Sunday, December 19, 2010 - 12:55pm
Keeping track of all your different passwords can be quite a task, so this little device gives you a handy place where you can store them all, completely independently from your computer or phone.
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Monday, December 13, 2010 - 10:39am
Baby powder on the floor, a whoopee cushion in the fire place, knock-out drugs in the cookies — tricky ol' Saint Nick has seen it all. None of it comes close to showing that the most elusive delivery man ever has made his rounds. Well, this year, something just might: the Santa Claus Detector by Thomas Cane. It's even been awarded a patent!
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 12:01pm
Apple's iPad ain't cheap, especially if you went for a 3G model with a sizable hard drive. So you want to keep it nice and protected, right? Well, if you like iPad security and you also like puns, you'll love the iPadLock.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 12:37pm
Avast is a popular anti-virus program that you can download and use entirely for free, with the company hoping that you'll like their product enough to buy a full license. Despite the try-it-forever price of $0, people still pirate the full version, and rather than freaking out about this, the company decided to just watch what happened as one particular license key got stolen like crazy.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 1:44pm
Doors are scary. You have no idea what's on the other side. Pirates? Ninjas? Zombies? Now you can take a peek at this special doorknob and make sure there's nothing on the other side that will kill you or eat your brain.
Monday, November 8, 2010 - 2:46am
Some of those elaborately designed weapons you see spy movies actually exist, like the Triar II pistol to rifle conversion kit, a very real contraption that looks like something from Gears of War.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 6:47am
Well, this isn't good. A new security flaw has been discovered in the iPhone, one that allows anyone to bypass the lock screen to access the phone app. This contains the address book, voicemail and call history.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 3:58pm
We're used to thinking about eyes and fingerprints getting scanned when a character in a movie goes into a high-tech facility. Well, what if they had their ears scanned, too? Turns out it's a pretty accurate way to tell people apart — like 99.6% accurate.
Thursday, September 30, 2010 - 12:13pm
Are you always curious about what exactly a substance in your posession is? Do you always mix up your anthrax, cocaine and baking soda and need an easy way to determine which is which? Well, say hello to the Thermo Scientific FirstDefender RMX!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 8:48am
If you were on Twitter earlier this morning, you may have noticed that a slew of tweets looked like gibberish, some from some pretty serious sources, such as the White House Press Secretary. It was all thanks to a virus...
