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Apple MagSafe Power Adapter replacements are free

By Brenda Stokes on Wednesday, Aug 20th 2008 No Comments

If you have a MacBook or MacBook Pro, you probably are familiar with the MagSafe power adapters. They’re great because if you trip on the cord, you won’t ruin it. It’ll just pop right off of the laptop without breaking anything. However, the power adapters are known to have a flaw: they tend to fray.

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Take Anywhere Electrical Power Source is your outlet on the go

By Brenda Stokes on Thursday, Aug 14th 2008 No Comments

If you’re traveling, it can be very frustrating to constantly have to worry about how you’ll charge up your gadgets. Laptop batteries drain, cell phones die and iPods go kaput. The only real answer is if you could carry around an electrical outlet with you at all times. Then your gizmos would stay charged. Lucky for you, that’s exactly what the Take Anywhere Electrical Power Source is meant to do.

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WildCharge iPhone and iPod Touch wireless charger reviewed

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Apr 24th 2008 No Comments

Our iPhone-obsessed sibling site iPhone Buzz has had some exclusive hands-on time with WildCharge’s wireless recharging pad and the company’s new iPhone and iPod Touch adaptors. Built into gel-coated “skins” cases, they promise to cut the power cord and make juicing up your cellphone or PMP as straightforward as dropping it onto the $60 platter. The best news is, as Vincent found, the system actually works.
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Energy Saver Bar – a power strip with a giant off switch

By James Allan Brady on Friday, Apr 18th 2008 1 Comment

The Energy Saver Bar is a lot like that gadget that Belkin came up with, but far less cool. Essentially you plug in all of your home theater equipment, preferably the kind that won’t suffer drastically from having its power completely cut, and then when you are done, you turn ever thing off, and then hit the button on this power strip and watch the energy savings go up.

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Splashpower belly up – another great possibility gone

By James Allan Brady on Friday, Apr 4th 2008 No Comments

Splashpower, one of the many companies striving to bring us all wireless charging in our gadgets, has sadly had to end its run. It never even really produced an actual product, but they did do a lot of research and development which hopefully someone will pick up the pieces from.

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BlueLounge “The Sanctuary” – a safe, serene place to empty your pockets and recharge

By James Allan Brady on Tuesday, Apr 1st 2008 No Comments

The BlueLounge Sanctuary is a product that is shaped/styled a lot like a Mac Mini, but its used to store your daily fare. Below the surface of this gadget there are integrated charging tips for charging up to 1500 mobile devices and then a USB port for the fifteen hundred and first one that isn’t covered.

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Belkin Mini Surge Protector with USB charger – Jackpot!

By James Allan Brady on Tuesday, Mar 11th 2008 4 Comments

Ladies and gentleman, we have finally arrived. A manufacturer finally took notice of the increasing number of devices that charge via USB and has been kind enough to finally start integrating that technology into surge protectors/power strips.

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Road Pro 12 Volt Sandwich maker will undoubtedly cause death if used will driving

By James Allan Brady on Friday, Feb 15th 2008 No Comments

This is a sandwich grill that is intended for use in your vehicle. It has the 12V automotive power adapter (cigarette lighter power) built in and everything, but I wouldn’t recommend using it while driving.

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NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 coming on March 11th

By James Allan Brady on Tuesday, Feb 12th 2008 No Comments

Its such a short time away, but as ATI already announced their dual core DX10 capable card, NVIDIA had to make a move. They have, they are releasing their twin 9800 card at the beginning of next month.

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Eddie Bauer rechargeable flashlight

By James Allan Brady on Wednesday, Jan 23rd 2008 No Comments

Check out this neat little flashlight whose end is literally the automotive power adapter that plugs in to charge it. There is also an orange cone tip for the light so you can use it to signal traffic like a police officer (although I wouldn’t recommend it).

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