Scuba cams as cheap as $99

January 11, 2009

As usual, CES was awash with really cool gear, but I must say I was most impressed with the Scuba Cam from Liquid Image. I haven’t tested the product, but I like what I’ve seen from the video presentation. As you can see from the photo below, it’s a set of goggles with the camera […]

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Best product pitchman: President-Elect Barack Obama

January 11, 2009

Unlike his former competitor John McCain, Barack Obama has embraced technology in his personal life and has plans to embrace it for the entire country. An avid BlackBerry user, he’s probably going to have to give it up for legal and security reasons when he enters the White House. An unfortunate turn of events for […]

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Musical accompaniment for people who can't sing

January 11, 2009

Can’t sing, but you love karaoke? That probably defines most karaoke performers. Why must WE adjust our pitch to match the music? Why can’t the music adjust to match our horrible singing? A problem that hasn’t been solved until now with Microsoft’s Songsmith (free to try, $29.95 to buy). The reverse karaoke software program allows […]

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Palm Pre: iPhone and Android G1 killer?

January 11, 2009

This year at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) the product that got all the buzz was the Palm Pre smartphone. Last year, the big announcement, the iPhone, wasn’t at CES, it was at MacWorld. Just goes to show you that people are obsessed with smartphones. There’s some great summaries of all the information surrounding this new […]

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Spark Minutes on the air for the week of 1/5/09

January 5, 2009

For those listeners of the Spark Minute on Green 960 or 910 KNEW in San Francisco, you’ve found the summary of all the follow up information and reports you heard on air for the week of 1/5/09. Great online tools to manage the stress of flying Tracking the Israel Gaza Conflict via social media Celebrities […]

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Great online tools to manage the stress of flying

January 5, 2009

Thanks to Direct Villas for this great post and tips on airline services. Make sure you read their post for complete descriptions, but here’s a summary of all the great tools. How do I know if I bought my ticket at the right time? – We all know that the airlines like to play games […]

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Tracking the Israel Gaza Conflict via social media

January 5, 2009

The days of local news and 24 hour news networks to be the first to break news is long over. Social media tools, especially Twitter, have trumped all media outlets becoming the leading sources for breaking news. And as we watch the conflict in Gaza unfold, any of us, thousands of miles away, can actually […]

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Celebrities that Tweet (use Twitter) lead boring lives just like you!

January 5, 2009

Today, I took a look at the site CelebrityTweet which is essentially a Twitter user that just follows celebrities. It appears their definition of a “celebrity” is someone who is famous before and outside of social media. There have become plenty of Twitter celebrities, but these people are actually true celebrities the way we used […]

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Worst passwords EVER! Check to make sure yours aren't on the list

January 5, 2009

Mark Burnett’s 2005 book Perfect Passwords: Selection, Protection, Authentication has a table of the “Top 500 Worst Passwords Of All Time.” You better check this list to make sure that none of your passwords are on this list. According to Burnett: “…Approximately one out of every nine people uses at least one password on the […]

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Bush's expansive memory threatens the National Security Archive

January 5, 2009

Turns out the Bush administration has been cranking out more data and knowledge than we’ve been led to believe. The administration claims it has close to 100 terabytes of information which includes love emails between Bush and Cheney to hysterical videos of White House dog Barney “pretending” to push the button. Oh Barney, you mangy […]

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