Archive for December, 2009

41Bbef72 LL. SL500  Monocular 8 X 21 Hunting & Spotting ScopeCompact, durable & lightweight rubber coated, moisture resistant hunting field monocular! Features a red lens coating that reflects harsh sunshine glare (the view remains clear). 8X magnification, stretches 4.5" long, includes nylon belt pouch, neck cord, lens cloth, with instructions. Great monocular for spotting game, or spying on the neighbors!

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310QVD5E5BL SEC DK SSS Securitron Spy Shield for DK 26 StainlessThe DK-26 Series Keypad is a digital keypad system designed for medium/high security control of electric locks. It consists of two components: the keypad and the CPU board. This allows the CPU board to be mounted within the protected area for higher security. Tampering with-or even destroying the keypad-will not release the door. The rugged stainless steel keypad may be mounted outdoors in any environment as it is fully weatherproof.

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41M2SHtTotL 700DVR W  Wireless Motion Detector Activated Portable Pocket Mini DVR Transmitter Receiver Security Surveillance Micro Color Video Camera Recorder Spy PVRThe Included 8-Channel 2.4 GHz Wireless Receiver Will Record Directly From Your 2.4 GHz Wireless Cameras. Also Powers BOTH 12V & 5V DC External Wired Cameras With 180 Minutes Of Battery Power! INTERNATIONAL VIDEO & POWER COMPATIBLE. Our Pro-Series DVRs Are Built To A Higher Standard For Professional & Critical Applications. The #1 Choice For ""Secret Shoppers"" & Private Investigators. Our Pro-Series DVRs Have Features & Options Most Other DVRs Don't. The 700DVR Records DVD Quality Video, Records Audio & Views Photos (Including Slideshow Presentation). It Supports SD & SDHC Memory Cards Up To 16GB (Not Included). Three Recording Resolution Settings: 720 x 480 Pixels @ 18 FPS / 640 x 480 Pixels @ 30 FPS / 320 x 240 Pixels @ 30 FPS. COURT ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE. Every Frame Can (Optionally) Be Sequentially Numbered With A Tiny ""Watermark"". Positive Proof The Video Has Not Been Edited Or Tampered With For Undisputable Evidence. Also Optional Time/Date Stamp. MOTION ACTIVATED: Set To Motion Activated Recording And The 700DVR Will Instantly Begin Recording When Motion Is Detected & Stop When Motion Ceases. Matching Covert Cameras, Including Button/Screw, Sunglasses, Neck Tie, Handbag, Hat, Bullet & Tactical Cameras Are Available. They Connect With A Single Plug That Provides Power To The Camera & AV Connection. No Additional Cumbersome Battery Pack Required To Power The Camera. Just Plug & Record. The 700DVR Will Also Supply Power To Most Any 12V & 5V DC External Camera (CMOS & CCD). Universal RCA Cables Support Video Input From Virtually ANY PAL or NTSC External Camera. The High Performance Lithium Ion Battery Will Power Both The DVR & Camera For 180 to 210 Minutes Of Continuous Use. An Extra ""Quick Swap"" Battery Is Included So You Always Have Power. It Uses A Standard CNP-120 Camera Battery In Case You Want More Than Two. To Top It Off, It Also Has A Full Function Wireless IR Remote Control.

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41mzw9DJjHL. SL500  Mini Digital Video Recorder with Sound ActivationThe first "thumb size" camcorder offering Sound Activated Auto Recording and Full VGA 640 x 480 resolution @ 30 fps. This cool recording gadget is ready to play and includes all necessary accessories, 2GB micro SD card, removable belt/pocket clip, neck strap, dash/wall mount, silicone skin, carrying bag, USB cable, and charger.

One touch recording makes great video/audio a snap.

