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A new social networking site has launched this week that puts as much importance on sharing information about your location as it does about yourself.

The site is called Gypsii and relies on the use of a mobile phone to track your whereabouts in order to use its unique features. Users can install the Gypsii software on their phones and then use it to share their locations with others through the site and also associate media with what they are doing at those locations–a feature known as PlaceMe. A friend will then be able to see where you are in the world and what you are doing through photos, video, and messaging.

Another feature of Gypsii is called SpaceMe.

(Read the full post about ‘Gypsii adds real-time tracking to social networking’…)

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Carrying your USB flash drive around can be quite the hassle especially if you don’t want to clutter your pocket with too many things. Enter the Capsule USB Key. This two-inch long thumbdrive is encased in brushed aluminum with an attached chain and hook. Keep it on your keychain, hang it around your neck, or dangle it from your nose, if that’s your thing. By the way, if you do hang it from a body part, make sure you email us a picture! 2GB of portable storage for $27.99? Your call, dude, although I would think a necklace style USB flash drive would suit a lady more than a dude. (Read the full post about ‘Capsule USB Key’…)

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If you tend to spend a whole lot of time soaking yourself in a tub until your fingers and toes turn all wrinkly like prunes, then the Underwater Light Show is the perfect gadget to own. There are five lighting effects in all, from a fast random color changing light show that’s all very Night Fever, through a flashing single color, slow seductive phasing through all four colors, constant single color and finally a sequence of all the effects back to back. It looks a little bit like the rose off a watering can, but is of course considerably more fun, and deeply funky. At £7.95 a pop, it is definitely affordable although I’d suggest you stock up on rechargeable batteries as the trio of AAA batteries won’t last for too many baths in succession IMHO. (Read the full post about ‘Underwater Light Show’…)

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Fashion Photoshoot You can have this for ?45.00 (Read the full post about ‘Fashion Photoshoot’…)

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I’ve never really thought that anyone was “out to get me.” Sure, back in the day I thought I was going to get into some hot water over all of those Napster downloads I did (I was on dial-up at the time, so couldn’t have downloaded that many), but never to the point where I thought that someone was tracing my calls, or that I should be recording calls I received. However, were I needing something to do just that, I’d probably consider the Teleport 2.0. This neat little gadget hooks into your phone line and stores all of the information about your incoming and outgoing calls such as caller ID and numbers dialed. Of course every time you pick up the phone, it starts recording and sends the data to your computer via USB. (Read the full post about ‘Tap your own phone line with Teleport 2.0′…)

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Transporting your pooch around can be quite a challenge, and if the back seats of your truck are already full, where else can you put Fido without having him melt under the sweltering hot sun? The PupHut is an innovative truck-bed shade and safety product specially created for dogs, helping you restrain your beloved four-legged friend for added safety, especially if you’re heading out on a long road trip. The PupHut also offers a protective barrier that prevents road debris and other unwanted particles from entering your pooch’s eyes, ears, nose and throat. The PupHut is constructed from a powder-coated steel frame and a UV protective coating helps shield it properly against outdoor elements. (Read the full post about ‘PupHut Provides Safety For Your Pooch’…)

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Check out this extremely slim industrial PDA known as the STM-8100 that features a 2D barcode scanner and GPS functionality, crammed into a durable design that is IP65 rated. Sounds perfect for businessmen who tend to indulge in a whole lot of seafood as your PDA can double up as a small hammer then in order to get to the succulent flesh located right under the hard shell. (Read the full post about ‘STM-8100 Industrial PDA’…)

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Mood Beams Series Two You can have this for ?9.95 (Read the full post about ‘Mood Beams Series Two’…)

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Buffalo has also thrown its weight behind the Blu-ray camp by releasing a new range of internal and external Blu-ray recorders that feature a 4x recording speed. There is no fixed price on these recorders as at press time, although the internal SATA version ought to be in the 310 Euros neighborhood while the external USB 2.0 model should be a wee bit more expensive at 340 Euros. (Read the full post about ‘Buffalo BD Recorder’…)

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For those of you who remember the Amiga demo scene back in the 1990’s, this video will be a spectacular nostalgia trip. Back then, hard-coded graphics and music pushed the hardware to do extraordinary things, and were distributed on floppy disc (or by BBS).

(Read the full post about ‘Video: Amazing Oscilloscope Hack’…)

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