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Universal SIM Unlock Card
2008-05-16 19:32:00 Looking to unlock your iPhone or Blackberry? Or how about that new Nokie or Motorola? One this is for sure, if you do want to unlock your phone, you don’t want to void the warranty. With some of the SIM unlock solutions out there, voiding the warranty is exactly what you have to do. USB Fever ...
USB Soft Air Gun Mod
2008-05-16 18:31:00 Jared Bouck from InventGeek come up with a great mod for those USB Missile Launchers from Dream Cheeky. Rather than toy around with a foam missile, Jared up’d the anti with a soft air gun able to shoot plastic BBs up to 250 FPS. This is an ideal mod for rabbit control or ... More About: Soft
Mobile Phone Projectors by Texas Instruments
2008-05-16 17:49:00 On many occasions I’ve wanted a projector for my cell phone. My most common need is for sharing photos stored on my phone to my folks, who’s sight isn’t that great. Texas Instruments is putting on a full court press to get projectors bundled in with cell phones by year’s end. Putting aside my trivial ... More About: Projectors
USB Tutorial: Make a USB LED Greenhouse
2008-05-15 20:47:00 With “going green” such a big trend right now you might find yourself wanting to put a little green in your workspace - and no, I don’t mean that green. The following is a video USB tutorial on taking some supplies from around your office or home, LED lights and some USB power to ...
More Wood For Your USB Stick
2008-05-13 23:24:00 Hmm, that title came out a little weird. Anyway, Vladimir released updated versions of his USB wood drives to include some odd shapes that include, what looks like to me, a mushroom, tree stump, wooden tooth and a fluted casing. Wood en Jewelery is offering these for $20 [1GB] and $30 [2GB]. The wood drives ... More About: Flash Storage
USB Sound Blaster Card From Creative - Laptop Enthusiast Rejoice
2008-05-13 22:50:00 Creative Labs just came out with a hot little box for 5.1 digital surround sound for any laptop or PC. What Creative did with this new Sound Blaster is rather than make a card out of it, the Sound Blaster is a USB based external device. The X-Fi, as they call it, operates over a ... More About: Creative , Card , Laptop
VGA, DVI and HDMI to USB Trifecta Power House Adapter
2008-05-12 18:36:00 On the heels of announcing the EVGA USB to VGA or DVI adapter comes USB Fever with their power house trifecta USB to VGA, DVI and HDMI adapter. I believe it’s the first USB video adapter with these three options. So with the news of USB Fevers multi-display adapter we can revisit the idea of boosting ... More About: House , Power
iPhone 3G Settings [pic]
2008-05-12 18:32:00 Still doubt that the 3G iPhone is coming soon? This settings screen with a 3G toggle switch (see image) was found in the latest beta release of the iPhone’s 2.0 firmware. Why would you want to turn off 3G? Because 3G drains cell phone batteries very quickly. In this screenshot, Apple has included a toggle setting to ... More About: Pod , Iphone
Y Shaped 4 Port USB Hub From Apacer
2008-05-09 18:00:00 The Y-Shaped USB hub from Apacer is a clever design, but it’s not the first time we’ve seen it. RiDATA introduces a flash drive with combo two port hub on the back side, which I’m still wondering why it hasn’t gained more popularity, about a year ago. The Apacer Y-shaped USB hub increases the port ... More About: Port
USB Tutorial: Turn VHS Tape Into Glowing USB Hub
2008-05-09 06:33:00 Instructables posted a great little USB hack for turning an old VHS tape into a glowing USB hub. I like this mod because it takes an old, out of date medium, puts some retro lighting in there which creates a modern day device I can use everyday. Instructables also brings up a good point with hubs ... More About: Tutorial , Turn
Tic Tac Toe Drinking Game - Hello Father?s Day
2008-05-09 06:20:00 I think Brando found the perfect Father ’s Day gift, the drinking Tic Tac Toe game set. Looks like each glass holds about 3oz of your favorite liquor. Question is, does the loser clear the table? Brando product page ($25). Powered By: 2008 USB Powered Gadgets and more... More About: Drinking , Game
Multiple Widescreen Bliss With EVGA UV Plus Display Ports
2008-05-08 22:06:00 EVGA is lowering the bar for USB to VGA adapters and that’s a good thing. Traditionally you would pay upwards of $200 dollars for a USB to VGA adapter but now the UV12 and UV16 adapter from EVGA are under $80! The UV Plus family take an existing USB port and convert that bus into a ... More About: Widescreen , Display , Ports
Police Pluck Evidence With COFEE USB Stick
2008-05-08 18:23:00 Microsoft developed a USB stick to pluck evidence out of computers at crime scenes. The USB device is called COFEE (Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor) and has the power to blast through security settings to get the good stuff…and quick. The COFEE USB devices is ideal for on-site investigation where law-enforcement needs to extract data quickly ... More About: Security , B News , Police , Stick
USB Tutorial: Waterproof Your USB Thumb Drive
2008-05-07 21:18:00 Waterproofing your USB drive is a good preventative maintenance procedure as you never know when it’ll end up in the wash. Below is a video on how to use epoxy and little skill to waterproof your UFD. Enjoy this USB tutorial: Powered By: 2008 USB Powered Gadgets and more... More About: Tutorial , Drive , B News , Waterproof , Thumb
USB Review: MagicJack Phone
2008-05-07 19:38:00 REVIEW OF MAGICJACK PHONE The MagicJack phone is a simple device which is specifically designed to connect your regular [and current] land-line phone to the internet for Voice Over IP calling. I ran into one of the project managers of MagicJack from a different business deal and he sent a phone for review. I’ve mentioned the ... More About: Phone , Review
USB Tutorial: Home Brew USB Flash Light
