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December 10, 2008

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World’s First Universal Charger with Removable Cartridge [Methanol Fuel Cell]

MTI MicroFuel Cells unveiled today the methanol fuel based Mobion charger with removable cartridge that delivers up to 25 hours of power to multiple devices with each cartridge. The light weight fuel charger comes with removable cartridge that can be swapped as and when needed. This makes power available to end users where ever they are and when ever they need it. The Mobion charger includes a USB interface to power a vast majority of devices such as mobile phones,

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December 9, 2008

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Roxio Launches Easy VHS to DVD

Roxio today announced the launch of their new product, Roxio Easy VHS to DVD, that enables users to quickly convert the analog recordings stored on VHS tapes to digital format. The VHS to DVD converter, or the hardware has to be attached to the high-speed USB port of the computer and then capture from any analog audio or video source for conversion. Some of the popular analog video sources would be VCRs and analog camcorders. Easy VHS to DVD includes

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December 9, 2008

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Ultra-Portable MiFi 3G Mobile Hotspot for Wi-Fi Devices

Novatel wireless has unveiled a new product claiming it to be the industry’s first MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot that can instantly create a Wi-Fi hotspot for all of your devices. You will no longer be needed to pay for two data plans, one for your cellphone and another for your computer. Novatel wireless MiFi is capable of accessing your mobile 3G data plan and create a Wi-Fi hotspot such that other devices can use the same Internet connection. A perfect

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December 7, 2008

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Open source microcontroller board based computing platform for beginners

Here’s an open-source physical computing platform which is based on a simple microcontroller board. It’s called Arduino that helps you make computers that can sense and control the physical world. Arduino is also a development environment for writing software for the microcrontroller board. For a layman to understand what this is all about – it’s the platform that you need which will help you get started with embedded computing. It features a USB port for programming and power supply. It

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December 7, 2008

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Watch over 12000 movies on home TV with Netflix streaming player from Roku

The Netflix player from Roku allows you to watch TV episodes and play more than 12000 movies over the Internet on your TV. Think of this player as a bridge device between your TV and your Netflix Instant Queue and will connect your TV to Netflix to let you watch movies instantly. The small device, roughly the size of a paperback book, connects directly to your TV and uses the Internet connection to play media content such as movies and

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December 7, 2008

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Elmo is talking, singing and even telling jokes [Holiday Gifts]

For those of you who are not sure who Elmo is, here’s a brief introduction. Elmo is a Sesame Street character who is very popular amongst kids. You must have seen many talking toys, Elmo could be compared to them but only in a limited way. Elmo Live! goes beyond those toys and interacts with your child. He in fact asks for interaction, he would ask for hug and respond when your child hugs him, he’ll say “thank you”. Elmo’s

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December 6, 2008

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Universal Blu-ray player from Denon priced at $3,800

Denon’s universal Blu-ray DVD player for US market has been priced at $3,800, much lower than the public expectation. Although the price tag of $3,800 still looks very high to me, the player’s ability to handle standard DVD, Blu-ray DVD, SACD and DVD audio perhaps justify the price to certain extent. I would expect a player at such a high price tag to support connectivity to external hard disk drive, USB, ethernet and play almost every type of file that’s

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