| Miscellaneous
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A different kind of laptop cooling fan. | Most laptop fans are designed to be a kind of stand that you can put the laptop on while you use it. How do you keep a laptop cool when it’s held vertically and used in ...
| Technology
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USB 3.0 tester with power-off data storage capabilities. | If you’ve ever wanted to know how much power your USB port is getting, or how much energy has been stored or discharged from a USB device, you’ll ...
| Technology
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2-in-1 cable that's also a USB hub. | There’s usually not much to say about USB cables. They’re utilitarian. Even 2-in-1 cables. So I was quite surprised that the Ugreen 2-in-1 cable I bought recently ...
| Technology
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A no-frills HDMI video capture adapter. | There are several uses for HDMI video capture cards. Most of the time, it’s for recording video. Recently, I needed to view an HDMI video source inside my main computer ...
| Technology
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USB, that ubiquitous interface that we use to charge many of our gadgets, can carry a varying amount of power depending on a variety of factors. It’s helpful to know how much power actually goes across the USB interface. To ...
| Lifestyle & Family
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James Bond would have found these useful. Even loved them. Perhaps Ethan Hunt too. These cufflinks look exquisite on dress shirts. But a secret feature within them turns these cufflinks into a working USB flash drive. ...
| Technology
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I’m sure you must have heard about the dangers of sharing USB flash drives. Like the floppy disks that precede it, it’s one of the channels that software viruses, trojans, and other sort of malware are spread. But ...
| Technology
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Even though Apple had significantly slashed the prices of their USB-C accessories (until end of this year), I thought it would still be worthwhile to checkout 3rd party offerings. I am quite pleased with a previous USB-C to ...
| Technology
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USB-C, or USB Type-C, was supposed to be that connector which would make our lives easier. It has a reversible connector, and when both ends are USB-C, you could swap ends too. It all sounds really nice. Except that, in reality, ...
| Technology
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When Apple launched the 12-inch MacBook last year with just a single USB-C (USB Type-C) port, they had to sell a bunch of accessories to work with that new port. This year’s “pro” notebook made these USB-C ...
