Archive for May, 2006
Bluetooth car security
Published by GadgetSpy May 27th, 2006 in Gadgets, Bluetooth, Wireless, Communication, Transportation.A new car security system identifies car owners through the Bluetooth element of their mobile phone. Auto-txt immediately identifies a car as stolen if the car is started with the keys but the bluetooth enabled device is not present, which allows a phone or PDA to provide an enhanced level of security.
Pub urinals say dont drink and drive
Published by GadgetSpy May 27th, 2006 in Gadgets, Visual, Misc, Funny, Transportation.Nassua Country policy have started a pilot program of talking urinals dubbed the Wizmark urinal communicator. This is a plastic cover that rests over the urinal drainn with a 3.5′ plastic screen that displays messages; this one aimed at stopping drunk drivers making their way home from the pub.
Pupils adapt mosquito alarm into ringtone unaudible for over twenties
Published by GadgetSpy May 24th, 2006 in Gadgets, Bluetooth, Wireless, Communication, Mobile Phones.The mosquito alarm is usually effective in driving away youths from shops by emitting a high pitch sound that is mostly audible to those under 20. The obvious benefit with most teachers being over this age is that Tech-savvy teenagers can get away with leaving their phones on in class.
The Last Wii Wonder Of The World?
Published by Budda May 22nd, 2006 in Gadgets, Communication, Consoles & Video Gaming, VOIP, Digital TV, Internet.Nintendo’s final trick may be in the domain name recently registered by the Big N = wiichannel.com
Linksys Launch Wi-Fi VOIP Phones
Published by Budda May 21st, 2006 in Gadgets, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Communication, VOIP, Internet.Linksys have joined the VOIP handset market with a couple of neat looking phones. Similar in looks to the candy-bar style mobile phones by Sony Ericsson.
XBox 360 Game Piracy Begins
Published by Budda May 21st, 2006 in Gadgets, Consoles & Video Gaming.If you’re worried about getting your expensive X360 games media scratched, help is at hand if you’re feeling in a hacking mood! Now you can make back-ups of Xbox 360 media.
See who’s stolen your MacBook
Published by GadgetSpy May 21st, 2006 in Gadgets, Laptops, Computing, Apple Mac.Undercover is a theft-recovery app for OS X aimed at Macbook users; aswell as sending normal info back about the thief such as the IP address, the software takes a picture of the thief using the built in (or external iSight) camera.
Sony’s PS3 Controller Mess
Published by Budda May 15th, 2006 in Gadgets, Consoles & Video Gaming.You may have missed anything Sony had to say at this years E3 thanks to the huge buzz Nintendo created. So what was the big announcement from Sony about the Playstation 3?
Sony’s Talking Mouse
Published by Budda May 15th, 2006 in Gadgets, Laptops, Computing, Communication, VOIP.Sony announced the launch of the MouseTalk, a new VAIO PC peripheral that acts as both an optical mouse and an Internet phone.
Google Talk on Nokia’s New Tablet
Published by Budda May 15th, 2006 in Gadgets, Computing, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Communication, Mobile Phones, PDA, Tablet PC, Internet.The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, introduced last year is due an update this coming Tuesday. This time Nokia is bringing Google with them for the software side of things.


