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This little toy can recharge your beloved gadgets (phones, pda, ppc etc) in a matter of seconds thanks to its astounding technology. The only thing you have to do is to plug it on a USB equipped device such as your laptop and in about 90 minutes Powerstick is fully charged (yes, it stole the power from your beloved computer!) and ready to charge a gadget of your choice. Not to make you waste any time, Powerstick lets you use your device while it is charges. Powerstick comes with a set of connectors for Nokia, Sony Ericsson, LG, Motorola, Blackberry, Samsung, iPod and iPhone. Its price is $69.95. Go to this website to get one!

The final version of Vista Service Pack is scheduled for February. This means that all its previous Release Candidates have to be uninstalled from Pcs since they will not offer up-to-date fix bugs and adequate security protection. If you are one of those who couldn’t wait and had to try absolutely one of the SP RC to see how it was like, then you may be at loss about how to remove the whole bunch of fixes you put into your computer. The solution may not be that easy, but luckily for us there is a procedure ( a small trick) to follow that not everybody knows:

1. Click on the Start Menu and go to Control Panel
2. Double click on Programs and Features
3. On the left side menu, select View Installed Updates
4. Under the list of Microsoft Windows, select Service Pack for Windows
5. On the top menu, click on Uninstall

If everything went smooth now you are ready to get the definitive Windows Vista Service Pack!

Toshiba has made public the availability of its new laptop named Qosmio G45-AV690. The model sports an incredible 17″ screen, 1080p Full HD, 1920×1200 resolution, with Ultimate TruBrite to enjoy your most favourite movies, videos and pictures at their best. Its other features include:

• Intel Core 2 Duo 2.50 GHz, 6MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB
• 3 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM
• 320GB 5400 RPM Serial-ATA
• Intel® Wireless Wi-Fi Link 4965AGN
• NVIDIA GeForceTM 8600M GT con 512MB GDDR2
• HD DVD-R/RW

The Qosmio G45-AV690 is avilable just for the USA market so far and costs $2999.99. For more info or if you want to buy it follow this link.

One of the most painful thing about your brand new Windows Vista is its activation and the way to save it. If you like trying different software and hacks on your computer, the odds to make a mess are very high. Many times the only solution to a catastrophic experiment is to make a fresh Vista install (meaning that you have to format the hard disk before). The bad news is that every time you do that you have to activate Vista again and this may include an embarrassing phone call to a Microsoft guy (as it happened to me). There are many ways to save Vista activation. Here are the two most common ones (just in case you missed my posts):

• First way
  
• Second way
  

Today I found out another solution. If you are not a geek and you don’t want to try risky hacks or tricks you can use programs that backup all your operative system with a couple of steps. As a matter of fact they, apart from making a backup of your files and programs, save all the information to run your Vista. That also means avoid the whole activation procedure. One of this program is the well-known True Image by Acronis. True Image “provides the maximum flexibility to ensure you are adequately protected from unforeseen events such as viruses, unstable software downloads, and hard drive failures. It creates an exact copy of your PC for a full backup”. Another description on the Acronis web site states: “Acronis True Image includes our patented disk imaging backup technology. You can copy your entire PC, including the operating system, applications, user settings, and all data. In the event of a system or disk crash, virus attack or other fatal failures you can restore the entire disk contents in minutes — no reinstallations required!“

So this is the trick: make a fresh install of your Vista. After that activate it through the regular procedure. Now use True Image and backup your entire hard disk. In the event of a catastrophic failure roll back your operative system to that fresh installation. No activation needed.

According to DigiTimes:
“The second-generation Eee PC will support panel sizes of 8-, 9- and 10-inch, the sources said, of which, the 9-inch panel versions will feature a touch panel. [digitimes via jkkmobile]“.
This nice feature will just increase the Eee price of about $15. In the meantime, if you can not wait you can create your own Asus Eee touchscreen panel. Look at the video here.

If you feel sorry about your recent IPhone upgrade which brought your jewel from version 1.1.1 to 1.1.3 you may now decide to downgrade it. Not so fast anyway. As a matter of fact the guys who invented the hack want to wait for the next firmware update in February. This update will enable the SDK and, because of this, Apple won’t patch the hack for some time. In the meantime you can watch this video.

This is the new Sharp pmp promising to give you hours of fun. Here is a list of its features:

• 4.3″ touch screen display
• 30Gb hard disk
• SD/MMC memory card slot
• Support for: MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, AAC, DIVX, MPEG1/2/4, WMV7/8/9, H.264BP, ASF
• Electronic Dictionary
• Windows CE 5.0

The new Sharp Sp 600 will cost around $444. No word on its availability.

According to many rumors the next generation Nokia Internet tablet will sport WiMAX, more specifically Sprint’s WiMAX, now called XOHM WiMAX. This new Nokia gadget will be available the second quarter of this year. Reading from Xohm.com we now know that: “In collaboration with Xohm, Nokia is developing WiMAX-enabled devices that will offer users on-the-go broadband access to the information and services important to them.”