You know, USBFever is not some gigantic shop that cranks out their products like salami in a sausage factory. Despite all the stuff they put out, pretty much every week, they’re actually one of the smaller companies out there doing what they do. So I’m actually never that unhappy to provide you all with a list of what they’ve turned out for the week, because I kinda like supporting them, ya know? This week, as is typical, they’ve put out a whole plethora of stuff, including that And the full list? Glad you asked! Unitek HDMI Female to DVI-D Male Adapter Unitek Y-2270 USB to HDMI Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Today’s Gear Deal brings us the 46″ Sharp AQUOS LC-46LE620UT 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV. As Sharp explains Enjoy a breathtaking viewing experience with the AQUOS® LC46LE620UT 46-inch LCD HDTV from Sharp®. It features an ultra-clear full HD 1080p resolution and an elegant new edge lit LED design. This HDTV utilizes a high-performance LCD panel providing ultra-dark high Dynamic Contrast Ratio and response time of 5.5ms. Incorporates 120Hz fine motion advanced for virtually blur-free motion. Additionally, the built-in ATSC/QAM/NTSC Tuners provides access to DTV and available analog TV channels. Plus, it also comes with six 1080p compatible inputs including 4 HDMI® and 2 HD Component inputs. With all such impressive features and more, the Sharp LC46LE620UT is Continue reading on Gear Diary …

ioSafe, makers of the Solo ruggedized hard drives that can take on heaped abuses that defy all reason, have a reasonably priced deal on their 2TB model that will make peace of mind affordable for everyone — even you. Why should you invest $199.99 in a bulky external hard drive? Think about all of the things that you keep on your computer. Let’s not even mention the obvious things, items like the documents you’ve labored over for hours on end or the hundreds (thousands?) of dollars you’ve invested in downloaded music and movies. Forget for a moment the countless hours that you’ve spent ripping every CD and DVD you own before packing them away… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

They say a picture is worth a thousand words: the Canon EOS Rebel T1i We had dinner with our cousins last night and one of them was more than happy to show off his new Canon EOS camera. It was impressive! I took a number of pictures,and they all looked great. Well, with this New Gear Daily deal, you can save nicely on the Canon EOS Rebel T1i and have it on the way to you by tomorrow. Details and ordering can be found here on the product page. And don’t forget these deals on the Vostro 230 Mini Tower and the Vostro 1015 laptop Continue reading on Gear Diary …

I spent the morning trying to catch up on phone calls. That meant I didn’t get out of my chair once. At a certain point, however, I got to feeling quite antsy and knew I needed to do something. I haven’t run in quite a while due to an ankle strain but it was feeling better and I NEEDED to run. I also needed some loud music to motivate me. My treadmill has speakers and an iPod dock but it doesn’t get quite loud enough. On the other hand, the speakers I recently attached to an Airport Express for streaming via AirPlay get VERY loud. So I grabbed my iPad, launched RDIO, found an album… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Beyond hamming it up with wandering oompah bands at Mobile World Congress, Helena and I managed to  get hands-on time with some of the new devices and technologies that will be causing a stir in 2011 and beyond! HTC’s New Android Devices HTC won me over with their lovely new ChaCha. After using the BlackBerry Bold for a week, with its tiny little keys that I never got used to, the generously sized keys on the ChaCha, along with its softly curved body … I so wish that my Tru SIM had been installed in one of these babies. Continue reading on Gear Diary …

If you are a devotee of reality TV programming you already know about this next event-related app/app-related event, The FocusRallyApps/Ford Focus Rally: America. Kicking off on American Idol and revisited this week on the season début of Amazing Race, the Focus Rally pits six two-person teams in brand-spanking new 2012 Ford Focus hatches driving around the country utilizing social networking to decipher a series of clues that will lead them to a grand prize of $100,000 and a new Ford Focus. Mediafly, a market leader in multi-screen media solutions is providing applications to extend the viewership to mobile and tablet apps, was tasked with developing rich media apps allowing followers and fans… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

