Remember back when people had “bookshelf hi-fi stereos” with reel-to-reel tape players (my Dad did) and the systems literally took up the whole bookshelf?
Thanks to micro-electronics and better engineering, things keep getting smaller and smaller all the time. Take for example, this Coby Compact DVD player.
It’s 8.8″ by 2″ by 9.9″. That’s roughly [...]

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Everyone needs another USB hub for those times when you need to connect more shit to your laptop and don’t have enough USB ports.
I’ve always been a Belkin guy, and this little 4-port hub says simple by with style. And it doesn’t come with a mood light, or any other fancy frills, [...]

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We’ve told you about the Flip and the Vado from Creative, but you may not have heard about the new HD pocket sized video camera from Kodak.
The Zi6 is sure to make a huge splash when it hits store shelves in October, for two reasons:
1. It captures video at 720p and 60 [...]

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Every true geek needs a way to power his or her gadgets in their car, but why buy something that is just a power inverter, when that geek could own a power inverter with three AC outlets, a DC outlet, radio, a light, an emergency power source that can also be used to jump start [...]

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This year, Saab introduced a very limited edition 9-3 that is a throw-back to the 1985 Saab 900 SPG, a classic coupe known for its trademark black exterior treatment, three-arm alloys, and turbo engine. This year’s special edition is called the Turbo X, and it’s a Dark Knight, if I’ve ever seen one.
The Turbo [...]

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CorkPops Cork Popper is by far the coolest way to open a bottle of wine. The handheld device punctures the cork and uses the pressure from a C02 cartridge to effortless lift the cork out of place.
It’s also priced in line with most moderate wine openers, at around $27 shipped from myGearStore (via Amazon).
Each cartridge [...]

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7-Eleven has a real problem on its hands: Apple fans will forever equate the number with the launch date of the iPhone 3G, not the convenience store chain. So much for branding!
Not that we care, mind you; we’ll take the phone over a Big Bite Hot Dog any day of the year.
Unlike the first iPhone, [...]

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We’re vain. We like JBL’s Spyro Speaker System simply because it looks pretty cool.
We haven’t even listened to it, to be honest, but given JBL’s track record we’d be surprised if the tiny Spyro delivered anything much better than “acceptable” sound for a 2.1 speaker system in its price range.
But you’re not buying the Spyro [...]

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Here’s a freebie software download for you today: iTunes 7.7. You might remember iTunes from such headlines as being the second highest grossing music store in the world, or maybe you heard of it when you bought one of the 100+ million iPods that have shipped with it.
So why are we featuring this 0.1 revision [...]

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