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If you tend to be the thing that goes bump in the night as you fumble around trying to get to your destination without waking anyone, you might need a better way to get around.  This little light is motion sensing, portable and only comes on at night.  It is also free standing, so you can set it down to make your midnight snack and not have to keep the fridge open for a bit of lighting.  It is battery powered and to save batteries after sensing motion you can set it to turn off anywhere from 30 seconds to five minutes.

Which gives you plenty of time before it kicks off, hopefully the sensor is good enough to easily pick you up.  There’s nothing like seeing someone in a bathrobe and overly slept in hair, jumping around like a lunatic to get their night light to kick on.  If you have children you could leave one in their closet to prove that there are no monsters in it either.  Then you both can scream like girls when a shoe shifts and kicks the light on anyway.  The night light is being sold for $24.99 on Smarthome.

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Blaze Media Pro is an application that easily allows you to convert files from one format to another. It is an all-in-one application as it allows you to do a number of things. Apart from allowing an end-user to convert files, it also allows an individual to rip CDs and DVDs.

Blaze Media Pro works as the CD burning software as it allows an individual to rip CDs. The CD converter module available in the software allows an end-user to convert audio CD tracks to other popular formats like WMA, WAV, MP3 and more. It allows an individual to burn audio CDs from music files available in different formats.

Apart from supporting a number of operations for CDs, it also supports a number of operations for DVDs. It can be considered as the DVD burning software as it can be used to burn DVDs. It can also be used to create audio DVDs and video DVDs. Blaze Media Pro can also be used to convert DVD to AVI, MPG, WMV and more. It is an all-in-one application as it offers a number of features. Video Editing and audio editing are some of the many noticeable features of the Blaze Media Pro.

Some of the key features of the Blaze Media Pro –

• CD Ripper
• Audio Editor
• Audio Recorder
• Movie Editing
• MP3 Ripper
• Video Editing
• Video Converter
• Burn CDs (CD/DVD)
• Data CD/DVD Burning
• MPEG Decoder
• MOV Converter
• MP3 Burner
• MP3 Encoder

So as you can see, it is an all-in-one multimedia application that can be used to server your multimedia needs. At the end, if you’re looking for the fabulous software that is loaded with features then you should definitely consider the Blaze Media Pro. It’s a paid product but you won’t regret the purchase.

by Darren Murph, posted Aug 24th 2008 at 11:09AM

We’ve stated it before, but this time you really have ran out of excuses to run. Thanks to Yamaha’s BODiBEAT, you can expect your tunes to automatically sync with your steps, giving you new reason to get out of the house and get to steppin’. Granted, the $299.99 price tag is pretty steep for just 512MB of space and 12-hours of battery life (marathon, what?), but we’re sure there are a few of you out there willing to pay the premium to keep your head nodding perfectly in line with your pace. Oh, and if you completely skipped over the headline, it’s shipping now. Right now.

[Via Coolest gadgets]

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by Darren Murph, posted Aug 24th 2008 at 7:07PM

In the never-ending quest to make even the smallest devices on Earth a touch smaller, a talented team of MIT engineers have developed a method for creating and installing microbatteries, which could eventually power a plethora of diminutive devices including “labs-on-a-chip and implantable medical sensors.” It’s bruited that this is the first time in which “microcontact printing has been used to fabricate and position microbattery electrodes and the first use of virus-based assembly in such a process,” and while you’d likely have to be a colleague to even digest that, the take away is that these gurus are one step closer to generating battery-powered Scrubbing Bubbles. And your shower could use ‘em.

[Via PCMag]

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The Chococlock will definitely be a firm favorite with chocolate lovers, as it functions just like how a cuckoo clock does, opening up its doors to serve up a piece of chocolate each hour.

This stylish retro-modern timepiece is a bit like a cuckoo clock but when its shutters open, on the hour every hour, it delivers a scrumptious chocolate treat to the tune of the ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’. You then have 30 seconds to retrieve your reward before the clock snatches it back. Loo break? Forget it. An ideal gift for the chocoholic with everything, the Chococlock is bound to become a must-have accessory for executive diet-dodgers everywhere. Simply fill it with your favorite bite-size sweeties (Maltesers, Revels, Minstrels, M&Ms) and wait for the big hand to reach that magical number twelve.

As with many other things in life, rules can be bent, and the same applies to the Chococlock. This nifty timekeeper comes with a cheat button that delivers a treat whenever you press it. The Chococlock can hold around 30 pieces of small chocolates, and the fact that it comes in pink only would mean the female demographic is the primary target. Surprise your secretary today with this £19.95 gift.

