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If Silence is Golden this little hack is priceless – quiet your HDDs

By James Allan Brady on Friday, Apr 11th 2008 1 Comment

Some guy came up with one of the most ingenious uses of elastic since putting it in clothing. He used bands of elastic to suspend the hard drives in his computer thus reducing the noise made by his hard drives.

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Picture courtesy of Jason at HACKS

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DIY instant messenger online contact signalizer picture frame thingy – says the creator

By James Allan Brady on Wednesday, Apr 9th 2008 No Comments

This nifty little gadget was created in an effort to make it possible to see who was online from across the room, or just in passing. So he took some pictures of the few people who he truly cared when they were online, put some LED lights behind them, and then did a lot of more technical stuff to make the lights light up when that person was online.

DIY IM online contact signalizer

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Memory Infinate USB Drive – Connect them to expand your storage space, create jewelry

By Chris on Tuesday, Sep 25th 2007 No Comments

There are so many USB flash drives on the market these days that it’s hard to find a design that it unique. The Memory Infinite USB drive is however, one of the most original concepts I have seen in some time.

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iPod Touch – A case of identity crisis

By Chris on Monday, Sep 17th 2007 5 Comments

When is an iPhone not an iPhone? When it’s an iPod Touch. Apparently the iPod Touch is having a bad case of identity crisis. On more than one occasion, it will try to convince you that it is really an iPhone.

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Electric Spin the Bottle – For those too good to spin a real bottle

By Chris on Monday, Sep 17th 2007 No Comments

Kids have got it so easy these days, what with cell phones, high-speed internet and all of the other cool technology that wasn’t around when I was a kid. Heck, I remember when I was a teenager the game Spin the Bottle actually required the use of a real bottle. Thankfully youngsters don’t have to deal with all of the problems that arose from using a glass bottle.

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Samsung 64GB SSD is now available on Alienware and Dell Laptops

By Satsuki Then on Tuesday, Sep 11th 2007 No Comments

Samsung has just recently announced its 64GB 2.5 SATA Solid State Drive (SSD). Dell and Alienware have already made the newly announced 64GB SSD drive available to its customers on some laptop models.

Samsung 64GB SSD is now available on Alienware Area-51 M9750 and Dell XPS M1330 Laptop

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CEDIA 2007 – Terra Speakers CA Series

By James Allan Brady on Friday, Sep 7th 2007 No Comments

The CA series, much like their AC counterparts, are meant to stand up to all the elements. The only difference is that this time, the speaker company from Maine made them flush mountable.

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There are 8 models in this line, ranging from 5.25” all the way up to 8 inches. There are dedicated woofers, speakers with dual voice coils to cover the highs, and Mid/Bass speakers.

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Apollo IM – iPhone Native Instant Messenger Application

By Satsuki Then on Monday, Aug 27th 2007 No Comments

At this moment the Apollo IM only supports AIM chat protocols with limited features. You can see your buddy list, send, and receive messages. Not much options available yet at this moment such as notifications.

Apollo IM - iPhone Native Instant Messenger Application

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Insect Vacuum – It sucks big time…literally

By Satsuki Then on Friday, Aug 24th 2007 3 Comments

I always thought bugs and insect zapper was a crazy idea, and as of today that opinion of mine is off the table. Introducing the “insect vacuum”, a small gun-like mini vacuum that sucks up insects. The catch is you have to be within the range of its sucking power, which is around one to two inches.

Insect Vaccuum - It sucks big time…literarily