Gadgets, gear, games and more
October 2006
October 31, 2006
Guard that banana with your life
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Home & Household
Bananas are—and I don't mean to hyperbolize—the world's most perfect fruit. They're self-contained in one perfect serving size; offer their own grip for eating without getting your hands messy, and taste perfect in a bowl of serial. The difficulty is...
Wireless and batteryless mice, courtesy Magic Magnetism
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Geekery
I love the idea of tailless—er, wireless mice. Cords can get in the way at times; in my house, the tangle of cables behind my desk sometimes causes my mouse to get pulled back, as though being sucked into some...
Wii in America are DVD playback-less
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Games
Why does Japan always get the cool stuff? Maybe because they're closer to where it all comes from. It's just over two wiiks—sorry, weeks—until Nintendo's Wii console arrives, and already there's news on an "enhanced" version of the console that...
PS2 getting a little silver in its black?
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Games
It's the game console that costs less than $150 and is the most popular console in the US, despite having been around since 2000. That's right, it's your friend and mine, the PS2. We noted when we reported on Sony's...October 30, 2006
Casio PX 800 sports USB and SD reader
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Music
Over the years, I've slow come to grips with the fact that—to the disappointment of my parents—I will never be a world-class pianist. I took lessons for five years when I was younger, but I detested practicing. And though I...
Wish you were big?
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Toys
Look, despite what people whisper behind my back, I'm not just a 12 year old boy in a 26 year old's body, okay? And that nonsense about me talking to some fortune teller machine is ridiculous—let's just drop it. Then...
Verizon gets more Chocolate, just in time for Halloween
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Phone & Wireless
Listen, I don't care what LG wants to tell you. White chocolate? Not chocolate. I have on my desk a bar of Lindt 85% Cocoa Dark Chocolate which is so rich, I actually can't eat it. That's chocolate. So even...
Remember your gadgets before leaving home with the Doorganizer
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Home & Household
We may be all about the gizmos here at Gadgetbox, but what good are those technological doohickies when we're constantly forgetting them? The $15 Doorganizer is out to help your forgetfulness streak. It hangs over a convenient door knob and...October 28, 2006
Bang & Olufsen & Samsung partner up to make you feel Serene
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Phone & Wireless
With everybody and their dog having a cellphone nowadays, it takes a bit of effort to make your portable telephonic communication device stand out. Samsung and Bang & Olufsen have teamed up to fight crime offer a rather unique take...
LEGO dishwasher keeps blocks clean and unmelty
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Home & Household
If you played with LEGOs as a kid, then you invariably had a few bricks that had acquired permanent little pieces of gunk stuck in hard to reach spaces, like in between the little pegs on top, or deep inside....
Public key cryptography turns 30 and it's no secret
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Geekery
Hard to believe it's been 30 years of public key cryptography. Codes and ciphers have been one of my interests since I was a mere young'un, and electronic crypto is the most recent offshoot of that. I can talk Diffie-Hellman...
Walk this way, Wi-Fi style
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Geekery
What's better than outfitting your computer with a wireless network finder and a USB flash drive? Outfitting your computer with a wireless network finder and a USB flash drive in one. Vunex's WiFiWalker folds both functions into a device about...October 27, 2006
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