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January 2011

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Iomega TV with Boxee – Media Streamer and NAS

Iomega becomes the second manufacturer to offer a Boxee-based product with their brand new Iomega TV with Boxee. Available in two variants, one as a media streamer device with no storage, the other with up to 2TB of storage built-in. The devices also offer NAS features such as DLNA server, iTunes server and access to your Iomega Personal Cloud. Available

Anti Sleep Pilot for Tired Drivers

According to a report in the British Medical Journal, a tired driver is eight times more likely to drive badly than one who is well rested. The Anti Sleep Pilot is small gadget that can help drivers stay alert and avoid drifting off to sleep.  The ASP monitors your driving using accelerometers and reactions to small tests, and based on

Flir Handheld Pocket Night-Vision Scope

Eric Davidson from Flir Systems shows Todd their latest hand-held pocket night-vision scope. Building on their background in military products, this scope is lighter, smaller and cheaper. Aimed at the outdoorsman (and woman), it runs off a re-chargeable li-ion battery for around five hours and can be charged from USB. Available from April. Interview by Todd Cochrane of Geek News

MobileMonitor Presents Monitor2Go & Field Monitor Pro With Keypad Portable 15″ USB Monitors

Lawrence Pensack presents two portable 15.4" inch USB monitors that are designed to extend the desktop real estate of laptop computers. Monitor²Go, which is available in May, is a USB monitor that sells for $279 dollars. The Field Monitor Pro With Keypad is available now and sells for $289, includes an integrated numeric keypad. Both monitors are DisplayLink Certified. It

Outlier Introduces Swagg.com & Android And iPhone Apps

Outlier Inc. announced a new website, Swagg.com.  It's also available as an Android and iPhone app.  It's based on market research done by Outlier with a goal of making the shopping experience more convenient.  It allows shoppers to give a gift card in a unique manner - with a bow that unwraps (virtually speaking) and soon can include a personalized

Igugu Internet TV

Mario Cisneros talks about Igugu TV (www.igugu.com), a hardware and software combination that turns your existing Windows-based computer into a TV set top box enabling you to easily get over-the-top television content from your computer to your flat panel television. Igugu has three kit offerings, including $99 dollars for the remote control unit and software, $129 for the remote control

Blue Microphones Announces Yeti Pro & Mikey For Flip HD

John Maier from Blue Microphones (www.bluemic.com) introduces the Yeti Pro USB 24-bit 92k microphone, which retails for $249. Maier also introduces a Mikey model that works with current Flip camera models that are equipped with a Flip Port. The new Mikey Flip product should be available by Spring 2011 and will retail for $69 dollars. The Mikey flip brings some

Hauppauge Colossus HD Video Recorder PCI Express Card

Ken Plotkin, the CEO of Hauppage (www.hauppauge.com), describes the Colossus HD H.264 Video Recorder PCI Express card for the PC. The Colossus card is designed to record high definition video from sources such as an X-Box 360, Playstation 3, as well as high definition video coming from a cable TV or satellite box via component video outputs on those devices,

Lookee TV Desktop WiFi Internet TV & Radio Player

Ted Aguirre talks about the three models of Lookee TV (www.lookeetv.com), a table-top model, a portable model, and a set-top box model that connects to a TV. Lookee TV devices retail for about $150 and are available right now. Lookee TV receives over 30,000 streaming radio stations and over 1,000 streaming TV channels. The company maintains its own strategically-located international

OWC — Other World Computing — High Performance Aftermarket SSD Drives

Grant Dahlke from Other World Computing aka MacSales.com introduces Sandforce processor-based high capacity, high-performance SSD (solid state drive) hard drives for computers such as Apple's Macbook Air that are up to three times larger and up to 22% faster than the drive than Apple's OEM drive. They also have a line of drives for older IDE and ATA machines, which

Where Are You & What’s Around You?

One of the most useful features/services of today’s smartphones is the ability to take advantage of the integrated GPS chip in combination with an always-on data connection, facilitating location-aware apps. Priced at $1.99, “Allstays Truck & Travel” is an app that is available for Apple iOS and Google Android. It’s part of a larger suite of different types of location-aware

GNC-2011-12-20 #641 Back to Hawaii

Very ready to be home for a while Texas is great but it's way to cold for me. Had a very late start to the show tonight but have a standard metric meter of tech for you tonight. See you back in Hawaii next week. The following Sponsors support GNC your support of them is appreciated! GoDaddy services saves you

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