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Cool Gadgets

CoolGadgetConcept — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:51:52 +0000

If there are any two elements that fits worst as antagonisms then anything, coolest and gadgets are one of those elements. Nowadays every teenager and even adults aspires and tends to be in trend with the new and coolest electronic gadgets. Be it a phone, watch or any other electronic device, each and one of them has a “cooler” counter part.
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The current advances in information technology and innovation in electronics has given birth to new entertaining devices ranging from I-Pods to Digital Cameras, from Phones to Notebooks, cool gadgets getting introduced one after the other like a perpetuum source of energy, new inventions never coming late and the innovations never ceases to amaze the public. The market for the coolest electronic gadgets is always flooded with new items, some of them having a better impact in our world then other.

The Mobile Phone is considered one of the most essential electronic device in the modern world, but other gadgets are catching up with the help of the passing time, gizmos like the GPS or Digital Book Reader. In the past they used to be high-price luxury items while nowadays they are almost as common as phones themself, coming in a huge variety of models as well as high-tech ones.
The constant busy man, is having an easier life because of the new coolest electronic gadgets out there, Things like the Digital Organizer made time an easier problem to manage for the people around the world, while other things like Palms and Notebooks made the communication between one individual with another easier and almost instant.

There are also other devices that have an different implementation then they used to have back in the days. Take as example the hand watch. The current development in the watch trends varies from digital watches up to binary watches that display the time in binary also known as base two system. The binary watches eliminated the numbers and the arrows for showing the clock while adopting the colored Light-emitting diode also known as LED to display the time in a on/off sequence, a LED being off counts as 0 while an running one counting as 1 to form the binary number. While most of the teenagers considers this an cool gadget which is in the trend, most of the people who will see this gizmo on your hand will probably be stunned, not knowing what does it do, or how are they supposed to read the time just by looking at a few colored LEDs.

The electronic revolution happens as you read this article, your current electronic devices may have just became outdated, but you have the option to either buy the newest and coolest electronic gadget out there, or remain cut off from main stream, letting the technology innovations and trends, pass by you!
Having the coolest electronic gadgets implies getting the best from the modern world, not allowing other people to get the competitive edge over you.

Free Vista Gadgets

CoolGadgetConcept — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:49:08 +0000

A great way of personalizing your laptop is by adding different gadgets according to your computer needs and interests. If you are interesting in getting some free Vista gadgets, there are a lot of website that offer the possibility to download and install these small applications on the Windows Vista sidebar. You must know that these applications will eat some RAM from your laptop or computer and the more applications you will installed, the more RAM they take away.
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One example of website where you can find free Vista gadgets is www.gadgetsforvista.net. If you have a blog on blogger.com, using the Blogger Buddy you can get quick updates on what’s going on with your posts. It has all the essential functions useful for blogging and you can even write new blog posts directly from your sidebar. The UEFA Informer gadget is going to become man’s best friend. I’m pretty sure you all have an idea about what this gadget does but let me fill you in with some extra information. With this Windows Vista sidebar widget, you can know keep track of the games played, the scores and teams that are in the top in this great soccer competition. You can get valuable information about all the major domestic leagues from different UEFA zones like Germany, England, France, Spain, England, Italy, leading to a total of 35 countries.

Another gadget which is free and useful for a lot of people is the Weather Underground gadget. This widget is capable of giving you accurate and live information about the weather status in different cities all around the world but you get live updates you need to be constantly connected to the internet. Not only can this gadget display the weather, but it can give you other kinds of information like the speed of the wind, visibility or humidity. SideTetris is one of the coolest free Vista gadgets, especially for those short periods of time when you have to sit around and wait. Take me for instance. Every time I install an application or game or download a huge file, I open Windows Solitaire or Minesweeper just to help the minutes fly by faster. SideTetris is an alternative to my Solitaire and it’s a great gadget for people which are fans of this game. You can control the block by simply moving the arrows on your keyboard.

The last gadget that we plan on presenting is surely going to have a lot of fans because listening to music is one of the main things people do with their laptop or computer, regardless whatever others applications they are running. This is why the Windows Vista Sidebar Media Player simply rocks! You can use it not only to play music, but it is also useful for playing videos, radios or whatever is stored in your Windows Media Player database. Aside from having all the regular playback features that generally come with any audio playback software for the computer, you can also choose from 4 different skins.

