The Teltonika 3G/GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA USB Modem has kind of got it all covered, mobile speed wise. Let’s face it, if you plug this puppy into your computer and still can’t get high speed data access, you’d better leave the island. Mac and PC and supports more than one SIM card, which could be very useful. £193.88. Teltonika ModemUSB/H1.8 provides global wireless access to the Internet and e-mail and on HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) capable UMTS networks. With download speeds…
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Sandboxie – the anti-malware buffer zone for your PC
Sandboxie is a nifty piece of freeware which shields your hard disk from any and all malevolent intent. It’s kind of like running a cache buffer zone which stops malware installing itself on your disk. Run a program or your browser in a Sandboxie zone and when you’re finished you can just delete the zone and start again fresh. Anything that was downloaded or installed during the session is wiped out. The idea is great, especially if you spend a…
Read MoreExosolar – the stars at night
Exosolar is a pretty nice online star map with a lot of detail and infinitely customisable views. A perfect way to spend the afternoon travelling light years away from home. Tags: exosolar, star+map
Read MoreTubes – send photos to your Mom’s screensaver
Tubes. Tubes lets you set up a simple and automatic file sharing link between remote computers, so you can share stuff with anyone instantly. Just in time for Mother’s Day, the company has released a screencast which shows how you can share your photos with Mom by setting up a Tubes link on her laptop. Download the software, set it up and when you get back home drag and drop your latest images onto the application to share. Wow, amazing. It means…
Read MoreDarth Vader Phone – let the voice be with you
The Darth Vader Phone. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, you’ve got to admit that the Star Wars franchise – and boy is it a franchise – really does mean business. It never lets up, does it? And here’s the latest in the collection. A normal (!) home phone which plays the Imperial Death March every time a call comes in. Da-da-de-da-da-de-da-da-de-dum. Personally I’d hook it up to a Magic Ringtone and have it play Judy Garland instead, but what do…
Read MoreMagic Ringtone – change your home phone ringtone to any MP3
The RM-200 Magic Ringtone MP3 lets you use any MP3 track as your incoming home phone ringtone. You download the song or audio file to the device using your PC and USB port, then plug your landline phone into the back. Bingo, your own sounds, man. Like it, nice idea. $12.00. The Magic Ringtone MP3 ringer gives you the ability to use any MP3 file as your incoming ring on your home phone! Load your favorite song and you’ll hear it every…
Read MoreRota-Rota Hub and Card Reader – plug and playa
The Rota-Rota USB Hub & Card Reader. A twofer. Slick little rotating USB hub (not too sure about this fashion for rotating peripherals, but whateva) combined with a 5–in-1 memory card reader. $17.00. Dinky. USB Rota-Rota Hub + Card Reader is a perfect special hub that its ports can be rotated to 90 degree separately for users to adjust the angles of different ports. The ports can be rotated back to original place to become a small cube which…
Read MoreAskAnOwner – get help from users themselves
Ask An Owner is a pretty cool idea. Get help, support and advice from the actual users of products, rather than just ‘experts’ per se. Of course it relies on a large collection of product owners to make it work, but the basic premise is really sound. Post a question, and receive an email notification of a reply within hours from someone who owns the product you’re asking about and has the answer. And it seems to work. Excellent. (See…
Read MoreSeeqPod – dynamic music search
SeeqPod is billed as ‘playable search’, which reflects the fact that a rolling list of live searches features right there on the front page before you’ve done anything in the actual search box. The other neat feature is the fact that you’re given a choice of video (YouTube) or MP3 audio in nice onscreen players as part of your search results, and you can even save playlists. One of the best music search engines I’ve seen for a while. SeeqPod’s…
Read MoreFreshly Baked USB Drives – yummy, more data Ma
These Freshly Baked USB Drives look good enough to eat, don’t they? Just one more example of the dangers of dabbling in fast food, folks. Available in capacities up to 2GB and with 10 years data retention baked in (sorry couldn’t resist). Different to the traditional dull-looking USB drives, “Freshly Baked” is a kind of Mini-bread Quintessence. It’s more than a USB drive, but integrates both practicability and aesthetics –a killingly adorable gift arousing our five senses. Thanks to the “Freshly…
Read MoreAnti-Violence Shock Gun – come quietly or…um… else
The Anti-Violence Electrode Shock Gun. There’s something charmingly poetic about describing this as an anti-violence product, isn’t there? Considering the fact that you couldn’t pack more…ahem…’non-lethal’ violence into a handheld device if you tried. Check it – 30KV electronic pulse for incapacitating someone at 3 metres through 1 inch of clothing Pepper powder cartridge for causing extreme discomfort at up to 5 metres Rubber bullet cartridge, 15 metre range Paint bullet for marking naughty people at a distance Stun gun…
Read MoreMolteni Stove – the ultimate boiled egg machine
Molteni 145 Evolution. Think you’ve got a fancy cooker at home? Think again. We’re talking professional grade craftsmanship and a price with so many zeros it’ll make your eyes water more than the onions. Eat that, Mrs Jones. Designed with the professional in mind, MOLTENI stoves are hand made, one piece at a time, with a solid steel structure ensuring extreme sturdiness and a nearly endless life cycle. It conveys power and strength through such details as the solid supporting…
Read MoreSky Cycle – the scariest ride in the world?
The Sky Cycle. Take one rickety looking pedal cart thing, attach it to an impossibly high and very thin track, strap people into it with a single seat belt and you’ve got the recipe for what looks like the worst experience on earth. And lets not talk about wind, shall we? PS. I suspect the pretty pink baskets on the handlebars are to catch your heart when it literally thumps its way out of your chest. [Thanks Daniel] Tags: sky+cycle, funfair+ride
Read MoreHD Tune – check on your hard disk health for free
HD Tune is a freeware hard disk diagnosis and benchmarking utility for Windows which is pretty cool. You can use it to check on the health of your disk, keep an eye on its temperature and even show the performance of your disk in graphical form. It’s one of those little utilities that could be very useful if you suspect that your disk is on its way out. The company also makes a similar utility for flash drives but it’s not free….
Read MoreMindMeister – brilliant mind mapper for the web
MindMeister is a superb free online mind/project mapping cum outliner service. If you’ve every used an outliner, you’ll know how fab they are for bashing down ideas whilst putting them in some sort of logical order. This service puts all that power onto the web, and more. The interface is excellent, clear and easy to use, and the feature set is also top notch. You can get a project map up and running literally in seconds, and the collaborative feature…
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