2008-05-07 18:04:00 Here is an illuminating tutorial for you. A simple “how to” on making a USB flash light. In just a few minutes you can have a handy flash light for peaking into your PC tower, under the desk or behind the office credenza for that lost business card. Powered By: 2008 USB Powered Gadgets ... More About: Flash , Tutorial , Home , Light , Brew
Buffalo USB Phone for Skype
2008-05-05 18:51:00 Buffalo introduces their VH-MU01 USB phone for Skype and MSN chat so you can drop those headsets if you have a complex. The Buffalo USB phone looks like a slim design with easy button navigation. Any asstute reader will quickly realize there is no LCD or display for the phone. Well, if you’re looking to ... More About: Phone , Buffalo
Imation Disc Stakka Management Tool
2008-05-01 23:02:00 The Imation Disc Stakka is a management tool for keeping those messy CDs organized and accessible. Granted your music is probably on your iPod and if it isn’t then you should contact a CD Ripper Service…but even with all your music on that MP3 player you can still find a use for the Disc Stakka. I’ve ... More About: Management , Tool
Hawking Parabolic WiFi Looks Cool & Boosts Range
2008-04-30 21:39:00 The Hawking parabolic WiFi dish is a fancy version of our home-brew version to boost your wireless signal. The one thing Hawking has which you will never achieve, this the cool dish look. The Hi-Gain Wireless 300N is a dish adapter to your WiFi network which connects via USB and could boost your signal as ... More About: Cool , Wifi , Range
Bridge Rock Band and Guitar Hero With USB Adapter
2008-04-29 20:46:00 If you’ve got Guitar Hero and recently acquired Rock Band from say…Christmas then you’ve probably wanted to bridge the two together for a complete bi-gaming experience. Since Activision and Harmonix will never come to minds on hardware connectivity and interface you’ll have to resort to the Ant Commandos converter to make the two play nice. The ... More About: Gaming
VConsole USB Flash Duplicator
2008-04-29 18:06:00 We reported a while back on the Nexcopy USB Flash Drive Duplicator and today VConsole announces a similar system but larger capacity and encryption technology. The VConsole appears to be lightening fast as well, with a copy speed of 91 seconds for 512MB of information. Taking a quick visit to their site I see the 91 ...
Wouldn?t You Say $60 is About Right for Mother?s Day Gift?
2008-04-28 18:29:00 So how about this 7 inch widescreen LCD digital picture frame with clock, calendar and alarm? It’s only $59 (after $20MIR). The picture frame is widescreen which makes it easier to display landscape pictures and with a remote it’s easy to flip between pictures, click over to the calendar or clock setting. It’s safe ... More About: Gift , Mother
USB Washing Machine Wakes You But Doesn?t Do Laundry
2008-04-26 06:12:00 Joe from USB Geek sent me an email about his new USB washing machine alarm clock, I thought we hit the mother-load. We didn’t. But lets stop and think for a minute, could we - one day - have a USB washing machine? It’s possible if the USB 3.0 spec really boosts the power over ... More About: Laundry , Machine , Washing
Virtual Laptop Protects Children Online With USB Bracelet
2008-04-25 18:25:00 WiHood is a relatively new service which is the world’s first “virtual laptop” that protects children online [ anywhere & at all times] with the WiHood’s USB bracelet. The concept is ideal and it appears the user interface, setup and configuration is just as simple. This is what WiHood is: A USB bracelet which auto-launches a ... More About: Security , Children , Laptop , Networking , Online
USB Flower Fan - Gadget Crap
2008-04-25 17:48:00 Gadget4All generally has some useful USB gear they sell, but today in my inbox was a USB flower fan that was nothing short of gadget crap. Sorry guys. Powered by USB or AAA batteries you can clutter up your office space with a pink or green USB flower fan. Granted it’s only $12 to ... More About: B News , Gadget , Crap , Flower
String Theory Applied to USB Hub
2008-04-25 00:47:00 USB Fever is thinking outside the box on this one. Going away from standard box USB hubs, this hub is all cable. To continue along the lines of abstract thinking USB Fever includes a separate power cable to extract juice from the system bus solely for the purpose of powering up those peripherals. So we are ... More About: Theory , String , Applied , String Theory
RSS Filter With Keyword Exclusion Function
2008-04-24 00:50:00 FilterMyRSS is another website I run. This website is an RSS Filter utility to help people manage the amount of information flowing through their reader. Today I’ve added a new feature: exclusion via keyword. This new feature allows you to filter out articles based off keywords. A simple example would be filtering out ... More About: Keyword , Filter , Function
Earth Day - How Does USB Gear Fit Into This?
2008-04-22 21:11:00 Happy Earth Day. Over the years, GetUSB has reported on a number of green friendly products. Today we’ll take a quick look at what some of those are. For example, how would you like to listen to music with a hand crank MP3 player while making your way through a jungle? Not adventurous - well you ... More About: Earth Day , B News , Gear
Get It In Espanol - USB Powered Gadgets In Espanol
2008-04-22 20:51:00 GetUSB.info has been translating our posts into Spanish for quite some time now. Our Spanish site isn’t an automated translation engine either - it’s the real deal. Carlos is my Editor in Chief for GetUSB.info Espanol and is relentless in his punctual translations. Located in Panama, Carlos not only does the edits for spanish.getusb.info but ... More About: Gadgets , B News
500GB Mercury Portable HHD
More articles from this author:2008-04-19 03:11:00 OWC is giving you GB hungry data hoggers some extra storage space. Their new 500GB Mercury portable hard drive is their largest [portable] edition yet. It’s got Firewire and USB connectivity to support any gear you’re dealing with. A couple concernts I have are a) it’s a 5400 RPM hard drive, which is standard for ... More About: Portable , B News , Flash Storage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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