Gadgets

Sonic Bomb: the obnoxiously loud alarm clock

Sleeping might be the ultimate waste of time, but it’s an essential act of most humans to live a productive life (any life, really). Some people love sleeping and some people can’t sleep at all, but regardless of your sleeping habits, the Sonic Bomb will be sure to wake you up from your sound sleep. At a very unneeded volume ...

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Pantech announces Korean version of W51PT: IM-U170

We  posted a spy pic of the W51PT last month, and Pantech finally announced the Korean version of that at CES this week. We believe that the specifications are similar, EVDO support, 2.2″ QVGA screen, 2MP camera with autofocus, but we are still waiting for announcement from AU KDDI’s side in mid January, as well as the confirmation on its ...

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Kenwood speakers go wireless

Everything now is going wireless, so maybe the creators are finally starting to realize no one likes wires all over their desk. The music is broadcast from the dock to the speakers via 2.4 GHz frequency, which basically means if you have a 2.4 GHz phone in proximity to these speakers, you�ll get sporadic noises when you�re talking on the ...

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Sony makes own version of Apple TV

Luckily for us, when Sony was creating the VAIO TP1, they got their idea from Apple, but did not make this new PCTV an iVAIO. This PCTV from Sony merges the functions of a TV and a computer to make a great tool in the living room. What�s great is that the little cylinder known as the PC part actually ...

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Instant Video To-Go gives avid video converters reason to rejoice

Converting videos it different formats sucks, period. It takes too long, and there is a possibility that it won’t come out right. It is, very simply put, a very unenjoyable process. If you are one of the people who likes to download their video and then immediately convert it to a different file format for whatever reason you have, the ...

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Philips AmbiSound HTS8100 wants to replace your entire sound system

Not only does this beautiful piece of technology (the Philips AmbiSound HTS8100) look as if God himself made it, it also has such an inmense amount of technology inside of it that it won the Innovations Award at CES 2007. What is so special about a simple stereo? The fact that the subwoofer is the only unit apart from the ...

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BenQ-Siemens’ over-pimped EF71

We hardly ever seen BenQ-Siemens’ phones nowadays, not like they have nothing to offer, but they’re having trouble with worldwide distribution. Back at their home country, the company is actually one of the companies with the highest profile. At the IT Month event of Kaohsiung city, BenQ-Siemens is going to open the bid for this over-pimped fake-diamond-stuck singer-signed EF71 phone. ...

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Skim Black prevents your money from being stolen wirelessly

It is really hard to imagine for people who have never heard of Near Field Communication systems (NFC), it’s basically what large companies use for security purposes, it’s a card-sized or card-thinned contactless device that can exchange data with a system via a reader (antenna). A lot of countries have started using some form of contactless payment system, the Oyster ...

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Camera Action Hero: attack with your phone camera

Japanese game publisher Mobcast has started selling their new BREW cellphone game titled “Camera Action Hero” on AU KDDI’s portal for 100yen ($1). At first glance this looks like just another Mario-esque game about jumping around and shooting monsters. However the company added a little twist to this and decided to make use of the camera on your phone. On ...

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