It’s not often that a gadget has my laughing this much but the USB Hamster Wheel made me look like a geek possessed! Pounds those keys and watch him run.. Read the rest of this entry »

The musical mouse mat is no ordinary mouse mat. As well as the good old fashioned mat functionality it also incorporates a USB hub, internal stereo speaker, internal microphone, connectors for audio input (and output) and last but by no means least a mini LED Indicator. What more could you want from a mouse mat?

Actually who ever leaves the craziest (but possible) suggestion to what else could be added to the mouse mat will win a $15 Think Geek voucher, the funnier the better. I’ll leave this open for 36 hours and do a poll in our gadget forum to see which suggestion is the craziest/funniest :).

The muscial mouse mat (as describe in the first paragraph) is available from Gadget Box.

Logitech decided to take the Bluetooth route with its latest jaw-dropping computer peripheral that will send geeks scampering to find enough loose change to purchase this puppy when it is released in November across Europe and the U.S. for $199.99. This piece of technological art, if you may call it that, features a super-slim profile that will definitely sit down well with those who are currently using flat panel displays. The diNovo Edge Bluetooth keyboard comes with a semi-translucent surface that enable the dynamic backlighting of icons embedded within the keyboard, and these very icons will turn invisible when not in use.

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Everyone’s seen those movies where there’s a bomb, and that little box with the key holes, switches, and the infamous plastic lid covering the big, red button.

It be great to have one of those boxes in your house, right? Of course, they’re cool, and have all sorts of buttons and switches to play with; they probably make noise, too!
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What if we could make printers work similarly to a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)? That is, instead of having an ink head moving back and forth across the page you would have one large head (the size of a sheet of paper or larger) composed of many ink spots, called nozzles. The printer would then emit pixels of ink just like the LCD emits pixels of light. The “whole page” printing technique would incredibly increase the printing speed.

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18 months ago, Symantec, makers of the popular program suite Norton Utilities, had a scary prediction for Mac users. Symantec claimed that the Mac OS was “increasingly becoming a target for the malicious activity that is more commonly associated with Microsoft.” That’s quite an ominous prediction from a company that claims to be the “global leader in information security” on their website.

A lot of people look to companies like Symantec for information and guidance and I’m sure many Mac users purchased Symantec anti spyware and virus protection software based on this prediction.

So during the last 18 months how much “malicious activity” was targeted towards the Mac OS? Ummm…… basically none. This week Symantec admitted that their prediction last year about increasing Mac-targeted spyware was just plain wrong. Oops.

In addition to admitting their mistake about the Mac OS this week, Symantec also published a new Internet Threat Report. So what does Symantec have to say about the Mac OS this time? Nothing… The Mac OS isn’t even mentioned in this years report. Why has Symantec gone silent when it comes to Apple? Munir Kotadia, a reporter for ZDNet Australia was wondering the same thing so he asked Symantec about the omission. It seems that Symantec hasn’t seen any new Mac-related threats this year and doesn’t want to cry wolf again. Good idea.

But just because there haven’t been any Mac-related threats in years doesn’t mean the Mac is totally safe from spyware and viruses. If you pay attention to the OS X Software Updates, you’ll notice that Apple releases new security updates every few months. So there are holes in the system but according to Kotadia, the Mac OS was “designed with security in mind, so vulnerabilities are very difficult to exploit and most require socially engineered user interaction.”

Besides a couple Trojan Horses, I can’t remember the last time I saw a Mac virus. When was the last Mac OS virus anyway? 1987?

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If you’re suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder like Jack Nicholson’s character in the 1997 Academy Award Winning film, As Good As It Gets, perhaps the Germ Free Laser Mouse from IOGEAR will be able to alleviate your fears of catching some unknown disease by virtue of sharing your computer mouse with other people. The Germ Free Laser Mouse is free from any heavy metals, so those with sensitive skin need to rush to the cupboard to break out the ointment.

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Miglia is a company that is more famous for their digital media products than anything else, have jumped on the VoIP bandwagon by introducing the Dialog phone which is hooked up to your computer to facilitate voice conversations with family and friends via a VoIP program. The Dialog Phone features Skype and iChat AV integration which keeps you talking long after the sun sets without forking out a single cent.

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