GPX2 Wiz – An Amiga, Atari ST, C64 and more in your pocket

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Oh wow, I really want one of these handhelds. It looks like a retro gamer’s dream. It has emulation software for MAME (retro arcade games), Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore VIC20/64/128, Gameboy, Gameboy Advance, NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, NeoGeo and support for Flash based games. The GPX2 Wiz features a QVGA OLED Touch Screen, 1GB of […]

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German engineered input device – Das Keyboard

The Das Keyboard is German engineered with gold-plated mechanical key switches that provide tactile and audio feedback. Blue LEDs provide a slick look and the built in USB hub allows you to charge and sync your iPod or iPhone. Fast typists and gamers will be glad to hear Das Keyboard has an n-key rollover function

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Glarewear – Sunglasses for outdoor laptop viewing

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Using your laptop outdoors on a sunny day can be difficult because the sunlight can cause the laptop’s display to look dark or washed out. Putting on your normal sunglasses usually makes matters worse. Glarewear sunglasses are sporty looking glasses that have special polarized lenses that allow you to see the display even on a

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Turn an external USB hard drive into a NAS device

The SimpleNET from SimpleTech is a super simple (sorry, couldn’t resist) way to turn a USB hard drive into a NAS device (network attached storage). Just plug this small module into your wireless router and then plug one or two USB hard drives into the USB ports in the module and you’re done. It’s compatible

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Vtech IS9181 Wi-Fi Internet Radio Review

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I recently moved to a new home that is in a communications dead zone.  There’s no cell access, OTA TV and most troublesome, I cannot receive antenna born FM radio.  Thankfully, VTECH, the cordless phone people have introduced the IS9181 Wi-Fi Internet Radio which gives me a choice of over 11,000 Internet radio stations, plus

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Sometimes I feel like somebody’s watching me…

If you ever have that same feeling, you can use the SpyFinder to locate wired or wireless cameras that might be recording your every movement. The SpyFinder is a small handheld device that runs on 2 AAA batteries. One end has a viewfinder that you look through that has an array of flashing LEDs on

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Keychain flashlight that can find scorpions

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Scorpions give me the creeps. Luckily, I don’t live in an area where we have those evil looking critters. If I did, I’d want a Photon Scorpion Finder Freedom Micro keychain light. How can an LED flashlight find a scorpion? A unique feature of nearly all scorpions is that their bodies will fluoresce brightly under

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Polymer wallet that is water and tear resistant

Not a fan of leather wallets? The Dosh wallet from Australia looks like an interesting alternative. It’s made of a flexible water resistant, tear resistant material called Desmopan (which sounds like a drug name) and is available in 3 styles (3 card, 6 card and a larger Euro sized version). There are several colors to

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Go camping (or not) with a mess kit for the 21st century

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I’ve never been camping in my life (I don’t like bugs, so sue me…). But that doesn’t mean that I can’t appreciate cool camping gear like the Light My Fire MealKit. This kit includes 2 plates, spill-free cup, combination spoon and fork (aka spork), small waterproof box and colander/cutting board. It’s available in 4 colors

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Pelican Memory Card Case Review

Flash memory cards has been around since 1990s starting with the PCMCIA format followed by smart media and compact flash formats.  Nowadays the common memory cards are compact flash, SD, memory stick, and xD.  The most popular one being SD (Secure Digital) which is widely used in digital camera, mobile phone, GPS, PDAs, media players,

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