The GlobeSurfer X-1 from Option is a wireless router. When connected to a USB modem, the unit becomes a Wi-Fi internet hotspot. The X-1 does not require any installation software, a built-in browser GUI lets you access the features via any internet browser.
The BT Business Total Broadband hub offers free public Wi-Fi hotspots to its business customers. Businesses can thus provide their customers with free Wi-Fi or sell BT Openzone vouchers for accessing Wi-Fi.
Although not a gadget but interesting enough to warrant a mention here on this blog, Trackle is a web tracking service that lets you do all your tracking from a single source – so no more going to Google Alerts for news stories and PriceProtectr to track prices of your …
The Verizon Hub VoIP phone offers VoIP users an alternative to calling cards for VoIP phones. It is a one-time investment that allows you to make use of the broadband connection at home and in the process save on recurring costs of calling cards. The Verizon Hub acts as a …
A US judge has ruled that Google, the owners of YouTube, must make its entire viewing log available to Viacom who are presently engaged with Google concerning allegations of copyright infringement in what the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has termed as being ‘set-back to privacy rights’.
Whilst Microsoft’s dislike of all things Apple is well documented – MS even have ‘iPod Amnesty Bins’ in their headquarters to allow its staff to liberate themselves from Apple’s clutches – its being reported that MS are offering free iPods (namely Apple’s iPod Nano, Shuffle and Touch models) as an …
Having only just posted yesterday concerning the exciting news that the Phoenix Lander appears to have found ice just under the surface of Mars we thought it somewhat incumbent on us to offer a brief heads un concerning iTunes U now offering free Phoenix Mars Mission movies for download for …
MySpace, the world’s most popular social network, has today announced the beta launch of its MySpace Karaoke service, powered by kSolo, which will allow users to sing along, record and share up to ten licensed tracks with the MySpace community with just a microphone.
We’ve previously featured an extremely cool R2D2 RC Home Projection System, designer Darth Vader and Storm Trooper Star Wars themed bags, and even a Millennium Falcon Retro Gaming Joystick so when we happened across this cool online R2D2 translation tool we just knew that we really ought to offer a …
As far as people of a certain age are concerned – and that very much includes myself – it is sobering to think that there are younger people out there who have never actually either used or ever even owned a cassette tape, but for those of us who experienced …
In this new category Thoughts from the Sidelines will focus on internet sites that, in some way, stand clear from the crowd – and the first entry in this section certain servers to underpin what this section stands for as it is both cute and numbingly disturbing, and most certainly …
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