November 8, 2005

DiskGO! USB 2.0 Flash Drive plus Ink Pen

The DiskGO! USB Flash Drive Plus Ink Pen offers easy data storage and transfer built into the convenience of a sleek, executive style ink pen. This Ink Pen is no bigger than your standard executive style pen but it writes a lot more! Store MP3 files, PowerPoint Presentations and important spreadsheets on this USB 2.0 device. Perfect for the traveling business person and all mobile users, the DiskGO! USB Flash Drive Plus Ink Pen is available in 32MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB and 1GB capacities. Store your presentation and ink your next deal, all in one simple, easy-to-use device with DiskGO! Prices start from $ 30 for 32 mb version to $ 100 for 1 Gb version. Available at Edge tech Corp.

Originally from New Launches on November 8, 2005, 2:16am

Thanko USBPAD00G USB P@D Aroma Generator

The USBPAD00G is Thanko’s new multi-task USB P@D Aroma Generator with 3 different cartridges for different smell. Using the power from your computer through the USB cord, you can change and choose the smell you want from your PC. USBPAD00G spreads the scent for 30 seconds and stop for 2 and half minutes and it continues this pattern for 4 hours. Has a compact body size and it’s easy to use. It measures 110 X 115 X 47 mm and weighs around 165 grams. It is compatible with Windows platform only. Available for $ 70 at Audiocubes. Via - Popgadget

Originally from New Launches on November 7, 2005, 11:30am

Laos Vibrating Mouse

Laos Japan has introduced a Vibrating mouse. It will retail for 2480 Yen ($ 20). It is an optical scroll mouse with 3 buttons. The build in vibrating motor can be turned On / Off via a switch located below the scroll wheel. There are small projection on the surface where the palm touches. It connects to the host via USB and measures 100 x 55 x 32mm. It is available in two colors Silver and White. The USB cable has a length of 1.8 meters. It is compatible with Windows PC only.

Originally from New Launches on November 8, 2005, 12:48am

ViewSonic’s VX 922 LCD display announced






Today ViewSonic announced a new VX series LCD display, the VX 922. This LCD display has a response time of 2ms. The company claims the new monitor (19 inch) has world fastest response time and guarantees this monitor won’t feature any ghosting.

The ViewSonic VX 922 display will be available from Dec. 1 for $ 429.

Read more at DV Hardware.

© Gadget Flash 2005

Originally from Gadget Flash on October 31, 2005, 1:31pm

Nokia 770 Internet Tablet Starts Shipping


Nokia today announced that it has started deliveries of the first device in its new Internet Tablet product category, the Nokia 770. The sleek, pocket sized device is Nokia’s first Linux-based terminal product and is dedicated to convenient Internet browsing and email communications over Wi-Fi.

“We are very excited to start shipments of our first Nokia Internet Tablet device,” said Janne Jormalainen, Vice President of Convergence Products, Multimedia, Nokia. “Since announced back in May we have seen huge interest in this device, particularly from the Open Source community.”

The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet features an impressive high-resolution widescreen display (4.13″) with zoom and on-screen keyboard, ideal for viewing online content. Aside from Wi-Fi, the device can also connect to the Internet utilising Bluetooth wireless technology via a compatible mobile device.

The device runs on Linux based Nokia Internet Tablet 2005 software edition which is based on popular desktop Linux and Open Source technologies. The maemo web site (www.maemo.org) provides Open Source developers and innovation houses with the tools and opportunities to collaborate with Nokia on future devices and OS releases in the Internet Tablet category. The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet was recently named Best Embedded Linux/Mobile Product or Initiative at the 2005 UK Linux & Open Source Awards.

“This is the first step to creating an Open Source product for broadband and Internet services. We will be launching regular software updates. During the first half of year 2006 we will launch the next operating system upgrade to support more presence based functionalities such as VoIP and Instant Messaging”, continues Janne Jormalainen.

The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet also boasts web browser with flash player, email client, Internet radio, news reader, file manager and media players to enable your favourite Internet services to move with you.

