Dexrex is a rather clever freeware tool for archiving your instant messaging and SMS chats. It’s a hosted online application, which integrates with your IM clients via a set of downloadable plugins. Just download, install and start up MSN, AIM, Skype or whatever and the chat will be recorded and stored to the Dexrex servers automatically. You can import old conversations (via a Java applet) and once your chats are stored you have full search facilities available to locate stuff…
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Ferret posts this week
Here’s a quick round-up of Ferrety posts from the past week for anyone who missed them. Enjoy. Exra Electromagnetic Cockroach Expeller – check your friends out of the motel poste haste – This Electro-Magnetic Cockroach… NetChess – online multiplayer chess for free – NetChess. Freeware chess game that… FlyTunes – portable music service for the iPhone – FlyTunes. Free online music… AlertMe House Security Pack – peace of mind for the unfeasibly paranoid – The AlertMe House Security Pack… Mark…
Read MoreMicro-Vett Doblo Electric Vehicle – electric powered MPV features decent looks and specs at last
The Micro-Vett Doblo Electric Vehicle looks reasonably decent and, wonder of wonders, comes with a fairly decent set of specifications too. It seats five including the driver, has a top speed of 120 km/h and a range of around 150 km in the city. The standard batteries charge up in 5 to 8 hours depending on the charger used. OK, so it’s not a perfect all-round vehicle, but we’re getting there. Slowly. Here’s a video showing a super fast 10…
Read MoreSamson G-Track USB Condenser Microphone – upmarket sound grabber also grabs the eye
This Samson G-Track USB Condenser Microphone looks pretty cool, in a retro ‘more serious than you think’ kind of way. It’s also billed as the first USB condenser mic to come with a built-in audio interface and mixer. Just plug your instruments into the base and sing along with your playing. The mic ships with Cakewalk’s Sonar LE software, and all the necessary cables. $39.99. [Whoops…$129.00…sorry] The G-Track allows you to record vocals like a standard USB mic, or two mono…
Read MoreSqish Satellite Aerial – now you see it, now you….
The Sqish Satellite Aerial is a little bit different. For one it comes with an optional Sqishoflage sticker. Send them a photo of your wall or other place where you’re going to attach the thing and the company will create a sticker which will hide it from fussy neighbours. Plus it doesn’t look like a boring grey dish, it’s more like a boring square thingie. From £149.00. [Thanks Dan] You can make your Sqish even more discreet by adding a sqishoflage…
Read MoreOlympus Stylus 1030SW – one super tough digicam
The Olympus Stylus 1030SW digital camera features 10 megapixel resolution, is waterproof down to 33 feet, can withstand drops from 6 inches and is just about temperature indifferent. Oh and it uses XD cards for storage and has a 3.6 x optical zoom. You need more? $499.95. The camera resists up to 220 lbs. of pressure, thanks to its rugged metal body encased in a frame pressure-sealed with rubber gaskets to prevent penetration from water, sand, dirt, and dust. A…
Read MoreiPhone ChocoCase – silicone phone case with screen protector
iPhone ChocoCase. Huh? A silicone case and screen protector combo for the iPhone that comes in the form of a chocolate bar? Huh? What on earth were these people drinking? $29.99. Tags: iphone+chococase, screen+protector, mobile+phone
Read MoreSafeManuals – 800,000 product manuals online for your happiness
SafeManuals. A heap of downloadable PDF manuals for gadgets, electronic products and assorted appliances. If you can’t find something, perhaps you can upload a manual yourself and help the database grow. Pretty cool stuff. Internet is filled with information, scattered in no particular order. SafeManuals tries to partially solve this problem by allowing everyone to find user manuals from all manufacturers in one place. They are not always available on the manufacturer site, and some of them only offer manuals…
Read MoreInSuggest – fast simple Flickr image and site finder
InSuggest. A new online Flickr image and site finder which works through a clever graphical drag and drop interface. Select a site or image that you like and the service will serve up a selection of similar material based on the likes of other users. It’s no Stumbleupon and nothing is as fast as a standard text link search, but it’s quite nicely done and the UI is impressively slick. Worth a look. Images insuggest is a fun way to browse images from Flickr. Select a…
Read More3 in 1 Data Docking Tray – the little enclosure that could…
This 3–in-1 Data Docking Tray promises to free you from all external enclosure indecision for ever more. Just plug this puppy into your USB port and slot in what you need, as you need it. Want a 4 slot card reader? Easy peasy. Need four more USB ports? No problemo. Desiring of an external hard disk? Here ya go. Isn’t flexible plug and play a wonderful thing? $69.00. This 3-in-1 Data Tray Docking comes with THREE different 2.5″ external enclosures of…
Read MoreUSB Typing Xmas Tree – at least your fingers will know when it’s the right season
This USB Typing Xmas Tree is interesting not just because it was sent into us in JUNE, fer Pete’s sake, but also because the lights glow only when you start typing. The faster you type the more lights you get. Stop typing and you’ll sit there in the dark. Or something. OK, now get back to your swimwear and sun block. 4 color LED light up control by keyboard type type faster and more light up, stop type and slowly go…
Read MoreTest Tube Digital Clock – fake Nixie affronts the senses, pleases the wallet
Test Tube Digital Clock. Straight from the depths of the ‘inevitable rip-off tech’ department, eh? There’s no way that the clone makers wouldn’t leap onto the beautiful Nixie clock phenomenon and produce a fake for a fraction of the price. Yes it’s nasty, no it won’t improve your street cred, and yes it’s only $75.00. Your call, Mr Aesthete. Digital clock with red LED which are embedded inside a transparent test tube. Its special design with a wooden stand could…
Read MoreOutwit Hub Web Harvester – freeware web scraper delivers search to your home
Outwit Hub is a freeware web scraper tool that claims to make the search and storage of information efficient and easy. The idea is you set up your search and let this browser plugin separate out the different components of the data into images, text, links etc to make it easier to navigate. Not only that but you can export it to spreadsheets and other database type structures for later assimilation. In practice we found this product to be promising but…
Read MoreSpectra Thrane Mobile BGAN – the DIY take anywhere mobile broadband network
The Spectra Thrane Mobile BGAN System delivers a resilient, high speed broadband network to vehicles on the move. Yep, you too can have your very own private broadband network as you travel around the world’s deserts (or suburbs, which is almost the same thing, no?). Distribute voice, video and data from vehicle to vehicle via WiFi after sucking down the satellite signal you need. You’ll get around 432kbps for your $20,250.00, which is not bad value eh? The system uses…
Read MoreOrigami V12 Engine – the ultimate green machine?
This Origami V12 Engine is a work of paper art, no question. Crafted out of 1978 pieces of paper and bits, runs off 2 x AA batteries and the kit plans and printout can be bought for around C$64.99 plus shipping. The videos are pretty awesome. The D.I.Y. Kit Includes Some electrical wires, some little wood sticks, 12 mini switches, 12 red LEDs, a special motor, a battery holder with switch, a resistor, a CD-ROM (a PDF file with 575…
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