Features:
Thumb size alloy housing
Easy operation w/ LED indicators
Manual or Sound activated auto recording
Webcam feature, AVI video and JPEG photo format
Ultra high resolution 640*480 image w/ 2000K pixels
High speed recording 30 frames per second
Built-in Li rechargeable battery 2hr continuous recording
2G Micro SD card included - Supports up to 8GB
Flexible installation w/ clip or swiveling dash wall mount bracket

Simply clip on your belt, pocket, hat, or helmet and one touch to record family gatherings, meetings, outdoor activities, children playing, accidents, evidences, and every happy moment that you never want to miss.

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31EyrhJgg1L Flexible Goose Neck Snake Cam Pinhole Security Spy CameraThis Flexible Color Snake Camera With 3.7mm Pinhole Lens is perfect for seeing into hard to reach places and the .1 LUX low light capability provides usable images with very little illumination. Powered by a 1/4" Sony Color CCD imager, and provided with a flexible goose neck with a tiny pinhole lens.

Add the optional battery pack, gooseneck flashlight and a service monitor or portable dvr and you have an excellent tool for inspections in very hard to reach places like ductwork and walls.

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41glHzYWh2L. SL500  Smallest Digital Video Camera Recorder in the World!Introducing the Smallest DVR in the world, the first "thumb size" camcorder offering full VGA 640 X 480 resolution @ 30 fps. Included are a host of accessories including removable belt/pocket clip, neck strap, dash mount, and recharger. One touch recording makes great video/audio a snap. Up to 8Gb Micro SD card support and 2 hours recording per charge. Stores 3 hours recording per Gb for an incredible 24 hours recording on 8Gb SD card. Low illumination and sound activated recording make the Smallest Spy DVR truly unique

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313wv2DTYPL. SL500  Wireless Infrared Day/Night Color CameraThis infrared camera is perfect for those in need of security at their home or business! Not only does it transmit a great color picture in normal light conditions, but at low or no light conditions, it automatically becomes an infrared camera.

And unlike many other infrared cameras, this one is completely wireless! This makes it not just a good general camera, but it's also a perfect camera for use as a day-time or night-time baby monitor.

NOTE: These cameras use the same fequency and cannot be switched or used in conjunction with multiple cameras.

Built-in microphone captures mono audio

Customer Review: Piece of Junk!

Although this is my first wireless, the picture is terrible.It flickers like the trackings bad on a tape, so theres a huge line that runs through the picture.The sound is bad,its a loud buzzing noise.The picture is ok on a tube tv but not a high resolution.The only good thing is the nightvision.But all in all I wish I woulda saved up for a good one.This camera is worthless!

Customer Review: Good Wired Camera

The ad states:
And unlike many other infrared cameras, this one is completely wireless!
The Truth:
It requires a power cord to the camera...so it is not wireless!

The video and infrared work good! Just wish that it was truly wireless.

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41NxuB8%2BMwL SPY SUNGLASSES 2GB WITH MP3 PLAYER, CAMCORDER, STILL IMAGE CAMERA, FM RADIOOne of the coolest gadget in the market, this spy sunglasses has MP3 player, FM radio, still image camera and camcorder. The 2GB built-in memory will let you store plenty of media. You can wear it as a regular sunglasses while you can do whatever the sunglasses can offer. You can connect it to a PC/Laptop to check the images/videos or update your mp3 or other music files(MWA,WMV,ASF). This sale includes the 2GB 4-in-1 spy sunglasses, carrying case, software CD, manual, USB cable, AC power adapter.

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31PQjIJcIKL. SL500  4GB DVR Gum Camera 640 x 480 Spy Hidden Camcorder Camera DVRThis is the latest 2009 version of the gum camera, further, it is the worlds smallest DVR video camera that can record high resolution video and sound. Supports: Windows98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista/Mac OS/Linux, Technical Specifications: 4GB micro sd card included, 640x480 high resolution, .AVI video format, 2+ hour battery life, built in rechargable lithium ion battery, connects to USB on most computers. What's included: one (1) USB adapter, one (1) 4GB micro sd card, one (1) set of instructions, one (1) set of BP Electronics simplified instructions, and customer tech support.

