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Acer K10 - Acer

There are big digital projectors, for filling large auditoriums, pocket projectors for camera phone users who want to show off in pubs, and there's Acer's K10. It's a glossy black unit, about the size of a Mac mini... read more at MacUserUK

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Eye-Fi Explore - Eye-Fi

Digital cameras have eliminated the need to get prints made from film negatives at your local Fotomat. But there’s still the matter of getting your digital snaps from your camera to your computer... read more at MacLife

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NP62 - NEC

Bright images remain clear and legible in a lit room, look great in a dimmed setting, and show crisp detail in the dark. Colors look fairly bright in any of those settings--although best when dark... read more at MacLife

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WD TV - Western Digital

Western Digital’s WD TV is the latest attempt at solving the “last mile” problem--namely how to get your digital content from your hard drive to your television screen. There are plenty of media streamers, game consoles... read more at MacLife

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Keyboard Cover for MacBook Pro - Macessity

If you’ve got an older MacBook Pro—a pre-“unibody” version with the older, non-chiclet-style keyboard—Macessity’s $15 Keyboard Cover for MacBook Pro is a good bet... read more at Macworld

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VisiSkin - VisiKey

VisiKey specializes in easier-to-read keyboard solutions, both for those with visual impairments and for people who simply want to reduce eyestrain from reading tiny labels... read more at Macworld

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Clearguard - Moshi

Moshi’s $25 Clearguard is the only cover I tested not made of silicone; instead, it’s made of thermoplastic urethane that’s 0.1mm thick—by far the thinnest keyboard cover here... read more at Macworld

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Checkerboard and Clear Keyboard Covers - KB Covers

As you might infer from the company’s name, KB Covers specializes in keyboard covers, producing basic, protective covers for every Apple keyboard, as well as foreign-language covers... read more at Macworld

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ProTouch FX Keyboard Protector - iSkin

iSkin’s $35 ProTouch Keyboard Protector is unique in that the company has treated the keyboard skin with an anti-bacterial agent; iSkin claims this “inhibit[s] the growth of odor and stain causing bacteria... read more at Macworld

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Patrol - Timbuk2

Longtime laptop- and messenger-bag vendor Timbuk2 recently entered the luggage market with a line of travel bags. Although the line includes rolling suitcases, carry-on bags, and totes, it also includes a unique backpack, the Patrol... read more at Macworld

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Juice Pack 3G - Mophie

The Juice Pack 3G fits your iPhone like a glove, covering the edges on the bottom half of the phone, while the top remains exposed. Fans of minimalist cases--or no cases at all--will appreciate the Juice Pack’s relatively slim profile. There’s also a Juice Pack to fit the original iPhone... read more at MacLife

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Chrome Soma - Chrome

You’ve gotta carry your laptop in something. But—let’s face it—there are a lot of ugly laptop bags out there. If you’re looking for something with a little more style, options can be limited. Then there’s the question of function. Plenty of briefcase-style bags offer loads of storage capacity... read more at MacLife

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eStarling Impact8 - eStarling

We’re over memory-card-only digital picture frames. The Impact8 suck down photos over Wi-Fi. An Internet connection grabs your latest images automatically from RSS feeds or a picture-publishing service. Even friends and relatives can upload pictures from anywhere... read more at MacLife

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VGF-CP1 Vaio Wi-Fi Photo Frame - Sony

We’re over memory-card-only digital picture frames. The Vaio Wi-Fi Photo Frame suck down photos over Wi-Fi. An Internet connection grabs your latest images automatically from RSS feeds or a picture-publishing service. Even friends and relatives can upload pictures from anywhere... read more at MacLife

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SeeThru Satin - Speck

Back in late 2006, I reviewed Speck’s SeeThru Hardshell case for the MacBook Pro. Made of thin, rigid polycarbonate, the SeeThru was a form-fitting hardshell case that provided protection against scratches and minor bumps... read more at Macworld

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TomTom Home - TomTom

The TomTom Go 930 is an automotive GPS (global positioning system) navigator. With its voice prompts and LCD map display, this device helps you find your way while driving, offering interactive mapping and turn-by-turn directions... read more at Macworld

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RouteBuddy - RouteBuddy

For most road-navigation situations, a standalone automotive GPS navigator is sufficient, but these devices fall short when it comes to trip planning, journaling, and post-trip analysis. Standalone GPS devices have little to offer your trip-planning effort... read more at Macworld

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Brenthaven Metrolite BP - Brenthaven

Available in red, black, and silver, the MetroLite BP is small and thin, weighing only 2.6 pounds on its own. Unlike my previous backpack, which offered three large compartments—a front compartment for loose stuff... read more at Macworld

