Etsy is a website dedicated to helping those who make unique and customized products and looking for an easy channel to sell to the public. Why they don’t use Amazon is a totally different post, but while I was searching their site, I came across this new 4 port USB hub made from a lego.
The 4 port lego hub looks very cool and would be a fun little addition to the office. A bit much in price for the concept of a 4 port USB hub, but given the custom build and stylized look, one could make the argument for the $50 price tag.Product is made by Databrick [great business name] and is available for immediate shipment anywhere in the world.
To help close the deal, check out this ultra boring YouTube video with crazy brackground noise music.
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We stumbled upon this Snake Coffin USB drive when writing about the Han Solo Carbonite USB stick, neither of which make a great USB promotional drive, but definitely a unique looking device.
For the select few who would enjoy this wondrous USB Snake Drive, you can grab a 2GB version for only $25 bucks. The custom snake casket is a limited edition drive and only available while supplies last.
Jason is the creator of this device and many other gadgets. He resides in Bolivia North Carolina and will ship anywhere in the world.
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We’ve got a select few readers who’ve purchased all the Mimobot Star Wars drives, and now they can expand their collection with the Han Solo Carbonite USB drive.
As SlashGear points out, Han Solo was suppose to be frozen for eternity but without encryption technology your data wont have that same possibility, so maybe it’ll escape just as Han Solo came back to life.
The creator, Jason’s Creations has just sold out…but send him an email as more will make it to market, I’m sure.
USBFever has a high temperature again. They are currently promoting a USB car charge for only 1 penny! That’s right, you can now charge any USB device from your car lighter for only 1 cent.
USBFever will ship anywhere in the world for $2.99. So your out-the-door price is $3.00. Clearly an excellent deal.
Score yourself some brownie points with your geek friend and pass this hot deal along. It wont last forever!
*Also great idea for a stocking stuff this holiday season.
Source:Â Thanks Thomas of USBFever [product page to order].
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Brando is based in Hong Kong and isn’t familiary with all the traditions within the US, like Halloween. Just 2 weeks after our holiday, Brando introduces a skeleton USB stick. Maybe Brando was going after the gothic customer base rather than capitalize on the holiday buying trend.
Either way, here is the latest skeleton USB stick from Brando. The drive itself has a lever in the back to slide the USB connector in and out. This keeps the classic goth look to the device, while at the same time adding some protection to the USB connector.
Limited in range size, they offer only a 4GB version. That will set you back $32 USD.
Here is the sales pitch from Brando:
Fashionable USB Skeleton Necklace Flash Drive with decorative crystals and skeleton shape. Necklace is included to wear around your neck, surely will give you a stylish look.
Are you addicted to creating PodCasting content? Need a mobile studio for those on-location interviews or content recording? Well the all new Belkin GoStudio is worth a look.
The GoStudio is compact, portable, and sturdy enough to stand up to the rigors of a mobile digital lifestyle. Designed GoStudio for a wide range of users from podcasters to students, teachers to journalists its shape offers easy access to the controls and simplifies the audio recording process.
Features include a built in microphone for immediate recording or use [up to] two connectors for dynamic mics. Controls include ability to adjust the sound level and gain, limiter and low cut filter to help you maintain the quality of the recording.
What’s so ideal about this Belkin package is the solid dock station for your iPod. You can see the full configuration here:
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Western Digital released a hard drive compliment to their USB Passport hard drive, the WD TV HD Media Player. What they’ve done is develop a high resolution real time streaming device capable of recording up to 1080p to your USB hard drive or super sized USB stick.
It’s clear to me Western Digital will begin developing products to complement or enhance the need of their core business products – hard drives and storage.
The WD TV HD Media Player has a memory buffer inside but uses two USB ports on the backside where you can plug in USB sticks or USB hard drives, like the Passport, to store the digital stream.
The WD TV HD is competatively prices at $129.99 and has HDMI composite outputs.
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I don’t know what these guys are thinking but here’s an ugly bold box called a PC. From the front it looks like a toaster for only one slice of bread. From the side it’s got a handle for only god knows why.
With all the fancy gold on the outside, I’m curious what the back looks like. Probably your standard PC output panel.
In case you are wondering, we have no idea how much this gold gem costs but we do know it’s got a Dual Core 2.0 processor, eight USB ports, 100GB HDD and 4GB of RAM.
As Music Radar stats:Â “I bet it still crashes!”
Source:Â MusicRadar via UberGizmo.
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Digital Rights Management have surrounded music ever since the MP3 standard was set back in the late 90s. We’ve slowly seen labels and artists go the route of DRM free music, and today Datz.com is trying it again.
The program Datz.com is promoting is a $100 membership fee which gives you access to download as much content as you want. The membership comes with a CD and a loaded USB stick. It seems the USB music album continues to grow in popularity. The fee will last you 12 months, but what you accomplish in downloads is yours for life. Transfer, burn or copy those MP3 to any number of players you want.
Some of the record labels Datz.com is claiming you’ll get include EMI, Warner Bros Records, Beggars Group and The Orchard.
What’s the catch? Well, there’s an ominous phrase in the press release, “…a wide selection of new music released in 2009 will be available to Datz Music Lounge members,” indicating that perhaps not all of the new releases will be available?
In either event, if you love music and can part with a C note – Datz might be worth a shot.
Source:Â ShinyShiny.tv.
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We saw this post a couple days ago over at Engadget and I’ve been meaning to write about it. Apparently there is new technology which allows you to eavesdrop through USB cables, Ethernet cables and the like.
The idea is using electromagnetic radiation shot off by USB cables to decrypt the information flowing over them to crack your security and privacy. The crew at Security and Cryptography Lab at Switzerland’s EPFL have managed to eavesdrop wired keyboards and track keystrokes made by the user.
What gets really crazy, is the electromagnetic eavesdropping, or cracking, can be administered up to 65 feet away. It’s clear that no one is safe.
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fing is a free iPhone app that allows you to use IM chat technology for free phone calls. fring is a mobile internet & community portel to be used with your social network sites, IM chat software and VoIP services like Skype.
The concept is leveraging your network connection from your iPhone to use the on-line chat and VoIP services you traditionally use with your PC or Mac.
Use fring to check and see who’s on-line. Use fring to call those you see on-line.
Beyond fring’s social appeal, it also saves money letting you make affordable local and international calls to landline and regular cellular numbers using your SkypeOut/SkypeIn account or almost any internet voice service (SIP) such as SIPNET, EuteliaVoIP, VoIPVoIP and VoIPTalk, even from non-SIP enabled handsets.
What’s more, fring does all the work for you, automatically logging you into your favorite WiFi hotspots so you save time and hassle without having to configure your WiFi access points each time.
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fing is a free iPhone app that allows you to use IM chat technology for free phone calls. fring is a mobile internet & community portel to be used with your social network sites, IM chat software and VoIP services like Skype.
The concept is leveraging your network connection from your iPhone to use the on-line chat and VoIP services you traditionally use with your PC or Mac.
Use fring to check and see who’s on-line. Use fring to call those you see on-line.
Beyond fring’s social appeal, it also saves money letting you make affordable local and international calls to landline and regular cellular numbers using your SkypeOut/SkypeIn account or almost any internet voice service (SIP) such as SIPNET, EuteliaVoIP, VoIPVoIP and VoIPTalk, even from non-SIP enabled handsets.
What’s more, fring does all the work for you, automatically logging you into your favorite WiFi hotspots so you save time and hassle without having to configure your WiFi access points each time.
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