Electronics Gadget Reviews

The ongoing Tony Fadell/ Mark Papermaster law-court shuffle is far outside of the Gadget Lab coverage zone), but one fascinating fact has emerged from the dust storm of speculation: Fadell, the Father of the iPod, wanted to make a Linux-based iPhone. How do you think Steve Jobs took that one?

This USB 2.0 compliant hub is placed under your laptop to create a cooling space for dissipating heat away and, as a bonus, you will have access to four new USB hubs. Features: 4 ports hub Stick the hub at the bottom of the laptop Cooling space is increased in order to cool down the overall temperature USB 2.0 Powered by USB Blue LED indicator Support Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP, Linux 2.4, Mac OS 8.5 or above Size: 99*40*40mm Weight: 50g The USB Hub Pad is available in two colors, blac

Released in June, Google Gadgets for Linux provides about the same functionality of Vista sidebar or Mac OS X dashboard. While other solutions like ‘gdesklets’ are pretty popular within the linux crowd, Let’s take it for a spin and see if it’s worth installing.

If you want to turn your netbook or conventional laptop into a nifty open source navigation system, you need two things: a USB receiver and a GPS-enabled navigation application. You can buy a GPS receiver cheaply at virtually any gadget store or on eBay. And there are actually several GPS-enabled navigation applications out there, including Navit,

Install and run Google Gadgets on Fedora 9 and get to play PacMan on Linux