The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia

TV Tank hides your big screen with the fish

caitlyn — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:06:06 +0000

If you are a lover of expensive and exotic things, chances are you want to find the best of both worlds [...]

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Game Downloader puts the world of open source games at your fingertips [Freeware]

Nigel — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:05:31 +0000

Regular readers will know we’re passionate fans of open source and freeware games. [...]

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Easel.ly is a cool way to create your own free infographics

Nigel — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:43:43 +0000

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, infographics certainly do catch the eye. Like everything else, there are good [...]

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Silicone Swim Gloves help you swim with the fishes

Nigel — Wed, 16 May 2012 06:06:29 +0000

Is there a modern Aquaman movie out yet? No? Well there should be. The idea of swooping around in the water, as graceful [...]

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Monovelo is like a big wheel for adults

caitlyn — Wed, 16 May 2012 06:00:12 +0000

When I was little, having a Big Wheel made you one of the cool kids. Until you had one, you were just more of the riff [...]

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The 75 Sheet Auto Shredder will annihilate stacks of paper in no time

caitlyn — Wed, 16 May 2012 06:00:04 +0000

If you work in a job that still uses a lot of paper product, chances are that you [...]

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Solio Bolt charges the Kindle Fire with the power of the sun’s…fire

Nigel — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:10:55 +0000

We all need power. As much of it as we can get. Middle aged men [...]

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Use MakeMKV to transfer your old DVDs to your phone or portable player [Freeware]

Nigel — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:52:31 +0000

If you’re like me, you’ve probably got an ageing collection of [...]

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Only Indie is the world’s first dynamically priced eBook store

Nigel — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:56:30 +0000

eBooks are becoming big business. Back at the start of last year Amazon announced that it was selling more ebooks [...]

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Plantronics BackBeat GO Bluetooth earbuds let you banish pesky wires for ever

caitlyn — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:00:28 +0000

Using a Bluetooth headset often means having one ear piece, which makes it great for taking calls. However, for all of us music [...]

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Lubricheck will let you know if you can put off an oil change or not

caitlyn — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:00:19 +0000

If you own a car, you’ve likely had to deal with an oil change once or twice. For those of [...]

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Mili Power Bean gives you power in a pinch

caitlyn — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:00:12 +0000

You’ve spent all day working long and hard, and you go to call your friend to meet you for dinner. The only [...]

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Bluetooth Video Conferencing Dock for iPad turns your tablet into a video desk phone

Nigel — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:07:01 +0000

You can really tell when a product is dominating its sector when [...]

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JetClean is the best Windows power utility we’ve ever seen [Freeware]

Nigel — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:56:01 +0000

Over the years we’ve reported on a bunch of free utility programs which will tweak, optimize and [...]

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CNN iReport gives us all the chance to become a mainstream news journalist

Nigel — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:51:25 +0000

The Interweb has wrought massive changes in the world, all right, and nowhere [...]

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Is this Steve Jobs Credit Card Flash Drive strange, or is it just us?

Nigel — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:16:58 +0000

Does anyone else think it’s rather bizarre that Steve Jobs, a [...]

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Bowswim System makes your pool go on forever

caitlyn — Mon, 14 May 2012 06:00:39 +0000

If you have a pool, chances are that you have looked at the gigantic ones that are available for thousands and thousands of dollars. [...]

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TL1 Simulator immerses you in a virtual world

caitlyn — Mon, 14 May 2012 05:35:41 +0000

For some of us, playing video games is a way to relax. It can help us escape from a hectic day by giving us a [...]

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Bracketron MetalDock is the minimalistic dream

caitlyn — Mon, 14 May 2012 05:31:23 +0000

If you are faced with the task of having to pack up a suitcase quite frequently, you know what a pain it is to bring [...]

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Ferret posts this week

Red — Sun, 13 May 2012 11:30:01 +0000

Here’s a quick round-up of Red Ferret posts from the past week for those who missed them. Enjoy.

Une Bobine takes the place of a dock, stand, and cable – If you couldn’t tell by now, I… In Pool Exercise Glider gives you fun in the [...]

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Arcam rPAC USB audio converter magically improves your computer audio

Nigel — Sat, 12 May 2012 06:33:55 +0000

Computers are great for all sort of stuff, like writing resumes, designing CD covers and tweaking photos of your [...]

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