We write a lot about keeping gadgets safe from damage. Cases, gear bags, screen protectors and the like are all subject to being damaged by something you may accidentally do. But what about preventing an unwanted transfer of technology (ie. theft)? We can’t all go around with safes and lockboxes strapped to everything, can we? […]
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With a traditional baby monitor, you have a camera for the child’s room and a monitor that you carry around with you so you can see what’s happening with the baby. You’ll need a power source for the monitor, and that means finding an outlet in the room you’re in or keeping the monitor supplied
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Ever had a dead car battery, reach for your cellphone to call for help, and find that your cellphone’s battery is dead, too? If you kept a SpareOne cellphone in your car or purse for emergencies, you wouldn’t have to worry about that scenario. The SpareOne is a Dual band GSM phone with patented technology
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One of my friends had her email account hijacked recently. The hijackers had obviously got hold of her password somehow and were sending out emails to her address book claiming she was stuck overseas and needed money sent to her. I’d read about this sort of thing but never had it happen to myself or
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The tiny Data Traveler 109 USB drive from Kingston comes preloaded with urDrive software “that gives you a new and exciting way to look at your data“, according to the maker. I am always interested in new and exciting ways to look at my data, so let’s take a look!
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AirBeam is an app that will turn iOS devices (iPhone, iPod touch or iPad) into a real-time video surveillance system with motion and sound detection. This system is quick and easy to use, but there are a couple caveats to setting things up, so let’s take a closer look.
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This post brought to you by Norton Small Business by Symantec. All opinions are 100% mine. When I surf the Internet or read email, I always try to avoid places and situations that could be dangerous – I never open emails with attachments from people I don’t know, I never click on random links in
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The VueZone system from Avaak is an easy to setup wireless security camera system that we’ve reviewed here on The Gadgeteer. Before today, the VueZone cameras weren’t meant to be used outdoors because of a lack of weather resistance. Now the cameras can go outside when they are housed in the new water-resistant outdoor camera
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This personal safety device from GreatCall gives you immediate access to trained personnel who can summon emergency services and notify your family. The 5Star Urgent Response device fits on your keychain or can be clipped to a bag or backpack. A single button push will connect you with highly-trained certified response agents who have access
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Every few weeks, I’ll see a Silver Alert news story about an Alzheimers patient or otherwise vulnerable adult who has wandered away. That’s just in my area, so imagine how many of these at-risk people there are in the country and how many of them could be missing at any given time. GTX has developed
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This nanny cam from Gadgets and Gear is cleverly hidden inside a charging dock that can actually be used to charge an iPhone, iPod, or even iPad. The camera is on the front of the charging dock near the iCharge name. A DVR is located in the power plug, and it records onto the included
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This tiny iZon Remote Room Monitor from Stem Innovation lets you monitor any room from anywhere with your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. Download the free Stem: Connect app to set up the iZon to let you monitor sights and sounds from any room. The iZon “broadcasts its own wireless network, allowing you to communicate
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A couple years ago I had the opportunity to review the VueZone Personal Video Network System. I liked it for its ease of setup, but wished it could do a few things that it couldn’t at the time. Fast forward almost 2yrs later and VueZone is now offering their 2nd generation motion detecting cameras and
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Fans of HGTV may remember Matt and Shari and their Room by Room TV program. I was looking around on their website recently and found they were featuring a neat product for keeping your spare house key safe outdoors. The RocLok isn’t like those fake plastic rocks with a drawer on the bottom to hold your
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If you use your laptop in public a lot, you’d probably benefit from having a means to secure it against theft. Griffin offers the universal TechSafe Cable Lock System that uses the laptop’s hinge as the attachment point, so it will work equally well with all laptops. You slide the patented hardened steel LockBlade through
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Instead of shredding all those papers with sensitive financial information, you can permanently obscure the information with the HomeSmart Black Out Security Stamper and Pen. It looks like one of those self-inking return address stampers, but the Black Out stamper uses permanent ink that can’t be erased or washed out to stamp a jumbled pattern
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Wireless keyboards and mice can be a real boon to a lot of users. They can offer freedom of movement, supplement smaller keyboards on laptop, etc. You can find an amazing range of options now- ergonomic, enhanced, bare basics, and more. They are also considered a security no-no. The Microsoft Wireless Desktop 2000 addresses this
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This spy camera is disguised as a working light switch. The camera can record 320X240 video at 30fps or 1280X960 JPG files. Recording is triggered by motion detection, and data is stored on an SD card or can be transferred to your computer with the included USB cable. If you insert a SIM card in
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Most people and offices nowadays need some sort of shredder or other method of dealing with the large amount of potentially sensitive stuff we get every day. While a simple cheap ‘wastebasket-topper’ unit works for many of us, some of us need more. The Swingline EX100-07 Stack and Shred Automatic Shredder may be your answer.
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Amber Alerts notify us when a child has been lost or taken and is in danger. Missing children aren’t the only vulnerable people in need of immediate recovery, though. Elderly people, those with mental illness, Alzheimer patients, and others with cognitive impairment may also go missing and will need assistance returning home where they can
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