Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on May 28, 2008 by CyberNet.

I’ve said it before, but I’m always amazed at what Tony Ruscoe is able to dig up about Google from snooping around. This time around while he was snooping on one of Google’s experimental sites, he found that it looks as though Google is working on Macros for Google Spreadsheets. He says, “by accessing one of Google’s experimental sites I was able to get a sneaky look at some of this functionality, including the ability to record, edit and run macros, edit a shared spreadsheet in something called “List mode” and a few new functions for use in spreadsheet formulas.“

Power users tend to be the only ones that take advantage of Macros because you have to understand how they work and how to code them. If Google goes ahead and fully develops the Macro functionality, it would probably be enough to lure some users in to using Google Docs for creating their spreadsheets instead of Microsoft Office. The key though is that Google would really need to put the time into developing this so that power users don’t feel like they’re missing something by using it instead of Office. Ruscoe said that from what he could tell, it was obvious that the macro functionality is in the early stages of development.

It definitely looks interesting, but our guess is that it will take months before we see this functionality go live. Checkout more screenshots here…

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Traditional electronic watches may be practical, but there’s nothing elegant about battery power. With the Eole watch concept, designer Julien Moise envisioned a device that’s powered by blown air, displaying the time only when you want to see it. Sure, compulsively blowing on your watch in a meeting is less discreet than sneaking a peek under the table, but you’ll still have your BlackBerry around for when you need to count down the minutes until freedom. There’s also a weather indicator and alarm function, so we assume there’s a battery in there that’s doing more than keeping time — an alarm that only sounds when you blow wouldn’t work too well if you’re asleep.

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If the expected price tag for Philips’ latest LED light bulb is any indication, a brighter tomorrow won’t come cheap. The “75W replacement,” known as the EnudraLED A21, apparently reduces energy by 80 percent, lasts 25 times longer than its conventional counterpart, and is expected to cost between $40 and $45. Given that’s significantly less expensive than the outfit’s 60W equivalent, but for us regular folks, that’s not exactly a drop in the bucket. However, if you’re picking up what Philips is laying down, the bulb — which uses a mere 17 watts of electricity to beam 1,100 lumens — could save the US 5,220 megawatts of electricity and $630,000,000 annually (if we all switch over tomorrow). That certainly sounds good, but somehow we doubt a $45 light bulb is going to be the incandescent killer. Full PR after the break.

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This article was written on October 15, 2007 by CyberNet.

Given that today is Blog Action Day we’re supposed to write about how you can “live green.” Well, we also thought it would be fitting to try and save you some green today!

If our U.S. readers didn’t get in on the last 30GB Zune for $100 deal on Woot about two weeks ago, then there is yet another chance! Quantities this time around are probably pretty limited so you better jump on it quick, and they have multiple colors available: black, white, and the notorious brown.

As always, it is hard to put it better than Woot themselves:

Tonight, I ask all men, women, and transgendered individuals of good will to join me in forging a new deal. Under our Zune Relief Act, thousands of Zune 30GB Digital Media Players will be made available to the public at a nominal cost. From the shores of Kansas to the mountains of Florida, the downtrodden will navigate through up to 30GB of music and movies on 3” LCD screens, and watch video on those very screens. […] And thanks to the generosity of Microsoft, every Zune buyer will have access to the functionality of the Zune 2 at no additional cost.

The Zune 2 release date is set for sometime in November, but the original Zune (the one on sale at Woot) will be getting a lot of the same features via a software upgrade. So this is honestly one heck of a deal!

Get your 30GB Zune for $100

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Solid-state storage aficionados are well-versed in the virtues of SandForce controllers, and Corsair’s new Force Series 3 drives pack a fresh version of the technology. Like the firm’s Force GT, Series 3 delivers data using SATA III 6Gbps connections, but uses a newfangled SandForce SF-2281 controller to shoot your info to and fro at up to 550 MBps read and 520 MBps write speeds. The SSDs also perform 85,000 IOPS, which makes the 60,000 IOPS from similarly-priced offerings from OCZ look downright dilatory in comparison. Prices are $139 for 60GB, $219 for 120GB, and $499 for the 240GB version, so they still aren’t cheap, but it’s a small price to pay to dodge the dangers of disk-based storage.

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