Robert Palmer’s Clickster is a superb free music player, MP3 music download client and Shoutcast stream recorder in one small package. What makes it different, and really interesting, is the fact that it searches and downloads music from the Web, not via P2P or any other type of sharing network. The result is that it’s very very fast, you can play music tracks directly from their location without downloading if you want, and Robert says because it’s not file sharing in the traditional sense, it’s legit….
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Country Calling Codes – simple easy country code finder
The Country Calling Codes service gets a mention because it’s got a cute little graphical interface and it’s very useful if you make a lot of international telephone calls. You need more…? Tags: country+calling+codes, telephone
Read MoreFresh Logic Atlas – beautifully executed map application
Fresh Logic’s Atlas is a beautifully designed mapping application with all the trimmings you could want. It’s based around Microsoft Virtual Earth, but goes way beyond just another Google Maps clone. The navigation and interface are fabulous and the basic detail is fine – albeit still too US centric, needs much more international material – but it’s the little things that make it work. For example you can log a GPS device or phone with the system and enjoy a real time…
Read MoreIogear USB Speaker Phone – talk to me, Nathan
The Iogear USB Speaker Phone is the perfect conference call gizmo for people who need to talk and speak, and pace and salivate all at the same time. It is, however, totally useless for those who just want to huddle over laptops in darkened rooms playing World of Warcraft Bambi Edition. But you knew that didn’t you? $59.95. IOGEAR’s novel USB Speaker Phone is a high quality and portable USB device with DSP voice processing technologies. It is designed for Internet telephony applications…
Read MoreWenger Giant Swiss Army Knife – get a bigger pocket if you must…
The Wenger Giant Swiss Army Knife is probably one product that you shouldn’t try to carry onto your next flight to Cuba. It’s not just that the security people will think you’re bat brained insane. It’s also the problem of what to do with your sagging empty pocket once they’ve confiscated the thing and are marching you off to an appointment with a surgical rubber glove. Nope, far better to leave it at home with grandma and the ten Rottweiller pups. £499.95. An ideal…
Read MoreOpenMoko Neo 1973 – world’s first open source mobile phone
The OpenMoko Neo 1973 is billed as the world’s first and only open source mobile phone. The idea is to create a cell phone platform that is completely open and free from proprietary technology and licensing. This is definitely a Good Thing for customers. This new Linux based development handset is priced at $300.00 and contains a 2.8” colour touchscreen, integrated AGPS (‘faux’ GPS type location technology), 2.5 G quad band, Bluetooth and a MicroSD slot. In other words it’s not…
Read MoreFive Cool and Free Browser Tools – life enhancing and wallet friendly
Five cool free web browser tools for you to enjoy. Loki. Firefox and IE location tool which gives you a shed load of useful information on things like shops, dining and entertainment based on your location at the time. A very clever and potentially very useful tool. Check out the Plundr game too. InFormEnter. Semi automatic form filler. Simple but works well to save you time. NetJaxer. Turn Web 2.0 sites into menu and taskbar icons. Great way to get fast access…
Read MoreRockstar Table Tennis coming to the Nintendo Wii – serve, smash, ace
Whoa, so Rockstar’s Table Tennis game is due to reach the Nintendo Wii later this year? Now that’s a marriage which is made in gaming heaven. And so much easier than fitting a full sized table in your front room, eh? “Ever since we released Table Tennis, fans have been asking us to create a Wii version,” said Sam Houser, Founder and Executive Producer of Rockstar Games. “By bringing Table Tennis to the Wii and utilizing the motion-sensitive Wii Remote, a new…
Read MoreFree laptops with Orange Broadband – get ’em while they’re hot
Want a free notebook computer? Just sign up to the Orange Broadband service for 24 months at £14.99 a month from PC World, and they’ll give you a free Advent laptop worth £300.00. Sounds like a pretty sweet deal, doesn’t it? Of course 24 months is a long time to be stuck with an ISP, especially if things go wrong. But just think of it as paying for the laptop to get free broadband and it might feel better. Next week, free web servers with…
Read MoreClimate Change Tracker – depress yourself with a fun interactive chart
The good folk at the Co-Operative Bank in the UK have come up with a free interactive Climate Change Tracker which you can use to see just how underwater, boiled, polluted or simply stuffed things will be over the next few decades. To be honest it’s not that impressive – the stats are too rough and limited, so there’s no real oooh factor – but the idea is sound. Now if only we could figure out how to save the…
Read MoreHiVox Stress Relieving Wrist Band – peace at last?
The HiVox Stress Relieving Wrist Band uses biofeedback techniques to ‘improve sleep time and quality’. Hmm…why do we have the feeling that a dusty copy of War and Peace might accomplish the same thing for a sight less money? $79.95. This biofeedback device can provide natural relief for stress without the use of medication because it gently massages and stimulates the pressure points located at the inner left wrist, helping to improve sleep time and quality. Similar to acupuncture, but without needles, the…
Read MoreBeverage Buggy – the little car that can can
The Beverage Buggy is a remote controlled car that can hold two cans of mundane or exotic drinkular substances. Quite what happens after that is anyone’s guess, but it probably involves batteries, perilous routes from the kitchen and far too many malodorous sock obstacles. $37.46. Put one or two cups, cans or bottles into the sporty Beverage Buddy and use the radio control to make your delivery. Requires 9V and 4 AA batteries. 13″ long. Tags: beverage+buggy, remote+control, toy
Read MoreDevice Nine Six – engrave your precioussses
Device Nine Six offers custom engraving for your precious little gadget. Frankly if you’re that sad that you need to add something like this to a piece of plastic and metal which is probably already obsolete, well then the two of you deserve each other. No really. Prices range from $20 for an iPod Shuffle to $85.00 for a large laptop design. Not sure how you get the laptop to them, but we’ve got the feeling it probably involves parking…
Read MorePower Football – online multiplayer soccer market grows
Power Football. Isn’t that typical? You wait around all day for an online multiplayer soccer game and then a bunch of them arrive at the same time. Tsk. Anyway, this one has a different playscape than United Soccer, where everyone controls just one player each. In Power Football you run/play a whole team against other player teams from around the world. The two games offer completely different playing dynamics, and to be honest I can’t really say if one is better than…
Read MoreHow to optimize your video for YouTube – let’s get it right peeps
How to optimize your video for YouTube. Says it all really. Here’s another tutorial too, which means no excuses for not getting it right next time you upload clips of Rover in the park. Or whateve. R. And just to make your job a little easier, here’s four video to Flash converters I’ve tried that work (lots don’t, believe me!). All of them offer full free try before you buy versions (Super is free permanently). Flash Video MX. $49.95. Converts…
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