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Archive for October, 2011

JoeShopping.com, a new social shopping site, presents its list of the 10 Greatest Gadget Gifts for the 2010 holiday season. Consumers won’t be shocked to know Amazon’s Kindle eBook reader and Apple’s iPad tablet computer are still among the most popular tech gifts again this year, but they might be surprised that there are gadgets for every member of the family, young and old, and in a variety of price ranges.

“In today’s always-online, electronic world, gadgets make for extremely popular gifts,” says JoeShopping.com President Andrew Kardon, “but it can be hard to pick them out when they’re always changing, improving and being replaced with the newest model. But consumers can feel safe giving out any of these great gadgets this holiday.” Read the rest of this entry »

Measurement and control specialist ACI (UK) will be displaying a comprehensive array of its world-leading CNC and DRO systems at Productivity Partnerships, 14-16 November at 600 Centre, Shepshed – including the powerful 6000 Series Anilam multi-axis CNC, the MillPwr intuitive two-/three-axis CNC plus the all-new Acu-Rite 100S and 200S, Anilam Wizard 550, and Quadra-Chek 300 DRO systems.

The event will also be used as the UK preview showcase for the new Anilam Wizard 1000 DRO, scheduled for launch in early 2007. This fully programmable system with, for example, I/O capability and encoder inputs for four independent axes, is more powerful but easier to use than its predecessor (the Wizard 900) yet it costs the same! Read the rest of this entry »

Thanks to a specially developed search algorithm, O&O FormatRecovery can search through formatted or deleted partitions and recover data, even when the files are heavily fragmented. O&O FormatRecovery can recover data on formatted storage volumes, including the file system information.

This means the system can be used immediately after recovery is complete. In order to rescue data on damaged storage volumes, O&O FormatRecovery jumps over damaged sectors and begins the data rescue process beyond the damaged sector.

O&O InstantFormatRecovery enables a Start up without prior installation. In an emergency, the affected storage volumes are purely read accessed, which prevents further data loss through an installation. Read the rest of this entry »

Mvix high definition media player has been recognized as one of the “The 10 Hottest Linux Powered Gadgets’ by the popular technology portal TheHottestGadgets.com. The site reports: “The Mvix 1080p Media Center features high performance networking and hi-definition playback with support for a tremendous range of file formats. It’s huge internal HDD provides ample room for your entire media collection. The device also supports content streaming from your PC to your home theatre/stereo via a wireless network. The perfect solution for bringing what’s on your PC to the living room widescreen, in High-Def! … ”

The recognition comes immediately after the “Editor’s Choice & Must Have” award for Mvix MX-780HD player by leading technology review site TweakTown.com. Read the rest of this entry »

With the holiday season upon us and more and more Brits choosing the UK rather than Europe and the expensive Euro, one major headache will be the roads.

Help is at hand – ACF Car Finance Ltd has developed a ‘Contented Car Survival Kit’ to help parents with younger children maintain a calm car (for as long as humanly possible!). The kit incorporates nutritional advice from food specialist, Ceri Pimblett, to ensure fractious family fights are kept to a minimum and includes ideas on free games to keep kids entertained.

During bank holidays and school holidays, traffic increases by over 150%* and pretty much no one is spared the plight of the traffic jam. So if you’re not overcome with joy at the thought of a long car journey, then follow these easy steps developed by ACF Car Finance and you could start your holiday as you mean to go on. Read the rest of this entry »

GROM Audio, the developer and manufacturer of in-car multimedia technology solutions, today announced the release of the GROM-USB2 Car Kit (Interface Adapter) for Ford car stereos. The adapter allows listening to audio files directly from a USB flash/disk drive, using the original car stereo system. This second version of the GROM-USB Car Kit (GROM-USB2) is enhanced with additional iPod/iPhone integration and a 3.5-mm port for any external audio source. This highly practical solution is great for playing MP3, WMA, AAC, and iTunes files directly from any mass- storage USB drive, with no dedicated portable player. GROM adds a USB port, iPod, and AUX input directly to the car audio system, giving customer the ability to manage media through the car stereo or steering wheel controls.

Previously available only for European and Japanese car makes, the newest GROM-USB2 supports the CAN-BUS protocol, including Ford car stereos. GROM Audio Company made every effort to ensure that its product is as practical as possible. The company’s stereo kit is a three-in-one solution: USB MP3 adapter, iPod integration and AUX port for OEM car radio. Read the rest of this entry »

Micro2000(R), a leading developer of computer diagnostic tools, released MicroScope on a Stick(TM) – a USB drive version of the award winning computer diagnostic MicroScope software.

MicroScope on a Stick provides the power of MicroScope Diagnostic Software’s 250 test routines in a convenient USB drive format. Hard drive testing, burn-in, memory tests, and system board tests – computer technicians troubleshooting PC’s can reduce the time spent on trouble tickets by having the PC diagnostic tools they need with them right on their keychain. Read the rest of this entry »

Sensoray announced the newest addition to their PC/104 line of products, the model 335. The 335 is a PC/104+ module that supports CardBus and PC cards (PCMCIA). The 335 will support two Type I or Type II 32 bit PC cards or one Type III allowing the expansion of additional functions such as:

10/100/1000 Mbps Wireless Ethernet Adapters
AM/FM Radio Tuner
Biometrics cards (Fingerprint reader)
Bluetooth cards
CD-ROM Interface
Cellular Phone Interface (WAN)
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The Stick Against Stone (SAS) Orchestra will be performing songs not heard in almost 30 years from the rediscovered songbook of Stick Against Stone, as part of a free outdoor concert on Saturday, July 9th at 2pm at the Herbert Von King Park Recreation Center (670 Lafayette Avenue) in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. To be filmed for the cross-media documentary-in-progress Get It All Out the SAS Orchestra is a 12+ member all-star ensemble of New York City musicians.

The story began in Pittsburgh in 1981 where 7 young musicians got together to create a deliberately new sound in the middle of the post-punk/No Wave era. This group, Stick Against Stone was an eclectic collective with a myriad of danceable influences, including No Wave, West African and Brazilian percussion, funk, reggae, dub, free jazz, art rock, folk and punk. Initially, there were no guitars – just drums, percussion, bass and 4 horns. Everyone sang in the group, but at the front most of the time was a tall, lanky lad by the name of John H. Creighton Jr. Read the rest of this entry »

Isabella Products, a leading mobile Internet device and services company, today announced MiniTM, the world’s first wirelessly connected USB stick for photo-sharing. Powered by the AT&T* mobile broadband network, Mini is poised to deliver real-time photo sharing to millions of unconnected digital photo frames, displays, and televisions through Isabella’s VizitMe content management service. Mini will essentially allow users to connect their digital photo frames wirelessly, enabling remote access and management such that new photos can be delivered to the frame in just minutes.

By connecting to the VizitMe content management service, users can directly upload photos to Mini, securely store their photo collection, and manage their friends and family in Mini’s own dedicated online contact list. Mini will also be equipped to receive third party content from partners like Photobucket and LIFE.com. Users can simply plug Mini into their existing digital photo frame or digital television to breathe new life into a previously unconnected device. Mini will be available in Q2 2011 on VizitMe.com and through other select online and offline retailers. Read the rest of this entry »