Lock Gadgets On Desktop

adimoga — Wed, 26 May 2010 09:49:58 +0000

I just love my computer and all the gadgets that I installed on the desktop. They look nice and are also very useful and informative as they offer me the information I need without having to open some other web pages or look into the computer files and so on. The problem is that I use the same computer for playing cartoons for my children when I need some free time and I want them to stay calm for a while. They are still little, but they are very curious, so if I am not around when the cartoons finish, they start clicking randomly on the desktop and this way they manage to open a lot of windows they shouldn’t, as they can do a lot of damage. Of course the gadget images, icons are very attractive, as they are colorful and handy. So I had the unpleasant surprise of finding a lot of changes in these gadgets or I could not find them because they were dragged and dropped somewhere else and I was not very happy about this. That is why I needed badly something to lock gadgets on desktop. I did not have to make a lot of research because I found the solution pretty easily.
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I googled the phrase: lock gadgets on desktop and then I found more answers to my problem. The first answer was so simple that it looked too good to be true. Somebody from a forum told me to right click on the taskbar and select “lock taskbar” because this way the gadgets on my desktop will be locked, too. Apparently they were supposed not to show the little black options side that appears when you wave your mouse cursor on top of the gadget’s picture. Well, you should try this , too, and see if it works but in my case it did not.

Anyway, I kept on looking and I found some interesting tips and tricks about how to operate all kinds of things in Windows 7. For example you can lock the desktop instantly in Windows 7 by simply pressing the windows key plus L.Somebody else gave me the idea of making a separate user for the kids where I don’t need to install anything but only use the programs they need to open cartoons and something like that. But I still wanted to know if there was a way to lock the gadgets icons, not to make a separate user.

Finally I found this amazing software application that is able to both lock the desktop icons position and also disable right click in order to eliminate any possibility of installing stuff or doing some damage. After downloading it and installing it, you open a window with the settings and you can check the options like: lock icons, disable right mouse button, start disabled, show class.

It is called DeskLock and it is a simple and effective solution for what I wanted. It is easy to access as you can double click on its icon and you will be able to either enable or disable it. I also found some other software application that does the same thing - Desktop icons lock application.

Worlds Coolest Games

CoolGadgetConcept — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:42:10 +0000

Everyone has been in the playing-all day long phase at a certain point of their lives. And while some recognize it and some will frequently deny it, most of us, even at our ages, still like to play games for certain reasons like boredom, lack of other interesting activities or as a form to relax after an exhausting day at work or school. But while the elders were mainly playing outdoors, combining that way different sports or activities implying physical effort with the joyful parts, newer generations like to do that indoors, from the comfort of their leather-chief like chair, in front of a multi purpose screen.

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Ever since the appearance of newer generation computers, the digital gaming industry has been in a continuous grow and, for decades now, hundreds of millions kids worldwide have played even one computer, if they are not really addicted to them by now. And not only the kids are becoming addicted to computer games, but youngsters and even grownups like to sit in front of a colorful screen at least six hours a day and …play.

So, with millions of buyers and fans across the globe, no wonder gaming industry has developed a lot and offer now a full range of fun, interesting, time-consumer games for all tastes and minds. From shooters to strategy games, to social and card games, boys and girls, grownups or 3-year old kids, we all have a favorite game that we try to play as often as possible. Still, what are the world’s coolest games ever? Here’s a review in time with the biggest “blockbusters” in the game industry:

1. Civilization Microprose, 1993

While some games might be equally addictive, none have sustained quite the level of rich, satisfying gameplay quite like Sid Meier’s magnum opus. The mixture between exploration maps, economical field, conquest and diplomacy is at its peak, while you struggle to build Pyramids, discover gunpowder and launch a colonization spacecraft outside the Solar System. I am sure that the ones they played that have found themselves in the posture of saying “just one more game..” and then play it again for days.

2. WOW, or for unknowers, World of Warcraft

Another brain-damaging, addictive game that unfortunately has made human victims worldwide. The blend of excitement, characters, weapons and stories told is fascinating and due to constant new features that are implemented to the game and the numerous variants, it is one of those games that never end and you will never end playing too.

3. Sims

The ultimate in socializing game. You grow your characters, get a job, eat, go to dinner and clubs, fall in love, suffer, buy a house, buy a car, get a cooler job and so on. Just like in the real life, but with cuter versions of your face

4. Doom, ID Software, 1993

Simply the best action game of all time. Even though DOOM wasn’t true 3D, it transformed the way everyone thought about the PC as a fast gaming machine.

