Janet Cloninger

iHome App-Enhanced Alarm Clock Helps You Get Your Kids Up for School

ihome ia17 ipod clock

It’s less than a month until school starts again, and a mother’s thoughts turn to getting those sleepy kids out of bed.  The iHome iA17 App-enhanced Color Changing Stereo FM Alarm Clock Radio for iPhone/ iPod  can help kids get themselves out of bed, and it will keep their iPod/iPhone charged, too.  The iHome iA17

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Zero1.tv Introduces the VooMote One Universal Remote Control for iPhone/iPod touch

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Download a free app from iTunes, slide the VooMote One accessory from Zero1.tv onto your iPhone or iPod touch and transform it into a powerful universal remote to control your TV, DVD player, home stereo equipment, and other consumer electronics.  Setup is easy; you’ll be walked through the process of defining the controls for your

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Natural Charles Charging Station Hutch from World Market

natural charles charging system

Cost Plus World Market sells a line of inexpensive, attractive home office furniture.  The Natural Charles Charging Station Hutch sits on top of the Charles Sawhorse desk to provide a place for charging your gadgets;  there’s also a place for note cards or pens.  You apparently provide your own power strip, which will fit inside

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Check Out and Read Library Books on Your iOS Device with OverDrive Media Console

overdrive media console

OverDrive is the service used by more than 15,000 libraries to provide digital and audiobook access to their patrons.  The OverDrive Media Console is a universal app for iPhone/iPod touch and iPad that will let you locate a nearby library offering OverDrive books, let you search their offerings, and check out books using a valid

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Kenton Sorenson Handmade Leather Short Stay Bag

kenton sorenson short stay bag

Kenton Sorenson designs simple, elegant leather goods in his Wisconsin studio.  His pieces are made from salt-cured, vegetable-tanned leathers from “unbranded male cattle hides raised by American ranchers – a type less than 1% of all available hides.”  Each piece is “cut, oiled, conditioned with beeswax, and hand stitched using a heavy thread prior to

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Keep Your Laptop Safe with TechSafe

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If you use your laptop in public a lot, you’d probably benefit from having a means to secure it against theft.  Griffin offers the universal TechSafe Cable Lock System that uses the laptop’s hinge as the attachment point, so it will work equally well with all laptops.  You slide the patented hardened steel LockBlade through

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Purse Organization with RFID Blocking

travelon rfid blocking organizer

These purse organizers were originally designed to keep women’s purses organized and to make it simpler to change bags, but I don’t see any reason why guys couldn’t make use of them in gear bags, too.  This Travelon RFID Blocking Purse Organizer has  a woven metallic fabric sandwiched inside the walls to protect RFID cards

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Snugg Magic Cube Virtual Laser Computer Keyboard

snugg virtual laser keyboard

I’m not sure how this will be an improvement over the virtual keyboard on a tablet screen, but the Magic Cube Virtual Laser Computer Keyboard  from Snugg will project a full-sized keyboard on your work surface.  It can be used with tablets, smartphones, and any computer that can use a Bluetooth keyboard.  It’s £169.99 (about $275)

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HomeSmart Offers a Low-Tech Way to Protect Your Identity

homesmart black out ID protection

Instead of shredding all those papers with sensitive financial information, you can permanently obscure the information with the HomeSmart Black Out Security Stamper and Pen.  It looks like one of those self-inking return address stampers, but the Black Out stamper uses permanent ink that can’t be erased or washed out to stamp a jumbled pattern

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Mophie pulse Video Game/App Enhancer for iPod touch

mophie pulse for ipod touch

With the Mophie pulse case for the 4th generation iPod touch, you’ll be able to feel the action while gaming.  The pulse case uses ViviTouch tactile feedback technology to translate sounds into vibrations so you can feel the explosions or the impact of the bird hitting the pig.  The pulse case also has stereo speakers for

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Apple’s OS X Lion and Updated Mac Mini and MacBook Air Now Available

apple lion release

I saw that the Apple store was offline for a while early this morning, so I assumed that today was going to be release day for Lion.  When the store finally came back online, I immediately purchased my copy for $29.99.  It’s been downloading for a while now, and I finally see the slightest hint

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Explorer Touch Mouse from Microsoft

microsoft explorer touch mouse

Microsoft has added a new mouse to their Touch line.  The Explorer Touch Mouse uses BlueTrack technology, combining the power of optical and precision of laser, for precise tracking on most any surface.  There are five programmable buttons on this mouse, and the scrolling strip lets you navigate up/down or side-to-side with a flick of

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