Archive | April, 2011

iPad 2 Case Review: Yoobao Executive Genuine Leather Case for iPad 2

I have a new favorite case for my iPad 2 and, to be honest, it comes as a surprise to me. The case isn’t from a brand name. It doesn’t have a striking style. Isn’t one of the many luxury cases we have the good fortune of reviewing here on the site. No, this iPad [...]

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Riffs and Pixels: Griffin’s GuitarConnect Cable for iOS devices

I procrastinate. Yes, I’m one of THOSE guys. I might put off my research paper a few days to, you know, let it “mature.” I also might put off writing a killer guitar tune because I’m not in the creative mood. Sure, THAT’S the reason. Actually, it’s because I’m not as proficient with musical notation [...]

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Review: Freestyle Buzz 2.0 Wristwatch

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While preparing for our family vacation, which included a morning at surf school, I realized I no longer had a rugged watch. I’d owned several over the years, including an Ironman that lasted from Basic Training through several overseas trips before finally succumbing to a broken strap and went missing somewhere in the desert. Surfing…salt water…surf [...]

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Gear Games Deals: Weekend Round-Up of PC Game Deals

The weekend is finally here and once again the digital download sites are featuring some awesome deals! I am highlighting the JoWood games sale at Good Old Games – 75% off … though I think JoWood is beyond saving at this point. This week I am continuing to choose no more than 50 deals from [...]

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Gear Games News: Supermarket Mania 2 Comes to iOS May 12th! Enter Contest to Win $20 iTunes Card!

Supermarket Mania 2 is a great time management game, and I raved about it in my review of the PC version. Since then I have played the Mac version and have a review forthcoming on that one. But May 12th it will hit what I see as the best platform for these games – iPhone [...]

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New Gear Daily Deal: Save $35 on the Logitech Harmony 700 Remote

Save $35 on the Logitech Harmony 700 Remote Let’s end the week with a NGD Deal that will make life a bit more relaxing: the Logitech Harmony 700. What exactly is the Logitech Harmony 700? The Logitech® Harmony® 700 is a rechargeable remote that is simple to set up and use, it can go a week between [...]

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‘Hats’ Off to the Newly Married Royal Couple!

The media is super-saturated with coverage of the royal wedding, so I have no intent of spending any time on it. But as my wife and I drank coffee and watched the wedding – we normally watch the morning news, but the wedding was on pretty much every channel – we noted all of the [...]

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Review: Kodak Zi8 Pocket Video Camera

Cisco may have shuttered the doors on the Flip camera, but there are many other cameras out there that are still available that are as good or better than the venerable Flip.  Today I am going to take a look at the Kodak Zi8, which I recently purchased with a gift card I received from [...]

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Gear Games Update: Playstation Network / Qriocity Status Update

Image courtesy of Penny Arcade A few days ago I updated the status of the Sony PSN / Qriocity outage. Today we have some more data … and not much of it is good. Let’s get right to what we know: Hackers claim to have the credit card info for millions of PSN users. Sony [...]

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Review: Lowepro Compuday Photo 250 Backpack

I love gear bags, especially backpacks. The great thing about a gear bag is that I can carry more of my stuff. I have a backpack for my DSLR as well as a backpack for my MacBook and all of the items that go with it. Just the other day we took a short family [...]

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Android Phone Accessory Review: PowerSkin Battery Case for MyTouch 4G

Battery life continues to be the bane of smartphones. The technology hasn’t significantly improved in quite some time, which is problematic because the power and functionality of the small devices has increased exponentially. This results in some state-of-the-art devices with battery life that can only be described as horrific. There are a few options for [...]

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Hulu+ Arrives on XBOX Live Today! Hooray or Meh?

Hulu+ is available on your Mac or PC, your set top box such as the Roku we have (but alas not Apple TV), your iPhone or iPad, and your Playstation 3. With the computer devices you can use the ‘standard version’ for free but gain much greater access to programming with the $7.99 monthly fee. [...]

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GD Quickie: HBO NO! A Rant in Pictures

HBO GO for iOS is live and available for free in the App Store. It is awesome. You can watch HBO movies on the go. You can watch some of HBO’s amazing series. (I am totally into Game of Thrones!) You can watch HBO comedy, you know, the ones where the funny people don’t need [...]

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Gear Games News: Avadon the Black Fortress for PC Coming Monday May 2nd!

If you read my review for the Mac version of Avadon: The Black Fortress and thought ‘hey, I have a PC, when will THAT version be available?’, now you have an answer! As a reminder, here is what I said: One thing I didn’t mention is the length of Avadon. I would estimate it at [...]

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Review: ToddyGear Smart Cloths

Did you know the average American family now owns 24 electronic devices? Yup, 24 devices and guess how many of them are covered with smudges, grime and… worse? Pretty much all of them. And when germs are mixed in with the smudges watch out since it has been shown that germs can live on touch [...]

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PlayStation Vita Game System Review – Part I

Gamers gain a more robust mobile console experience with the PlayStation Vita versions using Wi-Fi/3G or Wi-Fi only online capabilities plus a rear touchpad, two analog sticks and a sharp OLED display.

BANG! Your Lights Are Out

Back in the days when I was on the look out for the “perfect tablet” (in other words, before I [...]

RIP Eugene Polley, Inventor of the TV Remote at 96

Image courtesy of Wikipedia I remember reading an article about 25 years or so ago! on how everything wired was [...]

Get a Droid RAZR 16GB 4G LTE Plus $25 Apps Plus $40 Credit Plus Double Data

AmazonWireless had the 16 GB Droid RAZR for just $0.01 with new two year contract. Thatnis pretty amazing considering the [...]

Windows XP’s “Bliss” Background: A Blissful Happenstance

Most people who have been using PCs in the past decade or so have doubtless seen this image, the default [...]

Google Music Pre-Summer One-Day $2.99 Album Sale!

Google Music is having a cool one-day ‘pre-summer’ sale with a bunch of albums for $2.99, including Daft Punk, Smashing [...]