By far the biggest advantages of the 12V Spotlight, a portable flashlight that snugly fits into the cigarette lighter of your car, are its rechargeable battery and very bright bulb. You don’t have to spend money to buy replacements, and a great way to blind yourself is to shine light directly ...

You’ve got multi-functional setups like this: To personal favorites like this: And the simply too much: More available via Nerd Business (images from that site) Tags: Geekasms, multi-monitor, Workstations Share This...

Many netbooks are fine the way they are, but what if you were able to pick your hard disk, RAM, and OS? That’s the concept driving OCZ’s new 10″ 1024 x 600 netbook, a boon for those who don’t want to pay for an OS license and opt for a freeware alternative, and those who̵...

For Intel and Lenovo, the Star Trek franchise represents an opportunity to reach the geeky people. You know, the type who give a damn about CPUs and computing equipment. That’s why they’re raffling off access to: A trip for four to the Hollywood Premiere of the new Star Trek movie. A ...

English goalie Ben Foster of Manchester United, having to defend his goal during a penalty shoot-out, watched footage of opposing players taking penalties before the dueling started. Manchester United won 4-1 in penalties, thanks in large part to Foster’s save. I call that being prepared for a...

Yes, I know a sci-fi movie is barely relevant to The Gadget Blog. But the Star Trek franchise is a reason why I got so into technology in the first place, and I bet the same applies to you too. Yes, I know the latest Star Trek trailer—which no doubt reveals a lot more about the movie—is schedule...

Need a 1.5 TB external hard drive for under $115? Head over to this product page on Dell.com, and enter T4346M$Q6GRJB$ upon checkout. Sale good until April 4 or until supplies last, so get going! The 1.5GB Seagate FreeAgent USB drive runs at 7,200rpm and plugs in via USB 2.0. Take note! It only work...

Reader Rico (no relation) recently told me about smcFanControl, an Intel Mac OS X utility that provides the user with direct control over a Macbook Pro’s set of cooling fans. By setting the minimum fan speed of the laptop, smcFanControl basically sets how fast the cooling fans run. So how does...

Concurrent with an update announcement for Team Fortress 2 was Valve’s re-explanation of their Steam Hardware Survey. Perhaps noticing the privacy concerns raised regarding their data collection service (which has no opt-out), Valve decided to point out its benefits in their own special way. F...

The yet-unnamed netbook will feature built-in 3G connectivity, a 160GB hard drive, and integrated 1.3 megapixel webcam. All these run on Windows XP, backed by an Intel Atom 1.6Ghz processor and 1GB of RAM. Line-in and line-out, at least one USB port, and VGA out also seem to be part of the package. ...