One of the Most Prestigious Prizes for Computing is Finally Awarded to a Woman

It took 40 years, but better late than never. Frances E. Allen was awarded with the $100,000 Turing Award for her work at IBM corp for her efforts in optimizing the performance of compilers. She is the first woman to ever receive this award. Frances started at IBM in 1957 and retired in 2002, but has remained active over the past couple of years with programs that encourage women to study computer science. Congratulations to Allen, and we are sure that she will serve as an inspiration to many other geeky girls to earn similar achievements in the future.

Feedealio Offers Personalized RSS Shopping Feeds

A new free online service, Feedealio Beta helps you find good deals on the product you are looking for by building a personalized shopping feed for you. There is no registration required, and set-up is as easy as entering a description of what you are looking for. Also, there are no limits to how many feeds you can create. Whether it’s a Nintendo Wii or a Playstation 3, those hard to come by items can be super frustrating to chase around the web, and Feedealio can also make your life a bit easier by keeping you updated about when they become in stock.

Blueant’s Blue Sonic Portable Speakers Play Your Phone’s Music Via Bluetooth

Blueant’s Blue Sonic Bluetooth speakers is is a portable speaker system that allows to you to wirelessly stream A2DP stereo audio coming from your phone. It also works a speaker phone, a speaker system for regular mp3 players, and it supports VOIP applications. Sounds pretty promising, especially with its 10 hour talk time battery life and it claims to have the ability to simultaneously support up to 8 devices. Unfortunately, Laptop Magazine is very unhappy with the sound quality coming out of it for something that you’re paying $119 for. However we figure that the technology will get there eventually. In the meanwhile, if you have a need for this specific type of device, this will do the job, just don’t expect too much.

I-Luv’s Accessories for Neglected Samsung MP3 Players

Poor Samsung, they make so many great Mp3 players but they constantly get overshadowed by iPods. i-Luv has decided to extend a little love to poor neglected Sammy with a slew of accessories including leather cases, protective films, and silicon cases in different colors and designs. Overall, they have protective accessories for popular T9, Z5, K3 and K5 players at a price range of $14.99 to $24.99

WiLife Spy Camera Disuised as a Clock Secretly Sends Video Feeds to Your PC

When it comes to spy cameras nothing is new about why we use them. Making sure the nanny doesn’t give the kids too much sweets before bed or wanting see what the hubby bought you for your anniversary tends to be very common. The WiLife Spy Camera is the only networked camera concealed in a digital alarm clock, making it so much easier for you to disguise your deviousness. With its no muss no fuss installation all you have to do is plug it into an electrical outlet and video feeds are sent back to your PC. The PC serves as the main control panel for all the spying you need to do. You can hook up a total of 6 “digital clocks” throughout your home, office, or anywhere you feel spying needs to be done. The WiLife Spy Camera retails for $329.

Kodak V1003 Digicam in Pink, Purple and an Assortment of Other Colors

We’re starting to think that there are more pink digital cameras than there are even pink cell phones. Not that we are necessarily complaining. Kodak’s EasyShare V1003 is available in a choice of 9 colors including purple, blue, brown, golden dream (yellowish if you ask us), pink, black, silver, white or grey. The camera sports a juicy 10MP sensor, 3x optical zoom, and digital image stabilization features. The V1003 will be available in March for $249.95.

Casio Exilim EX-V7 is the World’s Slimmest Digicam with 7x Optical Zoom

We love Casio’s Exilim line of Ultracompact cameras because they’re tiny pretty things that know how to pack a punch. One of the latest additions to the Exilim line up is the EX-V7, the world’s slimmest camera with a 7x optical zoom. It also features a 7MP senor, VGA recording for movies in the very healthy H.264 format, and it has a 2.5″ brought LCD display. And you get all of that in a body that is 2.5cm thick for a not totally outrageous price of $399.

Stop Junk Snail Mail and Plant a Tree Simultaneously

Who likes getting junk snail mail? Not me that’s for sure. It’s either a dozen credit card offers or catalogs cramming up my tiny mailbox for my apt. I toss half of it away and the other I have to shred so I’m not a victim of identity theft. I have always been an avid supporter of recycling my junk magazines and catalogs but Greendimes.com takes it one step further. Using their website you can control the type of junk mail you want and don’t want. For every piece of mail stopped for $4 a month or $36 a year they will reduce the junk you get in the mailbox and help you keep your private life private and plant a seeds for trees in your name. It’s good for the environment and it saves time sorting and tossing junk mail that you will never read. The planting of a tree takes place in South America, Central America, and Haiti just to name a few. Who knew junk mail could actually be useful for the environment.

Macintosh Smiling Computer Mousepad

Applephiles will surely recognize Susan Kare’s old school icons and fonts. She’s the one that designed all those user system and application icons that we have grown accustomed to. The MoMA store has a mousepad with one of her most popular and beloved icons, the Macintosh smiling computer. Would make the perfect gift for any Apple geek. Retails for $14. Magnets are also available.

Personalize your Gadgets with Laser-etchings

Sure Apple offers you free engraving when you purchase an iPod, but why be confined to two lines of text? Adafruit Industries will laser etch anything onto your prized possession, be it a love letter, logo, cartoon, etc. Just send over an EPS or AI file and they’ll take care of the rest. Prices start at $30 for smaller gadgets and $100 for laptops and such.

