Several months ago, I reviewed an LED torch that was powered by the Faraday Principle. As much as I like the idea of battery-free lighting and as much as I wanted to be able to recommend it, the performance of the Forever Flashlight was underwhelming – to say the least. Thankfully, one of our readers […]
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Updated 05/12/2005 Background: I’ve never been a mobile phone junkie, but I’ve been wanting a new phone pretty much since the day I upgraded to the Motorola T720 a year ago. I quickly came to the realization that I didn’t like flip phones at all. When the phone would ring while I was driving, I
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Product Requirements: Device: A vehicle that uses diesel fuel Here in West Texas where there are so many ranchers and farmers, diesel trucks are de rigueur. Whether it be a Ford, Chevy or Dodge, people swear by the pulling performance of their Power Stroke, Duramax and Cummins engines. Even though you will never get a
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Name: Mike Oetting Location: Kansas City I suppose it all started nearly 10 years ago in 1996 with the launch of the Palm 1000. I remember reading the press leading up to the launch of this product, and I was hooked. I thought it was the first PDA which seemed to have a fair amount
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If you are looking for my review of the Apple’s 2nd generation iPod shuffle, you can find it here. Product Requirements: Device: Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later Mac OS X v10.2.8 or Mac OS X 10.3.4 and later (Mac OS
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Name: Terence Wong Location: Sydney, Australia This picture is of me and a Sentinel from The Matrix exhibit at Warner Bros Movie World in Queensland, Australia. A common misconception is that people who work in IT are all nerds. In fact, in my line of work as an Enterprise Java developer, I have met some
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Those of you with keen eyes have probably been noticing some new additions to the site in the way of a text based advertising service that we’re trying out. These new links are appearing on the reviews, articles, forums pages and home page. If you haven’t noticed yet, the links look like the one in
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Product Requirements: Device: Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP & MAC Update 3/17/05 (see comments below in red) Over the past several months, the Digital Mind Corporation’s (DMC) Xclef 500 has been my personal treadmill partner as I train for my first Indy 500 mini-marathon. It accompanies my wife on her pursuit of health through
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We have the coolest readers on the planet. Look what just showed up in my inbox… A song written by Isobutane. I really want to know if it has actual music that goes along with it. Enjoy! The Gadgeteer Song by Mark Rosengarten, 2005 Progess demands More gadgets in hand Ipods and cells With whistles
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Name: Druce Macfarlane Location: San Mateo, California Hi, my name is Druce, and I am a Gadgetoholic. It all started shortly after High School, when I had some extra spending money, and decided to spend it on computers. All kinds of computers. I had everything from a home made PC, to a CP/M-based S100 system
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