Office Gadgets
Being stuck in a office isn’t most peoples idea of fun, but having a few toys of office gadgets around can help alleviate the monotony.
Electronic Gadgets, Office Gadgets, PC Gadgets
TrickleStrip Surge Protector cuts down your energy bill
Turning off all of your gadgets while they’re not in use is always a good idea, be it because of the earth friendly benefits or just to bring your power bill down. Either way we all know we should be powering down more often. Well for those of you that still are having issues remembering to turn some things off this TrickleStrip will help make sure all of your devices hooked up to your computer will be shut down with it. Instead of shutting off your computer and four other devices, you can shut down just the computer and the rest will follow automatically.
Office Gadgets
Desktop Teeth Whitening Lamp
While you’re sitting at your computer and don’t have anything better to do, you might as well whiten your teeth. It might save those of you that are coffee addicts from having slightly yellow teeth. It’d also be great for smokers out there or pretty much anyone who is just looking a little yellow. The strong blue light will make you bright white and shiny in no time at all.
Gadget Gift Ideas, Office Gadgets
Heat Changing Arcade Mugs
Love all those old, retro games from of yore? Heck, you would most probably be sitting at your now office desk, thinking about your heydays at the local arcade, holding on to the High Score in Pac Man till today. The joys (and pains) of growing up, eh? Why not relive those moments with the Heat Changing Arcade Mugs? After all, any decent office ought to have a well-stocked pantry that has a hot pot of coffee waiting for its employees always.
Normally the Pac Boy mug displays an empty maze and the Space Intruders mug displays a blank starry sky. But add some kind of hot beverage and instantly the Pac Boy maze is filled with 8-bit style ghosts and energizers while the Space Intruders shows a retro invaders style battle in action.
At $7.99 a pop, this would make for the perfect gift for any geek in the office (including yourself).
Bluetooth, Office Gadgets
Wacom updates Intuos4, updated the Bamboo line
Okay, I have to admit that I am only slightly behind reporting this news, but needless to say, Wacom has recently updated two of their products, and I was surprised that we didn’t cover one of their updates already.
The most recent update is the Intuos4, which we have covered previously. It has recently received an update: wireless capability. It uses Bluetooth to do this, and the lithium ion battery can be charged via USB.
We’ve also covered the Wacom Bamboo Tablet, and these have received an update for multi-touch capacity a few months ago. So not only can you draw on this trackpad, but your finger can do some multi-touch interfacing on it as well.
In fact, using the Wacom Pen and Touch, which I had the chance to try out, was a lot like using an iPhone’s touchscreen. Now I know what it is like to use an iPad with a blank screen.
Office Gadgets, PC Gadgets
MSI unveils CX420 and CR420 notebooks
MSI has made a name for itself in the world of netbooks and notebooks, and with their collection of all-in-one PCs make them a formidable PC manufacturer as well. Their latest notebook models to roll off the production line would be the CX420 and CR420, where both of them will come with the latest Intel Core i Series processors to keep up with the times while offering enough processing firepower to handle future applications with aplomb. The former will be equipped with a built-in ATi Radeon HD5470 discrete graphics card alongside 1GB DDR3 memory, while an external casing coated with MSI’s exclusive Cross-Hatch Color Film Print patterning makes it a joy to look at. Being lightweight also goes some way in making it appealing to those who want a more-than-decent performer without letting you feel as though you were toting a bag of bricks on your travels.
Office Gadgets, PC Gadgets, USB Gadgets
Kingston secures your data with DataTraveler 5000
Most of us have a few USB flash drive these days, considering the extremely low prices that flash memory has dropped to. However, many of us USB flash drive owners don’t really think about security in the event where our little peripherals go missing out of carelessness, forgetfulness or theft. Imagine the sleepless night that would ensue if you have mission critical and sensitive data on it – not a nice thought to have, that’s for sure. Kingston understands this, and have unveiled their latest DataTraveler 500 which is a FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certified with Level 3 pending device, boasting 256-bit AES hardware-based encryption. Apart from that, the DataTraveler 5000 will utilize XTS cipher mode as well as elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) algorithms in order to meet Suite B standards approved by the U.S. government.
Office Gadgets, PC Gadgets, USB Gadgets
Hands on with the Pogoplug
The last time we reported on the Pogoplug, it was when it made its initial first appearance at CES 2009. I’m guessing that it probably had some appearance at CES 2010, and if you compare the pictures from our previous posting, you can see that the Pogoplog has evolved, appearance-wise.
In case you don’t know, the Pogoplug is a device that allows its users to share content from a hard drive all across the Internet. Like the slogan says, it is “your personal cloud”.
The company was generous enough to supply me one to review. When I opened the box, I could not find any written instructions that tell me what to plug into what. There was a little paper that told me what site to go to, and this is where I learned to set up the hardware.
Eco Gadgets, Office Gadgets
From paper shreds to toilet paper
Now this is a machine that I just had to report about. A company known as Oriental (yes, it is an Asian company) has created a machine that is very appropriate for offices called the White Goat.
Yes, I would have gave it a nicer name, but honestly, White Goat is probably the most descriptive name for a machine that can turn shredded paper into toilet paper.
I am being completely serious here. All you need to do is feed the machine 40 sheets of AR office paper, and let the machine do its work of shredding, dissolving the strips in water, thinning it out, and then drying it out and winding it into the rolls.
In just thirty minutes, your office TPS reports are a roll of TP, without the tube in the middle. There is a video after the jump if you would like to see it for yourself, and I highly recommend that you do.
