GroovBoard Lap Desk & Stand review

If you use the Apple wireless keyboard with your iPad, you've probably run into the problem of not being able to easily use the combo on your lap. I have a solution for you… it's the GroovBoard Lap Desk and Stand. It's made of solid wood and can be used several ways. Let me show you.
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The Groovboard is a German made product which is available in a choice of 9 different types of wood from Apple to Maple and more. The Groovboard that was sent to me to review is made of Plum wood which has a gorgeous reddish brown color with a darker streaked grain.









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Leak confirms Maserati product plans, five new models

It isn't a secret that Maserati is planning a product expansion in an attempt sell 50,000 units annually by 2015, but the automaker hasn't officially announced just how it plans to do so. Yes, we've seen (and driven) the 2014 Quattroporte, checked out spy shots for the smaller Ghibli sedan and Maserati even confirmed the Levante name for its SUV, but a leaked document reported by CarScoop could shed some light on how the Italian automaker intends on carrying out its rapid growth.

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Is Windows 7 Responsible for Poor Windows 8 Sales?

Why you ask. Well, for starters Windows 7 is a "no problem" OS, I've been running on Windows 7 since its release and never had a problem with it, no crashes, no performance lag and if I was born few years ago, I would have had to look BSOD up on Wikipedia, it's really that good. Users, who got new machines with the release of Windows 7, 3 years ago, are still in pretty good shape which is unheard of when it comes to Windows platform.

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Security Loophole Found in Facebook Camera App

If your Facebook Camera app on your Apple device is older than version 1.1.2, which was released on December 21st, you have to update it immediately. A security loophole was spotted in the app, which could put you at risk from having your personal information stolen. When you use the older version of Facebook Camera over WiFi networks, malicious hackers can infiltrate the network and hijack your account, picking up personal details such as email addresses and passwords.

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Kupa X15 Windows 8 tablets now available for purchase

We expect that down the road there will be a lot more Windows 8 tablets made available as more manufacturers get on board, but if you'd rather not wait, Kupa might have a Windows 8 tablet for you that could be worth your consideration. Dubbed the X15, Kupa will have four different versions of the tablet for you depending on your price range. It starts at $1,100 for the X15 Elite, and goes up to $1,600 for the X15 Ultra. As far as specs go, all four models will share some basic specs such as 8GB of DDR3 RAM, a 10.1" IPS 1920×1080 Full HD touchscreen display, a 1.3MP front-facing camera, a 5MP rear-facing camera and Bluetooth 4.0.

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Amazon Sells Stolen iPhones

Receiving an iPhone as a Christmas present is probably at the top of everyone's wishlist. But, what if it is a stolen iPhone. Will it still be that special. Unfortunately, this happened to Ben Dreyfuss, who bought an iPhone for his mom this Christmas. When Ben's mom called Verizon to activate her shiny iPhone, she was shocked to hear that the unit was stolen. “Son, you gave me a stolen iPhone?” Ben's mom asked. 

Apparently Ben had bought the iPhone from one of Amazon's refurbished warehouse deals. “It was one of those refurbished phones that actually came from an Amazon trade-in,” Dreyfuss said on Twitter.

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Hollywood Studios Reportedly Using BitTorrent To Pirate Movies

Movie studios and record labels have always lamented how online piracy is destroying the industry and as we have seen in the past, these media giants have gone to rather extreme measures to punish individuals who have allegedly downloaded copyrighted material illegally. Interestingly it seems that despite their stance on the whole issue of piracy, it would seem as though some Hollywood studios might be guilty of pirating movies themselves. The folks at TorrentFreak are reporting that they are using BitTorrent monitor Scaneye to track down IP addresses they believe are associated with Hollywood studios.

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Are these the first press shots of the Mercedes-Benz CLA? (video)

We'll say right now that we aren't sure of their provenance; however, the site Auto Monthly has five of the kind of stylized press shots you get before a vehicle is officially revealed. In this case the car is the Mercedes-Benz CLA, and since the little sedan is meant to debut next month at the Detroit Auto Show, the existence and release (or leak) of such photos would fit right into the timeline. We've already seen the thing naked in spy shots, and this lines up with the sneak peek from Iceland.



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Bentley Continental GT Speed Convertible photos hit web early

It was Indiana Jones and that whole ark episode that gave us the best example of what happens after leaks: once you break the seal, all hell breaks loose and there's no way you're putting it back. We aren't sure who lifted the lid, but official photos of the 2013 Bentley Continental GT Speed Convertible showed up on Flickr last week, and so here we are presenting them to you. If it follows the Bentley playbook as the last GT Speed – and we have no reason to believe it won't – beyond the lack of a top there won't be much difference between it and the coupe than a few minor numerals.

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Man Builds Spaceship For Son

If you have a young boy in your home who has an overactive imagination, then you might want to brace yourself to be a superdad after reading this. Five year old Finn is one blessed kid, as his dad took the time, trouble and creativity to use discarded TV broadcast equipment in order to conjure this unique spaceship bed, which is more than ideal to send a kid's imagination soaring as he figure out just what he is going to be when he grows up. The panel is a Grass Valley video switcher, which is a piece of equipment deemed as useless since it was fished from of a dumpster that is behind a local TV station.

