If you love your photography then you’ll know that sometimes a tripod is a must have. But they’re such a pain to carry around and often too bulky to conveniently take with you just in case you need it. Well Giottos has just released their YTL Premium Series of tripods. By using a Y-shaped centre […]
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Need even more online Cloud storage? We’ve tried to keep you up to date with what’s available so here’s another free offering. When you sign up with MediaFire they’ll give you 50GB of storage. It is their basic offering so there’s no batch uploading, files sizes are limited to 200MB and long term storage is “limited”
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A while ago, I was sent a selection of personal flashlights from Spotlight ( see related items below). Out of the blue one day, a package arrived from Spotlight that neither Julie or I knew anything about. Inside was their new Shifter 3 flashlight. It’s nice when a review item arrives when you’re expecting it, but it’s
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Amazon today released a new firmware for their Kindle Paperwhite. Firmware 5.3.3 can either be downloaded and manually installed or you can wait for it to come over the air if you have your Wi-fi enabled on your Paperwhite. There’s actually no change log on the web and it’s a full OS update (rather than an
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Note: This product is actively seeking funding on a European crowd-funding site called Ulule. Bicycle helmets are a necessity for safety but a pain when you’re not actually riding your bike. When not being worn, Overade’s folding helmet folds to reduce the volume of the helmet to a third of the original size for easy storage off the
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Canon has just announced the Powershot N, a camera firmly aimed at the social media market. Made to be tethered with your smartphone or tablet, the built in WiFi allows you to connect quickly and easily with its Mobile Device Connect Button. You can then directly upload your pictures to social media sites such as YouTube, Facebook
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So, the Consumer Electronic Show 2013 (CES) is on right now. A Gadgeteer writer’s heaven wouldn’t you think? I’m probably seeing about 5000+ news items a day from the show via my feeds, but there are lots of repetition there, so let’s say 900 unique news items. The problem is that, truth be told, I’m not
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Old enough to remember the humble 32MB USB Drive? Well, Kingston memory has just announced their 1 TB DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0. Their HyperX Predator 3.0 is the fastest USB 3.0 Flash drive in the Kingston range, with speeds of up to 240MB/s read and 160MB/s write andSuperSpeed USB 3.0 certification. “Our new DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0
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What do you use on your smartphone: iOS, Android, Windows? Well if Ubuntu has its way, it’ll become another major player in the smartphone market as well. It’s a pretty long video, but well worth a watch (the best phone interface info is between 6:20 and 13:45). What do you reckon? I think I want
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Don’t really want to purchase a new Mac or PC in your next round of hardware upgrades? Well the CuBox Pro is an open source mini computer that will support Linux-based distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian or even Android. This little box is only 2″ square, weighs in at 3.2 ounces and yet packs an 800MHz
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There’s a plethora of plugin Android devices for televisions these days, but GameStick has concentrated on taking on the gaming consoles market with their GameStick Kickstarter project. Rather than just another Android-OS-on-a-stick experience, the GameStick is all about playing your Android games on the big screen. The plugin stick integrates into the supplied Bluetooth controller
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Sick of seeing that little useless POGO connector on the side of your Nexus 7? It finally looks like the official dock will be released to make use of it. The dock itself features a microUSB port and 3.5mm audio output and not much else, and it will only support your Nexus in landscape mode.
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Just in time for the annual Christmas special and Dr Who’s 50th Anniversary comes the Doctor Who Watch from Gadgets and Gear. With sonic screwdriver hands and the famous TARDIS flying around the vortex (from the opening credits), this official piece of merchandise with a special Dr. Who gift box will set you back $49.95.
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My search for a Nexus 7 case continues. I’ve been down the cheap path, and then looked at the premium option, but what lies in that middle ground ? Poetic is a company makes cases for heaps of devices, and they were good enough to send me a Slimline case , one of about 10
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The Cloud is heating up with new cloud storage entrant Bitcasa offering infinite cloud storage at an extremely reasonable price. Bitcasa states that it encrypts everything uploaded, keeps three copies of your data for redundancy and you can also use rollback functionality for versioning or recovering deleted files. Clients are available for Windows, Mac, Linux,
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“By golly, Jim… I’m beginning to think I can cure a rainy day!” — Doctor Leonard “Bones” McCoy (The Devil in the Dark) Science fiction or science fact? We might have thought that the tricorder from Star Trek was just fiction, however Scanadu is a company that’s working towards making it it a reality. The SCOUT
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From Russian company Yota Devices, the YotaPhone (confused you must not get ) is a dual-screen Android phone. One side is a normal high-resolution 4.3″ 1280 x 720 LCD screen that you can use to watch videos or play games; flip it over and the other side has a 4.3″ E Ink screen to read a
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intelliPaper is a company currently seeking funding on Indiegogo for a project that allows you to integrate the USB connectors and storage chips to create a flash drive on a normal piece of paper or cardboard. Available in sizes of 8 to 32 MB (size to be determined later), this would allow you to add flash drives
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Scan from the UK has released the BBC worldwide-licensed Doctor Who Tardis PC case. Made up of 45 pieces of cut brushed aluminum, the Tardis case comes in the official Pantone blue colour of the original Tardis and measures 205mm x 205mm x 430mm (8 x 8 x 17″). It’s available in a pre-configured model: Intel Pentium
Still don’t have enough cloud storage? Cubby is a new file-syncing/sharing service from LogMeIn, makers of one of the most popular remote access tools. Previously only available via invitation-only beta, it’s now open as a public beta. Signing up will get you 5GB of storage, and you can refer friends for an additional 1GB, for up to
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