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For the last couple of weeks I have been using a five socket Surge Strip, that has a rather nice plus in that it is also a UPS. The size is only slightly thicker than a conventional surge strip.
Now this has to be the best addition I have made to my kitchen in years - my only grumble - I should have bought the bigger one!
George Foreman's Lean Mean Fat Reducing Grilling Machine really packs a punch in my kitchen - living well up to its brand reputation. It all started when my mother came for Christmas and noticed that faint smell of gas that I had been trying to ignore.
Like one good book, everyone has one good gadget in them. But how do you take that idea and turn it into a new, commercial product? Here's some tips on how to go forward.
Not yet available on open market as SIM-free (SHAME), but available from Orange on contract.
Bought myself a Belkin Wireless PDA Keyboard which has already proved usefull in 2 meetings.
It is compatible with HP iPAQ, Toshiba, Dell, Palm, Sony and my Viewsonic.
After the initial problems of working it out I've been pleased with it.
It also looks cool when you turn up to a meeting and you really can take minutes of a meeting on your PDA.
With its Root8Cyclone action, you really need to make sure your carpet is fixed firmly down before you decide to use this vacuum wizard!
For those of you who are regular readers, you may recall
. Well, sadly after
over 4 years of service it finally died on the 8th January. my article about my DC04 So off i went to my local electrical store and we decided to buy a
basic DC07 model with the Root Cyclone action, which effectively gives
greater cleaning ability than any vacuum I have come across.
After several years using a previous Philips MP3/CD player I was quite excited to buy this new one - and hoping for even slight improvements in the skip control logic. I was quite surprised by the results.
This inkjet offering gives reasonable print speed for text and very good image output as well as excellent speed.
I have long used a gang socket to control my computer with a single switch. These days I use a surge protection switch that has other advantages.
A web cam is a web cam right? Well perhaps not always, in fact several have the ability to store images inside their own memory away from the PC, some can even store sound and by that you know they can also record video.
I've finally bought a new laptop to replace my excellent but aging Toshiba. After reviewing quite a few options the only real choice was the Dell Inspiron 5150. The price performance can't be beat - in theory at least. I was a little nervous about whether it would live up to my expectations!
Regular readers will have known this was coming and may I suggest this could well be the first treat of Christmas, even better if you combine it with the HP 945 camera.
Unless you are convinced that either + or will prevail then a dual format drive is the only way to go. This unit costs around £100 with a sample or each media and a decent software bundle.
Just over a week ago I finished my review of a 5mega pixel camera, here I looking at a 640x480 unit, however for what it is it takes rather good images.
Those looking for a mouse that is just a little bit different from the standard rodent might like to consider the PocketMouse Pro. This wireless mouse, from the Kensington Technology Group, can store its receiver inside its own body when it is not in use.
Digital cameras, voice recorders, PDAs and MPEG players are all popular devices that make use of some form of flash media cards to store data. Unfortunately, due to the various formats adopted by this type of storage, problems can arise when attempting to transfer data between these devices and a computer.
The second installment relating to the Apple Ipod...
If you have read PArt 1 you will know that i had a Firewire card to install in order to use the Ipod.....installing the card couldn't have been easier. Plug and play with Xp..very easy. Plugged in the docking station via the firewire lead and plugged the Ipod into the station. First bit of good news was that it charges the Ipod from the docking station. having read the manual this seemed not to be the case but thankfully was.
What is small, silver in colour and has a 3D feature? This is not a trick question and Ill even answer my own question. It is the Optio S4 camera from Pentax.
Some recent PCs have a TV card normally provided at a price here you can have one for less than £30, you also get Teletext, Window in Windows and a personal PVR.
5.3 Mega Pixel, 8x optical zoom, these two items alone should be enough to encourage any keen camera user to read on.
Apple Ipod? You must have heard of it? Well following a long seduction process from press and media i have taken the plunge...
I received a text from home on Wednesday lunchtime informing me that my 'pea-pod' (what it is with women?) had been delivered. I drove home with the wind at my back...new toys and all that. Opened the box and WOW. The Ipod looks good on telly and in magazines but is even better in the flesh...smaller and lighter than i was expecting..feels only slightly heavier that my phone (T610) and is a bit wider.
Little did I think six weeks ago when I reviewed a couple of 8 in 1 card readers that the one missing component would be available so quickly.
They may have started life as basic devices but now keyboards and mice have definitely moved on a stage or even several stages. An example of this transformation can be seen with Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop kit.
I attend a number of presentations and events during the year and occasionally you are given a small gift, sometimes a flashing pen or even a shoulder bag, normally whatever it is, is emblazoned with the company logo. However last week as I was leaving an event one of this nameless companys employees handed me a 30x20x32cm box.
A mousepad is a mousepad right? Wrong, lots of colours, designs, shapes and sizes but all doing more or less the same job? Wrong, they provide somewhere to allow you to control the mouse cursor to move around the screen right? Right but
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Perhaps the ultimate gadget, something to get you from A to B and then even to C and D. The latest versions of Auto Route and Route Planner probably the most popular packages of their type in the UK.
With more and more devices now connecting to USB ports the available ones soon fill up, if you have a modern machine with a couple of ports on the front changing items need not result in a slipped disc, however more access to ports is still important.
A beautiful phone and in the top three of the 'T3' poll for gadget of the year i beleive...
I have always had Nokia phones and to be honest although i like the interface and menu's the designs and functions can get a bit boring...(the new 6600 is emphatically excused from that statement). For my latest upgrade i took a wild card and, having read Donato's review, went for a T610.
Any visiting H G Wells type time-traveller would think that humanity was suffering from an epidemic of violent ear-ache. Everywhere you go people have a hand to their ear as if to relieve pain and seem oblivious to their surroundings. Of course it is a case of mobile phone-itus that is the cause rather than ear-ache although having to listen to outbreaks of various ring tones and loud one-sided conversations could induce pain in the ear. Still we love mobile phones and all the new features they bring.
Up until recently I would never have associated the Korean company
LG with mobile phones. This ignorance was due to the fact that LG had
ignored the UK market when it came to this type of device. This
situation has now changed as LG is looking to increase its market share
of 5.2% that it has built up in other areas of the world.
This is a somewhat different MP3 player, the neck strap has volume and track controls built into it, change them by just pressing the fabric of the strap.
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