Use your iPod in weather, water with H2O Audio's iPod housings

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Friday, December 08, 2006 1:55 PM/EST

Find stuff on mobile media with Gaviri PocketSearch

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Friday, December 08, 2006 1:51 PM/EST

DLink 2-Bay Enclosure Lets You Fill NAS Yourself

DLink 2-Bay Enclosure Lets You Build A NAS And Features Easy-install Disks For Network Storage

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Friday, December 08, 2006 1:49 PM/EST

CyberDefender Launches Free Early Detection Center Suite

CyberDefender Launches Free Early Detection Center Suite Everything-But-Firewall PC Protection, Still In Beta by Daniel P. Dern (dern@pair.com) Vendor: CyberDefender Corporation Product Name: CyberDefenderFREE 2.0, free with small adlets CyberDefender Early Defense Center, $11.99/year ad-free Availability: Beta now; product release target mid-November Product URL: http://www.cyberdefender.com CyberDefender Corporation, which recently acquired several savvy senior folks from Panda Software, is taking an interestingly different tack. in its everything-but-firewall CyberDefenderFREE 2.0. The whole suite, not just one or two components, is free -- supported by a small ad, no worse than the ones that Opera used to sport. (A free adless version, CyberDefender Early Defense Center -- same engine -- will be available for $11.99/year.) Like a growing number of desktop security products, CyberDefenderFREE uses both behavioral analysis and signature updates. Currently, the modules include earlyVIRUS, earlySPAM, earlySCAN (anti-phishing, hijacking, identify theft), and earlyMONITOR, providing one-screen control over the modules, along with...

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Friday, December 08, 2006 1:47 PM/EST

Diagnose Why Your Car's "Check Engine" Light Is On

Diagnose Why Your Car's "Check Engine" Light Is On A Useful Device -- If It Works by Daniel P. Dern (dern@pair.com) Vendor: CarMD Corporation Product Name: CarMD Price (MSRP): $89.99 Availability: Now Product URL: www.carmd.com Tech Requirements: Windows 98 or later for PC software The "Check Engine" light on car dashboards makes Windows Blue Screen of Death seem chatty and informative -- and most of the diagnostic devices that connect to car computers are pricey and mechanic-oriented. So CarMD's handheld CarMD seems like a great idea -- a sub-$100 device which plugs in to the On-Board Diagnostics II port in your 1996-or-later car, light truck, SUV or minivan, offers an instant green/yellow/red LED status, and captures diagnostic codes for uploading to the CarMD web site's database, presenting you with likely diagnosis, and repair estimates based on this. And if you aren't near your computer -- e.g., you're by the...

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Friday, December 08, 2006 1:45 PM/EST

Become Strives To Improve On-Line Shopping

Become Strives To Improve On-Line Shopping Also Finds Pre/Post-Purchase Research Info by Daniel P. Dern (dern@pair.com) Vendor: Become. Inc. Product Name: Become Shopping Price (MSRP): Free Web-based Shopping/Research Availability: Now Product URL: www.Become.com Tech Requirements, if any (e.g. XP, Windows Mobile) Web browser, may work better with Javascript, cookies Shopping for products online can be simple -- if you already know what you want and where you want to get it from. Become.com, founded by MySimon creators, is trying to improve the online shopping experience with a variety of value-add services, like also finding web-based product research -- product information, buying guides, forums, reviews, and other useful information -- for pre-purchase research, or after-the-fact product support. The booth demo at the recent Ziff-Davis Digital Life Expo (www.digitallife.com) was impressive enough and made it look easy; however, my at-home trials were less satisfying. Become found what I was looking for, offering...

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Friday, December 08, 2006 1:23 PM/EST

Audible.com Adds Wireless Content For SmartPhones

Let Your Phone Grab an Hour Of New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Etc. For Your Morning Commute by Daniel P. Dern (dern@pair.com) Vendor: Audible.com Product Name: Audible Air Price (MSRP): included in Audible Gold ($14.95/month) or Platinum ($22.95/month) service, plus any wireless costs Availability: Now, for selected smartphones; software for more models coming Product URL: www.audible.com/audibleair Tech Requirements, Smartphone capable of running the Audible Air software While users can carry and listen to magazine, newspaper, book, broadcast and other audio content from download-pioneer Audible.com on iPods and other popular mobile/portable devices (or notebook/desktop computers, of course), until recently, the retrieval had to be done through a computer, and transferred to their mobile device -- not something the early-rising professional may have time to do. For busy professionals and others with a number of smartphones, Audible now offers their Audible Air delivery option -- retrieving content directly to the...

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Friday, December 08, 2006 11:21 AM/EST