One item that came through in Apple’s Supplier report last week was a marked increase in issues with child labor in supplier facilities, particularly in China. The report noted that Apple ” audited 127 facilities and found 91 cases including 31 workers who had been hired prior to reaching the legal age, but were no longer underage or no longer employed at the time of the audit.” Before you get out the Apple-bashing hammer, remember that EVERYONE making devices is using these facilities – Dell, Asus, Acer, HP, even Samsung gets loads of stuff from these plants. This means it is a huge and spreading issue as Chinese companies do whatever they can… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Our friends at ChipChick brought this unusual “No Cellphones” sign to our attention. It makes the point that cell phones are not permitted by actually strapping a confiscated one to the sign itself. In the last two or three years I cannot recall a wedding, funeral or Bar Mitzvah where at least one cell phone did not ring! As a result, I like the idea. As that post notes, “The NO Sign will also work just as effectively for compact digital cameras, cigarettes and candy.” It got me thinking. What OTHER kinds of things could the sign be used with? Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Get lost with all your insurance insanity?  Maybe you young whippersnappers aren’t too worried about it yet, but us old farts sure are–homeowners, fire, flood, earthquake, tornado.  Car insurance.  Health insurance.  Life insurance.  Personal umbrella policies.  Heck, you can insure individual items, like that sweet used Strat you bought at that small, out-of-the-way place down in SoHo that the owner swears was owned by Clapton once.  (You don’t believe it, but it’s still a sweet guitar.)  How the heck do you keep track of all of it? Well, you know there’s an app for it.  If you have an Android device, anyway.  Iconosys‘ My Insurance Attendant is designed to help you keep track of… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Uncomplicated good looks, even contrasting stitching, and leather which will only get more beautiful over time as it is used … these are what you’ll get when you purchase an iPhone leather sleeve from Aligata. Don’t be fooled by the name, though; the iPhone Leather Sleeve will also fit other similarly sized phones and devices. Because he knows how much I like this combination, Tom from Aligata sent me a nude beauty sleeve with yellow stitching. This particular type leather usually comes with white stitching, but for a fee (and a little bit of prior-to-ordering discussion) you can specify other thread colors. There are also four other types of leather… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Sarah and I met up with a friend this weekend and decided to be silly tourists and check out Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. Both of us had been there when we were kids, but never as adults. The whole trip was fun, but in our post-9/11 world we encountered a great deal of security. There were airport-style security screenings at the ferry we took, and the Statue of Liberty had even more security. Our friend couldn’t bring his backpack into the statue and had to rent a locker for $2.00, before going through yet another x-ray and metal detector setup. I, on the other hand, was wearing my Scottevest G02 jacket, and… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

You’re playing a game, right?  Having a good time, leveling up, doing well, when bang-o!  You run into a problem.  It’s a bug, or you’re caught in some bizarre infinite loop, or you simply can’t figure out how the heck to get past that #$(*&%!! mini-boss on level 17.  Whatever.  What do you do? Well, you could try to contact support for that game, or that game’s manufacturer.  If you don’t mind bad hold music and waiting until your ear has turned into a big bruise, sure, that’ll work.  Or you could try surfing the web, googling for the info.  Sometimes that works.  If you don’t mind sifting through 32,720 or so hits, not to… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

A few months ago I took advantage of a Gear Deal on a large high definition computer monitor/TV. I’m glad I did since my current computing arrangement consists of that monitor paired with my 13″ MacBook Air. It works beautifully and gives me tons of usable screen-estate when I work at home. That’s where today’s Gear Deal on HP’s 20″ 1600 x 900 Anti-glare LCD Monitor comes in. The monitor usually costs $179.99. That’s not a bad price but our Gear Sponsor has found an even better one. That’s right, with this deal the monitor is just $89.99 and it will even ship for free. $70 off + $30 Coupon HP 2031 20-in Continue reading on Gear Diary …

I don’t know about you, but I run out of USB ports on my laptop all the time.  And I do mean all the time.  I bought a powered, 1-6 dock converter for my Lenovo, but I still run out of room.  It’s maddening, honestly.  Wouldn’t it be nice if you could plug in to one of the many other jacks on your laptop?  I mean, Apple can’t possibly be using all those pins on their dock connectors, can they? The answer is, “No”.  And USBFever has a helpful suggestion for you:  buy a converter from them.  USBFever’s new Apple Dock to Mini-USB converter is just the thing to help you when you’ve run out… Continue reading on Gear Diary …