Got Bugs, and I don’t mean the insect kind. I mean eyes and ears watching and listening to your every move in your home or office. Have you recently gone through a divorce and just know that your conniving ex-spouse is spying on you? Are you working on a new invention or new technology and you believe your competitors are trying to learn your secrets to success?

If any of the above has crossed your mind, there is an easy way to find out. All you need is the Bug Detector. This wonderful gadget will let you know if there are any hidden cameras or any other type of wireless bugs in your home, underground laboratory, or office.
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If you have ever wished you could take pictures without anyone knowing then you must get a lighter camera. However, don’t try to light a cigarette with this gadget because it is non-functioning, just a clever way to hide a secret camera. Just carry it along with you in your shirt pocket or purse and then whip it out to get those shots of the next-door husband with his girlfriend during lunch, or one of the neighbor’s kids throwing brick through a store window. You are sure to be the first one with the prizing winning photo of all the activities going on around your town.
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Reg Organizer 3.1 Beta 2 offers a variety of tools required for effective System Registry and configuration files management. This software lets you view, edit and clean the Registry and preview the registry files you want to import (preview files directly from Windows Explorer). The automatic Registry cleanup mode helps you optimize your system performance. You can thoroughly search the Registry to find all the keys related to a certain application.

Released: October 12, 2005
Publisher: Chemtable Software
Homepage: Reg Organizer
License: Shareware
OS Support: Windows (All)
Screenshot: Reg Organizer 3.1

According to several people who use Reg Organizer, they were fascinated with the existence of this kind of aggressive tool, that could clean up system registry and truly manage the keys and identify unnecessary ones. Unfortunately, under shareware mode, many of these strong functions are reduced.

Nonetheless, the shareware is free to download and worth a try.

Download Reg Organizer 3.1 Beta 2.

The software costs $29.95 for a registered license.

As one of the leading provider of wired and wireless IP (Internet Protocol) Cameras, D-Link once again introduces another new member of the SECURICAM Network family of the Internet Cameras: the DCS-6620G. Featuring Wireless G capability (802.11g wireless connectivity) with 10x optical zoom lens, this Internet camera also features dual codec support, built-in microphone, and low light-sensitivity. With its small size, it sits easily undetected in a corner. This device is the best solution for monitoring your home security needs.

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How I missed this when I did my round up of spy gadgets I don’t know. It appears that the subtle art of lock picking has not escaped the inexorable march of technology.

Having said that this looks like a pretty brute force approach to the problem of gaining entry without a key although it’s not as brute force as, say, a sledgehammer so perhaps it has merit. Apparently jamming one of the swappable picks into a lock and pressing the button will agitate the lock cylinders several times a second and with practice you should be able to get into many places you shouldn’t.

Is this even legal? They’re selling them so I guess they must be… If you get caught it’s nothing to do with me!

I found this one on Lockpickshop.com

A few people have commented to me that they’ve enjoyed the “Spy Stuff” section on coolest gadgets so I thought it would be interesting to have a look around and see what’s out there for use in the “real” world.

Bear in mind that some of this stuff is only sold to governments (and from the prices I’ve tracked down I know why too) but it’s still interesting to see what technology has managed to create for the world of surveillance and espionage.

To start with: the photo on this post… That’s Bomb Blast safety film to line windows and (hopefully) catch the glass in case of explosion, rather than letting it fragment all over the place. You can get this from Spymaster in London. They list lots of fun stuff on their website (like armoured landrovers) and I’ve walked past their shop a few times but I’ve never gone inside - it always looks like the kind of place you need an appointment to visit

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USB flash drives are nothing new and they’ve been offering some sort of secure partition or encryption for a while now. Some of them have even used fingerprint recognition. But guess what - the security functions of them all are completely useless on anything except the PC you’ve installed the drivers onto! It’s great having my email / site passwords / personal details with me, but if I can’t access them on the nearest PC they might as well not be there.

Enter the Fingergear USB flash drive. This (admittedly rather industrial looking) device uses fingerprint recognition which is cool in itself, but handles the authentication internally on the device which is even cooler. At last - someone finally got it right!

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The perfect gadget for any spy or gossiper is the Orbitor Electronic Listening Device.

You will be able to listen to any conversation up to 300 feet from you. You can listen to you the folks in the next motel room, your neighbors, your kids, and anyone else that you desire. Your possibilities are endless as to what conversation you can hear and what you can learn. You can just happen to be at the mall when your kids are there and learn just what they are up to, or follow your spouse to their “supposed meeting” and listen in to the meeting and learn who the meeting was really with.

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