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Logitech Wireless Guitar Controller for Xbox 360

Raj — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:56:39 +0000

Here comes a wireless guitar controller for Xbox 360. Finally a wood and well-crafted guitar controller for the Xbox, although it’s not a full size replica it is still one of the best Guitar Hero controllers in the market. The Logitech wireless guitar controller for Xbox 360 is licensed for Guitar Hero and features authentic materials. It includes a a wood neck, a rosewood fingerboard and metal frets.

The guitar controller is for gamers who truly want to unleash their inner rock star. It’s also licensed for Xbox 360, so setup is a cinch. The virtually silent Strum Bar and fret buttons won’t distract you from the music.

The guitar has a wireless range of up to 300 feet, so you can move around without any hassles and not worry about distraction. The guitar controller is expected to be available in the U.S. and Europe in August for a suggested retail price of $199.99 (U.S.).

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Easy Trim Battery Operated Personal Trimmer from Andis

Raj — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:38:38 +0000

Andis has introduced a new battery powered personal trimmer called Easy Trim which is roughly about the size of a lipstick. Easy Trim uses surgical stainless blades which are rust proof and rinse clean after use. Just perfect for carrying along when traveling, this personal trimmer is all about 4.5″ long and can easily fit inside a travel bag.

It has got two interchangeable heads. One for areas like ears and noses and the other for beards and mustaches. According to Fred Koeller, vice president of marketing at Andis ” It’s about the size of a lipstick and has a protective cap that covers the blades and is a lot safer than carrying a pair scissors, even small ones, especially when traveling.” The trimmer needs just one “AA” battery to operate and comes along with a sleek stand. A five year warranty will take care of any product malfunctions.

People who don’t have much time in their daily life to take care of their hair will find this product very useful specially when it’s so small that you can carry it along to your office and use it in your spare time and nobody will even notice you carrying it.

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Waterproof Fanless PC from Stealth Computer

Raj — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:21:30 +0000

Stealth computer, a manufacturer of industrial rugged computers has released a waterproof and completely sealed computer model – WPC 500F. The computer has been made specially for the environment where ordinary computers can’t withstand the harsh conditions. The waterproof computer can survive liquids, chemicals, dust and meets IP67/NEMA 6 environmental specifications. If you are wondering how the CPU inside the completely sealed PC is cooled, there is an advanced heat pipe technology that takes care of this aspect and even the outer aluminum chassis helps in dissipating heat.

The WPC-500F is powered by Intel’s latest Atom processor, features power, video, serial and USB connections and special high performance hard disk drives that can withstand extreme handling conditions such as high vibration, high humidity, as well as high altitudes. An optional solid state hard drive (SSD) is also available for different applications of this PC. It’s compatiable with Microsoft XP/Vista and Linux and can be further customized based on the needs of end user.

Stealth PC is now booking orders for delivery of WPC-500F in early July, 2008 and the basic configuration model starts at $1995.00 USD.

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Opera S2 and Opera S5 Wireless Earbuds from DigiFi and Kleer

Raj — Sat, 23 May 2009 11:54:05 +0000

DigiFi and Kleer has launched two new wireless earbuds models called Opera S2 and Opera S5. Both the models feature volume and track control which are located on the earbuds itself. Opera S2 is ideal for those who want to listen to music from any media player that supports 3.5mm stereo audio jack such as MP3 players, home stereo systems, computers, mobile phones, iPod docks etc, the other model Opera S5 is made for iPod with its iPod-compatible transmitter that will let you control the iPod operation using the track control buttons on the wireless earbuds. Both wireless earbuds have a range of 32 feet, listening time of up to 10 hours, and can stream audio to a maximum of four people who are using Kleer-based wireless ear buds.

“We’re very excited to announce the Opera S2 and the iPod-compatible Opera S5,” said No Young Park, CEO of DigiFi. “We believe these wireless earbuds will revolutionize the wireless headphone space as they offer an unparalleled wireless music listening experience. People will no longer need to dig their iPod out of their purse or pocket to change the volume or the song. Now, volume and track controls are easily managed remotely while their iPod is stored safely away.”

Both the models will be released worldwide on June 20th 2009 and price of the model will depend on the country its sold in.

