11, Feb 2008
Night Vision lights for your camcorder

A couple of reasons come to mind stalker, pervert, peeping Tom when we saw the Sima Night Vision IR camcorder light system. Simply being able to video at night without attaching a visible spotlight is cool enough for us. The SL-20IR attaches to the camera using the common shoe-mount and…

11, Feb 2008
Free Wi-Fi at Starbucks thanks to AT&T

AT&T and Starbucks have to come to an agreement which ultimately boots T-Mobile and offers free Wi-Fi. The only catch is that you have to have a prepaid Starbucks card and can only browse for two hours per day. No offense… but you shouldn’t really be hanging out at Starbucks…

11, Feb 2008
Microsoft buys Danger, Inc. maker of the Sidekick

Microsoft is on the spending warpath… lobbing bids left and right. Not sure how much money was involved in it’s latest purchase, however Microsoft just bought Danger. Not sure how this is a good fit for Microsoft, but we will be watching from the sidelines. Press release below.

11, Feb 2008
Valentines Day is almost here – step up fellas

Not that I would be good at speaking for the techy women of the world, but come on, roses and chocolate have to be getting a bit cliché old. Take a look at these sweet tech options by Philips Swarovski for about $114.99. “Lock Out” 1GB USB Drive “Heartbeat” 1GB…

11, Feb 2008
Telephone Line Interrupter prank

A simple and fun telephone prank for anyone with about $130 to spend. All you have to do is connect the device to the phone switch or directly into any phone line at the location you want to prank. The device causes the phones at the location to work for…

10, Feb 2008
Sony Ericsson launches their First Windows Mobile Handset, XPERIA X1

Sony Ericsson has mainly been known for creating phones based on the Symbian operating system, that changed today with the launch of their first Windows Mobile phone, the Xperian X1 QWERTY smartphone. The X1 is the first product in the new Xperian line of higher-end smartphones. The X1 was announced…

9, Feb 2008
Shake it like a Polaroid picture… no longer

Polaroid announces the end of the Polaroid (shake em up) pictures to the dismay of OutKast.  The end of the Polaroid film format means the cutting of 450 jobs, and the closing of plants in Mexico, the Netherlands, and Massachusetts.  The photograph quality was never great… but this one hurts…

9, Feb 2008
Casio launches $4,600 25th Anniversary G-Shock watch

Casio just released their 25th Anniversary “Limited Edition” G-Shock watch – the MRG-8000G. They plan to make only 200 units for sale for all of Japan, USA, Germany, and England. It will have an 18K Gold Ring, titanium bezel, and some additional gold bits.

8, Feb 2008
Spy belt buckle makes us chuckle

Ajoka is taking the spy game to a whole new level with this one. A belt buckle that has a built in DVR, camera, and microphone. Perfect for the, not-so-sneaky, spy with a bad sense of fashion. All this for the not-so-low price of $150. Hard for me to say…

7, Feb 2008
Google phone prototype to be shown at Mobile World Congress

ARM will be showing their Android prototype “Google Phone” in Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress next week.  As you may know, ARM manufactures the processors in many of todays phones.  No doubt they are showing this off to show what their chip can do.  {Source – Reuters, citing a “source” of…