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MacBook Pro Anti-Glare Film - Power Support

While testing the TechRestore-modified MacBook Pro, I thought it’d be interesting to compare that machine’s matte screen with a stock (glossy-screen) MacBook Pro equipped with an anti-glare film. While there are many such films in development, I could find only one shipping right now... read more at Macworld

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Yoggie Gatekeeper Card Pro for Mac - Yoggie

We Mac users can be forgiven for feeling a little smug when the conversation turns to security, spyware and viruses. After all, we're safe, right? Well, to be totally honest things are a little less clear-cut than this. Sure, there are currently no known Mac viruses in the wild, and the Mac's general system architecture is fairly secure... read more at MacUserUK

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Choiix Air-Through - Choiix

We all bond with our Macs in one way or another, but relationships with notebook computers can be a little more intimate than those with other machines. Notebooks are getting more powerful—and running hotter—every year. Power is good for getting work done, but not so good for the heat-sensitive internal components... read more at MacLife

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MiniWiz HYmini - MiniWIZ Sustainable Energy Development

The HYmini leverages the power of the wind, sun, hand-crank, or, if need be, the electric grid to recharge most of your 5V gadgets. Rain or shine, this charger will store the power it generates in its internal 1200mAh lithium-ion battery... read more at MacLife

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D-Link DSM-210 - D-Link

We’re over memory-card-only digital picture frames. The D-Link DSM-210suck down photos over Wi-Fi. An Internet connection grabs your latest images automatically from RSS feeds or a picture-publishing service. Even friends and relatives can upload pictures from anywhere... read more at MacLife

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Colorware - Colorware

Apple products are well known for their elegant, innovative designs. But, aside from the rainbow array that the new nanos come in, our friends in Cupertino haven’t really taken any chances in the color department lately. Sure, the new all-aluminum laptops look fantastic, but at the same time... read more at MacLife

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Xpal Oliver XP600 - XPAL Power

With every new iPod and iPhone model, Apple boasts longer battery life—but sometimes, that just isn’t enough. If you’re worried about running out of juice on a long trip, the Oliver XP600 can keep your gadget running a little while longer... read more at MacLife

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Griffin Simplifi - Griffin

At its core, Simplifi—kudos to Griffin for not calling it iSimplifi—is a charging dock for your iPod or iPhone. Helpfully, the Simplifi will plug into a USB port for power, perfect for that extra port on your keyboard. Unlike a lot of other third-party charging docks we’ve seen, the Simplifi also does double duty... read more at MacLife

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Ten One Design Pogo Stylus - Ten One Design

If you’re fine tapping on a touch or iPhone with a finger, then move along—nothing to see here. But for those of us who could use a little help with accuracy—or just like a clean screen—the Pogo is amazingly useful. A small stylus, the Pogo is made from light aluminum and comes in 3 cool matte colors... read more at MacLife

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Xtand Pro - Just Mobile

The Xstand Pro is a stylish stand made of real aluminum that closely matches the finish of Apple’s latest MacBook models. The oval base is wide (11.8 by 6.7 inches) and sturdy, with rubber feet to protect your desk and to keep the stand from moving... read more at Macworld

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Targus For Mac File Share Cable - Targus

After years of being forced into PC tech support over the phone, you’ve finally persuaded your parents to buy a Mac. Or maybe your PowerBook finally bit the dust, and it’s time for an upgrade. Either way, now you’re stuck with the onerous task of getting documents, movies, music, and an entire archive of LOLCat photos over from that old, worn-out machine to a new one... read more at MacLife

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iRecord - Streaming Networks

If you haven’t noticed, the transition from analog to digital media is almost complete. We’ll lose a few things in the process, but your memories don’t have to be among them. If you’d like to share home movies stuck on VHS tapes or want to transfer old audio recordings to your Mac, Streaming Network’s iRecord can help... read more at MacLife

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Premium Leather Flight Jacket - MacCase

When it comes to style, most laptop bags aim for either techie or chic. MacCase’s Premium Leather Flight Jacket, on the other hand, is designed to appeal to rugged types. As its name implies, the Flight Jacket’s weathered leather looks like it was stripped from a vintage bomber jacket... read more at Macworld

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The Minimalist - Zegari

Zegari’s Minimalist is a briefcase-style laptop bag meant to appeal to luxury bag lovers. Luxury usually translates to “high price”—in this case, a not-unreasonable-for-a-high-end-bag $285—but with the Minimalist, it also means a carefully considered... read more at Macworld

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Newer Technology Portable Toolkit - Clark & Mayfield

