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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7 Reviewed

20. April 2006

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PC Magazine has posted a review of Panasonic’s latest camera, the Lumix DMC-FZ7. It sports the same excellent Leica optics from its predecessor FZ5, together with a couple of nice upgrades such as image stabilization and joystick control. To summarize PC Magazine and DPReview’s reviews, the FZ7 is a welcomed upgrade for FZ5 users. Value [...]

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Floating Table for your Swimming Pool

19. April 2006

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Own a pool? Then you fit the bill for this awesome pool table. The Aquapub is an amphibious table for six that is unsinkable in water, perfect for a cozy night of wine, beer and snacks IN the pool. The table even comes with two large removable ice containers to keep your drinks cool throughout. [...]

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Researchers Want to Turn YOU into a Walking Battery

18. April 2006

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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are going Matrix-style. No, not the coats and shades. They’ve created a prototype nanogenerator that is supposedly capable of producing electrical current via the bending and relaxing of zinc oxide nanowires. Zinc oxide is non-toxic, which means the wires can be safely planted into our bodies to help [...]

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Mac Mini Portable MkII

17. April 2006

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I’m guilty of being one of those who waved Peter Green away, the guy who created the Mac Mini Portable MkI two months ago. Well, mainly because it looks like crap. And it still does with MkII. The mod allows Peter to turn his Mac Mini into a portable notebook-wannabe. It packs a nice 3 [...]

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Slap This Lamp to Turn It On or Off

16. April 2006

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If you love unique gadgets in your home, you have to get this On/Off Lamp. Instead of the typical and boring switches to turn on the lamp, you have to slap this one so it tilts to the other position of balance. Little tricks like this sure helps surprise your guests! If you’re the rough type, [...]

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USB OptiCam for Paris Hilton-Style Video

15. April 2006

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Want your very own greenish infrared night-vision video ala Paris Hilton-style? Now you can, for just 20 buckaroos. The USB OptiCam webcam comes with two infrared lamps for recording in total darkness. Built-in microphone records whatever sound you make, together with an adjustable lens for manual focusing. Other features: 350K pixel CMOS sensor (VGA) Snap Shot trigger button 3 [...]

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Video: A Dozen of 30-inch Dells Stacked Up

15. April 2006

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Move aside, Virginia Tech. Your stack of 24 LCDs has found competition. The creator of this LCD wall goes by the name of Crazy Jon, and he has used twelve 30-inch Dell LCD displays (each running at 2560 x 1600), six NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB, together with three 1,000 watt power supplies to accomplish [...]

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World’s Thinnest LCD Monitor by Toshiba Matsushita Display

14. April 2006

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Toshiba Matsushita Display announced an amazing new LCD display that is only 2.9mm thick. Halve iPod Nano’s thickness and that is about how paper-thin this Poly-Si LCD is. The LCD is 12.1-inch and is capable of 1280×800 resolution and brightness of 300 cd/m2. Measuring 270.5 x 180.0 x 4.50 mm and weighing 183 gram, the [...]

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Datel XSATA Backs Up Your Xbox 360 Data to PC

12. April 2006

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If you have an uber-large hard drive on your computer and it’s far from being fully utilized, why not use it to store your Xbox 360 data? The soon-to-be-available Datel XSATA does just that, via USB. It is especially good if you need more than what the Xbox 360 hard drive can do for [...]

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Samsung X828 Cellphone is UltraSlim

11. April 2006

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And we thought the 8.9mm on Samsung P300 was amazing. According to PcOnline.com.cn, pictured here is supposedly the Samsung X828 that features an awesome 6.9mm thickness that beats even the KTFT-EV-K100 by 1mm. That’s about the same thickness as the iPod Nano. Not only is it thin, it also features a 262k color display, 2-megapixel camera, [...]

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