We now know, after the recent Apple announcement, that gold is the new black. So what better way to celebrate our new reality than to welcome a product which pays full homage to the truth while delivering a valuable service at the same time?
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It’s official. Water and electronic devices don’t mix. They’re not compatible. Oh no. So if you’re one of the thousands of unfortunates who spill liquids onto your phone every day, you’re typically out of luck. Time to get a replacement. Or is it?
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It’s one of those good Samaritan stories that’s just tailor made for the Christmas season. Young programmer walking to work one day in New York sees homeless man sleeping on a bench and comes up with an ingenious, some would say diabolical, plan. Offer the man a choice of $100 cash or a cheap laptop and some programming lessons for an hour each day.
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Street photography is fun, but to do it properly you need to keep your camera ready for action permanently? Finger on the button. Which can be a bit of a hassle sometimes. What would be cool is if you could wear a camera which automatically took photos without you needing to lift a finger. A device that detected the moment for you.
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There’s a lot of stress flying around at this time of the year. Driven by an insane desire to ‘enjoy at all costs’, we seem to run around like headless chickens searching, planning, scheduling and just plain gorging until we’re close to exploding with all the fun and hassle. Weird.
Read More![Christmas Budget Planner – take the stress out of the holiday with this handy free app [Freeware]](https://www.redferret.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/christmasbudgetcalculator.jpg)
Fingerprint readers are increasingly becoming a fixture on laptop computers. And why not? They’re a pretty secure and easy way to lock your computer against unauthorised access. However not every laptop has a reader built in, and there are lots of other computers which do not have them as stardard gear. Which means there must be a market for a 3rd party option, right?
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In a somewhat surprising move the giant automotive company Nissan has joined the crowded market for wearable gadgets by announcing the Nissan Nismo Smartwatch, a device that aims to improve the day-to-day driving experience and who knows, maybe even help you tell the time occasionally.
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Are you the type of person that can take a simple job that only takes about five minutes to complete and transform it into a project that takes up to an hour to achieve the same result? Enjoy puzzles that make you look at everyday objects in a brand-new way? There’s a game made just for you.
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We don’t normally think of a box as a normal way to ship a bicycle but flat-packing and assembling at home is what it’s all about with this wooden bike that rode from concept to reality.
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The world is a sick place, and sometimes it can seem that fighting off the flu is harder than surviving a zombie apocalypse. Fortunately, social media can actually help you avoid the flu and other nasty little bugs that want to attack your immune system.
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The amazing LifeStraw was an instant hit when it was launched a few years back. This innovative award winning water filter lets you drink dirty or brackish water directly while removing 99.99% of the parasites and bacteria before they can cause you damage. Brilliant. Now the same technology has been incorporated into a 670ml sports bottle to give even more convenience.
Read More![LifeStraw Go – new sports bottle comes with life saving filter straw built in [SPECIAL 43% OFF OFFER TODAY!!]](https://www.redferret.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/lifestrawgo2.jpg)
We love open source, and especially when it’s wrapped around something ultra cool like this new media hosting service called MediaCrush. The service offers something a little different from traditional media hosting, and because it’s open source there’s a growing community getting involved which is a good sign for the future.
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If you’ve ever tried to move files from your mobile phone to your laptop or back again, you’ll know that it’s not that easy. You can try kludgy Bluetooth (but good luck if the file is bigger than a toothbrush) or you can try emailing it to yourself etc etc etc. Such a time waster all round… But now there’s a nice new alternative option.
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It must be hard being a consumer tech designer nowadays. All those options, and the different materials to play with. It must be impossible to try and come up with something that looks a little different and yet remains ‘desirable’, know what we mean?
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Chances are if you’re a frequent web user you’ll come across files which you would like to open and access, but which you’re not too sure of. Nowadays malware and trojans can be buried inside the most innocuous file types, such as PDF, JPG, GIFs and others, so any type of testing tool is bound to be valuable.
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