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Nexus TDD-9000 patented liquid cooler for laptop

Raj — Sat, 23 May 2009 11:30:54 +0000

Nexus TDD-9000 is a unique and patented liquid cooling solution for your laptop. It resembles a velvet blanket and is filled with a gel like liquid which dissipates heat and does not need any power to do its job. The liquid laptop cooling pad is truly a portable solution and is a must for those who mostly travel with their laptop. If you are wondering what kind of cooling this gel-like liquid will offer, CEO of Nexus technology says “When you put the laptop cooling pad on your lap you will feel your lap turn colder within 10 seconds”.

The Taiwanese testing institute SGS Taiwan has done independent tests that support these claims and their tests with a laptop of their choice show significant improvement in temperatures of the laptop’s components, with improvements up to 17degreesC.

The Nexus TDD-9000 liquid cooling pad will be available from mid-June 2009 and will be in stores for $23.

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ATI Radeon HD 4890 is the First 1 GHz Graphics Processor

Raj — Sun, 17 May 2009 10:40:26 +0000

AMD has recently announced the launch of their factory overclocked graphics processor that is the first in the world to cross the 1 GHz barrier. ATI Radeon™ HD 4890 utilizes advanced GDDR5 memory and a 1 GHz clock speed to deliver 1.6 TeraFLOPs of computing power. The 1 GHz ATI Radeon HD 4890 is all set to deliver new levels of performance in ATI Stream applications such as video transcoding and post processing. The new graphics processor is air-cooled and that’s another first for AMD.

“Throughout the 40-year history of AMD, we have continually focused on technology firsts that deliver superior value to the customer,” said Rick Bergman, senior vice president, Products Group, AMD. “The 1 GHz ATI Radeon HD 4890 continues that tradition by increasing the performance and compute power of our flagship single-GPU solution, ensuring a great experience whether our customers are playing the latest DirectX 10.1 game or running GPU accelerated applications built with OpenCL.”

The new ATI Radeon HD 4890 is made available to you by AMD technology partners Sapphire, XFX, Asus and TUL.

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Mini projector from Optoma can project any portable media device

Raj — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:22:14 +0000

The mini projector from Optoma Technology, also known as pocket projector, can be attached to any portable media device for projection on the run. The Optoma PICO Pocket Projector will let you make on the spot presentations anywhere you are as it can project images on any surface and is also very light weight at 4 ounces including battery that easily fits in your pocket. This mini projector can readily connect to iPod, iPhone & iTouch with included bundled connection kit. Camcorders, DV-Cams, Digital Cameras, DVD Players and other video players enable with standard composite AV Out with included composite cable. You could even connect your Nintendo Wii and play while it projects the game on your living room’s wall.

This handheld projector will NOT connect to devices that don’t have composite output such as laptops, PCs, PDAs and cell phones. So treat this device as a movie projector for now.

The Optoma pocket projector uses LED as its light source that is estimated to last upto 20,000 hours which is a lot more than traditional projectors. The projected image is upto 120 inches in size and could be even larger with the size of the wall you have. The contrast ratio of this projector is 1000:1.

The Optoma PICO pocket projector is available for $299 from Amazon.

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Intuos3 pen tablet is MUST to have gadget for every graphics designer

Raj — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:48:04 +0000

Are you a graphics designer who doesn’t uses one of these pen tablets? You should seriously consider buying a pen tablet such as Wacom’s Intuos3 and enhance your productivity and creativity to a new level. Wacom’s Intuos3 pen tablet gives you the ability to create digital artwork and professionally edit photos from a wide variety of photo editing software applications. If you are wondering if it’s easy to use a pen tablet, let me tell you that working if this pen tablet is actually very easy. That’s because every point on the tablet has a matching point on the screen and when you move your pen over the tablet the cursor moves in precisely the same way on the screen. To click, just touch the pen tip to the tablet and start editing or drawing.

Wacom Intuos3’s grip pen is pressure sensitive, meaning when you apply pressure to the pen you can control things like brush size, opacity, and more. It lets you control your software tools by changing how hard you press the grip pen. A lot of photo editing software are designed to work with pressure sensitive pens. There are 1024 levels of tip and eraser pressure sensitivity for better control. Intuos3 features cushioned, contoured grip with programmable DuoSwitch for comfort and productivity.