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112S ceOwCL. SL500  Tasco Specialty 25 x 30 mm Brass Spyglass TelescopeA classic, hand-held telescope with a gleaming brass finish and leatherette trim. Extends from 5.25 to 14 in. and includes an attractive leatherette carrying case with wrist strap and belt loop.

Customer Review: Spyglass

I work on a boat and I just wanted to mess around and bring it out when the guys were watching. The spyglass actually works fine, but it has its limitations. One of which is finding what you are pointing at and the other is focusing. Once you get the hang of it it gets somewhat easier, but not much.

Customer Review: Exellent first buy!

This is an exellent buy if this is your first brass spyglass. For being so sheap this sure is good quality, every part of it is verry accurate. I really do have seen a lot worse. People who do not CARE to examine and learn for themselves OR are not used to handle and use spyglasses may have some problem getting the focus right. In any case the focus is really sharp when you do get it right.

You need to twist the smallest tube to change the focus depth. Pracise make perfect!

Even thou its not verry big in size i found that it was as "big" and heavy as i would tolerate for easy carrying and easy use in a larp. You may carry it in a small beltbag, and it fits nicely in your palm.

The only bad thing about it was the fake-leather. I bought it to use on a Pirate LARP (Live Action Role Playing) and i had to remove the plastic "leather" and sew on a new real piece of darkbrown leather myself.
Besides this, modern brass items are often lacquerd with a special clear brass protective lacquer, witch makes it impossible to corrode. I wandted that antique feeling since im using it on larps. So in order to get that old look to it I took everything apart (total disensembling), and polished off the lacquer using a grinding machine with a verry fine polishing rondell, and reassembled it. Afer two months it looked like a movie prop, corroded (darkened) and beautiful.
However I do not recommend anyone to do this UNLESS you are a craftsman who knows how to work metals and have basic (proffessional) polishing skills. If you are going to do this anyway, be extra careful to remove the glass parts so that you dont accidentally polish them! And be careful not to grind away any metal or you may destroy it completley.

There are more than five, exactly the same, spyglasses here on Amazon.com they look exactly the same and comes with the same fake-leather carrying case. So im leaving this rating on a fiew of them. They are all manufactured in the same place, probably china, and distributed to the different vendors.

I hope my rewiew was any help to you!
Have a Good Larp!
:D

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41QwTowvW7L. SL500  Watch Video Camera with Audio and Built in DVROur Watch Hidden Camera is a state of the art body worn complete surveillance system. This wire-free wristwatch contains the latest in miniaturized video technology. We've squeezed a color camera, microphone, power source and a 4 GB digital video recorder inside a stylish silver watch. The watch is also fully functional. Just slide the watch on your wrist, press the power switch and go. Perfect for covert evidence collection or hidden investigation or surveillance assignments. When you are ready to view the video or recharge the built-in lithium battery (full battery runs 2 hours), simply plug the watch into your computer's USB port. No additional software required to view video but you will need an MPEG-4 viewer. Supports 98/98SE/2000/XP and VISTA. Features: fully functional, micro all-in-one surveillance system, body worn, color camera, microphone, 4 GB DVR, time & date stamp, rechargeable lithium battery, AVI video format. Specifications: Image sensor: 1/6 color CMOS, Pixel: 300,000 pixels, Audio: Yes, View Angle: 50 degrees, Interface: USB 2.0, Store Memory: built-in Flash 4GB, Video File Size: about 6-8 Megs per minute (depending on audio), Recording Mode: Continuous recording, Photo formats: JPEG, Photo resolution: 640*480 pixels, Video formats: AVI, Image resolution: 352*288 pixels, Video Record Speed: 15 FPS, Battery Type: built-in Rechargeable Lithium-ion 4.2V, Battery Capacity: 270mHA, Working Current: 200mA, Battery Support time: about 2 hours, Adaptor Type: USB adaptor charging cable, Charging time: Takes 2-3 hours HC-WATCH Portable Watch Hidden Camera with DVR & Audio - $118.00

