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Gadgets

DockBoss+ Lets You Plug Your Android Phone Into iPhone Docks

If you’re an Android phone or Windows Phone or any phone but the iPhone totin’ kind of guy, you might be jealous of all the stupid awesome docks, speakers, hardware, etc, that are compatible with iPhones. That stupid 30-pin connector isn’t even a standard!

September 20, 2011
Online

This Is The Internet

The internet isn’t only on your screen. Or behind your couch. Or in Google’s data centres. It’s also underwater, where fibre-optic cables stretch across oceans and loop around continents.

August 17, 2011
Computing

Kanex DVI Hooks Your Computer Up To Apple’s Cinema Display

There’s nothing like a good DVI to better your watching/gaming/skyping experience. And Kanex’s new dual-link DVI will hook you up with resolutions up to 2560×1600 on a 27-inch Apple LED Cinema Display. That is, as long as you’ve got a PC or Mac with a good graphics card. Just remember, if you’re Skyping with this baby, check your hair first. $US150. [Kanex]

August 11, 2011
Computing

Spec Tweak Will Make USB Capable Of Charging Laptops

What if laptops (or any other device) didn’t need specialised AC adaptors? Well the USB Promoters Group just revealed a near-complete spec revision that would allow USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports to deliver up to 100W of power.

August 10, 2011
Computing

Just Don’t Spill Tomato Sauce On The Cable Fork

If you don’t have a Lady and a Tramp to keep your wires tidy, this fork organiser should do the trick, and you don’t have the downside of smelly doggies creeping out your internetting. Just $US13. [LufDesign via Fancy via BookOfJoe]

August 5, 2011
Computing

Give Your Hidden Hardware A Shot Of Infrared With InjectIR

IR extenders have been around for a while now but they generally require you to run more cable through your house and stereo cabinet. The InjectIR from Sewell doesn’t — it borrows a cable that’s already there.

August 4, 2011
Computing

Kanex SnapX Lets You Connect Two Macs To One Cinema Display

Got an Apple Cinema display and a couple of Macs lying around? Want them to all work together? No problem, Kanex’s latest accessory, the SnapX two-port switcher has got you covered.

July 28, 2011
Computing

A Cable That’ll Give Your iPad Mid-1990s Style

I’m forced to ask why you’d ever want to connect your iDevice to an old-school printer, but Redpark is making the case that people want apps with some retro chic. So the iOS Serial Cable was born.

Computing

Double-Headed USB Cable Goes Both Ways

Sure, you probably own a million USB cables as is, but this metre-long USB cable with both a micro and mini USB head is $US12 well-spent, let me tell you. [StarTech]

July 15, 2011
Science

Free Map Shows Location Of Undersea Internet Cables

Did you know that 99% of the internet traffic flowing between countries travels through underwater cables. And now we have a fairly comprehensive map of these pipes, available for free on the internet.

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