Geeky Corner

S.beat is a combination of Swiss Army weapons and USB keys. It’s a hybrid knife that adds removable MP3 component that supports also WMA and OGG playback. It will come in 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB.

Nothing new and nothing revolutionary. It’s just a proxy server called Hide My Ass. It could be very useful if you are at work, in school, or wherever you are not allowed to browse certain sites due to questionable content.

Whenever you won’t be able to access a site of your choice, just use Hide My [...]

OpenOffice 2.0, the free alternative to Miscosoft Office, has finally been released. After more than two years in development there is a much better installation process, new titles for the applications - Writer, Impress, Calc and Draw; a new interface, OpenDocument format, enhanced PDF export facility. OpenOffice 2.0 also includes a powerful database application that [...]

Casio EX-S600 is a new six megapixel digital camera which gives gives their popular Exilim Card line of digicams a bump to 6 megapixels. It very thin but also includes image stabilization technology, not normally seen in this kind of cameras.
One of the striking features of the new Casio EX-S600 is its ability to [...]

In search for a new laptop computer I came accross a great laptop buying guide on Pc Magazine. This is a must read if you are buying your first laptop or changing your old one.
The simple fact is: Notebook PCs can go anywhere and handle almost anything a traditional desktop PC can, including multimedia applications. [...]

Sleek and stylish, the Compaq Presario B1800 notebook is incredibly lightweight and yet exceptionally powerful with the latest Intel technology. It is one of the smallest and lightest notebook ever designed by HP for highly trendy mobile individuals or professionals who desire style with substance. It lets you stay connected with your world wherever you [...]

Nokia 7380 is the follow-up to fashionable Nokia 7280 stick phone which was introduced over a year ago. Iconic and slim in design, revel in its stunning compact size, accentuated with leather, cloth, metal, and ceramic finishes, a cool glass mirror display with light-enhanced effects, a 2-megapixel digital camera, an integrated FM tuner, Bluetooth, GSM/GPRS/EDGE [...]

A few days ago Lenovo introduced its first desktop models since purchasing IBM’s consumer hardware division. The ThinkCentre E Series is a small business-targeted lineup models. Ease of use and built-in recovery software are the major selling points. All E Series models ship with the Rescue and Recovery application that both restores functionality following a [...]

Another web browser has seen the light of day. Flock, currently available as a developer preview, is a new browser that will open a whole new world to browsing the web. It’s based on Mozilla and has some new and interesting features such as del.icio.us, Flickr, writing to your blog and other.
Website: Flock

A leading expert in Web usability, Jakob Nielsen, has written up his top ten blog design mistakes. There are some good guidelines in there and it’s worth reading if you’re publishing a blog.
Weblogs are often too internally focused and ignore key usability issues, making it hard for new readers to understand the site and trust [...]