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The Cup Communicator by Duncan Wilson

There is nothing like the old school, especially when you are talking about the neat telephones that one used to talk to their neighbor using a very long string and two cups. Behold the Cup Communic...

Presence in Absence USB

There comes a time when we're separated from our loved ones and sometimes having a piece of them with you helps ease the difficulty of being apart. We never thought that keeping a digital scrapbook...

BlackBerry Watch

We have all heard the rumors and we didn't know how much more we could take. But alas! The word has officially come out: BlackBerry is releasing a watch in February 2010....

Auto-Send A Text When You Can't Answer Calls

Blackberry, with the launch of their own Blackberry App World in April, has been gaining some ground on the iPhone in "isn't-this-cool?!" functionality......

Michael Young: Moshimy

It seems that no matter how much we love our current iPhone dock, we're always intrigued by new ones. Especially when the dock is designed by one of your favorite designers (that usually helps!)...

iPhone Recession Case

Times are tough; we know that all too well. Even though this is a very serious time in our economy and lives, why not take a minute to laugh at the whole thing? Products like these are those great...

N900 Rolodex Machine

One part new tech combined with another part old school and you've got the N900 Rolodex machine that takes advantage of the Bluetooth capabilities of the Nokia device to track exactly which contact ...

Belkin's Home Base Gives WiFi to All Your Peripherals

Print, share, and back up files wirelessly? Sound familiar? But wait, what is this we hear about a $130 price tag? Perhaps Belkin may have a winner on their hands. But how does it compare to Apple's A...

Apple's Slow Path Towards the Ultimate Home Media Server

Even with all the new Apple gadget and OS upgrades released recently, we couldn't help but wonder where all of the home focus has gone. Surely, we can't be all portability maniacs playing around with ...

Re(al)view: Panasonic's Link-to-Cell Bluetooth Cordless Phone

As well as my cell phone, I still have a land line. Juggling two phones at home while doing other activities -- making dinner, cleaning, gardening -- can be a pain. Wouldn't it be easier if you had o...

Tech Tip: Use Menu Settings to Learn a Language

Tech helps out and makes our lives easier in far too many ways to count (Isn't advancement the whole point of technology?). But here's one tip courtesy of Geek Sugar that's as surprising as it is usef...

Novophone Retro Handset

OK, we freely confess to a love of all things retro, from 8-track players to MCM furniture. We try to balance that love of retro with an affection for tiny up-to-date gadgets, and are always deligh...

Mini Movie Theater: MiLi Pro

We've talked about the MiLi Power Pack for the iPhone before, and just when you thought MiLi couldn't get any better, they've released a device that will allow you to project the movies you usually ...

Paperless Invites: Paperless Post

I think I've found where I'm going to have my next set of invitations made- and it's not a bricks and mortar store. It's an online retailer called Paperlesspost.com, they specialize in online invit...

Useful Study? Are Emoticons a Global Language?

File this one under "Do We Really Spend Money Studying This?": A study from Masaki Yukia, William W. Maddux and Takahiko Masuda (from Hokkaido University, Northwestern University and the University of...

Can You Decode This Tweet?

Some tweets are semi-brilliant thought-provoking statements, like "Wondering if illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup." Some other tweets are, well... not. They're the kind of tweets ...

Email Habits: Round-The-Clock Clicker or Day Tripper?

Somebody who was paid to watch 3000 Europeans and 122,000 Americans send emails for 83 days and two years, respectively, figured out that most email users fit in to one of two categories depending on ...

The Downside of a Digital Life: Leaving Memories Behind

Even though we're the most connected generation ever, I can't help but feel like we might also be the generation to leave the least behind for our great grandchildren. Today, we have photo albums and ...

Twitter Gone Too Far: Toilet Tweets

So you're one of the first one of your friends to start tweeting with Twitter and you're trying every day to convince the others to hop on the bandwagon. Chances are, all you hear back from them is ho...

Free "Google Me" Business Cards, Straight from Google

Remember the "Google Me" business cards from a little while back? Displaying only a screenshot of the famous search engine's logo and the search box with your name already "typed" in, these cards were...

Undo Send in Gmail?!?! OMFG... Is it Real?!

We added Gmail's official blog to our bookmarks a while ago, as the tips and tricks that Google insiders give you about the program they themselves created, and continue to foster, are for sure the mo...

Survey: Twitter Jobs
Would you tweet for work?

Man, it seems like everyone and their mom is tweeting these days -- congress tweets during the prez's non-state of the union address, jurors tweet in court, but according to our very scientific surve...

Callout Cards Tell Your Textual Abusers to Back Off!

It can happen to anyone, anywhere. It can come from someone you know and love, like a boyfriend or your mom, or it can be a stranger, like everyone from MoveOn.org. It's called textual abuse, and you ...

Tech Mom: 5 Tech Etiquette Rules Teens Need To Follow

Regardless of age, tech etiquette is something everyone should follow. We've covered the etiquette about instant messaging at work before, but what about the next generation of entrepreneurs of the fu...

Joggler Family Hub Calendar Syncs With Cells

From UK mobile service provider O2 comes the Joggler. While it certainly has the distinction of the least descriptive name ever, it could be a revolutionary product in the realm of family communicatio...

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