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I know when most people say “Halo”, what springs to mind is that fragging-cool game for the Xbox. In this case, I am referring to the Halo 6-in-1 Projection Alarm Clock Flashlight that even Master Chief himself would be comfortable with.

The six functions of the Halo are the projection alarm clock, flashlight, clock, timer, calendar, as well as a built-in compass. The projection alarm clock, which means you can shine your wake-up time right on the wall. Apparently, you can also shine a regular white light, as the device has a flashlight function.

I believe that the many multifunctional uses of the Halo makes it an ideal companion device for campers. True, campers may not need or even want an alarm, but they would certainly be in need of a Compass. They might also enjoy the Timer for cooking food on the fire. Of course, if a camper was really roughing it, they might forget about using the Calendar and Clock.

The Halo 6-in-1 Projection Alarm Clock is designed to fit in your hand, and runs on three 1.5 volt batteries. It is available at the Vavolo site, for an unbelievable price of $3.99. You can also get a good deal if you buy it in conjunction with one of their other devices.

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Are you counting the clock ’til you can get it? What’s “it” you ask? Why, what else but the Apple iPhone 3G that’s coming out in the UK through O2.

Pre-orders have been available since yesterday and consumers have reportedly been flocking to the available online portals where they could sign up such that O2’s servers went down. The Apple iphone 3G were available for pre-order directly from O2 and from Carphone Warehouse. I say “were” because not surprisingly, the demand was so large the units allocated for online orders ran out. Both online portals are displaying banners saying “Due to huge demand for the iPhone 3G, we’re currently out of stock online.” However, said web sites promise more information come June 10. So if you’re interested in the second-gen iPhone, I suggest you get ready to stand in line as soon as July 11 rolls in.

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Canon USA has officially announced its next generation entry level digital SLR camera, the EOS Rebel XS which officially replaces the EOS Rebel XT. Like we told you not so long ago, the Rebel XS offers up a cheaper alternative to the previously announced Rebel XSi.

Aside from features that we mentioned before such as a 10.1-megapixel image sensor, 2.5-inch LCD, 7-point autofocus system, 81% viewfinder coverage, 12-bit image processing, spot metering and remote control functionality, the Rebel XS also boasts of a 3.0 frames per second continuous JPEG burst rate which will only be limited by the capacity of the flash memory card in the camera. Weighing only 450 grams, the Rebel XS is by far the lightest EOS digital camera that will come out in the market.

And now for the most important information, Canon has announced that the EOS Rebel XS will have a retail price of $699.99. The Rebel XS camera body would come with the standard EF-S18-55m kit lens and is expected to hit the US market sometime in August.

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MSI has begun shipping their Wind U100 notebook computers.  A release from the company says “all” pre orders have shipped.

You can find the 10” U100 Wind at Fry’s and online New Egg, Amazon, Fry’s, ZipZoomfly, MWave.com and Buy.com.  A quick check finds buy.com sold out but Amazon seems to still have some.

You’ll recall the U100 features Windows XP and a 3 cell battery and are priced at $479.99.  A 6-cell battery is due in September as well as a Linux version.  Batteries are upgradable.

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I’d like to take a moment to be grateful for modern day inventions like the washing machine. In the old days, Laundry Day was a grueling chore of hand and washboard scrubbing. Now we just sit on our butts and let the machines do most of the work.

I guess it’s just a natural evolutionary progress that someone made a washing machine that we can actually sit on. This concept device of washing machine/cozy chair is designed by Harsha Vardhan. Since no water is required to run this device, you don’t have to devote a “laundry room” to this washing machine seat.

You heard me right the first time, no water is required, and the same goes for detergent. The inner chamber works like a pressure washer and uses ionized air, which also means that you won’t have to have a matching seat for a dryer.

The whole thing can open up, and the clothes get thrown in. The controls are some kind of slide-out mechanism. I can only assume that the interface is some sort of digital job, and that the user won’t have to fiddle with any dials or big buttons.

