Keith Shaw’s Cool Tools Alert
* LATEST COOL TOOLS VIDEOS:
Apple iPhone ‘first look’
Once again Keith searches unofficial channels in his quest to get the hottest device. This time, he receives one of the earliest ‘iPhones’ from his underground source.
* LATEST COOL TOOLS COLUMNS:
Notebook Cooler, Obsidian wireless mouse
Antec is in the business of keeping computers cool (mostly their internal components), so it’s no surprise to see the company in the business of notebook cooling as well. Antec’s first Notebook Cooler was about the width and length of an average notebook, and would cool a notebook’s bottom when plugged into a USB port.
* LATEST TWISTED PAIR PODCAST:
Twisted Pair Podcast: We’re not camping for our iPhone
Jason and Keith talk about the FBI’s crackdown on botnets, whether Google can complain about Microsoft being a monopoly, and why they won’t be camping out in front of an Apple Store on June 29. Plus: They honor Bob Barker’s final show on The Price is Right with a special audio contest.
* LATEST COOL TOOL BLOGS:
The Slingbox as Powerline’s Savior?
If home networking technology were more like the Brady Bunch, Wireless would be Marcia (Oldest, prettiest, flashiest), Home Coax would be Cindy (youngest), and Powerline would be Jan (middle child, often ignored). But at least one company has some love for Jan – Sling Media, makers of the Slingbox device that lets users watch their TV content remotely.
Could the Sprint Mogul be the enterprise iPhone?
While the mass of tech fanboys continue to drool over the upcoming release of the Apple iPhone (11 days people!), Sprint today announced a phone that might get some enterprise telecom managers drooling as well.
eBay brings two-factor authentication to the masses
At eBay’s annual conference, the company announced with PayPal the availability of its PayPal Security Key for its customers, which adds two-factor authentication for PayPal and eBay members. People can get the key for a promotional one-time fee of $5.
