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One of the best and most expensive GPS’ in the industry, plus the most expensive GPS’ Magellan has to offer, the Maestro 5340, will be ready for pre-order for $1200. If you want the basic version, meaning internet will not be included, then it will only cost $1000. You’re probably thinking, who in their right mind would buy such a GPS, but really if you have the money, then it’s worth it. Basically, it comes with a 5-inch touch screen, text-to-speech capabilities, live traffic updates, Bluetooth connectivity, better voice command options for menus and addresses, 3D landmarks and 1,400 other buildings which are also 3D. (Read the full post about ‘New Magellan Maestro 5340 ready for pre-order’…)

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Posted Mar 1st 2008 1:04PM by Darren MurphFiled under: Transportation There’s a decent chance your average hybrid owner wouldn’t know the difference between a lithium-ion and nickel-metal hydride battery if their life depended on it, but we know you — dear reader — are not one of those “average” joes / janes. That being the case, you may be interested to know that the 2009-bound S400 BlueHybrid is in prime position to be the world’s first production Li-ion hybrid, which will offer up “compact dimensions and far superior performance” compared to existing rivals. (Read the full post about ‘Mercedes S400 BlueHybrid aims to be first to use Li-ion battery’…)

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Posted Mar 1st 2008 11:26AM by Darren MurphFiled under: Laptops You’d have to turn your brain all the way back to September to spot the first time we got wind of Acer’s Ferrari 1100 laptop, but the folks over at PC Mag have finally received one in and took the time to spill the beans on how it fared. Right out of the box, it was criticized for being entirely too hefty for a 12.1-incher, but then again, it does have an integrated DVD burner. Still, the lack of a LED-backlit display along with the totally underwhelming performance when benchmarked was hard to overlook. ‘Course, it wasn’t exactly a slouch, but it certainly didn’t live up to expectations. (Read the full post about ‘Acer’s Ferrari 1100 ultraportable gets reviewed’…)

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Shockball There's nothing quite as nerve-wracking as playing pass the parcel with a time-bomb, or quite as much fun. You can have this for ?14.95 (Read the full post about ‘Shockball’…)

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Trivial Pursuit DVD Let Loose there are 1,000 amazing questions, challenges, facts and more, as well as film clips, daredevil stunts and hilarious spoofs, not to mention a whole new set of question categories with titles including ‘Gross’ and ‘Adrenalin’. See price (Read the full post about ‘Trivial Pursuit DVD Let Loose’…)

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Posted Mar 1st 2008 5:41AM by Ryan BlockFiled under: Networking So IBM is apparently working like crazy on some next-gen communications technology that — ready to have your mind blown? — “uses light instead of wires to send information.” We know, this is some crazy future crap up in here, but check it out. Apparently this so-called light-based communications system is supposed to be ten times more power efficient than others in its class, and can transfer data at speeds far greater than our current 4Mbps token-ring networks and even the next-gen 10BASE2 Ethernet (as if!); if optical data communications are actually real, well, it’s just in time because we’ve been seriously maxing out our Tandy 1000 playing MUDs. (Read the full post about ‘IBM’s “green optical link” promises one second movie downloads’…)

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If you think motion sickness is the worst thing in the world, try being pregnant, or perhaps go through chemotherapy. The nauseating feeling one gets during pregnancy or after chemotherapy could be so severe that nothing can compare to it. One way to try and curb this sickness is through the use of ReliefBand. According to the company which manufactures ReliefBand, nausea comes from the nerves in your wrist. By dabbing a bit of conductivity gel on your wrist and putting this wristwatch-like device on, your nausea will be cured within minutes. The science behind that is that the device releases electrical impulses which curbs the symptoms of nausea. You can buy one for around 65 here. (Read the full post about ‘ReliefBand: Making Sure You Don’t Need a Barf Bag’…)

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Posted Mar 1st 2008 8:10AM by Ryan BlockFiled under: Wireless, Storage You kind of miss the point if you open your Time Capsule after just a day or two, but at least we now know that future generations can, in fact, expect an active drive cooling system (by way of a blower fan). (Read the full post about ‘Time Capsule opened despite it not yet being the future’…)

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Griffin HomeConnect iPod Cable Griffin?s HomeConnect cable is the easiest, most hassle-free way to get both audio and video from your iPod to your TV, home stereo, or home theater system. Just plug HomeConnect?s 3.5mm jack into the headphone port of your ipod. Plug HomeConnect?s composite video and audio jacks into the appropriate ports on your home enter- tainment equipment. In no time, you?ll be enjoying great sound, movies, music videos, TV shows, even your own iPod slideshows on the biggest screen in your home. Features:Video connections work on those iPod models that support photo and video display Generous 3 meter cable (almost 10 feet) Video display works with the ?TV Out? settings on y (Read the full post about ‘Griffin HomeConnect iPod Cable’…)

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Posted Feb 29th 2008 11:58PM by Ariel WaldmanFiled under: Features, Misc. gadgetsAriel Waldman contributes Movie Gadget Friday, where she highlights the lovable and lame gadgets from the world of cinema. Previously on Movie Gadget Friday, we traveled across war-torn galaxies in the 1978 version of Battlestar Gallatica. Moving forward a few years to 1982, we’ll take a look inside the computational arcade culture of TRON. Saturated with neon suits and Pac-Man blips and bleeps, the sci-fi cult Disney film has achieved pop culture status over the years. The ENCOM Digitizing Molecular Laser Using a matter transform sequence and a grid matrix, the ENCOM Digitizing Laser is able to transport physical matter into a digital space. (Read the full post about ‘Movie Gadget Friday: TRON’…)

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