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Bose Soundlink

€ 546.74

Bose’s Soundlink opens your music collection to a wider audience.

Your laptop is relegated to the role of intermediary, grabbing MP3 files, internet radio, podcasts or whatever other audio content you want to hear, and send it to the wireless Soundlink.

Plug a small USB key into your computer, switch on the system and select your music. A remote allows you to control your music.

The portable Soundlink has a rechargeable battery and a carry handle. And with Bose, you are guaranteed decent sound quality in a system that doesn’t take over your room.

http://www.bose.ie

U Record Video Converter

€46

Technology has moved quickly and unless you were quick to jump on the DVD bandwagon, you will have several video tapes lurking in a cabinet somewhere.

The U Record Video Converter allows you to digitise your videos and clear out some much-needed space with just a couple of cables and a few hours of your time.

The drawback is, of course, that you need something to play tapes on to convert them. The U Record Video Converter will hook up to a VCR – if you still own such a thing – or a video camera. You can convert the tapes to digital files for your laptop, burn them to DVDs or transfer them to MP4s.

http://www.firebox.com

Eye-Fi Pro X2

Wireless cameras aren’t commonplace just yet, but the Eye-Fi Pro X2 can change all that. It looks like your average memory card, but it has wireless built into it.

It turns any camera that takes a regular SD memory card into a wireless-enabled device. That will enable it to automatically upload your photographs to an online photo-sharing website from any open wireless hotspot.

A setting on the 8GB card deletes uploaded images automatically, ensuring you never run out of space. An ad-hoc connection with your laptop will transfer images directly to your hard drive.

http://www.eye.fi/