Scosche flipCHARGE rogue Emergency Backup Battery & Charger for iPod and iPhone Review

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Lots of people rely on cellphones now, and many, like my family and me, have only cellphones.  Your phone is useless without a charge, and luckily, there are a variety of backup batteries available to keep them charged up.  If you don’t want to add a case with a backup battery, then you’re probably stuck […]

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Android Users Get 50GB Free Cloud Storage with Box for Android

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Need some cloud storage? Feel left out after Box’s iOS free 50GB offer? Box is now offering 50GB of free space to all Android users. Just login to Box from the newly updated Android app before Friday, March 23, 2012 at 11:59pm PST and the space is yours. Normally a 50GB Box account would cost you

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#FellowesInc PowerShred 79Ci 100% Jam-Proof Cross-Cut Shredder Review And Contest to Win One for Yourself

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This post brought to you by Fellowes. All opinions are 100% mine.Although my ID hasn’t been stolen, my husband’s debit card number has been stolen twice in the past few years – once at a fast food place and once at an outdoor ATM that someone had put a skimmer on.  Luckily, the credit union

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Open Up Your Beers with a Razor Blade

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Gadgets and Gear is offering a bottle opener that would make a great gift for people who shave with “old-fashioned” double-edged razors like my husband, Butch.  (Or like Ian Lim, one of The Gadgeteer’s writers.)  The Bottle Blade Bottle Opener is made of brushed stainless steel and measures 4.5″ X 2.25″.   You can pre-order

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Eye-Fi Connect X2 Wireless SD Card Review Revisited

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Julie last did a review of the Eye-Fi photo-transfer SD cards in May 2010 . There’s been a few changes since then so having just obtained a Connect X2 SD card with wireless photo and video uploads from Eye-Fi (with assistance from Julie), I thought I’d cover some of the features not covered in Julie’s older

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Edifier MP15 Audio Candy Speaker from Urban Outfitters

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Urban Outfitters is offering a portable speaker from Edifier that can travel with you.  The Audio Candy (MP15) speakers have both a 3.5mm audio input and an SD card slot for your music, and there’s a lithium-ion battery inside that lets you play that music for up to 6 hours.  The MP15 speakers charge via

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Hercules Mini HD Twist – A Webcam With Fashion Sense

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Hercules announced their new HD Twist webcam during CES this past January in Las Vegas. With a suggested retail price of only $34.99, this webcam features 30fps, a 720p sensor that provides 1280×720 video resolution, 5 megapixel photo resolution, and a built in microphone with noise reduction. The unique thing about this webcam is its flexible

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LandAirSea SilverCloud Real-Time GPS Tracking System Review

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I’ve been playing with several different kinds of GPS tracking devices for a while, including the nu.m8 GPS Child Locator Watch. The nu.m8 GPS tracking system used a GPS receiver to determine location, and would “report” it’s location when “pinged” via SMS or computer to give the latest position.  So for the most part, it

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Protect Your New Sony PS Vita with Decal Girl Skins

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A couple of days ago, we told you about the new Sony PlayStation Vita.  Gaming gear can take a lot of abuse, and Decal Girl is ready with some skins to protect your Vita.  Decal Girl skins are made of premium automotive-grade cast vinyl; the adhesive resists the formation of air bubbles during application and

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Kindle Touch Available in Australia… But at What Price?

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At this point in time Amazon will only ship the Kindle Touch WiFi to Australia.  Up for preorder now on both BigW and Dick Smith is the Touch WiFi for $185AU for release on March 5th and the Touch 3G for  $249AU for release on the 13th of March. The only question I’ve got is why ? To grab

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Nyrius NAEB500 Noise Isolating In-Ear Earphones Review

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NAEB500 Noise Isolating In-Ear Earphones from Nyrius are a refreshing departure from the run of the mill $10 in-ear earphones one usually runs into. They’re priced at $49.95 but are widely available around $30, and as such they cost about as much as 2 or three of those knock-off earphones you’ll find in the big-box

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Snag a Copy of “Google Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts”

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Google Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts [affiliate link] is a handy cheat sheet for the Google Chrome browser that lists keystrokes that perform specific actions. Surf more productively by keeping your hands on the keyboard instead of going back and forth with your mouse. This cheat sheet comes at a good time for me because I actually just

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Kisai Stencil LCD Watch from Tokyoflash Japan

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The Kisai Stencil LCD Watch was originally a concept submitted by Heather Sable, a math teacher and fan of Tokyoflash Japan watches from the USA.  The Stencil shows time with the “negative space” on the LCD screen.  The display is always on, and there’s an electroluminescent backlight for night use.  The Stencil displays the time

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