Don’t you just hate standard extension cords where there is a tangled mess awaiting you at all times? The Socket Sense from Ideative helps solve this problem by providing adjustable sockets that can be set at an angle convenient to you, allowing you to stack your adapters accordingly. A 6-foot long power cord will retail for $40 - pretty expensive for a clutter-free room. Would you take the plunge at that price? Tags: Hi-fi, home theater, wireless, design (Read the full post about ‘Socket Sense Keeps Things Simple’…)

Posted Feb 12th 2008 11:48AM by Donald MelansonFiled under: Robots, Wireless Innovation First sure looks to be keeping up a steady pace with its VEX robotics system, with the company now following up its recently released ROBOTC programming kit with its new VEX RCR Mini kit and a new WiFi control system. The former, as you’ve no doubt surmised, is a smaller and less expensive version of Innovation’s standard VEX system, which it thinks will be particularly appealing to students from elementary school on up. (Read the full post about ‘Innovation First intros VEX RCR Mini, WiFi control system’…)

Rocket Pen with Launch Pad

If you’re under pressure at work, this rocket pen desktop toy could be just the item you need to bring a smile back to your weary face. Press the button on the launch control pad to release the rocket skywards, extra brownie points (whatever they are?!) if you manage to catch it on its descent. The rocket has rubber sides and a soft foam tip so you won’t be damaging any ceiling tiles in a hurry either. Extra drama to the occasion can be added by a NASA style count down before finally launching the rocket three feet into the air, I wouldn’t recommend doing annoying behaviour like that all day though as your work colleagues will probably fire the rocket into Uranus.

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Fancy accessing your email on your cell phone and PDAs no matter where you are, and regardless of your ISP address? Emoze does just that for you, doing away with the need to rely on a special handset or service package as you attempt to stay up-to-date where your email inbox is concerned. The software will send push email to your cell phone in real-time when installed, supporting Outlook, Lotus Notes, and Gmail. Just make sure your operating system is one of these - Microsoft Mobile 2002, 2003, and 5.0. Symbian Series 60 and UIQ, and Microsoft Smartphone, before you’re good to go. (Read the full post about ‘Emoze Push Email’…)

3G reviews the Sony Ericsson W960i and writes, “We’re glad that the main camera on the W960i is 3.2 megapixels (the W910i only offers two) and it’s a pretty decent all-round shotmaker that’s activated and operated with a dedicated shutter key and digital zoom controls on the side of the phone. It’s not a Cybershot quality camera and the phone suffers from a short shutter lag when shooting indoors, but the auto focus worked well and the W960 generally produces decent results which can be tweaked, enhanced and defaced using the phone’s Photo Editor application. Meanwhile, a second camera sits on the front of the phone to enable video calling.” Read more about the Sony Ericsson W960i. (Read the full post about ‘Sony Ericsson W960i Review - 3G’…)

One of the most significant problems of modern times is ecology problem. Each and every car, that is running on fossil fuels is harming our planet and make the ecology situation even worse. However, that is not all. Energy problem, which is based on fact that our oil resources are limited, is threatening us more every year. Oil prices jump sky-high and there is no reason for them to be reduced. Alternative fuel is a much-anticipated invention, but unfortunately, other alternative fuel projects were very ineffective. Nevertheless, one of them looks very promising. According to that project, possible fuel of the future will be… compressed air! It sounds fantastic, isn’t it? (Read the full post about ‘Car that runs on… air!’…)

When you have plenty of CDs, it is hard to organize them, especially when they have no cases. People use different methods to organize unboxed discs, some are buying boxes, some use envelopes… However, all these methods are old fashioned and boring! Nowadays, appear much more interesting and “gadget” ways to do that. Imagine a jukebox-like device, which only keeps discs numbered and organized instead of playing music. A good idea, but the better part is, this gadget already exists. CD Carousel Plus is a big helper in disc management. It can store up to 150 CDs (DVDs too, of course) in an interesting jukebox-style. Creating the database and manage it is easy thanks to included software and USB plug. (Read the full post about ‘CD Carousel keeps your CD Collection Organized in a Jukebox way’…)

Posted Feb 12th 2008 2:21AM by Thomas RickerFiled under: GamingWhile we’re not to the point of backing up (or downloading) your favorite retail PS3 games to disk, hackers have taken a significant step in that direction. PS3News is reporting success in running PS3 retail game back-ups from both internal and USB drives on a “PS3 Test” development machine. Unfortunately, those games must still be stripped of their encryption, patched, and remastered to execute properly. (Read the full post about ‘Run retail PS3 games from hard disk, black-hat magic required’…)

If you’re constantly on-the-go then there’s a solution called the Kingston DataTraveler Micro Reader. It’s basically an all-in-one USB Flash drive and reader that can store, transfer and read data on mobile memory cards. The DataTraveler is compatible with microSD, microSDHC and Memory Stick Micro cards, and has a Windows ReadyBoost capability whenever you hook it up into any Vista-powered computer. Other features include: storage capacities of 1GB, 2GB, 4GB as well a 5-year warranty. The 1GB, 2GB and 4GB models will retail for $19.25, $28.25 and $42. (Read the full post about ‘Kingston DataTraveler Micro Reader’…)

Posted Feb 12th 2008 1:42AM by Chris ZieglerFiled under: Cellphones, Wireless Don’t get us wrong, it’s great that T-Mobile has lowered the price of its unlimited WiFi calling service both at home and at T-Mobile Hotspots everywhere from $19.99 down to $9.99 per month (forgetting for a moment that it was $9.99 per month as an introductory price, anyway), but in changing the name from HotSpot @Home to HotSpot @Home Talk Forever, we’d been hoping for something just a little more compelling. (Read the full post about ‘T-Mobile’s HotSpot @Home Talk Forever: same service, lower price’…)