Lisse S10 MP3 player from MyRacer We were far from being impressed by just another pocket-sized mp3 player, but the Lisse S10 from MyRacer is one that definitely can"t be written off in a hurry. Though we totally dig the cuteness factor that the 128 x 64 resolution OLED display brings in, the highlight of this gizmo happens to be the fact that the display itself performs the functionality of a 4-way directional pad that helps navigates between menus. Alles accomplished........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 1/31/2009 9:31:15 AM) The Socket Sense The Socket Sense.Many of them are not always suitable for connecting multiple adapters, often they are very large or you would require more than one to accommodate all the various power adapters. Ideative"s Socket Sense is a good solution and makes perfect sense. It"s a pretty nifty product which expands perfectly and can connect them all with one Socket Sense. It expands outwards so you can "load" the outlets before compressing them together........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 1/29/2009 12:12:34 AM) The Key To Success The Key To Success."The Key To Success" designed by Sebastian Frith is awesome; simple yet useful. The design for sure is made for multiple uses, it can work as a spanner, a bottle opener and its also a keychain. A simple device which can be said to be a combination of different functions for different situations.........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 1/16/2009 6:09:03 PM) Electronic biological chips A handheld, ultra-portable device that can recognize and immediately report on a wide variety of environmental or medical compounds may eventually be possible, using a method that incorporates a mixture of biologically tagged nanowires onto integrated circuit chips, as per Penn State researchers. "Probably one of the most important things for connecting to the circuit is to place the wires accurately," says Theresa S. Mayer, professor of........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 1/15/2009 7:35:09 PM) Roku hits back with HD Netflix Sorta cross posting from the digital TV weblog, but this is just as relevant here in my opinion Netflix, while a wonderful service for the PC, has always been limited by being just that; a service for the PC. With the advent of the service on set top boxes like Roku and the xBox360, this limitation has vanished! I can finally watch on demand movies and television from Netflix, on my television. Just what I wanted........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 1/6/2009 9:49:10 PM) Twitter Relaunches People Search You can now search for people on Twitter - again "The microblogging tool's re-launched people search.... lets you query the service by username or first/last name to find other users," according to Mashable's Adam Ostrow. Twitter had this feature in the past; but earlier this year it was taken down for technical reason From Twitter Blog:Twitter is much more valuable when you can find the accounts of the people or........Go to the Cell-phone-blog (Added on 1/2/2009 2:33:04 PM) 10 Offbeat Uses For A Digital Camera How many times have you found new uses for things you've had for a while My hunch is that it's happened frequently but no one person can come up with all the good ideas and I found 10 prime ways to use your digital camera, most of which I'll be you never would have imagined These are 10 innovative uses for a digital camera that you need to know about. Take a camera with you whenever possible, and look around, you'll........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 1/2/2009 2:32:54 PM) The G1- The mythical Google Phone For well over a year, the rumors of a Google phone have been running rampant. After the iPhone made its debut a year and a half ago, hopeful Google-lovers have been fantasizing that the Google phone would address all the shortcomings of the beautiful, but in some ways, limited, Apple smartphone.........Go to the Cell-phone-blog (Added on 12/22/2008 8:47:57 PM) String Of Pearls Trivet String Of Pearls Trivet.A string of white porcelain pearls, designed to protect any table from hot pots, pans or plates, a good inch and a half away from the table top or tray surface. Not your typical little trivet or stand, but definitely an amazingly well working one. Costs $80.........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 12/6/2008 2:33:06 PM) Computers make sense of experiments on human disease Increased use of computers to create predictive models of human disease is likely following a workshop organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF), which urged for a collaborative effort between specialists in the field. Human disease research produces an enormous amount of data from different sources such as animal models, high throughput genetic screening of human tissue, and in vitro laboratory experiments. This data operates at........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 11/12/2008 10:29:58 PM) Proof by computer New computer tools have the potential to revolutionize the practice of mathematics by providing far more-reliable proofs of mathematical results than have ever been possible in the history of humankind. These computer tools, based on the notion of "formal proof", have in recent years been used to provide nearly infallible proofs of a number of important results in mathematics. A ground-breaking collection of four articles by leading experts,........