A company named Royal Jumbo has created the iPawn board games that you play on your iPad. There are four games available now – Snakes and Ladders, Game of Goose (shown), Air Hockey, and the Fishing Game. You buy a set of playing pieces and download a free app for your iPad. The pieces are […]
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All of a sudden, there are a lot of Apple AirPlay* speakers being offered just in time for the holidays. Libratone is a new high-end player in this enlarging US market. They’ve been around for a while in Europe where they are famous for their high quality and great sound. This Danish company subscribes to
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Not long ago, Amazon made it possible for you to borrow books from participating libraries, and now they’ve introduced the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. To participate, you must be an Amazon Prime member, and it appears you must own an actual Kindle. There are 5000 titles available now, including 100 current and former New York
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The Fylus is a small circular stick-on stylus tip that is made of a conductive material that is compatible with devices that have a capacitive display like the iPad and iPhone. It has been designed to help aid accuracy when using your fingers to select and enter data on touch screen devices. I usually don’t
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Samsung has introduced three new LED light bulbs that will help you in your efforts to reduce your daily energy consumption. There are three different styles with different light output available. Costs vary from about $17 to about $60 per bulb, depending on style. Each bulb promises to deliver 20X the lifespan of a halogen
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The PlugBug Charger from TwelveSouth is a different kind of powered USB charger. Pop the cover off the PlugBug, pop the power prongs off the Mac charger, and then plug them together. US power prongs fold out of the PlugBug. The other end of the PlugBug has a USB port that delivers 5V at 2.1A,
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Get ready for tractor beams pulling enemy alien vessels in deep outer space! Ok, so maybe not in the immediate future anyway. NASA has awarded a $100,000 research grant to the Goddard Space Flight Center team of Laser Experts to study how tractor beams could be used to collect smaller samples in space for analysis.
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Only in the last year did I finally replace my older than dirt mercury switch type thermostat with a programmable model. Although I’ve enjoyed the convenience of having the heat automatically come on in the morning before I wake up and then not come on while no one is home during the day, changing the
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I am an avid digital photographer, and I love to bring my DSLR with me where ever I go. I take great pictures that help me create memories that will last forever. But I, like many of my photography-loving friends, hate carrying the added weight of my DSLR around my neck. I am also self-conscious
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I’ve read in a few audiophile articles that a good, reasonably priced set of stereo speakers paired with an amplifier will trump the best iPod speaker/dock no matter the cost. While that may be true, when I heard the Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Air, I began to have some doubts. The British company, Bowers & Wilkins
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