My personal favorites still are the quieter ones, like Age of Empires, Mobility or Diner Dash. Quite silly and girly, but what are your coolest favorite games?

Computerize Gadgets For The Classroom

CoolGadgetConcept — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:22:56 +0000

Nobody can deny that technology is at great use in most of the domains nowadays, and is also really handy when it comes to the educational system. Computers hooked up to a super-speed internet, video projectors, video cameras, PDAs, USB Flashes, all of these technology pieces have become more than known and highly used in the educational field, starting with kindergarten and ending up with even more hi-tech gadgets in universities across the Globe. Some schools have taken technology that far, that only allow students to bring their laptops into the class, to write down notes on their laptops and even take exams on the same devices. Under these circumstances, I wonder myself if we truly find in an over-technological era, or that we will only become semi-illiterates who cannot write down by hand a single sentence without using caps look or an auto-correcting grammar program.

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But students are not the only ones who can benefit a lot from the classroom gadgets. Teacher can also benefit a lot from the centered technology that comes in help for them. Gadgets that are used strictly by teachers are designed to either enhance presentations, help with bookkeeping or assist with outside communications. Interactive whiteboards, although quite expensive still, have also gained popularity in the last years because they provide an interface between the students and the virtual space, allowing teachers to transform one boring lectures into real-time multimedia presentations.

As for our dearest students, many inventions have been made in order to help students create an easier personal way to understand, search and learn the information teachers are giving in their classes. Some of the most handy devices students might use are:

The Logitech digital pen

Say goodbye to your number two pencils and leaky ink pens and hello to digital note taking! The Logitech io Pen digitally captures everything you write or draw including notes, drawings, sketches, and even your doodles. With devices such as the io Digital pen, your notes are downloaded directly to your PC via USB interface in the same format that you entered them. This means no more dozens of pages hand written at classes and no more wasted hours trying to find what you written two weeks ago during your maths course. Plus, you save a lot of trees by appealing to newer technology!

USB Pocket drives

Most universities provide free access to Internet and pieces of technology in their campuses or libraries, but the biggest problem is that students cannot save the information found and take it for later due to restrictive access hours or different banning imposed by library rules. But, also due to newer technologies, students can now take an USB drive, plug it in the computer and copy all sorts of materials, from photos to movies, notes, online books etc.

What would we do without this help-the-student gadgets?

Vista Sidebar Gadget

CoolGadgetConcept — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:09:08 +0000

SysInfor is cool monitor gadget for your Vista sidebar. This is a large gadget, but it displays a lot of information, so if you want to keep an eye on your system, you should try this gadget. This gadget displays memory usage, information about network traffic, CD or DVD, hard disk and also CPU. You can configure the gadget to show you the information you want and you can also choose from three modes: the compressed mode uses a single icon display on your desktop and if you want to see the information, you have to click the icon and the data will appear in a flyout window; the compact mode displays only headers and if you want to see more a flyout window will open with more details; and the normal mode that displays all the information on your computer desktop.
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The Clip Collector is another cool Vista sidebar gadget that holds up to 120 clips. This gadget is a small one, so it doesn’t take a lot of space on your desktop. You don’t have to do something special to make the gadget work, because each time you put text on the Vista Clipboard, the text goes automatically in the Clip Collector’s memory. If you want to retrieve a text, all you have to do is to click on the icon of the application and you will see the text displayed on a window.

The Vista Orb Clock is a nice clock gadget if you want to replace the default Vista gadget clock. This gadget comes with 12 different clock faces and you can choose the one you like the most.

Display Brightness Gadget is a simple Vista sidebar gadget that helps you adjust the display brightness. This is a useful gadget if you are a laptop running on Windows Vista, because if you can adjust the level of brightness and so your laptop will keep running for a longer period of time without the need of charging. This gadget will not work on desktop computer and you can find it on Windows Live Gallery.

The V Player is a gadget that takes very little space on your side bar and it is able to play all the file formats Windows Media Player can play. You can browse for files on your hard drive and all you have to do is to click OK on the song or clip you want to play and the gadget will play it for you. You can stop the song or you can pause play. This media player is a free gadget and you can download it from Windows Live Gallery.

BBC Radio Player, as the name implies, is a gadget that gives you the possibility to listen to any BBC station you want from your Vista side bar. You can download it for free from Windows Live Gallery.

