Plantronics .Audio 476 DSP USB Headset Review

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When it comes to headsets, I’m really picky.  In 2004 when I started playing on-line co-op games with my younger brothers in-law, I shopped around for various stereo headsets with microphones for gaming.  They were all either too uncomfortable, or had poor outgoing audio.  Eventually, I took drastic measures and made my own, and I’ve

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Metal Pen from Grand Illusions

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Grand Illusions offers a pen with an 8 cm-long stainless steel body and no ink supply.  There’s no need for ink because the pen writes with a soft metal alloy nib that’s been sharpened into a “pencil point” shape.  The metal pen is inspired by Medieval writing implements that also used metal nibs to draw on specially coated paper.  The

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Slim Bluetooth Keyboard for your iPad

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Brando is now offering a Slim Bluetooth Keyboard that is compatible with Windows, Mac and various mobile devices including the iPad. $37 will get you a 52 key USB rechargeable Bluetooth keyboard with a footprint approximately 4.5 x 2.5 x 0.5 inches. That’s pretty small for touch typing, but fine for thumb typing. I’ve yet

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Kindle 2, DX Software Upgrade End of May May be Worth Wait

Amazon will soon be releasing a software upgrade which should provide a solution to one of the annoying nuisances of the device: the lack of a decent way to organize items. Currently, items on the Kindle are listed without sophisticated organization. Additionally, a zoom feature for PDF files is supposedly on its way. Currently, the

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Logitech Harmony 600 Remote Review

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Even though I’ve owned tons of audio/video equipment over the years, I’ve never had a universal remote.  The best ones always were very expensive, and the ones I could afford never seemed to actually have enough buttons to handle all the functions of my various pieces of equipment.  And who could remember how all those

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$50 Savings on Some Sony Readers Models

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SonyStyle is offering $50 discounts on two of their ebook readers for a limited time.  The 5″ Sony Pocket Edition (recently reviewed on The Gadgeteer)  is on sale for $149 if purchased from SonyStyle by May 9th.  SonyStyle suggests the Pocket Edition would make a great Mother’s Day gift, and I agree.  The $50 discount is also available

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See Through Toaster – Don’t Believe it Till You See it

Well I think this is legit.  While most postings for a see-through toaster make note that the designs are just concepts, I found the Magimix Vision see-through toaster (“coming to Williams Sonoma stores in Spring 2010”) on actual web sites, for sale as of right now.  JohnLewis.com claims it has “more than 10 in stock”

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