If you spend a lot of time of your day working in photo editing softwares such as Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator or 3D design softwares, you will love to upgrade yourself from using a mouse to Wacom Intuos3 and unleash the creative side of yours. Stop using the mouse to create art work, get yourself this tablet and save a lot of your productive time, finish your projects early and save money.

The Wacom Intuos3 6×8-inch pen tablet costs $270 on Amazon. That may seem to be a lot of money for this product but is worth every dollar. If you are thinking whether to buy this product or not, consider the amount of time you will start saving if you use this tablet and multiply those number of saved hours with whatever you charge per hour. You will see that you will get back your money in a few months time, if not days. You may want to check out what existing users are saying about this product.

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Portable in-line volume control for any music player

Raj — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:29:27 +0000

The Koss VC20 volume control is a multi-purpose gadget that can either serve as an extension cord to your headphone or a volume controller for those headphones that does not have their own volume control. If your existing headphone’s cord is limited in length, Koss volume control will be a great addition. It adds upto 3 feet to your headphones and gives you freedom to move around. If you consider the volume control aspect of this gadget, you will no longer have to keep changing the volume level in the media player or in Windows. Keep the volume control at a particular level in media player that you use regularly or in Windows, connect your headphones to Koss volume control and then adjust the volume level whenever you want to in the Koss volume control gadget and leave the volume level as it is in your media player.

If you are mostly on the move, i.e. travel a lot, Koss will be a of a great help to you. You will not have to go through the trouble of changing the volume level in your portable media player, use Koss instead and adjust the volume with ease. Its connector will connect to most headphone jacks. You can use Koss not only with you headphone but between your music players and headphones or speakers, even in your car between the amp and the speakers. This is a great add-on that doesn’t cost much.

Koss VC20 volume control is available for under $8.00 from Amazon.

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Celestron Microscope with LCD video screen, digital camera and USB

Raj — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:27:32 +0000

The standard microscopes that we all have seen or used are usually fitted with an eyepiece through which we see the magnified images of the objects put under the microscope. This microscope from Celestron has taken a slight deviation from the standard design of a typical microscope and uses an LCD video screen instead of the standard eyepiece to display objects. It has got a 3.5″ thin-film transistor LCD that displays images at 320×240 resolution. The microscope captures still images or videos using a built-in 2MP digital camera and displays objects on the LCD screen.

The microscope provides magnification from 40x to 400x and all the way upto 1600x when used with its 4X digital zoom feature. Objects that you want to view through this microscope can either be illuminated from the top or from the bottom using two separate 6-watt LED light sources that can each be controlled by turning an exposure value knob. The camera has 128MB of built-in memory that can store 120 still shots or 40 minutes of video at 1600×1200 resolution. The memory can be further expanded using the SD card slot or you may use the USB port to transfer images and videos onto a computer.

It will be a must-to-have microscope for schools and colleges. It is priced at $299.95 and is available from Amazon.

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Weather Resistant Outdoor HD TV from Hammacher

Raj — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:15:02 +0000

This 32-inches HD TV from Hammacher is what you should seriously consider if you want to install an outdoor TV. The internal components of this outdoor HDTV are integrated into a weather resistant exterior where the components are protected from rain, insects, dirt and other harsh outdoor conditions. The TV has an active-matrix TFT screen with an anti-reflective window that provides indoor like picture quality when viewed under shaded daylight. It’s well capable of 1080i HD performance, features a high resolution screen that generates an 1,366 x 768 pixel image with a sharp 1500:1 contrast ratio.

Since the TV will be installed outdoor, it’s almost likely that it will have to face high temperature and similar harsh conditions and that’s why the TV has got a dual air flow system that ensures that the TV stays cool, dry and properly ventilated. So you don’t have to worry about what kind of weather situations might go well with the TV: just get one and install it in your garden or elsewhere. You can connect the TV to cable, satellite dish, a DVD/BluRay player, and an antenna, thanks to its watertight entry system that keeps the cables dry. The TV has two eight-watt water-resistant speakers and even the remote control unit is water-proof. The only factor that you have to worry about this TV is its price. It costs $2,300 for your outdoor viewing pleasure but if that doesn’t bother you, why not order one?