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 11/6/2008 7:58:11 PM) Webicina will be open to patients We are working hard to get Webicina ready by the 7th of October. This Tuesday, after months of preparation, we will launch it officially. We decided to open the service for patients as well. That is why it’s easy to say now Webicina is really trying to build a bridge between e-patients and physicians The services we will provide Consulting: presentations about web 2.0 and medicine in person; or online (webinars, Second Life........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 10/9/2008 10:07:07 PM) X Sting Wish stops the fire Sometimes, designers take a look at devices and ask why we do things a certain way. Take fire extinguishers, for example. They are confusing to use with a canister in one hand and a hose in the other. Controls are hardly instinct, so designer Adam Scott has created the X Sting Wish. As you can see, the X Sting Wish is a regular fire extinguisher, but with a definite futuristic twist. In fact, if Ripley from Aliens needed to put out a fire,........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 10/9/2008 10:06:24 PM) Casio Exilim EX-FH20 Digital Camera Is Ultra Mega Everything If ever there was a camera that could fill a number of niches the Casio Exilim EX-FH20 Digital Camera is the one I have to say that this camera could very well be the do it all whiz kid for an array of photographic assignments including sports and other action, wildlife, portrait and landscape Sound impossible, well consider that this camera is capable of 40 frames per second burst shooting and has a 26-520 mm, 35mm equivalent zoom........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 10/6/2008 9:22:55 PM) Computer hardware 'guardians' protect users As computer processor chips grow faster and more complex, they are likely to make it to market with more design bugs. But that may be OK, as per University of Michigan scientists who have devised a system that lets chips work around all functional bugs, even those that haven't been detected. Firms such as Intel find functional bugs by simulating different scenarios, commands and configurations that their processor might encounter. Bugs only........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 10/1/2008 8:19:53 PM) Ewoo iPod Docks Yesterday, I reported on the Altec Lansing's The Orbit, an iPod speaker system. If you are still looking for an iPod dock of some kind, you might want to check out Ewoo's three new models. The HandMusic (pictured above) comes with a remote control that is "specifically designed to match that of the player". It is compatible with A/V equipment, and it has a 1.8 inch color LCD display for S-Video viewing. It should be........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 9/16/2008 9:49:37 PM) Google Maps Mobile now has Voice Recognition Google has moved its popular Google Maps Mobile application one step ahead and added Voice Recognition to it. This allows users to easily search for their desired location by just saying where they want to go. This is a beta version for test purposes and it is currently available on a limited range of handsets including Blackberry Pearl 8110, 8120, or 8130 Here's how you use it. You simply hold the left soft key, say you search and........Go to the Cell-phone-blog (Added on 8/30/2008 9:23:58 AM) Real-World Lessons in Virtual World View a video of WolfQuest, an interactive computer game in which players are immersed in every aspect of a wolf's survival in its habitat. It's bad enough that I haven't found a mate. I'm also hungry and I'm losing stamina. I've lost the rest of my group and a large grizzly bear has positioned himself across my path. What's a wolf to do? Adopting the identity of a wolf is the key to learning about wolf behavior and ecology in WolfQuest, a........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 8/27/2008 6:54:22 PM) Custom interfaces make computer clicking faster, easier Insert your key in the ignition of a luxury car and the seat and steering wheel will automatically adjust to preprogrammed body proportions. Stroll through the rooms of Bill Gates' mansion and each room will adjust its lighting, temperature and music to accommodate your personal preference. But open any computer program and you're largely subject to a design team's ideas about button sizes, fonts and layouts. Off-the-shelf designs are........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 7/15/2008 10:02:20 PM) Free Adobe Photoshop Tutorials As complex as Adobe's Photoshop is it can always get a bit more complicated with the addition of 3rd party plugins and add-ons But that's part of the fun, especially for amateurs who want to experiment with different ways of presenting their digital images As a frustrated artist I enjoy manipulating images without the expense, mess, and bother of artist's paints and canvas, which I'll leave to those who have the talent........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 7/8/2008 5:07:29 PM)

