and inedible  fruit, they’re just too expensive to waste.  That’s besides the devastating effect that
Bananaguard – Is that a banana in your pocket or….? Read More
Gadgeteers I need your help!!! 🙂 After some discussions about PalmPilot handhelds in the comments section I thought why don’t we do a weekly series about technology we used to use ? This will allow us all to reminisce about technologies past , show the young’ uns what we had to put up with (
Do you remember? Fire up the Time Flux Capacitor… Read More
You hear the horror stories about taking your gadgets with you traveling…..slash and grabs, cutting holes into your bags, straight theft.  Pacsafe is the brainchild of two Aussie travelers and produce a line of products that help keep your gear safe.  Their range includes adventure backpacks, urban and leisure bags, women’s bags, photography bags, motorcycle
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I love my Roomba so why not the same for my lawn ? Husqvarna has a range of  three robotic lawn mowers covering from 1800-3000m2 capability. Just like the Roomba, they find their own way home when they’re low on battery to recharge. They have a timer/scheduler, are weatherproof  and include a theft alarm. There’s
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