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Cool Tool: Eneloop Rechargeable Batteries


  I guess I didn’t know this about NiMH batteries, and it’s pretty interesting.
Some people know this, some people don’t, but standard rechargeable NiMHs self-discharge, constantly losing energy (even when not in use), so people often end up with powerless cameras at weddings or powerless radios or flashlights in survival situations. I’ve found it’s quite [...]

Beta version of Open-Source video codec Ogg Theora released


I really haven’t gotten into Ogg Vorbis, but maybe I’ll give Ogg Theora a try.  The problem really comes down to the fact that not many portable devices, or set-top boxes support the Ogg formats. 
From heise.de:
Six years after the project was launched, developers at the Xiph.Org Foundation have released a beta version of [...]

Best Computer Rigs Contest – Gizmodo


  Gizmodo is having a ‘Best Computer Rigs’ contest.  Some of these pictures are insane.  I don’t think I’ve seen so many fluorescent lights in quite a long time.
After a Gizmodo reader sent us a photo of his amazing Star Wars-meet-CTU-meet-Firefly computer setup at the end of his LEGO Collectors Millennium Falcon unboxing images, we [...]

Cheat Sheets to help you Cheat (sort of)


I think a good cheat sheet is better than any other trick in learning a particular subject. Here are my 10 favorite cheat sheets.
10. Understand all the concepts that Libertarians believe in? Neither did I, before this cheat sheet landed on my screen:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/alston3.html
9. Hard to find phone numbers for your favorite companies. [...]

Mustek MDC530z Digital Camera


The Mustek MDC530z is your run of the mill point-and-shoot digital camera. It is reasonably priced at $179.00, has a 2.0 inch LCD, 3x optical zoom AF lens, and MPEG4 support.
The Mustek has a 5-megapixel CCD with JPEG format support.

For all day shooting fun, the MDC530Z has 16MB internal memory capable of storing up [...]

E-TEN M700 Pocket PC


The M700 is the latest Pocket PC from E-TEN, the Taiwanese electronics mkaer. It’s style is very nice; with the slide-out QWERTY keyboard. There really isn’t too much information but it will be ready for the holidays.
This is what we do have though:

Unfortunately, there’s no 3G to be enjoyed, but [...]

Nintendo to ship MP3 Player?


Could it be true? I think it has a lot to compete against (all the iPod variations), but it would be neat to play MP3’s on my DS Lite.

To be priced at 30 Euros, this is a Game Boy Advance-sized cartridge that will swallow up SD cards (up to 2GB in size, as [...]

General Electric Vapor Tracer: The Druglord Sniffer


You are looking at the GE Vapor Tracer. The mass spectrometry sensor that is designed to detect the mass-to-charge ratio of ions.
It’s the latest tool in the fight against drugs. But is it working?

So who’s winning? It’s a tough call. According to the United Nations, the North American cannabis – that [...]

TomTom Duo to Share Dock with the iPod


There have been a couple TomTom DUO images drifting through blogs in the past few days, but some more information has floated to the surface. It appears the TomTom DUO will have the ability to share a dock with an iPod. This will allow the DUO to completely control the iPod from the [...]

Hands on with the Helio Heat


Engadget got its hands on the Helio Heat (by Samsung) and have taken a fair amount of pictures for the rest of us to lust over. The Heat is a very good looking phone with a very small form factor. This is considered lower model by Helio, but looks like a great option [...]