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Mimio unveils 10-inch IMO Mini-Monster touch screen

Shane McGlaun, Jun 28th 2010 Discuss [1]

I have talked about the cool Mimi USB connecting displays before. Typically, the displays are smallish little units that you can use to show information from your computer on a separate screen without taking up too much space on your desk. Read The Full Story

Cirago unveils new tiny Bluetooth 3.0 USB adapters

Shane McGlaun, Jun 24th 2010 Discuss [0]

Bluetooth connectivity is ubiquitous today with cars, computers, and game consoles all sporting the connectivity option. Despite how common Bluetooth is in consumer products, there are still a number thin and cheap notebooks and netbooks that ship lacking Bluetooth. Read The Full Story

Ford goes multimedia with Fiesta customer delivery

Shane McGlaun, Jun 24th 2010 Discuss [0]

I am a big car fan, though I freely admit to being quite partial to performance cars. I can see that there is a place in the line for non-performance vehicles. For instance, my wife has a SUV that she drives like a maniac. Riding with her is all the excitement I really need for the week and the reason she is banned from driving my car. Read The Full Story

Scythe unveils USB footswitch

Shane McGlaun, Jun 24th 2010 Discuss [1]

Scythe has announced a new USB foot switch for computers that let you map controls and buttons for your feet to activate. I can see these things being popular with gamers looking to activate more commands at once. Read The Full Story

inXtron Orbit USB 3.0 Raid 2.5-Inch Enclosure Unveiled

Evan Selleck, Jun 21st 2010 Discuss [0]

USB 3.0 may not be all that mainstream quite yet, but that's certainly not stopping companies all over the place from creating new hardware to take advantage of the speedier option. This time around, we've got a 2.5 hard drive enclosure, designed to hold two 2.5-inch drives. It could look worse in the aesthetics department, too. But, it's already caught our eye, so we figured we would share it with the world. Read The Full Story

Pepper Mouth stinks you out if you drop the WTF bomb online

Shane McGlaun, Jun 21st 2010 Discuss [0]

I think most folks have enough courtesy to not use the f-bomb and other similar words in a public venue where there are other people around just for courtesies sake. When we go online though some have a hard time remembering that there are lots of people who can read what they write. Read The Full Story

CLEAR 4G and 4G+ WiFi hotspots outed with USB 3G/4G modem

Chris Davies, Jun 17th 2010 Discuss [1]

US WiMAX provider Clearwire has outed its latest 4G modems and personal wireless hotspots, promising broadband-like speeds in areas with suitable 4G service. The new CLEAR 4G and CLEAR 4G+ personal WiFi hotspots (the latter being a rebadge of the Sprint Overdrive) each pull in a WiMAX signal and share it with up to eight nearby devices (the 4G+ also works with 3G connections). Meanwhile there's a new dual-mode 3G/4G USB modem for Mac and Windows users. Read The Full Story

Brando offers USB powered itch annihilator

Shane McGlaun, Jun 17th 2010 Discuss [0]

Brando is an epic purveyor of all sorts of things weird and WTF. The company has things that let you zoom in on every little imperfection on your face, or look inside your ears with huge magnification. They also have a full line of USB gear for keeping warm. Read The Full Story

Active Media Products Key Drive flash drive looks like a key

Shane McGlaun, Jun 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

Active Media Products has a bunch of different USB drives that work for USB 2.0 and more than a few USB 3.0 drives. The flash drives the company offers often have odd designs. The latest flash drive from the company is called the Key Drive and you can tell what it looks like from the name. Read The Full Story

USB Typewriter Brings Old School to Your iPad

Evan Selleck, Jun 14th 2010 Discuss [0]

No matter the gadget, or how magical or revolutionary it may be, there's always going to be someone out there that wishes they could bring back the good ol' days. And, when you think about a keyboard, what's older than a typewriter? Nothing that's interesting, that's for sure. So when we realized that there's a USB typewriter out there, and someone used it on an iPad, we got pretty excited. Read The Full Story

Roland Lucina AX-09 shoulder synth: take your Rock Band fantasies to the next level

Chris Davies, Jun 14th 2010 Discuss [2]

The Rock Band 3 keytar may have got some attention, but if you really want to be taken seriously you need to head over to Roland and check out their Lucina AX-09 shoulder synthesizer. Packing 37 keys and 150 preloaded sounds - ranging from synth leads through to classical string instruments - the AX-09 also has a USB Host port that allows you to load WAV or MP3 audio files and play along on the fly. Read The Full Story

Logitech HD Pro Webcams outed: C910, C510, C310 & C270 [Video]

Chris Davies, Jun 10th 2010 Discuss [1]

Logitech have launched their latest webcam range, and this time they're promising true HD resolution. There are four new models on offer, with the Logitech HD Pro Webcam C910 packing 1080p Full HD ($99.99) while the cheaper C510 ($59.99), C310 ($49.99) and C270 ($39.99) each offer 720p. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story