This new Shuttle XS35 is a mere 3.3 cm thick and yet contains an Intel Dual Core Atom processor, a chunky 3D/HD Nvidia graphics card and an HDMI connector for hooking up to your flat screen TV. Add in your choice of 2.5 inch hard disk and you’ve got a pretty cool unit for the living room Internety stuff through television game. The Shuttle Barebone XS35 is a Mini-PC in the 1-litre class which, thanks to its shape and the…
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NetSetMan – freeware lets you switch between network settings instantly
If you find it a hassle to switch your computer between network settings for different locations like home, office, mobile etc, then you should take a look at NetSetMan. This cool freeware program gives you the option to set up 5 different location settings for your networking, so all you need to do is click Activate when you get to a location and bingo, you’re instantly ready to net (is that a word?). No fiddling around with SMTP, DNS, printer and WiFi…
Read MoreFlightRadar24 – super cool live aircraft tracker for Europe
FlightRadar24 is a very cool live tracking site for aircraft in European airspace. I dunno, Google Maps is just perfect for nerds isn’t it? Flightradar24.com shows live aircraft traffic in the airspace above Europe. Aircrafts equipped with an ADS-B transponder are visible on the map. Tags: flightradar24, online+application, aircraft
Read MoreHobo 1.0 launches – open source ruby on rails toolkit emerges blinking from beta
Long time readers will remember that I’m a partner with the most awesome Mr Tom Locke in the Hobo project, an open source rapid web app builder for Ruby on Rails. Well, after 3 years of sterling work by the Hobo community and some very useful sponsorship from Barquin International in Washington, DC, the project has moved out of beta to Version 1.0. What’s that mean to you? Well nothing, unless you’re a web developer looking to create web applications,…
Read MoreAperion Home Audio Link – Simple wireless audio link
This Aperion Home Audio Link System, looks like a gadget I can relate to, useful and easy to use. It’s a very simple wireless audio streamer that will send your tunes up to 30 metres over 2.4GHz. Just plug the send unit into whatever it is you want to transmit and the receive unit into the amplifier, and like magic music will appear out of the speakers. Don’t be fooled by the USB plugs either, this can be used with…
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HoverCam X300 – Document scanner and camera
Document cameras used to be the expensive attachments on high-end digital projectors. I’m sure their sole purpose was to wean the Luddites off overhead projectors and onto using digital presentations. The HoverCam X300 is a little different, it’s a combination document camera and document scanner. You can put your pages underneath and scan them at 1600×1200 (2MP) at 150 dpi and store them as digital files. Just like a normal scanner. Or you can hook it up to a PC…
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Split Stick – Double headed USB flash drive
The Split Stick is an aluminium, dual-ended USB flash drive, designed for keeping your work and home stuff separate. It has a slider that pushes out a USB connector at each end and there’s 4GB of storage in each half. Sure, you could make directories on your ordinary USB flash drive and label them “Work” and “Home” but no one has ever made money doing that. This is one of the projects from the crowd-sourced, product development site Quirky. US$25…
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Find a Light – Glow in the dark wall plate insert
These Find a Lights are replacement inserts for light switches that glow in the dark. They’ll need some light during the day to charge up but they should glow all night. Bargain at US$4.99 for a pack of 3. Each of these three wall-plate inserts glows all night long without electricity or batteries. Simply use your light switch’s existing screws to fasten a Find A Light to your wall plate. The device charges using daylight or artificial light and requires…
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NASA and Global Climate Change – A top down view
Let’s face it NASA has probably the most unique view of Earth and now they’ve waded into the global climate change debate with both feet, wellingtons, a mac and an umbrella, but not just any umbrella, one of these these umbrellas. The NASA global climate change website is packed full of before-and-after pics, evidence, graphs and other interesting tidbits, it’s well worth a peruse on a slow Monday afternoon. What does NASA have to do with global climate change? The…
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