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The Amp Pack
Remember that snowboarding jacket from Burton that has a built-in controls for an iPod? Well it looks like Burton has a new backpack coming out that comes with a secure iPod storage pocket and a control panel built-into one of the shoulder straps. Expected to retail for $200. Read [Thanks, Larry]
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Internet-enabled toilet roll
A whole slew of bizarre household gadgets at the Ideal Home Show in London this past week, including an cutting board that can surf the Web and an Internet-connected toilet roll that can display current news and stock prices, and print out the information on, you guessed it, toilet paper. Certainly provides an innovative way … Continued
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CD burner that records directly from memory cards
New USB 2.0 external CD burner from JOBO that can record a CD directly from flash memory cards even when it’s not connected to a computer. The Disc Steno CP100 has slots for CompactFlash cards, Memory Sticks, MicroDrives, SmartMedia, and SecureDigital cards. Read
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Safety gadgets
MSNBC on some of the more unusual gadgets out there for those worried about their personal safety during these troubling times, like the Baby Tent (pictured at right), which is used to protect an infant from a chemical attack; a stungun disguised as a cellphone; and a personal parachute for surviving a leap from a … Continued
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250GB hard drive shootout
Tom’s Hardware Guide shootout pitting two massive new 250GB hard drives against each other: Maxtor’s MaXLine Plus II 7Y250P0 and Western Digital’s WD2500JB. It looks like a draw: If you’re faced with having to decide between the two, then you have no easy task ahead of you. The differences revealed in the test results are … Continued
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The Lapvantage Deluxe Dome laptop stand
Envy News review of the Lapvantage Deluxe Dome laptop stand from Plasticsmith that looks a bit like one of those new iMacs, only without the monitor. And speaking of the 17-inch PowerBook, it’s actually the only laptop that’s too big for it. Read
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Never feed a parking meter ever again
A wireless gadget from MobiPower might mean you’ll never have to carry change to feed a parking meter ever again: The key is a small box that works similarly to the EZ Pass system. When a car enters certain parking zone, a light on the box will flash the parking rates for that area. One … Continued
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PC Mag on the 17″ PowerBook
First look over at ZDNet at Apple’s long overdue seventeen-inch PowerBook G4, which is just now starting to arrive in stores after being announced back in January. Looks like it’s worth wait, with a 1440×900 pixel high-resolution screen, built-in 802.11g, Bluetooth, FireWire 800, a DVD-R/CD-RW drive, 512MB of RAM, a 1GHz processor, and a backlit … Continued
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Buy a Sony Ericsson T68i, make $30
It’s like 1999 all over again: Amazon has dropped the price on Sony Ericsson’s new T68i cellphone to $269.99, but there is still a $300 rebate, so if you buy the phone and sign up for a T-Mobile service plan, you’ll actually make $30 for buying the phone. Amazon – Sony Ericsson T68i
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First Tablet PC wth Centrino
From UK company RM, what looks like the first Tablet PC using Intel’s new low-power Centrino chip to hit the market. The RM Teacher Tablet PC is, not surprisingly given the name, aimed at the educational market, and has built-in 802.11b, a 900MHz processor, a 10.4″ LCD screen, a 20GB hard drive, 256MB of RAM, … Continued
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Internet televisions from Sony
Sony is working on a new line of plasma televisions that can stream video directly from the Internet: The TV is expected to include a Web browser but is not envisioned as a run at Web TV. The device will be manipulated by a remote control rather than a keyboard and will use the Internet … Continued
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