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31JdB%2BJU4dL. SL500  Worlds Smallest Camcorder with 4GB Built in Memory   640 * 240 High resoltuionThis Mini Spy Camera Stick is the smallest high resolution video, audio real time digital camcorder ever made! So small the Recorder fits in a packet of chewing gum! Easy to use "one touch record" button lets you discretely record video or audio with a push of a button. Ideal for the most discrete applications. The Mega Mini Spy Camera Stick records Hi-Resolution real time (15fps) video via its internal pin hole camera at the touch of a button. With 300,000 pixels, a viewing angle of 60 degrees, video format of 176 x 144. and a built in microphone, the entire unit measure 2 3/4" x 3/4" x 3/8", and just 36 grams including the built in rechargeable battery. Recordings are stored on a tiny removable Micro SD card. Up to 100 hours of video can be recorded on 4GB internal memory. Internal rechargeable battery is recharged via USB connection. Records for over 2 hours on a single charge. This package comes with the micro DVR spy cam audio video recorder with built in microphone and rechargeable battery, a user manual for easy reference and USB adaptor charging cable. Package contains:[One Mini Interview Recorder][USB Cable][User Manual] see ACTUAL uncut video output of this unit footage from www 4ucam com dv013 html.

Customer Review: Pretty good product

This is pretty cool product. I don't really have any practical use for it. Just for fun. Price is good too for 4GB built in memory.

Customer Review: Cool and easy to use

This is really cool stuff. I bike a lot and use this to take the video along the biking trip. The item I received actually had higher resolution than advertised. I believe it is 640 * 480 and has 4GB built in memory. I love it.

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41tYPGfVEGL. SL500  Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIAs Spytechs, from Communism to al QaedaFrom two men who know better than anyone how espionage really works, an unprecedented history?heavily illustrated with neverbefore- seen images?of the CIA?s most secretive operations and the gadgets that made them possible.

It is a world where the intrigue of reality exceeds that of fiction. What is an invisible photo used for? What does it take to build a quiet helicopter? How does one embed a listening device in a cat? If these sound like challenges for Q, James Bond?s fictional gadget-master, think again. They?re all real-life devices created by the CIA?s Office of Technical Service?an ultrasecretive department that combines the marvels of state-of-the-art technology with the time-proven traditions of classic espionage. And now, in the first book ever written about this office, the former director of OTS teams up with an internationally renowned intelligence historian to take readers into the laboratory of espionage.

Spycraft tells amazing life and death stories about this littleknown group, much of it never before revealed. Against the backdrop of some of America?s most critical periods in recent history?including the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the war on terror?the authors show the real technical and human story of how the CIA carries out its missions.

Customer Review: The Kindergarten Version

Don't be deceived by the many positive reviews of this book. There is nothing new here; every bit of this information is already in the public record, and most of it is available in many other (and better) books, including several by the same author. You can get the same information, and much more entertainment, just by walking through the Spy Museum in Washington, DC!

It's not wrong, and not inaccurate; just Old News, that has been written about over and over again, and this book doesn't add a thing.

Customer Review: Good Book

A bit slow at times, but incredible what they did in a few short years.

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31oJEkbB90L Hidden Wireless Nurse Camera Spy Cam + Micro SD CARDImagine the possibilities... This unit was designed for concealment. It can fit easily into a typical gum wrapper, pack of cigarettes, or pocket. We witness so many events with our eyes, now we can record them...

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Orvis Minox TLX Spy Camera

31Sw1X Z1QL Orvis Minox TLX Spy CameraThe ultimate miniature spy camera has all the technology and features of the best multipurpose cameras. The legendary 8x11 design is lightweight, sturdy, and appropriate for all occasions. Built-in LED display and UV-filter lens window.

