Sneaky Microsoft Keyboard Helps Spy On Your Loved Ones September 11, 2007
READ MORE Gadgets , Gizmodo UK , PC , Peripherals
Ever get that feeling that your loved ones are up to something behind your back? Maybe you friendly lodger is really a spy or granddad isn’t really surfing gardening Web sites. Who really cares because now you can spy on them just to be nosy. One lucky shopper can soon find out just what their friends and loved ones are really like with this one-off Microsoft Natural keyboard with an in-built keylogger with 2MB of memory.
Built by the folk at Spy Warehouse, it logs the keys they press - up to 2 million of them – allowing you steal their secret jam recipes, love letters, usernames and passwords etc. They say:
Since the keylogger is built into the keyboard hardware, it is undetectable by any Anti-Virus or Anti-Spyware software! All you need to do to start logging, is to plug this new keyboard into a computer with a PS/2 (standard keyboard) port.
To retrieve the logs, you need to open up some text editing software such as Microsoft Word, Notepad, Wordpad, etc and type in the keylogger password. The keylogger password can be changed to whatever you like, but you need to make it obscure so that your normal computer users do not type it by accident. When you type in the keylogger password, the keylogger prints a menu on the screen, allowing you to download the logs and set the keylogger up. It’s very simple to use, and full instructions are provided.
Of course, none of this is recommended by Gizmodo since it’s probably highly illegal and will possibly send you to jail without passing Go or getting your £200. Also, depending on who you give it too, all your friends will desert you, your name will be cursed, you’ll probably get sacked and your family will disown you.
Buuuuuttt……if none of that deters you and you have £215 [yes, that is a lot], then you could soon own just about the most underhanded and devious Christmas present ever.
"Hey Dad, look what I got you..."-Martin Lynch
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SanDisk's Skinny Nano Challenger September 11, 2007
READ MORE Apple , Digital Audio , MP3 , Mobile Devices , Portable Media , iPod
If Apple’s not pedaling the audio/video gadget crack you’re into then Sandisk would like a moment of your time.
Hot on the heels of Apple’s iTouch and the new beefed up and colourful nanos, SanDisk has introduced a shiny new Sansa View video MP3 player. This is a complete revamp from the original Sansa View, which sported a widescreen display but was a lot chunkier.
The company points out that this is an MP3 player first but that doesn’t detract from the 2.4in, 320x240 pixel display and native support for video formats like MPEG4, WMV and H.264. Other formats, like DivX, can be converted by the bundled Sansa converter.
Battery life is claimed as 7 hours for video and 35 hours for audio. At 0.35in thin, it's also very skinny, as you can see from the pencil shot after the jump.
Available in 8GB and 16GB flavours the Sansa View’s US pricing – all there is right now – is $149 and $199, respectively – which is the same price as a 4GB and 8GB nano.-Martin Lynch
Xbox 360 Sales Up, PSP Down, And BBC TV Beaming To The Xbox? September 11, 2007
READ MORE Consoles , Games , Gizmodo UK , TV , Xbox
The Xbox 360 is on a roll, although it should be remembered that the massive spike in sales in recent weeks coincides with the arrival of the new Elite version and some welcome price cuts on existing models.
According to Chart-Track, sales are up 260% week-on-week for the past two weeks since the changes. Annoyingly, the percentage is largely meaningless since we don’t know what the actual numbers are. With the hugely hyped Halo 3 launch in a few weeks, Microsoft is going to rolling in the gaming dough.
In contrast, the PSP suffered its worst week since launching – again, no figures though. Still, this is hardly surprising sine the new PSP – Slim & Lite – is due out later this week [more than a week late].
Of more interest are rumblings of a deal between Microsoft and the BBC which might bring the Beeb’s TV shows and HD content beaming to Xbox Live gamers. Microsoft has confirmed the discussions. Sony has already done a deal with Sky to provide content for the PlayStation Network.-Martin Lynch
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