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If you’ve not yet jumped over into the world of eBooks, BookAse is an online price comparison shopping engine that allows you to compare prices for books and helps you the find the cheapest possible prices.
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Opedix offers several interesting garments: the first is a set of tights that claim to provide knee support, targeted towards runners (there is also a set for skiers). The second is a posture-improving-shirt. I’m always on the lookout for knee support so I downloaded the Opedix running tights’ information sheet. It looks like they may
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Microsoft Research says “everyone has a song inside”, and their Songsmith program helps you create it. Songsmith will create backing music for a singer’s voice – just choose a style and a tempo. You can also play an instrument instead of singing. You’ll need a PC running Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7, and a microphone. After
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In honor of Earth day, here are a list of applications available on the Android Market to help you help Mother Earth. Scan the code provided from your Android phone using a bar code application to get to each app. Most are free. These apps save your phones battery life, give you green advise, provide
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I’ve thought about buying an external battery for my iPhone 3GS, but I never follow through with the purchase because the ones I’ve seen are always so bulky looking. I like the size of my iPhone and don’t want to turn it into a brick. It looks like I may have found the right external
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For those of you with electric guitars, this is kind of cool — a portable mini amplifier. Runs on a 9V battery, no A/C required. So now you have no excuse not to drag your bass to parties. This one (the Ampu Plug-n-Play, $30) also has a headphone output and an extra input for, say,
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Cavius makes a compact, easy-to-use travel alarm. The Cavius has a 130-decibel alarm that offers 4-way protection. It acts as an optical smoke detector, for extra protection while staying in a hotel or anywhere that seems to be lacking adequate smoke detectors. Activate it while attached to your handbag, laptop bag, or luggage, and the alarm will
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Back in March, Panasonic announced two new cameras – the Lumix G2 and G10. The latest additions will both feature a 12.1 megapixel sensor, a three-inch LCD touchscreen and will both be capable of recording HD video in 1280 x 720p at 30 fps. They will also come packing an interchangeable 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 lens, plus a host of other glorious,
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Yes, I know these aren’t gadgets, but I still can’t help but like them. Can you guess what they are without checking the answer after the jump? Here’s a hint… Look at the word written below them. Give up?
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Think touchscreens are cool? What about touchskins? Skinscreens? However you decide to coin the term, Chris Harrison – former intern with Microsoft Research and “Skinput” developer – wants the process of navigating personal technology *literally* in the palm of your hand. If you’re confused (or scared), here’s how “Skinput” works: with the help of an
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Today Ford is announcing an innovative new SYNC feature called AppLink, which will make Ford the first automaker to be able to voice control smartphone apps inside the car. The first application partners are Pandora internet radio, Stitcher “smart” radio, and OpenBeak which is a Twitter client. Ford is also announcing the first phase in
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Including their signature high-quality audio and is designed for the new or casual BT headset user, the new Plantronics Explorer 395 universally compatible Bluetooth headset is attractively styled and easy to use with separate buttons for volume, power on/off, and call answer/end. It’s reasonably priced at $49.95.
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Cirago is offering one lucky Gadgeteer reader a CiragoTV Mini USB Media Player. Full contest details after the jump.
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This looks like a cool wrist gadget for those of you that like to do covert video recordings. It captures JPG still images at a resolution of 3264 x 2448 pixels and video at 1280 x 960 pixels, 30 frames per second. It has 4GB of built in memory and a rechargeable battery. It’s available
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If you have a lot of photos, slides, or negatives to scan but don’t have the time or equipment, SkyMall offers the ScanCafe Regular Photo Scanning Ship Kit that can save you. You’ll receive a pre-paid kit that you fill with the selected number of slides, negatives, and prints (up to 5″X7″ size, color or black
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