Stem has just come out with a new, wireless camera that could help put parents’ minds at rest, while striking fear into the heart of virtually every teenager. Known as the iZON, this room monitor allows concerned and / or paranoid users to remotely watch and listen in on sensitive spaces, from the comfort of [...]

The gadgets aren’t just for the 20-something set.

Upgrading your computer’s hard drive to an solid-state drive (SSD) is worth the money if you’re looking for a serious performance boost, but compared to your standard hard disk drive, SSDs aren’t cheap. The hardware gurus at Tom’s Hardware are here to help with an up-to-date roundup of the best SSDs for the money. Best [...]

It’s one thing to hear praise for an app from geeks, it’s another when you hear it from ‘normal folks’. Onavo falls in this category. The free data-shrinking app which we’ve praised in the past runs quietly in the background and dramatically reduces data consumption. I myself keep it running all the time, and on [...]

Backyard roller coasters. A museum of cardboard boats. Smiley face water towers. It’s the stuff road trip memories are made of, especially if your memories are primarily constructed from the weird and goofy. Roadside America makes road trips into road adventures, with listings of thousands of roadside attractions and oddities across the US and Canada. [...]

Nielsen has introduced a new system for publishers and advertisers to measure gross rating point (GRP’s) across web properties, social networks and around online video. At the Beet.TV Leadership webcast last week, we spoke with Jon Gibs, SVP Analytics and Insight, Nielsen. He tell us about the value of new product along with trends in [...]

As seasoned travelers, we often look for ways to spice up our stays away from home. But as much as we love mini-shampoos and free shower caps, there’s something to be said for breaking free from the grip of hotel chains. Luckily, Roomorama makes visiting a new city about living like a local instead of just [...]

Netgear’s stable of dark gray rectangles of joy has swelled to include the premium edition WNDR 3800, which comes with two features uncommon to most home routers. First is the Clear Channel Selector, which analyzes the wireless traffic and switches to the quietest channel to prevent dropouts. Second is ReadySHARE Cloud — using the router’s [...]

As part of our Last Call for Summer we seriously considered taking up an awesome new extreme sport, like minibike motocross, whitewater tubing or Frisbee golf. Then the clouds parted ways, the sun shone down, and we discovered urban hiking. Before every Artisanal Coffee Hike or Brooklyn Bridge Walk, we consult EveryTrail. The ultimate guide for [...]

Sydney’s nsquared is calling it “Seamless Computing” — software which unifies Windows Phone 7, Surface, Windows 7 Slate and Kinect. Begin designing a new home on your phone and then place it on the Surface to share between all the devices, then pick up the Slate to make some modifications before walking through a 3D [...]