Napa Essentials Battery Operated Corkscrew I don"t drink wine at home on a regular basis, so I may be behind in learning about this. A battery operated corkscrew?  Seriously?  Great day in the morning! I always end up with little bits of cork on the bottle because I can never work my hand corkscrew correctly. I don"t know if I can fathom the thought of a perfectly popped cork.  I think I want to cheer........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 1/31/2009 9:31:24 AM) Samsung Show W7900 Struts Its Stuff Pico projectors are all the rage, and their popularity is growing. I always thought that these little projectors would really shine once they become fully integrated into the projects that use them such as a phones or handheld games. Well, the Samsung Show W7900 has been demoed, and it is very nice. The Samsung Show W7900 is just like any other Samsung media device save for one essential feature; it has a built in projector capable of........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 1/29/2009 12:10:02 AM) Sound Blaster - for iTunes Sound Blaster for iTunes from Creative Labs. Sounds like something we all want. I know I do........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 1/29/2009 12:09:50 AM) Next generation cloak A device that can bestow invisibility to an object by "cloaking" it from visual light is closer to reality. After being the first to demonstrate the feasibility of such a device by constructing a prototype in 2006, a team of Duke University engineers has produced a new type of cloaking device, which is significantly more sophisticated at cloaking in a broad range of frequencies. The latest advance was made possible by the development of a........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 1/15/2009 7:25:38 PM) T-Mobile G2 coming in April 2009? There are rumours floating around that the T-Mobile G2 will be launching in February 2009. The T-Mobile G2 will be more like the iPhone 3G and it will feature a large sized touch screen display but no physical QWERTY keyboard. The T-Mobile G2 will also be launched by other operators other than T-Mobile with different names. Here are the rumoured specs OS: Android Connectivity: 3G, EDGE, GPRS, WiFi, Bluetooth, US Camera: 5 MP,........Go to the Cell-phone-blog (Added on 1/6/2009 9:49:24 PM) Roku goes HD Netflix has always been pretty damn cool in my eyes; streaming video content on demand, for a really reasonable price. The fact that with things like the xBox360 and now Roku, it is moving back to the television rather than the PC, is also excellent in my book. As much as I like watching things on demand on my PC, I'd rather watch them on demand on my television Roku's $99 box has just become even more attractive, with it's new........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 1/6/2009 9:49:01 PM) Fuji Will Release Digital 3D Camera Next Year Here's something I came across entirely by luck while cruising the Fuji digital imaging website yesterday Sometime late next year Fujifilm plans to release a digital 3-D camera, and I, being a fan of 3-D imaging couldn't be happier I've dabbled with 3-D over the years and have had fairly good results with a variety of old and new 3-D cameras. Those cameras use film, have 2 or more lenses and yield stereo slides, pairs of........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 12/26/2008 10:27:33 AM) Dreidel, droidel, droidel, Happy Hanukah to all Spell it Chanukah, Hanukah, or even Hanukkah. It"s the 8-day Jewish holiday known as the Festival of Lights. It usually falls in December and often overlaps with Christmas. This is one of those years. Chanukah begins at sundown December 21 Among Chanukah traditions is a children"s toy: the four-sided top called the dreidel, which is used in a game and is the subject of a bouncy nonsense song. The song says dreidels are made of clay,........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 12/22/2008 8:47:47 PM) Mini Bubblegum - 250 GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive Ever since I glued rhinestones on my first BlackBerry, I''ve flaunted the fact that I''m a geek girl with style. (It was also handy as I worked at AOL at the time and at meetings you had to leave all communication devices outside on a table. Believe me, no one ever picked up mine by accident:) So I actually love this bubble-gum pink portable hard drive by Simple Tech which boasts 250 GB! (You can also get it in other "flavors." ........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 11/23/2008 4:33:05 PM) Toshiba G450 Mobile Phone, MP3, HSDPA Modem Combo Device Toshiba has introduced a unique device known as the Toshiba G450, which is a combination of a Mobile Phone, USB Drive, MP3 player and HSDPA modem. It's available now in the UK for around £140. Ben Robinson of Into Mobile has tried out the device and he has posted a detailed review. Check it out her Here are the features of the device Size: 98 x 36 x 16 m Weight: 57g Chipset: Qualcomm MSM628 Network: UMTS/HSDPA (7.2 Mbps)........Go to the Cell-phone-blog (Added on 11/23/2008 2:23:24 PM) Emblaze Mobile gets ready to scorch the smartphone market A hitherto modest Israeli company called Emblaze Mobile has set out to challenge the smartphone majors such as HTC, RIM and Apple in (what else but) introducing smartphones