Tag: GADGET

So, I want to know today is: what technology did you buy yesterday? Did you buy any software for your loved ones, or for yourself? What do you consider the hot items this season? Is Zune at the top of your list, or anywhere else? What about cell phones, PC's, printers, software? What does this holiday season look like for you and those you are buying for? I am thinking about buying a new PC, but ...

Google announced today that their specially designed gadgets can be added to any webpage. Google Gadgets were locked into Google Personalized Home and Google Desktop, but now with the breakout of the gadgets, websites are sure to get some nice dynamic and rich content additions. Currently developed Google Gadgets include Google maps, date & time, jokes, games, news reports, flight status, ...

Making the gadget rounds today is a new mobile device from Sony and Skype called MyLo. MyLo, which stands for "My Life Online," is a "personal communicator" with a 2.4-inch screen, a slide-out keyboard, and built-in Wi-Fi. It lets you use any wireless hotspot to make phone calls via the power of SkypeOut, receive calls with SkypeIn, IM with Skype, Yahoo! Messenger or Google Talk, surf the web, ...

You need Google Desktop version 4, but gdShutdown does what it says: shuts down your machine using a gadget. Better yet, you can shut down your machine using Calendar, if you're so inclined. Found this on digg (of course), and a number of folks didn't see the point. First, this isn't a security issue, since Desktop is necessary, and you must be logged in. In fact, it's maybe less of a security ...

Blogger Jake Ludington wrote in to tell us about his "semi-exclusive" screenshot of a Gadget (read: widget) in the works for Windows Live that recommends TV shows and then lets you remotely (read: from anywhere in the world) set  your Windows Media Center Edition PC to record them. Jake describes it as "the only useful Gadget I've seen so far,"  and, though I'm not ...