This Russian SUV conversion goes to show that where there’s a will – and a 13.6 ton armoured personnel carrier – there’s a way. You wouldn’t want to travel large distances in this though, would you? Not at 3 inches to the gallon or whatever it does. The mechanical gear stick was replaced with electronic joystick which is connected to electro driven gear box. Now they can switch the gears as easy as on a video game, before one had to have a huge muscle…
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Aviary – beautifully ambitious online creative suite promises much…
Aviary is a beautifully designed and very ambitious online suite of creative applications covering everything from image editing to desktop publishing. It comes from the Worth1000 people (who do those fabulous Photoshop contests) so the pedigree is very cool. I say ambitious because the suite includes apps like video editors, wordprocessing and even a font editor, so it’s likely that this is going to take time to build out. The first application is Phoenix, the image editor, which although still a…
Read MoreeBuzzing – new pay to blog service. like. recommend. earn? Hmm…
eBuzzing. Hmm…well it’s a new version of an old concept. Advertisers pay bloggers to recommend products. PayPerPost redux? Just for the record I think this stuff is not a valuable addition to the blogging community. Yes bloggers take advertising, yes we respond to valuable PR, yes we can be commercial/pro operations and don’t necessarily have to be totally amateur status to retain credibility (although I do think that those blogs which have avoided any adverts or commercial sponsorship like Bifurcated Rivets, Presurfer, RobotWisdom2 and…
Read MoreLingoes – super impressive dictionary and translation freeware
Lingoes. Lovely freeware dictionary and language translation program. Comes with a bunch of useful features like clipboard translate, right mouse click access for immediate translation/definition of any word or phrase, and the ability to download and install a large number of add-on dictionaries in different languages as well as English. Super nice package all round. Recommended. # Cross translation over 80 languages # Text translation over 22 languages # Ctrl + Right mouse button key for the cursor translation #…
Read MoreMultifunction Card Reader – clock, thermometer, memory card reader…what talent
Multifunctional USB Card Reader. It’s a clock, it’s a thermometer, it’s a strange bit of plastic which also reads multiple types of memory card. Slightly confused? Probably. $15.00. Digital Clock and Thermometer are equipped # Dustproofed triangular design # No Adaptor required in M2/miniSD/micro SD (T-Flash )Cards # Supports auto-detecting slot with card inserted # Fully support USB 2.0 # High-speed transfer rate up to 480Mb/sec # Supports SDHC (4GB-32GB) Memory Cards # Support Windows Vista / XP / 2000…
Read MoreThe iClone Shootout – five iPhone phonies, a camera, and some interesting conclusions
Ladies and gentlemen, in the blue corner the world famous iPhone, iconic symbol of democracy and the new millennium. And in the red corner, China. Yep, 1.3 billion souls beavering away in factories to destroy civilisation as we know it and trash our treasured way of life. OK, enough already. So I thought it would be interesting to check out a sample of five iPhone clones to see whether they are worth your time, money and pocket space. The results were unsurprising in…
Read MoreDoubleTwist – cool way to share, convert and sync your multimedia between devices and the web
DoubleTwist. Heh, DVD Jon is back, and he’s carrying more gifts. This new service is a neat freeware desktop application which you can use to convert, share and manage all of your disparate digital media stuff. You do have disparate digital media stuff, right? Ah good. OK, so the clever thing is the sync between an online storage space of your own, and the desktop app which is the control panel. There’s also a cool conversion system in the background…
Read MoreBuzzShed – get paid to watch videos
BuzzShed. Oh yes, here we go again. Sign up for this doozy and get paid 30c to watch various videos. And to make it feel more at home, there’s a nice Digg-like voting scheme in place to push videos up or down the rankings. Ah well, it sure beats working for a living. Well actually it doesn’t, but that’s another story, eh? And now for the twist! BuzzShed is more than just social bookmarking for videos. Some BuzzShed members are in fact advertisers that pay…
Read MoreFakeBuddy – we will remember your birthday
FakeBuddy. Free fake friend will send you emails containing lots of fun things to keep you amused. For a $5.95 fee you get to choose your buddy from the list of available souls and they’ll personalise your emails to make it even more ‘intimate’. Wow. You’d probably do as well to check out the free Global Penfriends site, if you’re in the market for company. Get a Fake Buddy for free! Your fake buddy will send you emails* filled with fun, tips, and occasional random thoughts throughout…
Read MoreFloppy Disk Drive with 7-in-1 Card Reader – retro fit that combo memory tech, boy
Floppy Disk Drive with 7–in-1 Card Reader. Weird combination of old and new. A 3.5 inch plug-in floppy disk drive unit complete with a memory card reader installed. So..ah..you can transfer all your ancient floppy borne banking details to your digital camera SD card in a snap. Or something. Um…didn’t they make floppy disks illegal a few years back? Out of sheer embarrassment? £19.99. • Read and Write major flash memory cards and floppy discs from one 3.5 inch bay! •…
Read MoreWebasto Thermo Top E Parking Heater – warm up your parked car via cell phone and stay cosy
Webasto Thermo Top E Parking Heater. It’s one of those ideas which seems obvious enough, but rarer than rocking horse droppings. A car heater which runs off a tiny amount of fuel and which heats up the car before you get in it. No it doesn’t start up the engine like the BMW pre-heat system, it’s actually a fully self-contained unit which can be switched on remotely via voice, SMS or timer. We’re talking 4.2 kW and max 60 minute heat…
Read MoreWoosim 3 inch Waterproof Mobile Printer – splash happy printouts at last?
This Woosim 3 Inch Waterproof Printer currently doesn’t appear to have a name, price or even purpose in life. But it leaves us with many questions, does it not children? Like, why waterproof? Why a small LCD screen and not a big colour DVD compatible lushout? And why orange and not pink polka dots? These and more questions will, no doubt, be answered soon. Although judging by the two chaps doing some sort of…ahem…dodgy deal in the car, probably too…
Read MoreCalibrize – cool freeware helps you calibrate your monitor in three easy steps
Calibrize. Nice new piece of freeware lets you calibrate your computer screen for colour and brightness and gamma and stuff. Dead easy to use, 3 minutes tops, and it certainly seems to have improved my viewing pleasure. Hey, it’s free too (advertising supported) so how cool is that? Download and enjoy. Calibrize is free software that helps you to calibrate the colors of your monitor in three simple steps. Just download the software and follow the procedure to generate a reliable color…
Read MoreConcert TV – classic live concert music moves online
Concert TV. Classic live music tracks delivered in a rather small window, but some good stuff on there nonetheless. K.D.Lang, Joss Stone, The Allman Brothers, something for everyone. Fun stuff! Tags: concert+tv, live+music
Read MoreUnyverse – the mobile wiki platform
Unyverse. Billed as a mobile wiki platform. What this means is you can export and manage all sorts of data using your mobile phone and the clever downloadable Java software. I haven’t yet quite worked out if the wiki bit is really relevant or if it’s just a trendy label to differentiate the service from all the other community type mobile data portals. Lots of cut and paste, lots of handset compatibility. One to watch, maybe. Unyverse was founded in…
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