Alas. It’s a sad day today. Japan has lost the cassette tape forever. No more Japanese-Pop Mixtapes.  As you may imagine sales have been declining in recent years, increasingly so since the introduction of MP3 players. It’s not the end of the world though, literally. Sony says it “has no plans to stop selling the [...]

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Tomorrow will see the start of the 2010 International Consumer Electronics show (CES) in Las Vegas. Regarded as one of the most important consumer electronics shows in the world, the CES has seen the introduction of everything from Tetris (1988) to the DVD (1996.) Hundreds of exhibits will be showcased in the next few days, [...]

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In the days of the netbook, manufacturers have at last got a balance between portability, and functionality about right. Netbooks like the Asus Eee pc, and the Samsung NC 10 have been tempting us with their promise of long battery life, and a fully featured OS and application suite. The balance however is usually offset with the hardware, and to get that portability, you need less of it. Out go the dedicated graphics, and power hungry CPU’s, and of course the topic of today’s review, the CD drive. Of course the quick minded lot at Sandberg have the USB CD Mini Reader that should fill the gap left by the non-existent CD drive on your computer.

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You can try to deny it, but deep down you know it’s true; Hello Kitty is a world-wide phenomenon. The cute cartoon kitty cat has come a long way over the years and the market for HK products has grown enormously. So here I bring to you the best of Hello Kitty! (Gadgets of course… [...]

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