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31LCXhN 3SL. SL500  4GB DVR Watch Video Camera / Camcorder Spy Hidden   Ver. A1This is one of the most discrete hidden cameras available on the market. The pinhole digital color camera is virtually undetectable by others. ----Technical Specifications: USB 2.0 Plug and Play with no drivers or power supply needed., Supports WINDOW98/98SE/ME2000/XP, no driver necessary (WIN98 exception), Video Resolution: 352 x 288 CIF, Read and Writes at: 900K / 700K bytes per second, Capacity: 4GB - up to 8 hours of record time, Built in lithium ion battery - 2+ hours of charge ---- What comes in the box? -- Inside the packaging includes one (1) 4GB DVR Camera Watch, one (1) Charger, one (1) USB cable, and one (1) Instruction Manuel.

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The Unlikely Spy

51ZuXzBv%2BgL. SL500  The Unlikely Spy"In wartime," Winston Churchill wrote, "truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies." For Britain's counterintelligence operations, this meant finding the unlikeliest agent imaginable-a history professor named Alfred Vicary, handpicked by Churchill himself to expose a highly dangerous, but unknown, traitor. The Nazis, however, have also chosen an unlikely agent: Catherine Blake, a beautiful widow of a war hero, a hospital volunteer-and a Nazi spy under direct orders from Hitler to uncover the Allied plans for D-Day...

Customer Review: A D-Day Nazi-Allied Forces Espionage Thriller

"The Unlikely Spy" is a very good WWII espionage spy thriller. It's long - 725 pages, but rarely does it drag, and most of the time the story is interesting, intriguing, well-crafted, and often compelling. There are only a few instances of a solution to a dilemma faced by one of the characters that is too pat or too contrived (a problem often found in novels such as this). The characters, for the most part, remain true to their personality, training and mission.

Only the two main German spies (Horst and Anna) fall out of their roles glaringly one or two times: one such moment is the unfortunate "street" fight with a local Brit that Horst gets himself into; the other is when Anna begins to doubt herself, her mission, herself, and begins to gain a conscience. These two German spies are clever, well-trained and effective in what they do, and even when they are humanly inconsistent, they are convincing and exceptional. One does not root for them, but one does rather admire them. Anna, in particular, is complex and complicated, a beautiful woman with a somewhat tortured past. But she has been trained to kill and kill she does.

The one American (Peter) is true to his character almost unfailingly, as are the British main characters, especially the very well-drawn likeable Vicary and the more mysterious cad Boothby.

The real-life historical figures, Eisenhower, Churchill and all the usual German demons (like Canaris, Himmler, and Hitler) play big to small roles, as is appropriate for the story, except for the main German background player, Major Vogel who runs Anna, whom he placed in Britain in 1938, 6 years before she was needed by the 3rd Reich to unravel allied plans for D-Day in early 1944.

It's all about D-Day, and this story proved a timely read here in June 2009 during the days leading up to and after the recent 65th anniversary ceremony celebrating the costly but successful Allied invasion of France in 1944. This story revolves around German and Allied hand-wringing over where and when the Allied invasion would occur. Would the Germans discover that it would occur at Normandy --- or as the Allies wanted them to believe - at Calais? That is the entire nexus of the story.

In the end, I liked this book better than (though it is greatly different from) Michael Dobbs' books about Churchill in the same time period (see "Never Surrender"). Silva apparently doesn't have the pressure to try to teach history, except as it is incidentally important to his story. Then he gets it right. But make no mistake: this is fiction - as are all of Dobbs' works.

The plot is complicated (but not too complex), and it is filled with engaging, distinctive characters. I was amazed to find myself on page 500-something, absorbed and engaged in the story. Silva does a reasonably good job writing women, though his forte is men.