Free Gadgets

CoolGadgetConcept — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:16:46 +0000

If you are looking for free gadgets to download, you should know that there are a lot of them on the Internet and they could be very useful in a lot of situations. For example, the Sticky Notes 2.2 is an application that allows you to create virtual notes.

The gadget is easy to use and all you have to do is to double-click if you want to create a new note. After that a square will pop up with a Menu button and you also have an option to make the note visible or to hide it.

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The application has many options that allow you to create notes and to customize the program. You have the option that allows you to print the notes you have created, you can change the color of the gadget and more. The program comes also with a clock that tells you at what time your note was created.

With this application you can type ideas, messages, task and anything you want and the notes are created electronic on your Windows desktop. You can also add an alarm to the note you have created to make it act like as a reminder.

Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2009 is a free and useful application that allows you manage your business finances. This is a great application if you have a home-based business or a small business, because this program will make the paper-based tasks a distant memory.

All your financial information and you customers information is placed in one place and it also gives you the tools you need to search more potential customers. This version is designed only for US small business, so it can’t be used in countries outside the US.

6000 Free Games for Vista Gadget, as the name implies, is a free gadget that gives you access to more than 6000 online games. The application is available in many languages English, French, German and more. This is the gadget for Windows Vista and it is free to download from CNET Download.com.

Another cool gadget is the Free SMS – an application that gives you the possibility to send free SMS messages. This gadget works only with UK mobile service providers and it is very simple to use, all you have to do is to compose the message, enter the phone number and the mobile service provider.

Roxio MediaTicker is a gadget that allows you to change your Windows desktop into a great photo slide show. This application comes in a form of a ticker-style bat that you can placed it anywhere you want ton your desktop. The great thing about this gadget is that you can resize it and if you double-click on a photo you have the option to set the image as your desktop background, you can e-mail it and you can also print it.

Many other free gadgets for your computer (Mac or Windows), you will find on the website download.cnet.com.

Coolest Cheap Laptops

CoolGadgetConcept — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:05:18 +0000

The first cool cheap laptop we are going to present is the HP Mini 1000 Mi Edition – this is an ultra portable small laptop that helps you stay connected with everything that matters to you. It is a pleasure to work with this laptop, because this machine offers easy access to your favorite applications and to online content with just one simple click.

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The laptop comes with a built-in webcam and the integrated HP MediaStyle provides an easy access to your entertainment, music and photos. The HP Mini 1000 Mi Edition comes also with a dashboard-style interface that gives you the possibility to customize the view at your specifications.

The retail price for this laptop is just $379.99 and you will find more information about on the HP website.

Another cool cheap laptops is the Exper Style Laptop from Exper. This laptop was launched in Turkey and it comes with an 8.9 –inch display. This laptop is available in many vibrant colors and it comes with a price of $470. The computer comes with an Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB RAM memory and a storage capacity of 8 GB. The operating system is Windows XP and because it weighs just 1kg – this laptop will make your work and life easier, because you can take it anywhere with you.

BenQ Joybook U101 laptop is a new laptop from BenQ which is available in great colors: blue, pink, white and black. The laptop has a 10.0 –inch display with a resolution of 1.024 x 576 pixels. The Joybook U101 is powered by an Intel Atom 1.6 GHz processor, 1GB RAM memory and 160 GB of storage capacity. For connectivity, the computer comes with Bluetooth and built-in 10/1000 Ethernet. Other features include: 1.3 – megapixel webcam, microphone, built-in speaker and 4-in-1 card reader.

The new Gateway laptop called LT1001j is an ultra-mobile and sporty laptop which comes with an 8.9- inch display. The laptop is powered by an Intel Atom N270 processor, a storage capacity of 160 GB and 1 GB RAM of memory. Other features include: one SD card slot, three USB 2.0 ports and an integrated webcam. The price for this cool laptop is between $432 and $540.

The next laptop is the cheapest brand new laptop we found on the market – this is the Alpha 400 MIPS laptop. This is a laptop that offers basic applications on the go and it comes with a 7-inch display and Linux 2.4 Operating system. Other features include: 128 MB of RAM memory, 1GB flash storage, and BroadMIPS XBurst 400 MHz 32-bit CPU. The laptop comes with wireless technology and 10/1000 Ethernet interface. The price for this laptop is just $169.99 and you will find it on Geeks.com.

