Mohu introduces the Sky HDTV outdoor antenna

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We’ve had a few articles about products that help you “cut the cable” to your satellite TV or cable TV provider.  In addition to streaming media players, we’ve featured antennas that bring in free, over-the-air, uncompressed HDTV signals.  We even mentioned an earlier Mohu product, the Leaf indoor antenna, in a news post.  If you

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PLX Devices Yaba X – Vibration speaker that doubles as a guitar amp

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Vibration speakers are unique because they turn ordinary objects like a table or a box into a speaker with full sound. The Yaba X is an ultra portable vibration speaker from PLX Devices that has already achieved full funding through Kickstarter. The pocket-sized Yaba is made of cast zinc and is going to be available

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City Prints maps fantasy worlds and tech landscapes

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City Prints is a map company that produces artful maps of a variety of venues – home towns, states, college campuses, stadiums, and more.  They expanded their line to include the Pop Culture series (maps of video game, comics, and TV and movie locations) and Computer schematics diagram prints.  The image shows maps for Resident

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iHome Origami Vertical Smart Book Hard Back iPad Case review

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When I am hunting for an iPad case, there are four different categories that I focus on: price, protection, weight/bulk, and versatility. The Origami Vertical Smart Book Hard Back Case for the iPad from iHome fits very well into all of the above areas. The case offers some protection, and it also shines in case utility,

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Organize your work projects in Moleskine Professional notebooks

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Moleskine notebooks were available in lined, blank, and grid versions, and you had to choose the one that best fit your needs.  Now, Moleskine is anticipating your needs and has designed the Professional series of notebooks.  Moleskine says their Professional notebook “is created for professionals, combining the features of a planner and a notebook, with

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How to prevent your child from making in-app purchases on your Android device

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As a followup to Janet’s article about restricting in-app purchases on an iPad, here’s the guide to doing it on Android.  Like Janet, I’ve heard so many of my less technology-bent friends complain that they handed their Android device to say their nieces and nephews to play games and keep them busy, and lo and

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Julie’s Gadget Diary – Qi inductive wireless charging, more trouble than it’s worth?

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My first experience with inductive charging was way back in 2004 when I reviewed one of Microsoft’s SPOT watches. The watches themselves were kind of clunky, but I thought it was so cool that they could be charged just by being placing on a cradle. The fact that no  cables had to be plugged directly into

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Keep your gadgets charged with NewTrent’s Travelpak and Travelpak Plus

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If you spend any time traveling, or even just have a long commute, you’ll at some point find yourself needing a power boost for one of your gadgets.  NewTrent has two backup battery packs in their line of mobile accessories that can keep you powered until you reach your destination.  The Travelpak (NT400C) has a

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Lyrix Duo speaker with removable Bluetooth receiver

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The Lyrix Duo looks like a lot of the small “hockey puck” speakers you see on the market today.  The Lyrix Duo from Digital Treasures has a Bluetooth receiver (EDR2.1 and supports A2DP and AVRCP) that lets you send your music from any Bluetooth-enabled smartphone, tablet, or computer to its speaker.  The 3W speaker reproduces 20Hz-20KHz, and

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The You’ve Got Mail Bag delivers – or at least it used to

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The You’ve Got Mail Bag from hearts.com is a unique laptop case made out of old USPS (United States Postal Service) mail bags and seat belt straps. The bag dimensions are 15 inches long, 11 inches high and 1 inch wide. The bag has one main padded zippered compartment and two smaller outside pockets. As

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Analyze your golf putting swing with your club marker

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Instead of inserting a monogrammed club marker into your golf club grips, why not use something that can analyze your golf putting swing to help you improve your game?  With the 3BaysGSA PUTT analyzer, you’ll be able to analyze your consistency, face and attack angles, tempo, back-swing and down-swing times, impact speed, and swing path

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Mimo Monitors Magic Monster 10.1″ Resistive Touchscreen USB Monitor review

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It doesn’t make a difference if you use a desktop computer connected to a huge display, or a laptop with an 11 inch display, you will always want more screen space. I know for me that it was a pretty big adjustment when I downsized from a 27″ inch iMac to a 13″ Macbook Air.

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Extend the wireless coverage of any router with the Amped Wireless REC10

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The REC10 High Power 600mW Compact Wi-Fi Range Extender from Amped Wireless will strengthen and extend your wireless coverage throughout your house and even into your yard.  It works with any 802.11 b/g/n wireless router or service provider gateway, and it contains “advanced dual 600mW amplifiers and a high gain 2dBi detachable antenna to extend Wi-Fi coverage

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Octa’s Monkey Tail iPad stand is now available at BiteMyApple.co

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Remember the Octa TabletTail Vacuum Dock and Whale Tail stand (see related reviews)?  They have another TabletTail kit available, the MonkeyTail, and it’s available now at BiteMyApple.co.  (BiteMyApple.co only sells successfully-funded former Kickstarter projects that have made it into production.)  Just like the WhaleTail kit, the MonkeyTail and the vacuum dock work with most tablets.

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The Boreas Gear Erawan Travel Duffle mini-review

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Occasionally, members of the Gadgeteer Team receive products out of the blue, sent by eager PR people proud of their product(s), hopeful that we will take a look at them and comment on and/or review them on the website. Many times it is the umpteenth smartphone case or something just as lack-luster, but occasionally it is from

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iClooly Elite Multi Touch Stylus Pen works with capacitive and resistive screens and paper, too

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Julie reviewed the iClooly Multi-Touch Pen for iPad some time ago (see related links).  That stylus had a hard tip for a resistive screen and a brush tip for capacitive screens.  Since then, iClooly has introduced their Elite Multi Touch Stylus Pen.  This pen still has the hard resistive tip, but the brush has been changed

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