WWW Turns 20!

Happy 20th Birthday To the World Wide Web! Thanks to 20 years of the Internet you are reading this blog post…according to Slate: “On Aug. 6, 1991, a scientist at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) named Tim Berners-Lee unveiled a project for organizing information that he called the World Wide Web. Of the […]

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Amazon Kindle locally available in Australia – woohoo!

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Aussie ( potential )  e-readers rejoice. No longer will you have to muck around with exchange rates and overseas freight ( albeit very fast 3-4 day turnaround from the US ) to obtain your Amazon Kindle. Both Dick Smith Electronics and Big W are showing the Kindle and accessories available on their websites. Both sites show  it

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Timex Ironman Global Trainer w/GPS Technology Review

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In my efforts to prepare for my wife’s 40th birthday wish of us running the DisneyWorld Marathon in January 2012, not only have I been training but looking for tech gadgets to help me do so more effectively and efficiently. The first in this gadget-fitness series was the Sennheiser/Adidas MX 680i Sports earbuds which continue

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HEX’s New Bag Line Houses iPads and Laptops

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HEX has announced two new Fall collections of their bag lines – Recon and Varsity. Both lines includes a messenger bag that has an easy-access iPad bay that allows users to interact with their iPad (gen 1 or 2) without having to remove it. The Recon and Varsity collections are each comprised of eight bag

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FoxLV2 Hi-Fi Bluetooth Speaker Now Available for Cars & Bikes

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We all know that using a hands-free device (speaker or headset) in our cars is great safety advice, not to mention the fact that not using one can be illegal in some states. The FoxLV2 Hi-Fi Bluetooth Speaker will work fine in your car, but it will also work on your bike! Hey, it’s important

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Win $35,000 with Verizon’s Field Testers Challenge

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Verizon is awarding $35,000 in cash prizes for 60-second videos that show the wildest ways to test their Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network. They are looking for real people to document real-world tests that demonstrate thier network’s capabilities. Videos can showcase lightning-fast downloads, smooth, skip-free connection and seamless on-the-go coverage. If you’re not a filmmaker,

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IOGEAR 4-Port USB Sharing Station Allows Wi-Fi Access to USB Devices

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The new IOGEAR 4-Port USB Sharing Station looks like an easy way for multiple users to share USB devices (printers, external hard drives, MP3 Players, flash drives, USB speakers, cameras, scanners and more) wirelessly with both Windows and Mac OS X computers in your home or office. One idea for using the Share Station would

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Special Request Circa Personalized Notebooks from Levenger

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Okay, these aren’t technically gadgets – no wires, no batteries – but this notebook from Levenger certainly appeals to the science geek side of me.  These Special Request Circa notebooks come with a variety of cover designs and page formats.  The Skyline cover, with it’s 3-D wire frame cityscape, and the full-grid graph paper caught

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Brando Offers a USB Portable Mini Scanner

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Brando is now offering a 300 dpi USB Portable Mini Scanner. It’s probably better suited for scanning business cards into your Windows PC (sorry, it has no OS X support) than scanning books and articles – although it certainly can do those things too. It comes with a business card scanning tray and PC software

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Turn Your iPhone into a Star Trek Communicator

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At least the back of your iPhone 4 can look like a communicator.  The folks at Cafe Press have a variety of iPhone 4 cases that are designed in the style of the communicators used throughout the various iterations of the series and movies.  Some of the cases are silicone, and others are slider cases.

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Data Watch DataTale PAIR 2.5-inch 2-Bay RAID Enclosure Review

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The Data Watch DataTale PAIR 2.5-inch 2-Bay RAID Enclosure is an external dual-2.5″ drive enclosure with just about every interface possible, along with actual hardware RAID capabilities. It comes at a hefty price premium, but if you’ve got the need for external speed, and the right interface option on your target device, it delivers the

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Pelican Releases 1075 Protective Case for Tablets and Netbooks

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Pelican is adding a new case to their line of protective cases.  The new 1075 Hardback cases are designed for tablets and netbooks, or even other small devices like external hard drives.  The case seals with a gasket, so the case is water tight, dust proof, and crush proof.  It has an automatic purge valve

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Key Knife Opens Boxes Without Annoying Tape Residue

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Are you like a bazillion other people that use their car keys to open boxes? Don’t you hate it when tape particles stick to your car key. The Key Knife can solve that problem because it has a retractable snap-off blade built into the key shaped holder. The Key Knife is available from World Tools

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VIVITAR Introduces an Underwater HD Pocket Video Camera

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Cellphone cameras may be taking over for compact point and shoot cameras, but you’re not going to take your phone snorkeling for underwater shots and videos. That’s where the $59.99 VIVITAR 690 HD Pocket Video Camera comes in. It offers a waterproof design with a built-in microphone and speaker. Also included is software that allows

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Ride a Wave of Sound with the Wave Cradle

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Although their images show iPhone 4s, the Wave Cradle stands are designed to improve the sound from any smartphone or MP3 player with speakers on the bottom.  The Wave Cradle Classic (left) and Wave Cradle Low Profile (right) stands have a curvature plate that redirects the sound from the bottom speakers out toward the front.

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