This device is a must for any bachelor. Just pick up all the dirty clothes off the floor, put them in the seat, and relax as you wash.

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JOBO AG has added the new Photo Display PDJ152 digital photo frame to its lineup of digital imaging products. The PDJ152 is a sleek-looking 15-inch digital photo frame with three interchangeable clip-on acrylic frames in black, white and silver color. It boasts of a TFT-color display that promises to give justice to digital photos by displaying them in a 1024 x 768 pixel resolution with a high contrast ratio of 400:1.

The PDJ152 digital frame offers two ways of transferring photos into its internal memory. One is as easy as inserting a memory card into the frame’s memory card slot. Or images can also be transferred into the frame by using a supplied USB OTG cable that can be connected to a USB device or to a PC. The digital frame also comes with a wall mount kit and a remote control unit which lets you control the display from afar In addition it’s slideshow feature allows you to zoom photos up to 4x.

The PDJ152 digital photo frame will retail for around $500.

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Epson has started shipping two new Ensemble home entertainment systems, the HD720 and the HD1080.  Both systems can give out high definition images on their 100-inch motorized screen through Epson’s PowerLite 3LCD three-chip HD projector. The HD720 display HD images in 720p (1280×720) while the HD1080 displays 1080p (1920×1080) resolution video.

Both systems also come with an audio/video source unit that also serve as an upconverting DVD player, a 150-Watt Atlantic Technology 5.1-channel surround system, a 10-inch subwoofer, two HDMI inputs with surround speakers, and a universal remote with LCD screen. The HD720 comes with the PowerLife Home Cinema projector with 16:9 aspect ratio and 1600 lumens brightness while the HD1080 comes with the PowerLite Home Cinema 1080 gives out a maximum of 1200 lumens and 12,000:1 contrast ratio.

Both home entertainment systems features three component, one composite, one S-Video, one RS-232c and one VGA port. In addition, the HD1080 has another RS-232c and a D4/SCART connection.

The HD720 and HD1080 are both available and retail for $4,999 and $6,999 respectively. You’ll also get mounting brackets and cables that will enable you to quickly setup the system in your home.

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I recently had a chance to test out what I like to call a batteries-not-needed gadget called the capCAP. It’s essentially a replacement for the many wide-mouth plastic bottles out there. Why would you need one of these when those bottles already come with cap? Pretty easy - replace the awkwardly large openings with a cap that is smaller, easier to pour, and drink out of.

Before I started using it, I didn’t think I would really need it, but once I started using it, I was hooked. I have a large Nalgene bottle that I like to fill up with water whenever I go play soccer/volleyball/whatever, and I immediately found that unscrewing the smaller cap and drinking out of it was a much better experience than the standard cap.

The upside is that you still have access to the wide-mouth bottle for stuffing your bottle full of ice, fruit, what-have-you, quick-filling and cleaning via the lower wide-mouth cap (that the smaller cap screws onto). What I thought was most interesting in this was how many different bottles actually have the same cap form-factor and accept the capCAP as a replacement. capCAP works with Nalgene 1L, Nalgene OTC, CamelBaks, Cyclones, Stansport and more.

The capCAP is a BPA- and polycarbonate-free (2 common chemicals used in plastics that have been found in various studies to be toxic), and instead made of polypropelene #5 which is blessed by the FDA. The capCAP is the first product made by a small startup called humangear. I’m curious to see what they produce next. Meantime, I’ve ripped off the cap off my Nalgene bottle and am a capCAP user now!

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by Thomas Ricker, posted Jul 8th 2008 at 2:40AM
There’s nerd and then there’s Commodore 64 nerd. Bring them together in a Commodore 64 LAN party and you’ve got a nerdstorm of mythical proportions. The world’s first Commordore 64 LAN party was held in nerdistan Cincinnati last weekend. It consisted of eight C64s with Ethernet cartridges playing NetRacer off a central, Java-based server. So Geeksta it hurts.

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