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Bottle Opener Key By Suck UK No More Breaking Your Teeth Opening Bottles An award winner no less. Sometimes, very simple is perfect and here is a good example of that. It looks like a front door key but it is in fact a cunningly disguised bottle opener. This can make you look very cool at parties when people think you are using a real key and can’t work out why their shed key doesn’t quite do it. Alcoholics too can conceal their tools of the trade and beer monsters who were once scouts will always be prepared. I’m sure there’s a door it will open too. (Read the full post about ‘Bottle Opener Key By Suck UK’…)

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Ever imagine why it took sooo long to get tech integrated into the workplace? Dell tries to begin to explain the answer in the hilarious video featuring Olivia Munn and “the boardroom”.

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If you happen to work in a smelly place, this is for you: MSI claims that this laptop will also purify the air, very much like a normal air purifier, using ions. The idea is funny, but I guess that in some smoke-filled regions (like Asia?), customers are so desperate that they might drop a few more bucks to breathe a slightly better air. So does it work? I honestly don’t know, but MSI has some nerves to come out with this. (Read the full post about ‘MSI Anion PR620 Notebook and Air Purifer’…)

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Posted Mar 5th 2008 1:57PM by Donald MelansonFiled under: Misc. gadgets, Peripherals Maglev technology may be best know for its use in trains (and the odd wind turbine), but a group of researchers led by Carnegie Mellon University’s Ralph Hollis have some ideas of their own for it, with them now touting a so-called “maglev joystick” that they hope to bring to market. That, they say, can provide increased feedback compared to a standard joystick, and offer an alternative to complicated gloves and robotic interfaces. Key to that, obviously, is a whole bunch of electromagnets, which are concealed in the bowl pictured above and allow the “joystick” to levitate, while also providing resistance when it’s moved in any direction. (Read the full post about ‘Researchers tout progress with maglev joystick, aim to bring it to market’…)

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The Pleo did not really take off as intended during the holiday season last year, but if you’re one of the few who picked it up, here’s some news for you. Its Life OS has just gotten an update, bringing the version number up to 1.0.2 that enables your robotic dinosaur to explore its surroundings even more, being more alert of its surroundings, and singing whenever it is in a presence of a group of people. You can download the Pleo 1.0.2 Life OS update here. (Read the full post about ‘Pleo Gets Update’…)

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Here is a photo of the Gigabyte M700 UMPC. It is obviously cute, but here are the specifications: 7” Touch display, 1024×600 1.2Ghz C7-M Via CPU 2GB 40GB to 60GB of hard drive Windows Vista Home PremiumYou would think that there is a sliding keyboard, but right now it does not look like that is the case. In the past, we have shown you the Gigabyte M528 specifications – that one has a sliding keyboard. (Read the full post about ‘Gigabyte M700 UMPC’…)

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VideoIQ has unleashed the first high performance day/night network camera with content aware storage, intelligent networking, analytic detection, and object search built right into the camera in the world. Some of the features include :- State of the art ultra wide dynamic range day/night detection No separate NVRs or DVRs to buy, configure or maintain Up to 160 GB of storage in every camera Network friendly Intelligent recording quality with advanced compression Plug-and-play analytics with automatic learningSounds pretty smart to me by all accounts. (Read the full post about ‘VideoIQ High Performance Network Camera’…)

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Even though we know that creating backup files is a very important task, most of us do not actually do it regularly for a lot of reasons. Some simply forget about it but others find it very tedious. Now, there is a new and easy-to-use device called SanDisk Flashback Adapter which aims to streamline this process. Developed for Windows-based laptops with an ExpressCard slot, this adapter instantly copy and encrypts your important files to any SD or SDHC memory card. No need to schedule your backups, burn your files to CD/DVDs or save to your external hard drive. A simple yet effective solution since we really don’t know when our laptop will crash or petty accidents will happen. (Read the full post about ‘Automatic data backup with Sandisk Flashback Adapter’…)

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Grand Theft Auto, the game that got Sony fanboys all up in arms due to the fact that it is no longer an exclusive title for the PS3, will not only come in a vanilla version but with a special edition to boot. The Special Edition features an art book, the essential soundtrack, a Rockstar keychain with a safety deposit box and a Rockstar duffel bag. Amazon has also decided to throw in an exclusive license plate for you when you place your pre-order. If you’re a Sony fanboy, the PS3 pre-order can be made here while Xbox 360 owners can always place their money here. How much are you willing to fork out, max, for a Special Edition of a game? (Read the full post about ‘Grand Theft Auto Special Edition’…)

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I’ve always wondered how come Speck SeeThru Cases were only available for Macbooks and Macbook Pros. But anyway, if you’re an owner of a Sony Vaio SZ and an HP 6000, you can finally get yourself a Speck Case! It’s only available in red, pink and clear though, and it doesn’t look as spiffy as the ones for the Macs. And another thing, the covers only protect the upper part of the laptop and not the bottom. Oh well, beggars can’t be choosers, heheh! (Read the full post about ‘Speck SeeThru Case For Sony Vaio SZ and HP 6000 Laptops’…)

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