I was struck with how this story is an excellent mix of plain old police detective work and subtle ruthless intelligence work. Silva mixes the two very, very well.

I think it is probably about 150 pages too long. What makes it long is Silva's penchant for a great amount of background detail - all interesting, mind you, but nonetheless perhaps not so much is needed to move the story forward. It is also surprisingly "neutral" as to which side holds the cards, brains and skill - with plenty of blunders on both sides.

In the last ½ of the book there is a plenitude of bloody, appalling and mindless killings and murders, as the 2 German spies fight to escape MI-5 and the entire Allied intelligence apparatus bearing down on them after their cover is blown. Once you get over Silva's occasional invented and too-pat circumstantial events that actually help the Brits run down these spies, the story picks up momentum and becomes a page turner. Both sides make countless errors and missteps. Just because you want the Brits to win out, does not imbue them with infallibility.

The book's major flaw, I think, is the somewhat pedestrian and not-very-creative finale or ultimate resolution. I would have hoped that the last 125 pages would live up to the first 600 pages in creativity and cleverness, but they did not. While not exactly disappointing, the conclusion left me wanting something a little better. It is for this reason that I do not give this book a 5 rating.

All-in-all, if you like WWII espionage historical fiction, this book is a great read. It's brutal, realistic, and a fun romp in 1944 England and Germany, great for vicarious re-living (or first-living) of that marvelous time in our history. This is a great book to read on a holiday, on an airplane, or when you are free to indulge 2 or 3 days to escape into the greatest era of old-fashioned espionage -- World War II. This is not the economical, terse beauty that Alan Furst might write (see his "Spies of Warsaw"), but nonetheless it is very, very good. I give it a 4+.

Customer Review: The Unlikely Spy

Good, complex, suspense/spy thriller. On par with Day of the Jackal; flipping from the Englsih MI5 bureau to the German Ahwer spy bureau during the planning of the Normandy invasion of the Second World War.

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31lIuVHf4jL Spy Nanny Pen Cam (4GB USB Drive + Pinhole Camera + Voice Recorder + USB Car Charger + AA Emergency Charger)   Black4GB USB2.0 SPY Pen color Video and Voice Camcorder Recording with Pixel Drive Cam Camera Pin-hole Camera DVR (up to 20 hours Video recording)Tiny size makes it ideal for variety of uses It's great for use as hidden cam, interview cam, etc. Work as a USB drive (no driver needed)Real time recording in AVI video format it can be used for writing also Built-in rechargeable battery Playback video on PC Battery recording time:About up to 2 hours. Manufacturer's suggested retail price USD $113.50

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PS2 KeySafe Pro Keylogger

31GCKPQf57L. SL500  PS2 KeySafe Pro KeyloggerMonitors and Records ALL Keystrokes (Captures every single key typed on your PC, including text that would normally be hidden, such as passwords) ----- Records 2 Million Keystrokes (Once you have reached the maximum capacity, simply erase the data to record another 2 million) ---- Super Simple Operation (Just plug it in to one of the USB ports in the rear of your computer, and then plug the USB keyboard directly into the keylogger as shown in the image to the right. Once you are ready to retrieve the data, you can either access it right there on that computer, or unplug it and access it on a different computer. All the data is stored in a log file and accessible only with a password) ---- Monitor Emails (Easily monitor outgoing emails by recording all text written) ---- Monitor Instant Messaging (Easily monitor all outgoing instant messages) ---- Monitor Websites Visited (Easily monitor any website visited) ---- Not Detectable by Anti Spyware or Anti Virus Programs (This is a hardware device, so it cannot be detected by anti virus or anti spyware/adware programs)

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31JoY7%2B9xeL. SL500  Spy HSX Matte Black/Grey SunglassesSpy HSX sunglasses - A new breed of dual-purpose sport frames. This hybrid model melds fashion and function, with patented scoop technology and high design aesthetics.

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