Relive the Piggy Bank Years with the Accumulator Bank

accumulator

The Accumulator Bank from Convenient Gadgets and Gifts is a see-thru wall mounted tube that collects your quarters. The fun part is that it comes with measurement cards ($- English £ -English, EURO- English, EURO- French) so that you can easily see how much you’ve saved (up to $85), while learning some fun facts along […]

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New Android Market

Market

Google has made a smart move by adding another way to push out all other third party app-stores for Android, by doing what the third party app-stores already do. Android users can now download apps via the new online Android Market and have them pushed to their Android devices. So far it looks beta, but

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Self-Service Kiosk for iPad From Olea

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Olea Kiosks manufactures self-service kiosks for business uses.  Their latest offering is the comPADre, designed for the iPad.  The comPADre is made from powder-coated sheet metal and aluminum.  Power cables are routed through the comPADre enclosure for tamper-resistance.  There’s pinhole access to the home button and proprietary tools for tamper-resistant hardware, making the comPADre the

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Panasonic announces GF2 pricing

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Panasonic has finally announced US pricing for the (much anticipated) GF2, their second generation micro four thirds camera with interchangeable lenses. The current MSRP is $499.95 for body alone; $599.95 for body plus 14 – 42mm GF2K lens; and $699.95 for body plus 14mm prime GF2C lens. The new micro 4/3 cameras produce dSLR quality

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Man against machine: Chess, Jeopardy. What will be the next challenge?

IBM's Watson @ Jeopardy

In May 1997, IBM’s Deep Blue Supercomputer won a fascinating match with the reigning World Chess Champion, Garry Kasparov. In January 2011, IBM’s Watson handily defeated the two Jeopardy champions during a demonstration round. In February, Watson will compete against Jeopardy champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter over three nights. This is another progress in

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Carbonfiberskin.tk’s DIY Carbon Fiber HTC EVO Skin Review

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Carbonfiberskin.tk offers a pre-cut, sharp-looking carbon fiber skin for the HTC EVO 4G’s back cover for $25. Not a bad deal, but they also offer a ‘DIY’ option for a mere $5- that looks like it would fit a lot of things nicely! The question is “How easy is it to install and customize?” I

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Convert Your Old Vinyl Albums to Digital Files with the iPod Turntable from The Sharper Image

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Do you have a lot of old vinyl albums and you just can’t imagine the cost to replace them with CDs or digital files?  The Sharper Image has the iPod Turntable that let’s you convert your vinyl to MP3 files and store them directly on your iPod or iPhone – no computer needed.  It does

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WALLS 360 launches STAR TREK wall graphics

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Walls 360 is a company that offers large ‘stickers’ for your walls. They sell various designs, but also give the consumer the option to upload their own graphics. So that’s cool, but what’s even better is the fact that they are now offering lifesize wall decals of the original Star Trek characters and graphics. They

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Retrofit your gloves for touchscreens with Digits

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We love our capacitive touchscreens, but they are essentially useless while wearing gloves.  Most of the solutions out there involve gloves with some type of integrated conductive pads in the fingertips.  The social design site Quirky has a bit different flavor with their Digits product.  Made of conductive silicone, they have a metal pin on

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Logitech Revue™ With Google TV™ Review

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With cable and satellite companies, we have access to literally hundreds of entertainment channels now. Sometimes that still seems like an insufficient number of choices when you consider the wealth of information and entertainment you can access through the internet. I can watch content on my MacBook Pro, but who wants to watch movies on

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Finally….Roku enables the USB port on the XD|S

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Roku has finally enabled the USB port on the XD|S, their flagship media player. This enhancement allows for you to play media content directly from USB storage, such as a thumb drive or external hard drive. This feature has been a long time coming. While this  ability has been available through third-party channels/hacks, the latest

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iHome iP1 Studio Series Audio System

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This iHome iP1 Studio Series docking speaker for iPods and iPhones features a 4-channel amplifier that can produce 100W of power.  It also uses the patented Bongiovi Acoustics’ Digital Power Station real-time processing to improve “brightness, clarity and presence and deliver deeper, more resonant bass and crystal clear highs.”  The iP1 has 4″ honeycomb woofers

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