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LG Expands Google TV Line-Up For 2013

Building on the success of its Smart TVs with Google TV, LG is expanding its 2013 Google TV lineup to seven models in five screen sizes for 2013 - including premium models featuring LG's popular CINEMA SCREEN design, the company announced today. The extended LG Google TV lineup, which will be officially introduced at next month's 2013 International CES® in Las Vegas, encompasses two model series (GA7900 and GA6400) designed to deliver an outstandingly intuitive user experience, various sizes and new design to better meet consumers' expectations.




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Nokia Windows 8 Tablet Coming Soon!

Nokia is planning its debut in the tablet arena. The company is all set to unveil a brand new tablet running Windows 8 RT OS in early 2013. Let's quickly sneak peak at the highlights before delving into more details. The upcoming Nokia Windows tablet features technical mettle analogous to Microsoft's own Windows 8 tablet dubbed as Surface.


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LG Magic Remote for TV Announced

Watching television became more convenient with the arrival of the remote control. With it, people no longer needed to travel back and forth to change channels or adjust the volume on the TV. But for years, the remote control showed little advance in terms of technology. But now, LG is introducing the Magic Remote that offers different ways to interact with today's new line of smart TV's.
The LG Magic Remote is designed to come with the next line of LG's CINEMA 3D Smart TV range. The remote control is designed to feature voice control technology that can pick up voice commands to operated TV functions.

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Archos 97 Titanium HD Android Tablet Unveiled

French consumer electronics company, Archos, has just unveiled its upcoming tablet that “attempts” to challenge Apple's iPad. It's officially called the Archos 97 Titanium HD, and, similar to the iPad 4, it also features a 9.7-inch IPS display with a 2,048 x 1,536 resolution. Under the hood is a 1.6GHz dual-core A9 processor and a Quad-core GPU Mali 400 MP4. All of that power is supported by a 1GB RAM and an 8GB internal memory.

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Nokia Lumia 620 Torn Apart, Innards Revealed

Are you one of those folks who love nothing better than to check out the internals of a particular smartphone or device, so that you can see circuit porn. If you have answered in the affirmative, then you might be pleased to hear that someone has taken the Nokia Lumia 620 apart (carefully, of course, and not in a haphazard manner), where you can see from above the standard assortment of buttons and antennas. It is rather interesting to note that the Lumia 620 might be the lowest end Windows Phone 8 device from Nokia, but it comes with a second microphone.

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‘Gangnam Style' Becomes The First YouTube Video To Hit One Billion Views

“Gangnam Style,” the K-pop single made by the South Korean artist PSY, has just reached one billion views. Sorry Charlie, you'll have to bite more fingers to surpass this record. The feat follows after the video made its way into the Guinness World Record for the most number of YouTube likes – approximately 6,098,012 likes as of this writing. Expect the numbers to grow in the coming days.
It's important to note that PSY's “Gangnam Style” is only a single. And yet, people around the world ate the song like crazy, not to mention the wacky horse dancing.

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Monster NCredible NTune On-Ear Headphones review

There are a multitude of headphones and earphones on the market now.  Different headphones are designed to work best with certain types of music, and it seems a lot of the most stylish headphones are designed to sound best with modern music that emphasizes the rhythm and the bottom end.  These NCredible NTune on-ear headphones from Monster are designed for the listener who prefers a stylish look and a bass-y sound.  Let's give them a closer look.
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Monster developed the NTune headphones with input from Nick Cannon.  They are made from shiny black plastic with red and silver accents.








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I/O Pocket Has Smartphone Friendly Pockets

The modern day smartphone has certainly evolved to include larger than ever displays, where the Galaxy Note 2 from Samsung comes with a whopping 5.5" display that will certainly put quite a strain on your pants pockets, if you want to squeeze it in. Well, we have seen the Replay Social Denim jeans before that can update your social network on the go, and this time around, I/O Denim's line of American made, premium denim range will not be that smart, but at least it comes with an innovative pocket that was specially designed to hide and house smartphones.

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Windows 8 Clover Trail Tablets Delayed To January 2013

It seems that if you are on the lookout for a Windows 8-powered tablet that runs on the dual-core Clover Trail processor from Intel this Christmas, then you are out of luck. It seems that such tablets have experienced a delay, and they will only be released to the mass market by the time January 2013 rolls around, assuming the world does not end this Friday, of course. The delays are said to affect devices such as Dell's Latitude 10 tablet, the HP Envy x2, the Asus VivoTab Smart and the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2.

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Amazon Mobile For Android Updated With Push Notifications For Shipments and Arrivals

It is the most wonderful time of the year, where people give gifts and expect something in return. It's the season of giving, that's why Amazon is updating its Amazon Mobile app for Android to allow shoppers to stay up to date with their orders. The major piece of today's update is the push notifications feature which alerts users each time an order is being shipped and delivered. This will prove to be nifty especially for the holiday season.
The update also adds a daily notification for Amazon's Lightning Deals. But that's not all.

