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  • Dane-Elec sells games on USB flash drives

    Posted on Sunday June 21st, 2009 at 12:01 in usb, flash drives, dane-elec, games usb

    Dane-Elec has decided to sell games in a new way. One that has nothing to do with the optical disc format but instead is in the form of a USB flash drive. As you might expect, these are bargain bin titles. Dane-Elec will make available older titles ...

  • Super Mario World USB drives

    Posted on Tuesday June 16th, 2009 at 11:06 in etsy, usb, drives, mushroom, 4gb, goomba, super mario world, koopa

    How we wish that Nintendo would get it together and offer these 4GB drives officially. Sigh. But at least they’re available on Etsy for $55 each. The Mario Brick comes in six feet varieties and costs only $19. There’s also Koopa, Goomba a...

  • Buffalo 4-Port USB Hub/Power strip

    Posted on Monday June 15th, 2009 at 18:20 in usb, buffalo, hub, power strip, 4 port

    At first glance, this 4 port USB hub from Buffalo looks ordinary. But it isn’t. Notice how it resembles the powerstrips that you already use in your outlets. We find it cute in a geeky way. Yes, those are individual switches for each port that ...

  • Fruit USB Webcams

    Posted on Thursday June 11th, 2009 at 10:43 in webcams, usb, fruit

    Summer is here and if you want to get all fruity about it, why not get yourself a fruit webcam. It’s part of a healthy diet. Your choice of watermelon, apple, and pear. The pear even has a smiley face. Each costs just $12.69. Some features incl...

  • Botropolis: This week in robots

    Posted on Friday May 22nd, 2009 at 13:08 in Transformers, Robotics, Robot, robots, usb, irobot, robocop, reach, r2-d2, ember, biped, manoi

    Another week, another robot roundup. John Connor really has his work cut out for him. Right now it may be cute to make Nuclear Fuel Cells that fuel Terminators, or Transforming dinosaurs, but it’s no longer fun and games when a naked Terminator...

  • Transformer USB hub turns into a Netbook

    Posted on Friday May 22nd, 2009 at 10:59 in usb, usb hub, transformer, netbook

    We’ve seen several USB transformers lately. There must be a movie coming out or something. There’s the transforming mouse, the Ravage USB drive, and now we have this $42 import that features a cassette deck, similar to Soundwave. This guy...

  • Recycled cardboard USB flash drives

    Posted on Sunday May 17th, 2009 at 19:06 in recycled, usb, flash drive, cardboard, usb flash drives

    If you’re concerned about the environment, the recycled cardboard USB flash drive is right up your alley. These are basically disposable USB flash drives. As newer, larger capacity drives become cheaper, the older ones typically get tossed asid...

  • Panda Bear USB flash drive

    Posted on Tuesday May 12th, 2009 at 19:00 in wwf, usb, flash drive, usb flash drives, panda bear

    With this USB flash drive it’s like you have sawed a Panda in half everytime you go to use it. Ling-Ling here will go on a bamboo diet and eat your data instead. A portion of the proceeds (5%) goes to the WWF to save real pandas, with a minimum...

  • USB 7 Port HUB switch for dual PC usage

    Posted on Friday May 8th, 2009 at 10:31 in PC, network, usb, hub, dual, switch, 7 port

    Elecom of Japan has just introduced a few USB switches that will come with a 2- and 7-port USB hub. It allows you to share anywhere from two to seven USB-connected devices over a couple of computers without installing a private network. Perfect if y...

  • USB hub shaped like grapes is perfect for…ummm

    Posted on Friday May 8th, 2009 at 07:18 in gadgets, accessories, usb, hub

    Let me just get this confession out of the way. When I shop for stuff that goes with my PC, I prefer it to look like the high tech gear that it is. What I don’t want is tech gear for my PC that looks like say a cookie or another food item. As you c...