Laptops are supposed to be highly portable, right? But even with a built-in battery you’re never leaving home without its power adapter—and that’s usually a long cable with a hefty brick somewhere along its length. They’re hardly compact, but this laptop adapter from FINsix is.
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This article was written on July 16, 2006 by CyberNet.
Sometimes it is difficult to find where all your information is stored on your computer. Microsoft could make it easy and display the folder size right there in Windows Explorer, but they don’t. However, this free software will allow you to see the size of folders.
The Folder Size software is great and helps me find ways that I can free up some room by displaying the size of folders in Windows Explorer. I have noticed then when I browse network folders it seems to be a little sluggish but other than that it works pretty good. This currently only works on 32-bit machines according to the list of known bugs.
Go ahead and give it a shot to see if it works out for you. This is definitely a handy little feature for me.
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Asus has a history of using teasers to hint at new products it will unveil. Ahead of Computex last spring, Asus was teasing a product showing close ups that hinted … Continue reading
A new Kickstarter project is hoping to combine some popular recent gadget trends with commonly sought after DSLR and pro photography features for a Bluetooth gadget that’s unique and more versatile than most in the same category. It’s called the MaxStone, and it’s a smartphone controlled camera shutter, Bluetooth device locator and remote smartphone shutter trigger all in one.
The MaxStone is a small device powered by a single watch battery that you affix to your camera via a simple loop strap. It attaches in touch a way that it covers the camera’s shutter button, and hands down a small, pebble-like main body in front of your camera’s IR sensor. This actually contains an IR blaster that connects to your smartphone via Bluetooth, so that you can remotely trigger the camera’s shutter from your device. It’s a lot more low-tech than using Wi-Fi or something like that, but it means MaxStone is much more broadly compatible with a range of camera brands and models.
You can use the MaxStone apps to either trigger the camera’s shutter instantly or via time delay, or program it to take photos at intervals for time-lapse photography spanning nearly a full year, according to MaxStone’s Kickstarter page, and maintaining operation even if your phone is powered down or loses connection. It can also handle video start/stop recording on some models of camera.
That alone would be pretty impressive in a device that’s priced at a $29 pledge to start for backers, but it also offers a Bluetooth proximity alarm sensor, which makes it possible to set a location gate so that you can receive alerts if you move away from your camera, or whatever else it’s attached to. It can also be used the other way, to located your phone, thanks to functionality that allows it to trigger an alert on your device when you press the MaxStone button. Finally, it can operate as a remote shutter for your iPhone camera, too, which is crucially important for the selfie generation.
The MaxStone was created by Will E and Lia Zhang, a husband and wife team who did the original prototyping and design. Radio engineer Will Griffith helped refine RF communications, and Shawn Han developed and continues to build the MaxStone iOS app. The New York-based team is seeking $50,000, and has raised around $6,500 already, with 59 days left in their campaign. Should everything go as planned, they plan to ship the MaxStone by March, 2014.
I have yet to plunk down any cash for a lost-and-found style Bluetooth tracker, but MaxStone’s versatility and price point might make it the first such device I do back, and yet that’s not even its main function. The team here has the right idea though: bundle a number of smart device features that make sense together, and suddenly people have more than one reason not to look elsewhere or pass on the idea altogether.
Reddit’s come a long way since it first appeared online in 2006—but how has it changed over time? This visualization shows how the relative sizes of its subreddits have changed.
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Though CyanogenMod has gotten plenty of ink lately for its Oppo N1 hookup and Google Play approval (and subsequent removal), it’s still first and foremost a modding outfit. In fact it just crossed 10 million downloads of its custom Android ROMs, …
As we mentioned earlier this morning, one of the most irritating experiences that one will go through would be to carry out a conversation on the phone, only to realize that the conversation had stopped abruptly – and the culprit behind that is because the handset had already run out of juice. Apart from that, it can be a pretty upsetting experience whenever we are about to conclude a business deal over the phone, and we get cut off, again due to the lack of power. With the new Trent PowerPak Ultra, all of this should be a thing of the past.
The New Trent PowerPak Ultra has been described to be the ultimate outdoor accessory for users who would want to make sure their USB-based devices remain powered up, regardless of the environment in which the device is in. On the outside, you will find a rugged design alongside IP-67 rating, and the PowerPak Ultra is also one tough cookie since it is capable of surviving most drops. Heck, you can also temporarily submerged it in water for up to 30 minutes without any damage, and imagine charging this with a waterproof Xperia Z at the same time! It will sport 14,000 mAh of power, and boasts of 2 USB ports, retailing for $69.95 a pop, and coming in black or orange shades.
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[ New Trent PowerPak Ultra provides energy on the go regardless of environment copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
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