Mark your gear invisibly

Keith Shaw’s Cool Tools Alert

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Mark your gear invisibly

If your stuff is stolen and potentially recovered by the police, how will you know it’s yours? Keith shows you a very tiny solution: DataDots.

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2 tools whose cool is in the concept – Soldius1 solar charger, Project-a-Phone reviewed.

What happens when I receive a product that doesn’t work as advertised? Because this is the Cool Tools column, I believe it’s an oxymoron to give out a one-star review. If a product makes the column, it is usually cool enough to be mentioned. But sometimes there are products and companies that are cool in concept but come up short.

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Griffin launches PSP FM radio accessories

Griffin Technology, which makes a ton of different iPod accessories, has added some new PlayStation Portable accessories to its stable. The $49.99 iFM Radio Tuner and Remote Control (pictured) lets users listen to FM radio via their PSP, and the $49.99 iTrip for PSP module connects to a PSP and lets users listen to their MP3 files through an FM radio signal.

Sony grows PC/TV display to 20 inches

Longtime readers of the Cool Tools column know that I love any device that converges two or more technologies, so I’m pretty psyched to hear about the new Sony MFM-HT205 20-inch display announced this week, which creates an all-in-one device for PC and TV viewing.