Archive for 'January,2011'

Planon’s SlimScan SS100 Scans Receipts Not Credit Cards

Planon’s SlimScan SS100 Scans Receipts Not Credit Cards

Planon’s new credit-card sized hand scanner isn’t a mini-solution for manually charging credit cards, as there are quite a few of those already on the market, but a way of scanning credit card receipts in order [...]

COD Black Ops First DLC, “First Strike”, Receives A Release Date And Trailer (video)

COD Black Ops First DLC, “First Strike”, Receives A Release Date And Trailer (video)

Already tired of the just released COD: Black Ops multiplayer maps?  Splendid news my FPS cohorts.  The first DLC for Black Ops, aptly titled “First Strike”, releases Feb 1st on Xbox 360 for 1200 Microsoft points [...]

First Look: Jawbone Jambox (video) (update)

First Look: Jawbone Jambox (video) (update)

UPDATED. We just got our hands on the Jawbone Jambox.  We haven’t had a chance to power it up and stream tunes via Bluetooth or the headphone jack, but we’re very impressed with the weight of [...]

ThinkGeek TK-421 Bluetooth Keyboard For iPhone Review

ThinkGeek TK-421 Bluetooth Keyboard For iPhone Review

Pros: Adds a physical keyboard to your iPhone Mini USB for charging built-in battery Large keys are shaped to avoid missteps Cons: Poor battery life Bluetooth has trouble staying paired with the iPhone On/Off switch is [...]

Hot Wheels Video Racer Toy Car Revs Things Up With Blackbox Recorder For Kids (video)

Hot Wheels Video Racer Toy Car Revs Things Up With Blackbox Recorder For Kids (video)

Hot damn Hot Wheels.  Mattel is stuffing a video camera inside the the toy cars that have long stood the test of time, but haven’t seen a significant update since the product’s inception. Inside the tiny [...]

Buy Portal 2 On PS3, Get Free Steam Copy, Play Cross Platform With Friends

Buy Portal 2 On PS3, Get Free Steam Copy, Play Cross Platform With Friends

That’s right folks, if you own a Playstation 3, might as well just get a copy of that, even if you have no plans on playing the PS3 version. Why? Because if you do, you’ll get [...]

Lenovo Ideapad U1 Tablet Runs Android And Windows 7, Includes A Dock With Keyboard

Lenovo Ideapad U1 Tablet Runs Android And Windows 7, Includes A Dock With Keyboard

The problem with any good tablet, or any touchscreen for that matter, is the lack of a physical keyboard and docking station.  Plus you need a reasonably light operating system that doesn’t drain battery life and won’t drive [...]

Zotac’s ZBOX AD03 HTPC Looks Like A Blu-ray Player, Fits Perfectly Into Your Home Theater

Zotac’s ZBOX AD03 HTPC Looks Like A Blu-ray Player, Fits Perfectly Into Your Home Theater

The Zotac ZBOX AD03 is an HTPC with a built-in Blu-ray player.  From a spec stand point it’s not an earth shattering device, but given the form factor it’s worth a look. Under the hood is: [...]

Liquid Image Makes New Off-Road Camera-Goggles

Liquid Image Makes New Off-Road Camera-Goggles

If you’re into diving you’ve probably heard of Liquid Image. Thier line-up of underwater goggles comes equipped with video cameras for every model. Having gotten sick of all that wet stuff, Liquid Image now wants a [...]

Motorola Atrix 4G Launch Date Possibly Known

Motorola Atrix 4G Launch Date Possibly Known

Not knowing when highly anticipated products are going to show up can be a buzz-kill. With a dual-core processor, a laptop dock and an HD dock, Atrix 4G phone from Motorola is leader of the pack [...]