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Laptop in-car mount is fugly, but flying off the shelves

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I often see drivers parked on a nearby street at night, plundering the local free wi-fi via a laptop perched awkwardly on the passenger seat. It's for people like these that the awkwardly-named "Portable Car Auto Seat Mount Tray Laptop Table Cup Holder" was designed.

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Pretec intos the world’s first SDXC card

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SDXC got a 2009 CES unveiling and we are finally seeing the first batch thanks to Pretec. The companies first offering will come sporting 32GB capacity and a mighty respectable transfer speed of 50MB/s.

Video: Wireless Bionic Eye Comes a Step Closer

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"If you lose your eye and have a hole in your head, then why not stick a camera in there?" asked Rob Spence back in December 2008. Since then, the one-eyed Canadian filmmaker has been working on his Eyeborg project and building a camera to stuff in his socket.

Tweetlog: Samsung LN46A850

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What's green and thin and brightly colored? The Samsung LN46A850 (http://tinyurl.com/dzjse6), that's what. (We would have accepted grass, too.)

OCZ announces 1TB SSD and… sigh, a netbook

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Section: Computers, Desktops, Netbooks, Trade Shows, CeBITI’m starting to think maybe Gadgetell should get into the netbook business. Why not? It seems everyone else is doing it. Granted, all those companies have experience in manufacturing computers or components prior to...

Boxee adds Hulu support (kind-of). App Box, and auto update

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We’ve already shown you one dirty way of re-enabling Hulu on Boxee but now there is an official work around direct from Boxee via RSS. The latest build adds support for video RSS fees and so…all you need to do is add Hulu’s public RSS feed to the app’s reader.

GMS Raider S705 rugged compact PC

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General Micro Systems have announced their latest madly-compact rugged computer, the Raider S705. Packed into a 4.6 x 4.6 x 1.6 inch box lurks a 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo processor, up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM, dual COM ports and nine USB 2.0. There’s also the potential to support up to six simultaneous...

It’s a Good Day Today

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My tax refund came! Good thing I didn’t have to wait for a call back from the IRS to solve it, since I’m pretty sure I’d have been waiting until the end of the world. Of course, I’m working all weekend and can’t go shopping, but next week the upgrade project is on!

A-DATA 512GB XPG 2.5-inch SSD

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A-DATA recently announced the 512GB XPG 2.5-inch SSD at the CeBit 2009. The 512GB XPG 2.5-inch SSD came on the scene and claim to be the Highest Capacity SSD in the Industry. The new A-Data 512GB XPG 2.5-inch SSD offers a read speed up to 230MB/s and write speed up to 160MB/s.

In times of crisis, watchmaker Ulysse Nardin gets drunk, hooks up with UK cellphone OEM

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I saw this last night and in my late night haze I though I might have been hallucinating. Ulysse Nardin makes nice watches, mostly designing for yachting and diving, and they have a certain style that I particularly like.

Circuit City’s closing all stores by March 8th

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It’s almost over, folks. The saga of Circuit City is about done as the company plans to shut all stores by March 8th. Some stores, including my old location of 3631, closed weeks ago. It all depended on the individual store’s inventory.

Diamond-Encrusted iPhone Debuts

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Who said anything about a troubled economy? Austrian jeweler Peter Aloisson has crafted the "Kings Button," a diamond-encrusted iPhone whose name refers to the 6.6-carat diamond planted on top of the handset's Home button, MSNBC reports.

All Circuit City locations will officially close March 8

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Section: Business NewsIt was only a matter of time, we all knew the final days for Circuit City were getting close, but the end is now upon us. They have just announced that March 8 will be their final day, which means that if you were holding out to that very last minute to try and score a...

USB Gadgets – The Penguin Fighter USB Drives

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Here’s another fun USB gadget for today, this one is aimed more at your kids, the Penguin Fighter USB Drive.

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The White Chocolate Keyboard

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Yesterday we saw an ice cream shaped like an iPod, today we have a chocolate bar, shaped like a keyboard, the White Chocolate Keyboard. There aren’t too many details about this gadget themed chocolate bar, so if anyone knows where I can buy one from, please leave a comment.

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Martian Ice Age Left Water Tracks

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Maybe Percival Lowell was on to something after all: A new analysis of canal-like features on Mars offers more evidence of flowing water on the planet's surface, possibly as late as several hundred thousand years ago, according to Scientific American.

Sony CMT-Z100iR iPod & CD speaker system leaks

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Sony are preparing to launch a high-end iPod and iPhone speaker dock, with integrated CD player and higher than typical sound quality. The Sony CMT-Z100iR has a dock for your Apple PMP, together with a slot-loading CD player on top and a USB port to hook up other media players.

Asus EzLink Series Wireless LCD and VH192C, VH196 Green LCD

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Asus unveils Smart and Energy-Saving Displays for work and entertainment at CeBIT 2009. The Monitors that were introduced includes the wireless LCD monitor along with the VH192C and VH196 energy-efficient green LCD monitor.

Virtual Cocoon recreates real world senses in virtual space

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If you haven’t already come to par with a fact of virtual reality developing into real world reality, it’s time you come to terms.

Japanese company sells USB cat tail for some reason

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The USB madness coming out of Japan doesn’t come to an end, it seems. This time, it’s not USB specialist Thanko but an unknown Japanese company selling a USB memory stick that looks like a cat tail.

White Chocolate Keyboard Melts in the Hand, Not in the Mouth

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This yummy looking keyboard is not, sadly, a Bluetooth accessory for the LG Chocolate. It would, though, be the perfect romantic geek-gift for the sweet-toothed nerd in your life.

Leica Euthanizes R-Series SLR Line

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When I tell you that Leica is killing its manual focus R-Series camera line, many of you will say "Leica still makes a manual focus SLR?" Your surprise is justified. When I read the press release today I thought the exact same thing -- and I should know better.

Palm Talks Smack: All iPhone Customers Will Switch to Pre this Summer

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Oh dear. Palm investor Roger McNamee appears to have had a little too much Red Bull before his interview in San Francisco yesterday. McNamee is a co-founder of Elevation Partners, which put an extra $100 million into Palm last December.

USB Gadgets – The Cat Tail USB Drive

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We have seen lots of cool and some quite strange USB gadgets here at geeky gadgets, but the latest one may just be the strangest we have seen so far, the Cat Tail USB drive.

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Design – The ON Air Watch

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Here is another cool design concept, this one is by designers Iskender Asanaliev & Adilet Asanaliev, the ON Air Watch. The ON Air Watch is a blend of analogue and digital watches, the time in hours is displayed by the a watch hand, which moves around the watch just like and analogue watch.

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17-inch MacBook Pro NVIDIA 9600M graphics glitches?

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Apple don’t seem to be able to catch a break with their displays recently, perhaps as a result of being on the cutting edge of NVIDIA’s latest GPU technology.

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