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HypnosEye Portable iPhone Projector and Screen Set

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The HypnosEye turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a projector.  No external power source is needed.  The HypnosEye uses only the light from the iPhone screen, so it does require a dark environment.  The HypnosEye works with photos or videos.  The projected image size is 17″ to 45″ from a distance of 0.5 to 2

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Logitech Harmony 600 Remote Review

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Even though I’ve owned tons of audio/video equipment over the years, I’ve never had a universal remote.  The best ones always were very expensive, and the ones I could afford never seemed to actually have enough buttons to handle all the functions of my various pieces of equipment.  And who could remember how all those

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Am I nuts for liking this speaker?

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The Motz Tiny Wooden Speaker is a handcrafted wooden speaker that has been carved to look like an acorn. It includes a USB connector for charging the internal Lithium Ion battery and a standard 3.5mm jack to connect to audio sources. It also has a built in FM radio. It’s available from Pyramid Distribution for

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Kidz Gear (Wired) Headphones for Kids Review

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Spring and Summer will be here before we know it (yes, my fingers are crossed in hope of sooner rather than later) and with warmer weather comes an increase in travel.  Whether it is a 12-hour drive south for spring break or a 30 minute drive to a local water park or beach, when the kids are

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Fatman iTube ValveDock Carbon Edition II for iPod

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A true audiophile probably shudders at the thought of mp3 files, but the Fatman iTube ValveDock Carbon Edition II with iPod dock might add some warmth and richness back to digital music.  The ValveDock Carbon Edition II is a one-piece hybrid vacuum tube amp with an iPod dock that works with all iPods except the Shuffle.  It also works

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Plugable Technologies’ USB 2.0 UGA Multi Display Adapter Review

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While real estate investments around the country are tanking, take heart that in the technical world, it’s never been a better time to buy.   Remember the old days before multi-line telephones?  The Big Boss had to have eight black rotary dial phones on his just to take multiple calls.   And you used to have to

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Arctic Cooling E351-WM and E352 Earphones Review

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I recently did a review of the Arctic Cooling E361-WM earphones with microphone.  The E361 earphones worked flawlessly as a playback device for both my computer and my iPod touch.  The microphone worked great with my touch, but I had some problems recording with it on my laptop.  I felt that the problem was probably

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“Why can’t I get this TV off of channel 3?” -or- How I spent my weekend

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For those of you with Comcast Analog service, you probably are aware that Comcast will be dropping most of its analog signals and will move to an all-digital delivery in a few months.  Comcast has begun rolling out digital set-top boxes (aka Digital Control Transceiver, Digital Cable Box, etc.) to analog customers and I received

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iFrogz CS40 Headphones Review

The iFrogz CS40s in their heat-sealed cocoon.

Headphones are the bane of our modern living style. We want to hear things that we have chosen – TV shows, music, podcasts, etc. – but we want to isolate those around us from what we’re hearing. The folks at iFrogz have a Comfort Series in their Earpollution line, which offer a seemingly nice balance between size, separation, and style.

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Tandberg PrecisionHD USB Video Camera Review

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The Tandberg PrecisionHD USB Video Camera is a high quality camera that captures 30 frame per second full 720p (1280×720) video and mono audio. This would be the ideal camera for corporate desktop video conferencing, or for casual or mobile video podcasting. It’s large size and decent heft make it less appealing for the business

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iPod dock goes retro… but with added DAB!

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The guys over at Revo recently put their heads together and came up with this, the Revo Heritage Deluxe Table Radio. There are many DAB radios on the market, but none look as good as this!  The solid walnut and aluminium casing gives it a real retro look and feel, but don’t be fooled.  It packs a

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