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Apple: Shooting a Product Ad, They're Up to Something

There's so much hype whenever modern computing giant Apple is set to make a move in the home tech game. We heard rumors of them patenting a tablet device, then saw that they confirmed a tablet compute...

Manta Speakers Sweep Sound Under the Rug

We try to hide our mess by figuratively sweeping it under the rug. Plus, we literally hide across-the-room cords under rugs and carpets sometimes. So many things in our homes go "under the rug," so t...

iStubz iPod Cords: Useless and Necessary at the Same Time

The easiest way to battle cord messes in your home is to eliminate them entirely. That's why we dig wireless products so much. But if you can't go wireless, why not try and eliminate as much extra cor...

Flickr Finds: Dorm Room With a View

We cannot stress the importance of building a calm surrounding for your hectic workspace. It helps to be able to instantly cut working tension by looking up at a stellar view. Good advice for anyone, ...

Flickr Finds: Steve Price's Incredible 9-Monitor Custom Desk

For some home offices, usual desks don't work. It's in these instances that a DIY solution is best. The great thing about designing something yourself is that you can get it customized to your own nee...

Hope or Hype: Would You Even Want a Tablet Computer?

So unless you've been away on vacation or living the luddite lifestyle, you're very well aware of the growing rumours about the possibility of an Apple tablet device coming down the pipeline this Sept...

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...

Three Free Mac Desktop Calendars

Some people like to keep personal photos or attractive art on their computer desktops. Others like to match their desktops to their decor. But the most productive techies among us would probably prefe...

Now We Feel Old!: "Things Your Kids May Never Know"

I was born in the 1980's. I'm hardly entering mid-life, let alone applying for my AARP card. But Wired has found a way to make my twenty-something years feel like a lifetime. The online magazine's tec...

Rumor Mill: An Apple Tablet Coming This September?

We've heard it all before, but here we go again with the onslaught of Apple Tablet rumors for the new year. Fueled recent confirmations by the Financial Times, Apple is apparently working on a new way...

How to... Color Dye Plastic Computer Parts

When we asked if you have a go-to color when you're picking out gadgets, we found that most liked their gadgets to remain neutral, but modern. Black-, white- and silver-colored stuff took the stage. B...

DIY: Turn On Your Home Computer With a Cell Phone

We're warning you: this is a pretty advanced little project. But if you've got the tech know-how, come inside to see how you can rig your home computer to turn on from anywhere in the world with a pho...

DIY Project: Make Your Own Floating Computer Desk Using Countertops

We love floating shelves. Why? Well because they seem to float and take up almost no space. What if we told you that you could easily transform an Ikea countertop into a neat little computer workstati...

Bamboo Hard Drive: Uses Wood to Cool Down

We've learned by experience that not having any fans on external USB drives is a bad idea. These HDs get very hot. If they have no way of dissipating the heat they generate, they break. It's an easy p...

Are you a Mac that Lives With a PC?

If you can believe everything you see on TV, then Mac users must think PC users are all boring accountants who are constantly victims to viruses and PC users think Mac users are all vapid and shallow ...

Bose SoundLink: Wirelessly Play Tunes Anywhere In Your Pad

Over here at Unplggd, we have a special regard for wireless things. They are just so convenient and keep the wire messes at bay. Nothing says wireless as wirelessly playing your tunes all over your pa...

Cablox Cable Management

Cablox is a new cable management solution that fastens, bundles, shortens cables and sticks on virtually all clean surfaces for under the desk or anywhere else application. The tentacle suckers desi...

Inspiration: Don't Get Stuck in a Screen

We all spend a lot of time and probably a lot of money making our desks look great. After all—whether your primary workspace is at home or in an office building—you've got to stare at it f...

Final Frame: Apple G3 Wall Clock

A wall clock made out of the side panel of a retired Mac G3, available at pixelthis's Etsy store ...

Colorware: The Way to Make Your Gadgets Unique

If you are looking for a distinctive way of decoration your new gadget, look no further. Colorware will customize your new toy and make it look extraordinary. It will be unique. We doubt that anyone n...

Flickr Find: DIY Built-In Kitchen Computer

Whether they're used for looking up recipes, pulling up cooking show clips on YouTube or just killing time on Twitter while you wait for the water to boil, we're seeing computers in the kitchen poppin...

A Cup Holder Mounted Laptop Tray Saves Hundreds of Dollars

By no means do we encourage you to use your laptop while driving, but there are a lot of people out there who need to use their laptops in their cars. From our recent research on these traveling offic...

Final Frame: Marlies Romberg’s Wooden Computer Workstation

Marlies Romberg’s Wooden Computer Workstation is a wood lover's dream come true, incorporating a desktop system into traditional furniture using a laser cutting system to create a working keyboard,...

Easily Transfer Data Between Laptops When You Are On the Go

Almost everyone travels with a laptop. Laptops are handy in the way that they let you assume the same functions as a desktop, but right there as they are sitting in your lap. It's strange to image lif...

Inspiration: Edelweiss If All Desktops Could Look Like This

One of the reasons that people are buying less desktops is basically because of the way that they look. Most desktops are just plain boxes of plastic, that are best hidden underneath your desk. Tangle...