(Source: Daily Candy)

Passive LifeStation Media PC Vies to be the Center of Attention in Your Living Room

The LifeStation definitely has the looks to fit in too your home entertainment system. But does it have the chops? The system runs on a Core Duo mobile cpu with a 945 chipset. So that means no heavy gaming allowed. On the other hand it incorporates the advanced ATI Avivo HD decoder engine with HDMI, HDCP which they claim ensures smooth, flawless playback of high definition content. You can customize the system with up to 750GB of storage which would hold over 250 hours worth of TV and you can also add a LifeServer to the whole set-up which could add an additional 6 terabyes of storage to your set-up. Gadget Fashionistas will appreciate that the LifeStation is available in a choice of 3 colors. We don’t see any pricing on their site, but something tells us that it will cost you a pretty penny to have this pretty device.

My Celly Lappy Laptop Messenger Bags Covered with Snails

My Celly’s Lappy series is a line of laptop messenger bags covered with My Celly’s snail icon. The bags are made with anti-shock protection and they have several pockets for accessories. They’re available in the colors hot pink, red, navy and black, all of which are covered with white snails. Overall, the bags have a hip spunky look going for them and would certainly stand out amongst other laptop bags.

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Hidden Safes Store Your Valuables in Household Objects Such as Soda Cans and Outlets

What does a Soda Can, Peanut Butter Jar, Candle, Electric Outlet, Jell-o Bowl and a Dried Soup Container all have in common? They each make a great hidden safe to store your valuables in. As a matter of fact, it’s probably wiser to store your jewels in the inside of the hidden outlet safe than it would be to store it in an expensive safe. After all what are the chances that a thief would think to look there for your valuables… unless they just read this post. These hidden safes range in prices from $14.99 to $19.99.

Retro Console Music System Brings Together the Best of the 20th Century

The Retro Music System merges the best of old school music playback technology together with modern day technologies. Sitting on four legs and designed with a personae reminiscent of a record player from the 40’s, the Retro Console Music System would make a classic addition to your living room. Under the hood it’s got a turn table for playing records, a 3 CD changer, dual cassette Decks, an AM/FM tuner, and a 2 way speaker system. You can also use it to dub from tape to tape or record from radio, CD or record directly on to tape. The Retro Console Music System retails for $299.

USBCELL Batteries for Cell Phones Charge Via USB Connector

Moixa’s USBCELLs were the first standard sized batteries to come with a USB connector for charging. Now they’ve come out with cell phone batteries with USB connectors as well. This is great because it can illuminate the need to bring a long your cell phone charger while you’re traveling. When your phone dies you can easily pop the battery’s USB connector in to your laptop for charging. Or instead of having to carry around many chargers, you could just have one charger that accepts USB devices. These USBCELLS will be available for major cell phones, Blackberries and other portable devices. (Source: T3 Magazine, February ‘07)

Home Theater is a Titanic Replica

Watching movies takes on a whole new level in this Tennessee couple’s home theater. The theater is modeled after the Titanic. The 20 by 14 foot room is covered with a dome made of 1,230 fiber-optic light strands which give the effect of the night sky. A custom-made whopping 120 inch screen and Tru Audio surround speakers hidden in the front pillars and ceiling, help to complete the feeling that you’re sitting in the lap of luxury that even Kate and Leo would approve of. (Source: Electronic House Magazine)

USB-Heart Because It’s Never Too Late to be Romantic

Valentine’s Day is behind us, but it doesn’t mean you have to stop being romantic. SollidAlliance has a 256 MB heart shaped USB drive on sale for about $20. There are so many cool things you could do with this memory heart. Our suggestion is to mail-order it to your address, copy your voice message, your pictures, and video(s) and ship it to your significant other. Actually, this is another reason guys should read ChipChick - so that you can score some extra romantic points from our ideas.

Google Cheat-Sheet

Even if you’ve never been overwhelmed with Google’s services and search options - this cheat-sheet is definitely something you should look at. The optimized 2-page printout will help you to learn advanced Google query building techniques. Not only that, it will also assist you with getting more out of Google just by visualizing its services (such as calculator) and “satellites” (such as Hello.com). Of course, you could go to the effort of compiling your own customized Google Cheat Sheet, but for most people this is stilla helpful document to print out and keep handy on your desk.

Russians Find a Way to Drink Vodka Over Internet with a USB-shot-glass.

Drinking is an indisputably important part of Russian culture. It’s frequently used as a bonding element, an initiation ritual, an entertainment piece, or a business component. The stereotype is that Russians drink a lot of vodka. And it’s the truth. However, there is an unspoken rule in Russian Culture - a person shall not drink alone. That is why, it’s common in bars to be approached by strangers who are trying to form “Trinity”.
Sergei Mikheev, an expert of E-Generator - a Russian Peer-2-Peer creative agency, has come up with a new way of solving a common problem - you need to drink, but you don’t have anyone to drink with. Here is how it works - you plug in a special shot glass to a USB port, connect to an online vodka room, and find virtual drinking buddies. The main idea is that the shot-glass will track the amount of liquor in it and report it to other users. This is done to make sure that the person has finished the shot (it’s considered rude in Russia if one doesn’t finish a drink). Unfortunately, it’s not known yet, how the glass will determine its content. Via Lenta.Ru

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