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Lenovo Mini Wireless Keyboard Shocker – Being Sold by Brando?!

by Jay Garrett on February 24, 2010

This must be a first!!

Brando, the purveyor of USB based silliness, is selling this – the HTPC loving Lenovo Mini Wireless Keyboard for $64.

Yup – it’s selling a useful item from a known maker!! :p

This large remote control sized thumb keyboard and trackball uses a 2.4GHz wireless connection and works up to 30 feet away.

Pretty much ideal for use with Windows Media Center, Boxee, or just about any other PC-based media center application and saves having to get up off your sofa ;)

It’s powered by two AAA batteries and the USB receiver neatly right inside the controllers battery compartment.

As well as ordering from Brando you could, if you so wished, order it directly from Lenovo and save four bucks – and perhaps a little more as Lenovo always seems to have a variety of coupon codes floating around.

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Tefal Toast n’ Egg – Desktop Breakfast

by Jay Garrett on January 26, 2010

We’re all busy people. Rushing around trying to do 12 things at once.

How many times have you thought to yourself, “I’ll just check my emails then I’ll get some breakfast”, only to look at your watch to discover it’s almost lunchtime already! Where did those hours go?

Well, as long as you’ve got some bread and eggs handy, just pop the Tefal Toast n’ Egg on your desk.

Never miss breakfast again.

With the Toast n’ Egg sat next to your espresso maker you’ve got yourself a desktop cafe!

Shove bread in one bit, sling an egg in t’other and poached egg on toast is done in a trice.

CoolKitchen sell this for £29 and Argos at £38.99

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BT Infinity – Superfast Optic Fibre Broadband Comes to 4 Million UK Homes

January 22, 2010 Click to read more →
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BT has hopped onto the fibre-optic super highway!
BT Inifinity is aiming to nibble at Virgin Media’s pie with the launch of its first super-fast broadband service which is set to arrive early next week.
BT Infinity will offer 40Mb per second speed broadband from a choice of two different price plans.
The cheapest Infinity package [...]

Sexier Than an iMac – The Philco PC is Bringing the ’50s Sexy Back!

December 14, 2009 Click to read more →
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The Philco PC is lovingly based on the fantastically futuristic and totally iconic Philco Predicta television set (check the gallery below) as well as some Steampunk influences.
The re-imagining of the 50’s style set into a contemporary computer includes some real nice touches.
Take the typewriteresque keyboard or the mouse which resembles something that would normally be [...]

Blu-Ray Flippers – DVD on The B Side

December 2, 2009 Click to read more →
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I’m going to have to try and resist the urge for water-based mammal puns throughout this article.
Righty – the story.
Universal has unveiled the first Blu-ray/DVD ‘flipper discs’ – so named because they’ll be packing both the Blu-ray and DVD versions of a film on the same platter.
No accident – they did this on porpoise.
Gah!
Anyhow, A [...]

Going Dutch Concept – Fear No More The Words: Let’s Just Split The Bill

November 27, 2009 Click to read more →
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It’s coming up to that time of the year when the office, department, section festive lunches and dinners loom and in this time of the crunch many companies expect you to foot your own bill.
The thing is, when you’ve had a glass of wine and only a main course and the person sat opposite has [...]

Xerox Silver Ink Will Allow Circuits to be Printed onto Anything by Anyone

October 29, 2009 Click to read more →
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I’m lucky in the fact that my cousin is pretty handy with electronics and seems quite comfortable with putting stuff together on a breadboard.
Perhaps my jealousy could soon be at an end as Xerox has come up with something that might allow me to find the required circuits online and then simply print them off [...]

Get Hobo Chic and Help the Homeless – Cardboard Looking Home Duvet Set

October 28, 2009 Click to read more →
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This is a cool idea.
Make your bed resemble a series of cardboard boxes (even the flatsheet looks like a pavement) with the added bonus of actually doing a bit of good so that you can sleep a little easier.
This high quality duvet cover features a photographic print of a cardboard box. This produces an extremely [...]

Pro Tools Essentials – 3 Bargain Bundles For The Digital Home Studio in The Crunch

September 30, 2009 Click to read more →
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Avid may not be a company name that you’re familiar with.
But, if you hang around with musicians, sound recording artists or you are indeed a muso then you’ll know their industry standard ‘Pro Tools‘ music software.
Well, now they’re offering some tasty bargain bundles that combine the company’s software wing with its hardware division – M-Audio.
Each [...]

