Chip Chick

Technology and Gadgets

from a girl's perspective
September 2007
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Orgoo Beta Brings Together All Your Email and IM Accounts

Orgoo, still in beta, is one of the best Web 2.0 services I’ve ever had the privilege of using. The service aggregates all of your email accounts – AOL, Yahoo (plus), Gmail, Pop…

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Homer Simpson LED USB Desk Light

We’ll be the first to admit that sticking Homer Simpson on just about anything makes us want it. And the LED USB desk light is a perfect example. This adorable way to add…

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WikiScanner Helps You Sort out Seedy Wikipedia Entries

As much as Wikipedia is an incredibly useful tool,  it’s also incredibly easy to corrupt, being that anyone can edit an entry. After all, have you ever considered who is writing what about…

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Vivitar’s 7500i Limited Edition DigiCam is also a MP3 Player

Vivitar’s new 7500i Limited Edition digicam is a slick ultracompact covered in a gold finish. The camera sports a 7.0 megapixel CCD, 3X optical and 5x digital zoom, a generous 3 inch LCD,…

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Sliding Mouse VOIP Phone Suffers from Identity Crisis

We’ve seen many computer mice that double as VOIP handsets, but this mouse sports a very unique design. The mouse slides open to reveal a numeric keypad, a speaker-phone, while the top of…

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It’s Guitar Hero Day

It has been awhile since we’ve been this excited about a video game launch (sorry, we don’t play Halo). Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock launched in New York City today and we’re…

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Griffin’s TuneBuds Review

Admittedly, I am not a huge fan of ear bud earphones, partly because the few that I’ve tried don’t do a good job at producing an adequate mix of bass, and the highs…

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Response Kettle Creates a Light Spectacle While Heating

While boiling water is probably the easiest thing to do in the kitchen, it is kind of difficult to know sometimes just how hot the water is yet. That is why Kenwood’s new…

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RocketShotz Makes Mobile Web Surfing Less Painful

Back in the day I was a pretty fast text messenger using my cell phone’s numeric keypad. Still, the more time saved punching out a URL, the better. Rocketshotz is a neat service…

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Xexoo’s Pure Gold iPod and iPod Nano

We already knew that Xexoo was producing a pure gold 2g ipod shuffle. But when we first read about it, we kind of thought it to be an oxymoron. Afterall isn’t the shuffle…

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Fuji FinePix Z100fd DigiCam Looks Great in Pink or Red

Following in the footsteps of the previous Finepix Z series of super stylish ultracompact digital cameras, the Z100fd looks like it’s ready to make its way down the runway. The slick camera features…

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Soccer Ball Shaped All-in-One Digicam

For some sports fan, nothing is cuter than this SoccerCam Digital Still Camera. Yet despite its adorable looks, Mustek’s SoccerCam sports a half decent 2.1 megapixel CMOS sensor and it also works as…

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Work It, Mom! Online Community for Working Moms

Think of Work It, Mom! as a MySpace… sort of. There are a lot of communities out there designed for moms, but Work It, Mom! was designed specifically for mothers juggling a career…

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RCA RP5050 Digital Voice Recorder Also Snaps Pics

RCA’s RCA RP5050 Digital Voice Recorder is a pretty unusual digital voice recorder. Aside from recording audio, it can also snap photos at 0.3 megapixels. That is not quite photo print quality, but…

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Victory Vision is the First iPod Motor Bike

We know naught about motorcycles, but just based on looks alone, the Victory Vision 2008 seems to be quite the ride. But it’s not the rpm or even it’s slick style that has…

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Send Free Voice Messages to Your Friends

We’ve mentioned Pinger before, a neat new technology that brings you free voice messaging for your cell phone. Pinger is a really great communication tool that can make your life simpler. Basically, the…

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Get Your Nintendo Candy Sugar Fix Here

We’ve seen everything from NES belt buckles to shirts proclaiming our undying passion for saving the princess, and now you can even get your sugar fix Nintendo-style. FractalSpin has a case of Nintendo…

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MP3 Player Built into Standard Cassette Casing

For those of you who love old school aesthetics but don’t want to be ignorant with modern day tech, the Cassette MP3 player blends together the best of both worlds. Not only is…

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WalletPix Digital Photo Album for Carrying Around Your Loved Ones

The days of showing off pictures of your kids in your wallet are gone. Nowadays you whip out your cell phone if you want to show off a picture of little Timmy. Or…

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Emoti-Clips Jumbo Sized Paper Clips are 8-)

Emoticons were created to express emotions online. Now it seems like they’ve become such a big part of our culture that Emoticons are being used to express feelings even off line. Smartz’s Jumbo…

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Hero Builders Creates Custom Action Figure Out of Your Photo

You know you’ve made it in the world when they make an action figure out of your handsome persona. We can all dream, but for most of us it will never happen. Or…

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