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Nerd Stalker received a unique and very rugged iPhone case from the Trident company. The Cyclops series iPhone case is military tested and provides ridiculously tough protection. We appreciate the eco-friendly packaging for the Trident. The case comes in multiple colors, we received the black case from the Cyclops series. It comes in two pieces one that holds the phone itself and the other that basically covers the screen and snaps into the base part of the case. We tested by dropping our iPhone5 4 feet onto cement in the case and phone held up fine. Once your phone is in the case it is really really in the case, in fact we had a bit of a challenge getting it out of the case. Another issue we had was that we access the headphone and mute switch and port regularly and the Cyclops flaps kept getting in our way. Now to be fair this is intentional and this issue would only arise for people who are constantly accessing this particular items on a very frequent basis. That being said the...

We recently received a pair of downbeats earplugs which could not have been better timed. This would be perfect for our Solids (a very loud next coming of Dinosaur Jr. from Canada) concert in San Francisco. Downbeats claims to be high fidelity hearing protectors whose catchphrase is, "cut the noise keep the sound". They are reusable, low-profile, 18 dB reduction, small and good. They are easy to use, simply gently push them in and give them a slight twist until the flanges seal the ear canal. The downbeat come in a cool little metallic case which can be attached to your key chain for the avid concert nerd. The Haight Street club was a small echo chamber so the downbeat's were worth their weight in gold. I'm a stickler for fidelity especially at live shows so I would only give these a short chance and if they did not live up to their claims I would've chucked them ASAP. But they really did enhance the live experience and actually made the band sound even be...

Nerd Stalker review and unboxing of the LOOP case for the iPhone 5/5s.

At MacWorld I stumbled upon the Dynaflow Liquid-Armor booth, being an Invisible Shield fan I was intrigued. I watched them demo scratch screens of smartphones and tablets. I was stoked (yes i actually say stoked in conversation) to find a working solution that you don't have to perfectly stick to your phone, no more air bubbles! I've since gone home and tried the single use wet wipe product, we give this product two thumbs up for ease of use and it really does protect the screen. Get more information at the Dynaflow website or just do yourself a favor and pick some up here .

The Lantronix XPrintServer home edition pretty much delivered right out of the box. We first tried just adding it to our lan since we already had a working print server in the form of the airport express. Unfortunately we were initially unable to get any of the ios devices to find the printer. So we went with the other approach of connecting the printer to the XPrintServer usb port, doing so made it worked like a dream. One thing you should remember is that you may need to delete your existing printer on osx then add the same printer with the XPrintServer name as the indicator.

listen to ‘CleanMyMac 2 review from #macworld 2013’ on Audioboo We have been using CleanMyMac2 for a couple days now and as you can see from just running the auto one click this maintenance application saved ups over 5gb of precious drive space, two thumbs up.

By Adolfo Foronda Beluga is dead but Touch is very much alive. (mp3) A few of us here at Nerd Stalker have been testing the pre-release version of the just released mobile app " Touch " (note the released version will differ from what we were provided). Touch is the latest product to come out of the Waterloo, Ontario based company Enflick, creators of TextNow and PingChat! Whats particularly impressive about the Touch release is that Enflick is going the painful route of natively  supporting iOS devices (OS version 3.0+), Android (1.5–2.3) and Blackberry (5.0+) on day one! Touch allows you to create groups or private chats of all sizes as needed, you can share text, images and emoticons for free (think what Baluga should have been). Install and setup on the iPhone and Android was a breeze (note we did not test Blackberry) our only comment on signup was that (on the Android version) when registering for the first time the password you choose is not obf...

Nerd Stalker iPad bag review / unboxing of the boa push by booq . Who am I kidding it's my new man/purse or as I like to call it " Murse ". It's amazing how many crappy iPad bags are out there and booq seems to be one of the few companies that are finally coming forward to nail this space. The Boa push iPad messenger provides one of the most compact ways to carry your iPad, iPhone, Droid X, credit cards, a notepad and pens wherever you need to go. Crafted from durable Twylon and genuine Nappa leather, the slim Boa push is equipped with a wide, super-comfy seatbelt nylon shoulder strap and a sturdy snap button flap closure. Each Boa push is tagged with a gunmetal-framed Terralinq serial number. Once registered, the booq Terralinq service may help reunite you with your lost and found bag. External: • 1 pocket on main outer flap for iPhone • 1 large slip pocket on back for flat item storage • 2 pen holders on sides Internal: • 3 credit card slots and 1 ...

In his first book, "Delivering Happiness" by Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, he shares the different lessons he has learned in business and life, from starting a worm farm to running a pizza business; through LinkExchange (acquired by Microsoft for $265 million), Zappos, and more. We will give a free copy of the book to the first viewer who can tell us what company Nerd Stalker interviewed in Episode #1. You must @nerdstalker us on Twitter with the answer to win.

I had the honor of attending a New Tech meetup at Mighty a few nights ago, it was a blast and had the opportunity to discover some exciting new companies. Nirvino Christian Schroeder, Founder Nirvino is a free, website and mobile wine resource that aggregates wine critic reviews into a single score. Users can quickly find or confirm great bottles of wine when they are on the go as well as receive food pairing tips specific to that wine. http://nirvino.com/ Zivity Cameo Wood, Product Manager Zivity is a community-powered showcase of female beauty. http://zivity.com/ Razz Jeff Malkin, Co-Founder Razz is creating and leading a new category in photo enhancement called "audio-enriched photos." Users can mash well-known pop-culture audio clips and user-recorded voice with their favorite photos. With simple-to-use creatiion and consumption tools, Razz aims to be the YouTube of Talking Photos. http://razz.com/ MyMeemz/Skollar Alex Trolley, CEO / Founder Skollar is a Web 2.0 tool th...

It's silly to work after turkey day, well I did but right after, I went to hit the new Pedro Almodovar film "Volver" starring Penelope Cruz (has she had a boob job recently?). Nice to see Almodovar not relying on the overtly in your face sex scenes to get a human point across. But on the other hand I would like to see him divert from a recurring storyline that often relys mainly on some sort of "shocking" sexual incident to be the crux of his films. But I still recommend this flic.