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Aircraft Seat Charger for Portable Gadgets
Here's a nifty gadget for frequent flyers and long-haul fans keen to make the most of their time aloft… Inflight Power is a little gizmo that plugs into a passenger aircraft seat's armrest audio jack. It makes use of…
CEDIA 2006: Crestron Adagio now shipping
At this year's CEDIA show, journalists were given an impressive demonstration of Crestron's new entry-level home entertainment system, the Adagio. Although much cheaper than previous Crestron control offerings, the Adagio system provides bags of useful features. Perhaps most useful of…
CEDIA 2006: Several new video servers launched
Music servers from companies like Imerge and Audio Request – which are a bit like giant iPods really – have been around for some time. But video servers, which let you store your entire DVD collection, are now starting to…
Run your Own Nuclear Power Plant
As regular readers may know Propellerhead is fascinated by all things radioactive and just couldn't pass up the chance to run a Nuclear power station? Fear not, the inevitable meltdowns were all virtual, using a Nuclear Power Plant simulator…
New Web Album Functionality for Picasa
If you are already using Google's excellent Picasa image viewing and editing software and you have a Gmail account you might be interested in a new feature called Web Albums. This lets you upload post and share your images…
Google Earth For the Hardware Challenged
Google Earth is one of the best reasons we know for owning a PC, preferably a recent one with plenty of free hard disc space and a fast broadband connection. But what about those who haven't got suitable hardware?…
Automatically Close Frozen Programs
Okay, so worse things happen at sea, but don't you just hate it when you shut down your XP Computer, only to be confronted with error message boxes telling you that 'This Program has stopped Responding' and asking daft…
Review: MediaMan HVX-3500
There's nothing complicated about the MediaMan HVX-3500 – it's really just and external hard disk holder with some basic software, a sleek outer shell and some connectors stuck on. But this simpler is usually better and this gadget could…
Making Light Work Of Your Computer's Backside…
This neat little tip comes to us from Propellerhead reader Gavin Hatherell and it should appeal to anyone who has spent any length of time grubbing around the backside of their PC, hunting for sockets. Over to you Gavin. Most…
Mosquito Sound Repels and Attracts Teenagers
In one of those bizarre technological twists a device that was originally designed to repel teenagers, stopping them clustering together and making nuisances of themselves has morphed into something that teenagers are now clamouring for. The device is called…
