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Friday, January 18th, 2008 |
 The Samsung company, along with LaCie have announced the 1.3 portable hard drive, produced under the LaCie micro storage devices brand. The drives are available in 30GB and 40GB and have an USB 2.0 connection through a small flexible cale which shows and proves the mobility side. Equally sized as a Compact Flash II card, the 1.3-inch drive is plug-and-play, driver-free and is compatible with any computer running Windows 2000, XP, Vista, MacOS X 10.2 or higher or Linux 2.4 or 2.6. All the drives come preformatted in FAT32 for unversal compatibility, but no price or release date has been set yet.
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008 |
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From the collection of “cool-and-very-useful” computer gadgets, one of the latest is the USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter. The usage is quite simple if we look at the image above. This device is very useful for people working in PC hardware environments, data transfer, data storage and saving and interconnectivity. The price is about $25 and it was manufactured by NewerTech. The full list of features is below:
- Universal to USB2 Adapter, ATA/IDE/SATA/ATAPI
- Compatible with any 2.5″, 3.5″, 5.25″ IDE or SATA device
- Supports IDE & enhanced IDE 3.5″ internal IDE hard disk
- Supports ATA/ATAPI-6 specification 1.0
- Supports SATA I and SATA II
- USB 2.0 up to 480Mbps transfer speed
- Convenient LEDs inform of an accurate device connection
- Backwards compatible with USB 1.1
- Plug-and-Play
- Clean, ample powered UL listed 2.0 amp external AC adapter provides drive power
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008 |
SwissCard Lites have been a huge hit since their introduction.
Ideal gifts, they even fit in a wallet. Choose from translucent ruby 53321, sapphire 53322 or onyx/black 53323.
The Lite’s 13 tools include:
1. Small blade/letter opener.
2. Ever-useful SCISSORS,
3-4. Mini-ruler (cm and inches),
5. Stainless steel pin,
6. Ballpoint PEN, and
7. Tweezers, plus
8. an LED (light emitting diode) small FLASHLIGHT,
9. magnifier, and
10-13. four screwdriver bits (3mm, 5mm, Phillips 00-0 and Phillips 1-2).
Technical Details:
* Translucent SwissCard Lites have 13 tools, yet fit in a wallet
* Useful scissors, flashlight and magnifier
* Small blade, ruler, pins, toothpick and tweezers
* Also includes four screwdriver bits
* Guaranteed for life by the maker of Swiss Army knives
Swisscard Lite – Ruby Translucent
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 |
 I assume you had the chance to see a red laser-pointer used by many people when showing to the public key points in PowerPoint presentations, rendered on while boards or walls, rendered from projectors. It’s the contrast and the intensity of the laser-light that makes it distinguishable among other light sources. Have you ever though of a similar device but with a much stronger laser-beam that could actually cut through plastic, cardboard, electrical tape and ignite various objects like matches or fireworks? Here’s the Hercules 400 laser. Wanna feel like a little Jedi knight? Here’s your chance – but be carefull – this laser beam actually does cut and it can inflict serious damage if placed on skin or eyes. Obviously, this is not really something you should toy with. Among other features, the laser can be seen up high in the sky at night, and at extremely huge distances. The laser light can be seen even in plain daylight as well, and you can pop annoying baloons too. The price starts at … $2989! Yes, you read that right – almost $3000 for such a… Jedi toy! That’s the price for the Hercules 400, and there are “lower versions” as well, but those are not even worth the attention. Basic idea: a hefty price for the closest thing on Earth to a real Light-Saber.
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 |
 If you happen to own an mp3 player that recharges its batteries from the USB only (and most of them are built this way), you might be interested to find out that the small charger in the image above will solve the problem when you are away on a trip: you will not need to take your laptop with you – the charger in the image offers the needed power straight from the wall outlet. In comparison to a “normal” USB port, this gadget offers a more stable power source and thus the batteries of the mp3 player will be charged in a much shoter time. The estimated price is $14 and can be found in various shapes and designs on Amazon or eBay.
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