Cool Yule Tools 2005

Keith Shaw’s Cool Tools Alert

COOL YULE TOOLS 2005: What’s in Keith’s holiday gift sack?

We’ve been dreaming of the future, and it has arrived in the form of this year’s online holiday gift guide. We’ve got reviews and suggestions of more than 100 high-tech products that you’ll want to give to friends, family or yourself.

Browse the gifts by topic: http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2005/hgg/?nlhttp://www.networkworld.com/bg/gifts/2005/topic-r.jsp?nlhttp://www.networkworld.com/bg/gifts/2005/aftertopic.jsp?nl

See the complete list:

After Hours Gifts (games, games and more games):

COOL TOOLS HAPPY TIME VIDEOCAST:

Keith wanders the Network World parking lots to see how far away from its base that a pair of Logitech Wireless (Bluetooth) Headphones will work. Is 30 feet the maximum?

http://www.networkworld.com/video/112105ct-headphone.html?tab=cool_tools?nl

THE LATEST COOL TOOLS:

* Primera’s DS360 CD/DVD Shredder

What is cooler than knowing that the data you had been storing is now completely safe from the prying eyes of corporate spies and dumpster divers thanks to Primera’s CD/DVD shredder? Even better, the small disc shreds that remain are quite sharp, so you can throw them in the trash to deter anyone looking for secret information.

Watch the shredder in action: http://www.networkworld.com/video/111405ct-shredder.html?nlhttp://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/111405cooltools.html?nl

Read Keith’s review:

* Logitech Z-5450 Digital 5.1 Speaker System

The Z-5450 is a high-end speaker system that includes a left, center, right, subwoofer and two rear speakers, as well as a controller that governs the multiple audio source inputs available. The dual-chamber subwoofer produces 116 watts of power and the satellites produce 119 watts, so you won’t have timid sound coming from this system.

Read Keith’s review: http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/111405cooltools.html?nl

* THE PAST 7 DAYS ON THE COOL TOOLS HAPPY BLOG:

Archos pushes portable camcorder to podcasters

Wow, you know podcasting and videoblogging have made it when a company actually launches new devices at a podcasting trade show.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/3578

Belkin readies video iPod cases, stands

If you’ve already gone out and bought one of those new video iPods, the next thing you’ll need in order to rub it in our collective face is some cases and stands.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/3557

BenQ claims another monitor speed record

One of the first things I learned in my high school media class was that advertisers can get away with saying that they have the “world’s largest” or “world’s best” something, because there’s no real way to validate whether that’s the case or not.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=cooltools

Iomega ships new NAS boxes

Mmmmm…. Storage-licious. Iomega today says it is shipping its StorCenter Network Hard Drive with built-in UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) A/V network media server. The device will ship in capacities up to 250G-bytes, with a 1T-byte model expected by early 2006, the company says.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/3533