Apple TV Price Drop and Ditching of 40GB Hits UK

September 15, 2009 Click to read more →
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We’re pretty familiar with lagging behind our cousins across the pond and the AppleTV changes are no different.
Yesterday the 40GB AppleTV went bye-byes and the 160GB got a huge price drop stateside – now we in the UK have been given the same treat!
The 160GB Apple TV has now dropped to £219 on Apple’s [...]

40GB AppleTV Binned – Price Slashed for 160GB

September 14, 2009 Click to read more →
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Well – I knew something was afoot regarding AppleTV.
You can say goodbye to that 40GB version and say hello to the 160GB for the same price as the original entry level version!
Yup – overnight Apple slashed the 160GB model to $229 (originally $329) and has binned the $229 40GB version.
In the UK store the 40GB [...]

Spoticam – CCTV Lamp – Do You Like Being Watched?

August 5, 2009 Click to read more →
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If you can’t beat ‘em join ‘em.
We’ve all muttered that mantra.
So when I saw these CCTV’s for inside the home I was curious.
When I found out that they were actually lamps – BONUS!
If you actually enjoy being watched while you do some left-handed surfing, get it on with your other half or just sleep then [...]

eiPott – The Apple iPod Egg Cup

July 29, 2009 Click to read more →
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Alrighty Apple Fanboys and girls!
What better way to start the day than with a boiled egg held in an eiPOTT?
Yup – you too could be dipping soldiers into your morning boiled egg whilst being held in situ by an iPod Classic kinda holder.
If you’re curious as where the name comes from (apart from sounding like [...]

Cacti Prepare to Take Over Earth Walking on Ceramic Legs!

July 28, 2009 Click to read more →
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If you’re as green-fingered as I’m not and also enjoy quirky talking points well lookeeeee here!
These oddities are Domsai.
They’re produced and distributed by Monotono and are basically cacti housed in bell jars – it’s just that they’re on ceramic legs.
Each Domsai has its own personality, each cactus has its own dome, tailor made and blowed [...]

Michael Jackson to Appear in New Console Game

July 13, 2009 Click to read more →
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Since the shock death of the King of Pop, rumours have been going round that there had been a videogame, starring the man himself, in production.
This would be a followup to the “Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker” series of games created by Sega.
Well, as it turns out MJJ Productions (his production company), has confirmed that it’s been [...]

iPhone Hand-Steadiers For That Non-Shakey Film Moment

July 7, 2009 Click to read more →
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Oh, really!
Come on – I know it’s all rather neat that the Apple iPhone now can take moving pictures, but now this?
There’s actually a top end $300 shoulder mount that made me laugh so hard people though that I had actually won a large sum of cash.
If you think that was silly and too expensive [...]

The Tiniest Miniature Power Drill Ever – Tools For Mice

June 19, 2009 Click to read more →
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Take a look at this drill.
It was posted by Flickr user s8 and, from what I can tell, probably can’t help with the general DIY tasks that drills are used for.
But from another standpoint – it’s a very small, cleverly made, drill!!!
I’m just disappointed that S8 didn’t make a tiny holster for it and wear it [...]

Monster Home Theatre Remote – Retro Cool and Affordable (Unlike Other Things From Monster)

June 11, 2009 Click to read more →
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Monster unveiled plenty of new kit at the Consumer Electronics Association’s New York showcase including a super-thin cable for HDMI, high-speed cables for HDMI, a tabletop universal remote, and new speed tiers for its PowerNet networking solution.
To be honest it’s the controller from Monster that’s caught my eye purely because of its retro-ness.
I can’t find any [...]

TwistTogether Lamp – LEGO Cool Style Lighting

May 12, 2009 Click to read more →
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Looking for something to match your Audio Cubes?
Howsabout the TwistTogether lamp?
It’s comprised of four LED blocks that can be rearranged in a myriad of ways.
The TwistTogether Lamp is powered through a single block and any additional blocks light up when connected with a simple twist.
Each block is illuminated with LEDs which provide a safe, low-voltage [...]

TEAC Reference 600 – A Compact Hi-Fi For Audiophiles?

May 6, 2009 Click to read more →
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TEAC has tried its hand at alchemy once more and unveiled their new compact Reference 600 series Hi-Fi.
With a proud boast that they have reached their 50 year ambition to achieve the ultimate in sound quality.
All that from a compact? I can imagine a number of audiophiles already falling on the floor, holding their sides [...]

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