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Photoshop Express recently attracted my attention and I signed up. This was a very easy and short process. Include me in that group of digital photo snapping and sharing fanatics. Sharing photos has become the easy part - choosing where to share them is - well, not so easy. Researching the numerous photo sharing sites available on the internet is very time consuming. Competition is rampant among these photo hosting sites. Kodak Gallery, Snapfish, Flickr, Photobucket, Shutterfly and Picasa are just a few popular drops in the bucket. I wish that there was a giant list of options that could be checked off that would lead to the perfect site for me. My requirements may not be the same as yours but here goes. (Read the full post about ‘Gadgetell Review: Photoshop Express’…)

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Posted Mar 31st 2008 11:34AM by Donald MelansonFiled under: GPS, Transportation Installs gone wrong certainly aren’t all that uncommon, but the tale told by one VTECnical of the 8thcivic.com forum is undoubtedly a cut above the rest, and could well have you reconsidering that suction cup option. As VTECnical tells it, he bought a Pioneer AVIC Z2 GPS unit and some other components from Circuit City last July for more $3,000 and decided to let their installers do the installation work for him — apparently after he was told that it’d slide into his Honda Civic without any modifications.The problems then allegedly began when the installer whipped out a heat gun, which was purportedly intended to be used to mold a mounting guide for the GPS unit but instead wound up melting one of the Civic’s heating ducts. (Read the full post about ‘Man left with $12k in damages after Circuit City GPS install gone wrong’…)

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More and more geeks are going to a dual monitor setup to not only provide for me monitor space (real estate), but also because it allows for placing tools and uilties on one screen, while the second screen can be used as an actual interface for editing, drawing and other creative endeavors. Sadly, though, because these monitors are separate entitles, one has to deal with the encasement on both interfering with the unbroken image that can move across both screens. That is, until now. If it gets picked up by a manufacturer, this Double-Sided Transforming LCD Display will enable for an unbroken wide screen image, that can also double as a second separate screen. Wow. (Read the full post about ‘Folding LCD Monitor to add a lot of real estate’…)

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I know what you’re all thinking. Here it’s nearly April, and Mother’s day is coming up, and where, exactly, does one go to buy radioactive isotopes? Maybe a glow-in-the-dark Tritium keychain for the kids? Or bit of certified genuine Trinitite–that would be glass that was created from the desert sand by the historic Trinity nuclear test explosion in 1945.The answer is United Nuclear, a website that sells the nuclear tidbits listed above, as well as a variety of other scientific curiosities like aerogel, magnetic ferro-fluid, levitation kits and samples of the kinds of chemicals that they don’t put into chemistry sets anymore. (Read the full post about ‘It’s like Amazon for Mad Scientists’…)

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Posted Mar 31st 2008 8:07AM by Darren MurphFiled under: Desktops, Gaming, PeripheralsHot on the heels of AMD’s Radeon HD 3000 graphics card receiving its oh-so-coveted DisplayPort certification badge comes the firm’s first DisplayPort-equipped card for the professionals in attendance. Hailed as the “first commercially available 3D workstation graphics card with DisplayPort support,” the ATI FireGL V7700 sports a PCI Express 2.0 interface, 10-bit display engine, 512MB of onboard memory, dual-link DVI connector and a promise to handle CAD / DCC projects with ease. (Read the full post about ‘AMD brings DisplayPort to pros with ATI FireGL V7700′…)

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Now here’s a torch that does more than light up your path whenever the power fails (which isn’t too often these days) - the Multi-Screwdriver Torch. Not only will you be able to find your way through a blanket of darkness, it features a whole host of interchangeable screwdriver heads that will be able to cater for most DIY projects without the need for a whole bunch of different screwdrivers. Just make sure you don’t lose these heads though, as there won’t be any individual replacements. Instead, you’ll have to fork out $17 for a whole new Multi-Screwdriver Torch instead. (Read the full post about ‘Multi-Screwdriver Torch’…)

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Verizon Wireless has finally announced the availability of RIM’s BlackBerry Curve 8330. Sporting a new liquid-silver colored finish with chrome highlights, the BlackBerry 8330’s capabilities will be enhanced by Verizon Wireless’ high-speed EV-DO network. The 8330 will also have Verizon’s location-based services that will give customers mapping, audible turn-by-turn navigation and access to information on more than 14 million points of interest. All the goodness and eye candy that previous blackberry Curve owners enjoyed in other Curve models will be in the 8330. Measuring 4.2 x 2.4 x 0.6-inches and weighing only 4 ounces, the BlackBerry 8330 will be easy to handle and use. (Read the full post about ‘Verizon announces the BlackBerry 8330 Curve’…)

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A new web 2.0 service dubbed Tagcow has sprung out of nowhere a couple of days ago. Tagcow, so far has managed to create quite a stir and although Tagcow maybe a cool and useful application, some are questioning the new service, emphasizing on the accuracy of tagging, its usefulness and the never ending question on privacy statements. In brief, Tagcow is a photo tagging service that automatically assigns descriptive tags to photos that users upload into Tagcow. The service identifies the objects in a given photo, and then assigns generic descriptive tags based on photos subject. At first glance, it would seem a great tool, a work of magic even. (Read the full post about ‘Tagcow automatically makes photos searchable through autotagging’…)

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This laser harp is not your traditional musical instrument. Rather then you playing the Beamz laser harp you are simply telling it what to do. The notes are timed to the beat of the rhythm accompaniment and that as you trigger each one, an appropriate musical sequence of notes is played depending upon the rhythm accompaniment’s current key. In short, you’re performing much like a music conductor: you’re calling upon each instrument and controlling the shape of the music, but the beamz software is taking care of making sure everything fits together seamlessly. The Beamz laser harp connects to your PC via USB and contains 30 songs from a mixture of 19 different genres which are used to provide backing music to your laser creations. (Read the full post about ‘Beamz Laser Harp’…)

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Just yesterday, we mentioned that the Nokia N96 will have a Xenon flash. Unfortunately at the time is was based mostly on rumor, so what better way for us to be able to follow that up, with nothing less than a leaked picture of a Nokia N96 with a Xenon flash. While this is far from official confirmation, it certainly seems this rumor has been proven true. Looks like the Nokia N96 excites as it features a generous 2.8-inch QVGA display, impressive stereo speakers, Wi-Fi, HSDPA, and the much awaited Xenon flash, similar to what Nokia N82 currently has.  Now, I’m pretty much convinced that N96 will be worth the wait. So Nokia, when can we finally get our hands on your new baby? (Read the full post about ‘Nokia N96 with Xenon flash leaked image’…)

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