In addition to select retail outlets, the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet is available for purchase online through www.nokia.com at an estimated sales price of approximately 350 euros including taxes. The www.nokiausa.com sales channel is expected to open one week later.

A full list of features and product software support of the Nokia 770 is available at www.nokia.com/770.

© Gadget Flash 2005

Originally from Gadget Flash on November 7, 2005, 11:45am

Is that 8GB in your pocket…

…or are you just happy to see me?

A Japanese company called Trascend has just released an 8GB flashdisk with 21/11Mb/s read and write speeds respectively. The best thing about it is that it doesn’t look like an over-sized credit card!

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So if you want to impress your female counterpart with your Gigabytes then this is the flash disk for you.

Originally by Griffith from Forever Geek on November 4, 2005, 6:00am

MS AntiSpyware is Now Windows Defender


The Anti-Malware Engineering Team has reported that Microsoft AntiSpyware will be rebranded to “Microsoft Windows Defender”. The change comes after speculation of MS AntiSpyware integrated into Windows Vista. Windows Defender will be part of Vista when it releases. Some people (including myself) are thinking that Microsoft will be underfire for bundling their software with their operating systems. However, Microsoft blogger, Steve Dodson, reassured us:

The biggest announcement we are making is that Windows Defender will be a part of Vista when it releases. You will be able to run another spyware product instead of Windows Defender if you would like. Although I may shed a small tear, you will be able to disable or turn off Windows Defender and install whichever 3rd party anti-spyware application you would like. The really cool thing is that the Windows Security Center in Vista will be redesigned to detect if an Anti-Spyware application such as Windows Defender is running and operating normally.

The name “Windows Defender” might run into some legal trouble considering their is already a security program called “Windows Defender“. I’m interested to see what will happen to OneCare after this (maybe they’ll be seperate…) and if we can get our hands on it, we’ll post some screenshots!

Originally from AMCP Computer Privacy TECH BLOG on November 5, 2005, 3:47pm

October 27, 2005

Keyboard Desk Tidy

Boy, do I know some people who could do with this! Designed to keep your desk clear (and keep your secrets hidden), this cunning keyboard flips open so you can store stuff. Useful for hoarding typical office items like broken pens, crumpled memos and loose paperclips, the Keyboard Desktop Tidy ($44.91) can even be used as a real working keyboard. Bummer!.

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Originally by Chopper from GadgetryBlog on October 25, 2005, 3:33am

Run Front Row on Any Mac

Disclaimer: Forever Geek does not in any way encourage illegal activity, this is for informational purposes only.

If you saw Steve Jobs give a keynote about the new iMac, then you know what Front Row is. As soon as I saw that I knew that I wanted to be able to run that on my Mac, but did not want to cough up the money for a new iMac G5. Luckily for me, someone figured out how to get Front Row running on any Mac running Mac OS X 10.3.9 - 10.4.x.

The first thing you’ll need to do is obtain a copy of Front Row. I can’t put it up for download here, for obvious reasons, but I’m sure you can find it somewhere…

After you obtain the Front Row folder, there will be a Front Row application. Make a copy of it, and drag it to /System/Library/CoreServices. Make another copy and drag it to your /Applications folder. Ignore the BezelServices.framework folder. There are two ways of launching Front Row, the first is to go into your Applications folder, and double clicking the Front Row application, then, while it is running press the “Escape” key. The second way, which I recommend, is to do this:

  1. Download Xkeys.
  2. Download this script and place the unzipped file in your applications folder.
  3. Open up Xkeys and choose your keyboard type, select the option when the F8 key is pressed…, then select launch the file/application and select Launch Front Row. Close out of Xkeys.

Now when you press F8 Front Row should launch.

Originally by AlexTan from Forever Geek on October 26, 2005, 5:24pm

ATI Hits 1GHz

It seems that an independent group of Finnish overclockers have made a bit of history today by overclocking a GPU past the 1GHz mark. The record was set on ATI’s recently-announced Radeon X1800 XT video card.

Originally by jeremy from Forever Geek on October 26, 2005, 11:06pm

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