that are rumored to have some key enhancements - welcome the Emblaze Edelweiss and Emblaze Monolith. Emblaze Mobile has apparently set its sights on leaving the competitor products gasping for breath with the launch of Edelweiss (October 2008) and Monolith (2009) And........Go to the Cell-phone-blog (Added on 10/16/2008 8:29:33 PM) Blackberry App Center coming soon Good news for Blackberry users as RIM has announced that it will be launching an application center for the Blackberry Storm and other upcoming Blackberry devices featuring the OS 4.7. The Blackberry App Center will be similar to Apple's App store and it will allow Blackberry users to easily find, browse and install third party applications and games on their Blackberry devices. Considering the fact that third party Blackberry applications........Go to the Cell-phone-blog (Added on 10/9/2008 10:06:42 PM) Introducing the Motorola Q11 Smartphone The Motorola Q11 Smartphone is the successor of the Motorola Q9 Smartphone and it has recently been caught on a video by the folks at Zumo. It comes with a fresher look and some impressive set of features and might prove to be a hit amongst Motorola's loyal customers. However with so much competition in the Smartphone Industry, I guess it won't be enough to save Motorola from the mess it finds itself in. Tell us what you think Here........Go to the Cell-phone-blog (Added on 10/9/2008 10:06:37 PM) LG Renior KC910 - Powerful 8 Megapixel cameraphone Good news for LG fans as LG has officially launched the powerful and feature friendly 8 Megapixel touch screen cameraphone known as the LG Renoir. The LG Renoir is the successor of the popular LG Viewty and it is only 13.95 mm thick making it the slimmest 8-megapixel cameraphone available to date. It will launched initially in Europe this month and then in Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East and China. Here are the detailed........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 10/6/2008 9:23:48 PM) Nokia 5800 Xpress Music Player vs the iPhone Nokia is saying its first iPhone clone will be in Europe and Asia before the end of this year, but not until next year in North America. No carrier(s) selected yet either. Estimates are that it will cost just under $400 The mostly black phone has a touch screen of course, but many non-iPhone dazzlers: a 3.2 megapixel camera with Zeiss lens, stereo Bluetooth, microSD card slot, GPS, lots of memory, and PIM features that the iPhone lacks,........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 10/6/2008 9:16:01 PM) Free Adeona service tracks stolen laptops As college students head back to school with gleaming new laptops, some will, unfortunately, see the last of their machine in a library, cafeteria or dorm room. And it's not just college campuses that are hot spots for computer theft, or just students who are the targets. Newspapers recently reported that airports in the United States record hundreds of thousands of laptop thefts annually. Such thefts are not only expensive, they also often........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 9/25/2008 10:54:55 PM) Cliphanger for cell phones, iPhones and iPods, now with flashlight One of Popgadget''s favorite accessories, Cliphanger, now has a very simple yet useful add-on, a little flashlight for those moments when you need just a little bit of light. The original Cliphanger is a very lightweight clip shaped somewhat like a large paper clip that you attach to the back of your cell phone ($12.95 for one, but cheaper by the pack). You can then clip it onto a belt loop, purse strap, dashboard (or any surface using........Go to the Gadget-blog (Added on 8/30/2008 8:53:35 AM) What Do You Know? Google has started a new site called Knol that allows you to share your vast wealth of personal information with the world. Everyone knows something that no one else knows. Think about it, I'm sure you can come up with something. Voice your opinion on something, or tell the world about something you witnessed. Then you can share it on Knol. "The web contains vast amounts of information, but not everything worth knowing is on the........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 8/21/2008 6:23:32 PM) Security flaws in online banking sites More than 75 percent of the bank Web sites surveyed in a University of Michigan study had at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to cyber thieves after their money or even their identity. Atul Prakash, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and doctoral students Laura Falk and Kevin Borders examined the Web sites of 214 financial institutions in 2006. They will present the findings........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 7/22/2008 8:07:41 PM) Finer Lines For Microchips MIT scientists have achieved a significant advance in nanoscale lithographic technology, used in the manufacture of computer chips and other electronic devices, to make finer patterns of lines over larger areas than have been possible with other methods. Their new technique could pave the way for next-generation computer memory and integrated-circuit chips, as well as advanced solar cells and other devices. The team has created lines........Go to the Computer-blog (Added on 7/8/2008 9:04:31 PM)