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Think your government is technologically inept?  If you happen to live in England, you’d probably be more correct than the rest of us.  Sometime last week it seems the British government has lost a flash drive containing data on all 84,000 prisoners in England and Wales and “30,000 people with six or more criminal convictions in the past year.” Theoretically this wouldn’t be such a horrible thing, you’d think a government would have several layers of security on a flash drive in just such a case.  Apparently, this flash drive had none, it was completely unencrypted.

This isn’t the first time this has happened to the British government, which would just add to the embarrassment.  Hopefully this leak will at least teach them, and others, something important: data security.  If you have sensitive data on a flash drive, it would be a wise idea to use some sort of encryption software like Truecrypt, which is free and open source.  Of course there are other options, but that would seem the most reasonable, at least the cheapest.  So, if you’re ever carrying around the names, addresses, and expected release dates on the entire prison population of your nation, make sure it’s well protected in case you “forget” it somewhere or something.

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Think your government is technologically inept?  If you happen to live in England, you’d probably be more correct than the rest of us.  Sometime last week it seems the British government has lost a flash drive containing data on all 84,000 prisoners in England and Wales and “30,000 people with six or more criminal convictions in the past year.” Theoretically this wouldn’t be such a horrible thing, you’d think a government would have several layers of security on a flash drive in just such a case.  Apparently, this flash drive had none, it was completely unencrypted.

This isn’t the first time this has happened to the British government, which would just add to the embarrassment.  Hopefully this leak will at least teach them, and others, something important: data security.  If you have sensitive data on a flash drive, it would be a wise idea to use some sort of encryption software like Truecrypt, which is free and open source.  Of course there are other options, but that would seem the most reasonable, at least the cheapest.  So, if you’re ever carrying around the names, addresses, and expected release dates on the entire prison population of your nation, make sure it’s well protected in case you “forget” it somewhere or something.

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by Steven Kim, posted Aug 24th 2008 at 8:06AM

With apologies to Shakespeare, something is brewing at VUDU. With CEDIA just around the corner, the company has laid off some of its staff, most notably some of its marketing higher-ups. Additionally, rumors are swirling regarding just about every aspect of the upstart company’s future. CEPro got some talk-time with the VUDU’s national dealer channel manager, and a theme of decreased emphasis on the retail channel seems to run throughout the conversation, punctuated by a end-of-life status on the VUDU X100. Meanwhile, the company is making some CEDIA promises for its custom-install-targeted VUDU XL: more HD content (1,000 titles), more connectivity (HD over component) and lifetime warranties on purchased titles. It’s all rumor, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see VUDU move exclusively into the custom-install market where it seems to have a toe-hold. So what say ye — is something rotten in VUDU, or should we hang up the codpiece and get back to work?

[Image courtesy Blog of Wishes]

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by Steven Kim, posted Aug 24th 2008 at 8:06AM

With apologies to Shakespeare, something is brewing at VUDU. With CEDIA just around the corner, the company has laid off some of its staff, most notably some of its marketing higher-ups. Additionally, rumors are swirling regarding just about every aspect of the upstart company’s future. CEPro got some talk-time with the VUDU’s national dealer channel manager, and a theme of decreased emphasis on the retail channel seems to run throughout the conversation, punctuated by a end-of-life status on the VUDU X100. Meanwhile, the company is making some CEDIA promises for its custom-install-targeted VUDU XL: more HD content (1,000 titles), more connectivity (HD over component) and lifetime warranties on purchased titles. It’s all rumor, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see VUDU move exclusively into the custom-install market where it seems to have a toe-hold. So what say ye — is something rotten in VUDU, or should we hang up the codpiece and get back to work?

[Image courtesy Blog of Wishes]

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by Paul Miller, posted Aug 24th 2008 at 4:05AM

Today’s generations of gee-whiz graphics and analog controls have brought with them one unfortunate addition: beefy, expensive wireless controllers that we’re loathe to dash against the floor or to bash against an adjacent sibling. The creatively-termed “USB Metal Game Pad” from Dream Cheeky is just what it says on the box, doing your basic assortment of SNES-era joypad work with some USB pluggability and Mac / PC compatibility, but being conveniently built out of metal. Sure, it looks shoddy and uninspired, but we wouldn’t have it any other way. No word on price or where to nab one.

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