Back when I first started amassing my own collection of computer tools, I remember spending $10 or more for each size of Torx screwdriver. Which is why Newer Technology’s 11-Piece Portable Toolkit is so appealing... read more at Macworld

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Metro Express Laptop Tote Bag - Clark & Mayfield

Totes are excellent everyday bags. Large and easily accessible, they’re ideal for everything from loading up on library books to shoplifting Cornish game hens. Clark & Mayfield capitalizes on the format’s wide appeal by taking a typical tote and tricking it out with some laptop-specific interior... read more at Macworld

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Chill Mat for Mac - Targus

If you spend a lot of time Web surfing on the couch—or on the patio, or in bed, or anywhere else where there’s no tabletop in front of you—you know that one of the biggest liabilities of laptop computing is a burned-out lap... read more at Macworld

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Booq Mamba Pack - Booq

When it comes to having a laptop backpack that provides loads of room for more than just a laptop—books, accessories, peripherals, and cables—Booq’s $135 Mamba Pack has a lot to offer. This roomy and colorful backpack features a dedicated laptop compartment that can accommodate 13- to 17-inch laptops... read more at Macworld

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Eikon To Go Digital Privacy Manager - Upek

Passwords? Bah! If you’re a forward-thinking security nut, you’ll use a biometric scanner to lock down your Mac, your website accounts, and even certain applications. Enter the Eikon To Go, which reads fingerprints to determine that it is you, and not some brazen office snoop... read more at MacLife

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Voltaic Messenger - Voltaic

We were ready to fall in love with the Voltaic Messenger. It’s made of recycled soda bottles, and it captures solar energy to charge your gadgets. We were pleasantly surprised to find the bag charging in even in the most overcast and foggy San Francisco weather. Unfortunately, the bag itself doesn’t quite live up to the standard... read more at MacLife

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Kill A Watt P4320 - P3 International

Combine a surge suppressor with the features of a multimeter, and you’ll get the Kill A Watt. This eight-outlet power strip displays real-time details about the current flowing from the wall to your gadgets. Stats geeks can monitor data about amps, volts, watts, leakage, and more... read more at MacLife

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Protouch Keyboard Protector - iSkin

Portable is where the action is in today’s computer world, but that world isn’t always as clean as we’d like it to be. iSkin’s ProTouch Keyboard Protector is a flexible silicone membrane that fits over your MacBook or MacBook Air’s keyboard... read more at MacLife

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ColorMunki Design - ColorMunki

The curiously-named ColorMunki Design is a chunky white box, with one corner rounded off, a bag with a weighted tether and ColorMunki Design software. The device itself is what's used to profile the display... read more at MacUserUK

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W800 Aerogel Extreme Wide - LapLogic

What’s on your lap? If you said, “Why, my Mac, of course,” aren’t your thighs getting a little warm? Or perhaps your neck hurts from hunching over to better see the screen. Well, sit up straight, Hot-Thighs McSlouchy, because the W800 Aerogel Extreme Wide can help... read more at MacLife

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Internet Radio Alarm Clock with Built-in WiFi - Aluratek

If you’ve bothered to select the Radio entry in iTunes’ Source list, you know that you can listen to radio streamed across the Internet to your computer. But unless you have your Mac sitting on your nightstand, this isn’t a terribly useful feature when you need a blast of Internet audio to get you up in the morning... read more at Macworld

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Moshi Zefyr - Moshi

What’s on your lap? If you said, “Why, my Mac, of course,” aren’t your thighs getting a little warm? Or perhaps your neck hurts from hunching over to better see the screen. Well, sit up straight, Hot-Thighs McSlouchy, because the Zefyr can help... read more at MacLife

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Rain Design mStand - Rain Design

What’s on your lap? If you said, “Why, my Mac, of course,” aren’t your thighs getting a little warm? Or perhaps your neck hurts from hunching over to better see the screen. Well, sit up straight, Hot-Thighs McSlouchy, because the mStand can help... read more at MacLife

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FastPack 250 - Lowepro

A protective, easy-access mode of transport for your SLR camera can be hard to come by if you’d like to carry it with a laptop and other common digital photo gear. As with traditional camera shoulder bags, a photography-specific messenger pack can be bulky and heavy enough that you end up with an aching back. Luckily, we found Lowepro’s new Fastpack series of camera bags, which combine the right amount of storage with an easy-to-carry design... read more at MacLife

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Trek Sleeve - Brenthaven

Back in June 2007, I covered Brenthaven’s $20 MacBook Sleeve, an impressively protective case at an impressively low price. As I explained at the time, the Sleeve was originally designed for some of Apple’s “one-student-one-laptop” initiatives... read more at Macworld

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