Remember when you were a kid and there was something that was just so cool that you absolutely had to have it? Even going so far as risking the ire of your parents as a result of your nagging, sulking and crying? Well, we’ve found something that would probably get the same reaction from grown [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Ping Monitor Gadget, Monitor Domains, IP Addresses
Is my website up or down, is it responsive or is it taking to long to load? Those are questions that every webmaster needs to ask from time to time. The best way to find out is to use monitoring tools that connect to the website, server, domain or IP address regularly. You find lots [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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PwrDrain Gadget Display Realtime Battery Use
Mobile users have to keep an eye on the battery level of their device when they use it without connection to a direct power source. If they do not it can happen that the device runs out of power in the least appropriate moment, for instance during a presentation, meeting or when replying to an [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Yoggie PICO Personal Mobile Security Computer
Taking security out of the hands of the average user is a good way of increasing system security. That’s my opinion on the matter, the greatest security risk is most of the time the human sitting in front of the computer. The Yoggie Pico is a security device with 13 security applications in USB format that runs Linux and handles all network traffic of the computer.
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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NEC Dew Camera Prototype
The world’s largest computer expo Cebit which dated from 15. March to 21. March and held in Hannover, Germany saw some astonishingly creative gadget prototypes which were introduced to consumers and companies for the first time. One of the prototype gadgets caught my eye immediately. Nec called it the Dew Camera which is basically a wearable camera that constantly records moments in your daily experience.
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Ever wanted to have a keyless door ? Here is one
You see keyless doors all the time on tv, in series like 24 and alias for instance and every movie in which the military plays a part. They never have normal doors, they use keyless doors that work either by using fingerprints to identify the person and grant / deny access or keycards to do the same. It still sounds a lot like science fiction and I bet you never seen something like this on your neighbors door – so, why not be the first one who has this kind of device ?