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Nikon launches D5000 digital SLR camera

Raj — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:39:20 +0000

Nikon recently announced a new addition to their digital SLR camera family, the D5000. The all new D5000 digital SLR features a 2.7 inches Vari-angle LCD monitor with 230,000-dot resolution that can be viewed in normal position, rotated and tilted. The D5000 produces highly detailed images and outstanding color reproduction, thanks to its 12.3 megapixel CMOS sensor. Nikon’s EXPEED image processing system contributes towards Scene Recognition System with Face Detection and Active D-Lighting.

There are a lot of other features in this camera that are worth mentioning. The D5000 features continuous shooting as fast as 4 frames per second, advanced 3D Color Matrix Metering II for outstanding exposure accuracy, 11-point selectable autofocus, and four Live View AF modes, along with automatic exposure and white balance bracketing functions. The camera has also got a new quite shooting mode that reduces mirror cycling noise. The feature’s list doesn’t stop there. On-demand grid lines when shooting via the optical viewfinder and in Live View mode, histogram display and direct HDTV connectivity are some of the other important features this camera has got. For more information, visit the product page of Nikon D5000.

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3DConnexion SpacePilot PRO 3D mouse is the BEST

Raj — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:26:24 +0000

Here comes a 3D mouse for people who work with 3D models and various 3D applications. The 3DConnexion SpacePilot PRO features pressure sensing controller and allows you to push, pull, twist or tilt to simultaneously pan, zoom and rotate the a 3D model.

The 3D navigation system of this mouse, called six-degrees-of-freedom (6DoF) sensor, is patented and can detect input which is as small as 4 micrometers (about 1/25 of a human hair). The quickview navigation keys provides one touch access to 32 standard views enabling users to instantly view models from any angle. It’s the first mouse we came across that has a built-in full color LCD that provides visual feedback about the function keys, navigation setting status and workflow applets. The software that powers the LCD is open-source that can be customized by the user and used to develop customized applets.

The 3DConnexion SpacePilot PRO 3D mouse for professionals in 3D industry is perhaps the best ever, at least as far as the ones that we have come across. The mouse is also the second most expensive mouse we have seen. It’s suggested retail price is $499 and offers 3-year warranty. For more information on this product, visit the product’s homepage.

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This little sleep machine can put you to sleep in no time

Raj — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:10:11 +0000

Are you having trouble sleeping at night? With the kind of stress I am currently undergoing at my office, I find it difficult to get 6-7 hours of good sleep everyday and sometimes falling asleep becomes a challenge as the mind doesn’t seems to stop thinking.

Little sleep machine is a device that will assist in getting a good night’s sleep. But just how does a device can assist you in sleeping?

This device contains 3 hours of soothing music combined with Delta brainwave frequencies to help you get a good sleep. Wondering what Delta waves are? In the deepest state of sleep, your brainwave patterns change to slow frequency Delta waves. These delta pulses are embedded in musical soundtracks. There have been various devices for kids to assist them in getting a good night’s sleep but this is perhaps first such device that will help both kids and adults sleep well.

The little sleep machine is available for $30 from Amazon and other online stores.

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New Microsoft SideWinder X3 gaming mouse fits your either hand

Raj — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:51:46 +0000

Microsoft has announced the launch of a new gaming mouse, called SideWinder X3, that aims to offer great gaming performance at a price tag of $35. The X3 gaming mouse features 8-buttons and is designed to fit either hand. Now left handed or right handed will not have to worry over selection of a gaming mouse. The sidewinder will fit either’s hand.

The SideWinder X3 mouse has five main programmable buttons that can be customized to gamer’s preferences and these main buttons are supposed to last very long as they are rated to 10 million clicks. The mouse will come along with Intellipoint software that will assist in creating and assigning macros, features wide, detented scroll wheel for more precise click movement and low-profile lateral side buttons for easy access during gaming and everyday computing.

“Our research shows that in-game comfort continues to be the main consideration for PC gamers,” said Bill Jukes, product marketing manager for Microsoft Hardware. “We designed this mouse to be ambidextrous and small in size, providing comfort to a wider variety of people and making it ideal for gaming as well as everyday use.”

The SideWinder X3 mouse will be widely available in May for a suggested retail price of $39.95. The mouse is available for a pre-sale on Amazon.

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