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Blu-Ray does Mac, just not by Apple

FastMac recently announced its release of an external Blu-Ray player for the Mac OS X, beating out Apple to the punch of integrating Blu-Ray into the Mac infrastructure. This could be a huge advantage for Blu-Ray over HD DVD now that Mac users will happily have the capability to watch their favorite Blu-Ray movie. The Blu-Ray drive upgrade will allow ...

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IDE Cable Belt is so geeky, no one will get the hint

The IDE Cable belt is almost BEYOND geeky. It’s to the point where if someone notices your belt, they’ll probably think its either made of duct tape or some other cheap material. But “IDE cable” will probably be one of their last guesses, if one were to guess at all. If getting noticed isn’t important to you and you just ...

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Swiss Army Pocket MP3 Player

The Victorinox SwissBeat 1GB MP3 Player is probably the only MP3 player you can kill a man with. Or cut a rope. Or skin a rabbit. Or any other cutting need a good boyscout might need in the wild. SwissBeat combines the popular Swiss Army Knife multi-tool with some technological spin of portable audio goodness. So now you can work ...

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80GB PS3 spotted in the wild

The photo is of poor quality and the facts are hazy, but the rumor is that the above photoed PS3 in question is a new 80GB model which has been yet to be confirmed or denied by Sony. The 80GB PS3 sports a new model number to the Sony family (98004), and seems to be the real deal according to ...

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Kenwood KSC-SW10 active subwoofer keeps the bass pumpin’ in your car

Car stereo systems often have difficulty retaining a clean bass sound in such a confined space. The Kenwood KSC-SW10 active subwoofers retain much of the bass that is virtually destroyed by most systems and it does it relatively cost effective. The sub packs in a 150W max power amplifier with a dual voice coil 180mm concave subwoofer and passive radiator. ...

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Do we really need to charge all new gadgets overnight for the first time?

We’re not sure whether you have heard about the urban myth about rechargeable batteries. Some people claim that you must charge over night (7-12 hours straight) for the first time in order to “activate” all the chemicals in the battery, to prolong its life-span. While we could not explain this completely scientifically, and we thought that the “memory effect” on ...

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DIY: Replace your headphone jack

If you want a good pair of headphones, it’s gonna cost you. No matter how much you spend on them, headphone jacks have a tendency of splitting from the wire and loosening, creating dead noise. When this happens, most people will have a period where they cry under their blankets in the dark, cuddling with their old pair, before throwing ...

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Smooth Creations Diablo Gaming PC is pretty in gold and fully loaded

Equally unique and blindingly bright colored, the Smooth Creations Diablo Gaming PC has the looks to match its monster specs. The Diablo packs in a Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 processor, 2GB of RAM, two 250 GB hard drives in a RAID configuration, and two, yes two, GeForce 8800 GTX cards. If the bright yellow gold color is too much ...

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Haas builds giant treadmill for NASCAR, comments on car obesity epidemic

Just kidding. There is no car obesity epidemic. But there’s indeed a big ass treadmill that was built. That part was as serious as a brain tumor. Haas Automation has created this treadmill in hopes to improve aerodynamics of NASCAR racers. Not the actual racers, like the drivers. We mean the actual cars. Sorry for that misunderstanding. Can we continue? ...

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