System Monitor Gadget

CoolGadgetConcept — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:54:44 +0000

If you are looking for system monitor gadgets, you should know that there are many applications on the Internet that can monitor all the important functions of your computer. By default, these gadgets will monitor the RAM and the CPU, but they also come with other features.

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The first system monitor gadget that we are going to present is called System Monitor and it is a small and a customizable gadget. This application display all the important system internal readings of your personal computer like: WiFi, battery, CPU, RAM and IP. The gadget works great, but it needs more features because this is very simple gadget.

The next system monitor gadget is the System Monitor Vista Gadget. As the name implies, this gadget is made especially for Windows Vista and it comes with the following features: PC name, username, media name and CD drivers, HD drives free and used, Wan IP, Lan IP, processor speed, CPU used, total memory and used memory.

This is an easy to use application and you can download it for free from softpedia.com.

Another cool system monitor gadget is the CPU Meter Gadget. This is a very responsive application and it is very easy to use. The gadget displays the memory usage and the CPU. This gadget is included by default with Windows Vista and Windows 7 and it comes with a nice and attractive display. The minimal configuration makes this gadget to support only one CPU and this could be a disadvantage for most computer users.

If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7 and you want to install this gadget, all you have to do is to right click anywhere you want on the desktop, select the Gadget option and locate the CPU Meter Gadget.

The System Control A1 Gadget is a system utility gadget that supports up to 8 CPU cores. Most gadgets support up to 4 CPU cores, so the fact that this gadget supports up to 8 CPU cores makes it special. The application supports five levels of opacity and it is simple to understand and use.

This system monitor gadget is not configurable and you can’t choose the skins, but the design is nice and it comes with an attractive interface. The thing that we don’t like about this system monitor gadget is the lack of options, because you can’t choose the skins or other features. You can download it for free from Windows Live Gallery.

Xirrus Wi-Fi Monitor gadget looks great and it is one of the most complex system monitor gadgets. The gadget shows the current wireless connection, verify wireless coverage and can search for other wireless networks and more. The gadget is customizable, so you can choose from many skin colors, you can choose the size and the level of opacity. This gadget works on Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Free Windows Gadgets

CoolGadgetConcept — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:11:24 +0000

Windows Live Gallery is the place where you will find the coolest and the most useful free Windows gadgets. Here you find everything from security and safety gadgets to games gadgets.

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The WeatherCenter is a free Windows gadget that checks current forecast and weather anywhere in the world. The updates of the forecast are made automatically by the gadget and the information is provided by seven different sources: NOAA (for USA only), WeatherBug, The WeatherNetwork, MSN, Weather Underground, AccuWeather and The Weather Channel. The WeatherCenter has also the following built-in languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Japanese, Hebrew, German and English.

System Monitor is a free Windows gadget created by BuildAGadget.com. This is a small customizable tool that displays your system’s internal readings. The gadget includes the following information: time monitors, WiFi connections, Battery, IP, RAM and, of course, CPU. The gadget works great with Windows 7 and it also supports quad core and dual core.

Vista Calculator is a free gadget for the Windows Vista operating system and it is a simple and small calculator that can be transformed into a scientific calculator. The scientific calculator has the following features: pi number, cos, sin, tan, power of 2, power of 3, factorial, log and ln. This small gadget also allows you to change between radians and degrees using the settings from the menu.

Traffic by Bing Maps is a free Windows gadget created by Microsoft. This gadget is very useful if you don’t want to find yourself stuck in traffic and miss that important appointment or meting. The gadget uses real-time traffic conditions from your area and includes cities across US and Canada. The gadget works very well and you will find it on Windows Live Gallery.

CTcontrol is a time and date gadget with the following features: shows the date (day of the week, month and year), displays the quarter of the year and displays digital time and internet Beat Time. It also includes: countdown till next year, timer function and alarm clock for 24 h. CTcontrol supports the following languages: Norwegian, French, Dutch, German and English.

FreeHD is a free Windows gadget that allows you to watch WebTV and to listen to WebRadios on your sidebar. The full screen option is also available and you can also add and play your own media. You can also create your own playlists and you can schedule the gadget for recordings. The gadget is very easy to install and it works only on Windows Vista.

AutoShutdown is a cool and small gadget that allows you to quickly log off, restart or shutdown your computer. You can set the time you want for this actions and you can choose from different interface styles. The gadget works very well and it easy to use. You will find it on Windows Live Gallery and it is free to download.