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Archos introduces the ChefPad, an Android tablet especially for cooking enthusiasts

The ChefPad from Archos is a full-featured Android tablet that’s been pre-loaded with the best apps for cooking enthusiasts. The tablet has a dual-core 1.6GHz CPU, a quad-core GPU, 1GB of RAM, and 8GB capacity (expandable via microSD card) and is powered by Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It also has a 9.7” 1024 X 768 capacitive screen, 2MP […]

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Read and write flashdrive for your iPad and other iOS devices

By Janet Cloninger / May 14, 2013 / News / Batteries and Chargers, iOS / 6 Comments

Apple’s Camera Connection Kit will let you transfer photos to your iPad, but it doesn’t allow you to copy files off the iPad. It handles several image and video file formats, but nothing else. With The Only Read and Write iPad Flash Drive from Hammacher Schlemmer, you can, as you might guess, both read and

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You can have a 3D Star Wars Stormtrooper figurine with your face on it

By Janet Cloninger / May 13, 2013 / News / Toys / Leave a Comment

If you’ll be at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in the next few weekends, you can have yourself immortalized as a 3D Stormtrooper figurine for only $99.95 (plus shipping and taxes). The D-Tech Me experience is a 10-minute process that uses the “world’s highest-resolution, single-shot 3D face scanner created by [Disney’s] Imagineering scientists with Disney Research labs. That

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Keep the power cord connected to your Mac laptop with the MagStay MS-01

By Janet Cloninger / May 13, 2013 / News / Laptops and Gear, Macbook accessory / Leave a Comment

The purpose of a MagSafe connector is to have the power cable disconnect without pulling your laptop off the table should something snag the cable, but the MagStay MS-01 offers you a way to keep the cable firmly connected to your laptop if that feature bothers you. The MagStay Power Connection Lock for MagSafe 2 accessory

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One ring to secure them all

By Janet Cloninger / May 10, 2013 / News / Android, Gear, iOS, Smartphone accessory / Leave a Comment

This Anti-Drop / Anti-Theft Sticker / Ring for iPhones / iPad / Phone from Allputer promises to give you a secure grip on your phone or tablet, which is something many of us need as our phones get sleeker and thinner. The device consists of a metal ring on an adhesive plastic tab that you attach

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Turn nearly any empty bottle into an LED table lamp

By Janet Cloninger / May 10, 2013 / News / Gear, Home and Kitchen, LED lighting / 1 Comment

Just as the title says, you can turn almost any empty bottle into a USB-powered LED table lamp with this kit from Satechi. The Touch USB LED Lamp allows you to save two ways: by recycling a bottle for the lamp base and by using LED lights that consume only 1.2W of power. They don’t

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The OCDock is a sleek Lightning dock that becomes part of your Mac’s display stand

By Janet Cloninger / May 9, 2013 / News / iOS / 1 Comment

The OCDock began life as a very successful crowd-funded project, and now it’s in production. This sleek aluminum, Lightning-connector dock has a glass bead-blasted, anodized silver finish that matches the stand of your iMac or Thunderbolt display, and it has what they are calling the world’s thinnest iPhone cable. The cable is paper thin and

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You’ll soon be able to pick up a 3D printer at Staples

By Janet Cloninger / May 9, 2013 / News / 3d printing, Computer Gear / 6 Comments

Staples is the first major US retailer to announce they’ll be selling 3D printers. In June, Staples will begin offering the Cube 3D Printer from 3D Systems in some select stores, but you can order a Cube 3D from Staples online now. They are offering the printers for $1299.99. The printer is “ready to use

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Renny is the original Bluetooth home ringer for your cellular phone

By Janet Cloninger / May 8, 2013 / News / Bluetooth, Bluetooth speaker / 8 Comments

My family, like so many others these days, got rid of our landline a few years ago and rely solely on our cellphones. That saves us some money, but it does introduce some aggravations. My husband and daughter both tend to miss calls because they don’t remember to take their phones off silent when they

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Learn to play The Beatles on ukulele with this iOS app

By Janet Cloninger / May 8, 2013 / News / iOS, Music, Music Gear, ukulele / Leave a Comment

If you play or are learning to play the ukulele, check out this iOS music app. The Ukulele Songbook: The Beatles app is a universal iOS app that teaches you to play 19 of Beatles songs. Each song is complete with lyrics and chords, and there’s even an enhanced chord library where “you can view large

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Fully utilize your Mac computer’s Thunderbolt port with the Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock

By Janet Cloninger / May 7, 2013 / News / Computer Gear, docking station, Macbook accessory / 3 Comments

The sleek, aluminum-encased Thunderbolt Express Dock from Belkin lets you use a single cable and a “single connection to create high-speed, reliable transfers between your laptop and up to eight other devices, including FireWire, Ethernet, USB, and daisy chaining multiple Thunderbolt devices.” With two Thunderbolt connectors (one upstream, one downstream), you’ll be able to daisy-chain

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Own a limited edition Timbuk2 bag created in cooperation with Bianchi

By Janet Cloninger / May 7, 2013 / News / Bags, Messenger bag / Leave a Comment

Timbuk2 and Bianchi have worked together to create a limited-edition, hand-numbered Bianchi X Timbuk2 Classic Messenger Bag that is hand-made in San Francisco. The messenger is made of waterproof black tarpaulin, trimmed in a blue-green fabric, and accented with the Bianchi patch. It, of course, has the organizational features you expect from a Timbuk2 bag. It

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NewerTechnology’s miniStack Max four-in-one storage, data access, and connectivity solution

By Janet Cloninger / May 6, 2013 / News / Blu-ray, Computer Gear, External drive, USB hub / 6 Comments

Man, I wish I hadn’t recently bought the Apple USB SuperDrive for my Mac mini. In this “I coulda had a V-8” moment, I realize I could have added an external drive, SD card reader, one charging-only USB-A port, 2 USB 3.0 A ports, one USB 3.0 B port, eSATA port, 2 Firewire 800 ports,

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Your child is an animator with the SquiggleFish app for iPad

By Janet Cloninger / May 6, 2013 / News / Apps, Art, iOS, Kid Gadgets / Leave a Comment

The SquiggleFish iPad app combines drawing on paper and iPad apps to entertain your child. Your child draws and colors a fish on a piece of plain paper, then uses the iPad’s camera to scan it in to the SquiggleFish app. The app then animates the fish, making it seem to come to life. It’s

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Tokyoflash wooden watches

By Janet Cloninger / May 3, 2013 / News / Watches and Clocks / Leave a Comment

Tokyoflash Japan has two new watches that reuse a couple of old face designs. The design change lies with the cases and bands. The Kisai Stencil watch (top) has a blue, red, or mirror LCD face with a maple wood case and white leather band or a sandalwood face and black leather band. The Kisai

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