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Father’s Day is coming

Philip Nowlan — Mon, 25 May 2009 21:41:25 +0000

I always find it hard to buy my dad a nice simple gift for Father's Day, but this year I have an extra selection of gift ideas to peruse at Cufflinks.com. They have everything from the almost ordinary to the completely unique.

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iPopperz, Headphone or fashion accessory

Philip Nowlan — Mon, 25 May 2009 13:00:59 +0000

iPopperz are an earbud/ ear-canal headphone with added decoration. That sounds like a negative comment, but it's not as they do not detract from the other. I have been using the headphones I was supplied with for a week on my PC for music, my laptop for Skype and on my Zune for music.

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What A Camera!

Philip Nowlan — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:46:12 +0000

Here's a gadget that will compete with the $7000 Vertu Phone. This $100,000 camera shoots video at 1000fps and 1280 x 1024 pixels to produce Super Slow Motion HD footage. The clip below was shot using this camera in a Rudi Diesel designed and built underwater housing.

Click here to view the embedded video.

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It’s Broadband Jim, but not as we know it…

Philip Nowlan — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:21:21 +0000

Here in the UK Virgin Media have announced a trial of 200Mb Broadband. In a Press Release they are claiming it is the fastest of its kind in the world.

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Dell Remote Access

Philip Nowlan — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:06:02 +0000

At first glance Dell Remote Access looks like any other remote access product on the market. You open a portal Page, my.dellremoteaccess.com, login and you will see a list of the devices on the same network as the computer running Dell Remote Access.

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