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SRT belatedly claims Plymouth Prowler as one of its own

Before Chrysler had Street and Racing Technology, it had Performance Vehicle Operations. What the two entities have in common, before SRT became its own brand, of course, is that each was created to take Chrysler and Dodge (and Plymouth, before it was unceremoniously killed off) vehicles to the next level of style and performance.

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Apple's next-gen iPad mini rumored to be nearing production

The iPad mini was launched not too long ago, and assuming Apple keeps to its yearly schedule, the next-gen iPad mini will probably see a launch next year around the same time. However Apple did break that trend when they released the iPad 4 less than a year after the third-gen iPad, so might it be possible that they might do the same with the iPad mini. According to RBC Capital Markets analyst Doug Freedman, it seems that production of the next-gen iPad mini might have been accelerated.

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Push Technology sets real time data benchmark with launch of Diffusion™ 4.4

Unique Structural Conflation feature eliminates stale data London 19th December 2012: Push Technology today announced the launch of Diffusion™ 4.4, which features a patented protocol optimisation - Structural Conflation - to enhance performance and the ability to achieve unparalleled scale for organisations requiring real time data on demand.  Unique to Push Technology, Structural Conflation represents a revolutionary means of removing redundant or stale information from any live, two way, data stream, giving organisations the ability to intelligently and dynamically update data in transit, inserting only the new, appropria

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LG Targets Apple In New Ads

We have seen some companies poke fun at another in ads, and one of the more memorable ones that I grew up with was the tagline, "Sega does what Nintendon't". Who could forget the Pepsi-Coke war as well, and in the realm of geeks, we have tech companies taking pot shots at one another, all in good humor with a dose of truth in them.

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7,000 Nintendo Consoles Worth $2 Million Stolen

At most, 7,000 households will miss out on a Nintendo Wii U this coming Christmas if one were to put on Sherlock Holmes' deerstalker, considering how it was reported that more than 7,000 Nintendo consoles were stolen from a warehouse during the previous weekend. With a $300 price tag slapped on each Nintendo Wii U, it makes perfect sense to arrive at the $2 million insurance claim, as the previous generation Wii console goes for only half that amount, which would mean that the insurance claim would have been halved as well if one were to apply some common sense and logic into the picture.

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NEC outs the world thinest ultrabook with the LaVie X

Nec today introduced in Japan the world thinest ultrabook with the LaVie X. With a thickness of just 12,8mm this new 15.6″ ultrabook comes with a stunning Full HD IPS Panel, a powerfull Core i7-3517U at 1.9Ghz, 4GB of RAM, a 256GB SSD, Windows 8 for just 1.59kg.


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2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 sets lap record at Laguna Seca, beats new SRT Viper

As you may have heard, Motor Trend recently threw the 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and the 2013 SRT Viper GTS at each other. And while it was somewhat shocking to hear that the aging ZR1 actually managed to narrowly walk away as the winner of this particular scrap, something else interesting happened during the dust up. Motor Trend called on pro driver Randy Pobst to thrash the two bruisers around Laguna Seca, and thrash he did. Pobst managed to bolt out a time of 1:33.70 in the ZR1, besting the old record of 1:33.99 set by Chris Winkler some three years ago.

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Device Airbag From Amazon On The Way?

Have you ever experienced the heart stopping moment that occurs every time you drop your favorite gadget, with smartphones being one of the more common "victims". Well, this is why the third party accessories market makes quite a killing as they play on that fear in consumers, but perhaps things might change for the better in the future, as Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has filed a patent application for a system which offers protection to devices from impact damage.

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Unitcom Lesance BTO Di CL6S0 15.6-inch Notebook

The Lesance BTO Di CL6S0 is Unitcom's brand new notebook for the mass market. The system sports a 15.6-inch 1366 x 768 LCD display, a 1.1GHz Intel Celeron 847 processor, an Intel NM70 Express Chipset, an Intel HD graphics, a 4GB DDR3 RAM, a 500GB hard drive, a DVD Super Multi Drive, WiFi and runs on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (SP1) OS. The Lesance BTO Di CL6S0 retails for 37,980 Yen (about $455).

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[REVIEW] TTeSPORTS LEVEL 10M gaming mouse

Introduction. A couple of months ago TT eSPORTS (better known in Europe and the US as ThermalTake) launched their new flagship mouse in Taipei: The LEVEL 10 M. The mouse caught quite a bit of media attention since it wasn't your average run of the mill IBM/Microsoft mouse.  Our top dog at ThermalTake's marketing sends one over for us to test, abuse, or at least try to.

 

Specifications TT eSPORTS LEVEL 10 M

"Level 10 M Mouse is equipped with 8200 DPI, adjustable from 800, 1600, 3200 to 5000 (default setting), and customizable by software application up to 8200 DPI.










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