The bad part about many laptops is that they really push the thermal limits of their generation, which translates into hot knees if you actually have the computer on your lap. To counter this, vendors have produced many different contraptions meant to cool the underside of your portable PC, while trying to add additional functionality [...]
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The OS Wars
The grass isn’t greener on the other side of the fence. It just seems to be human nature to want your grass … and theirs! We don’t just want our share of the business that is out there, we want our unfair share. That’s certainly true of the PC/CE/communications industry. It’s even more fun when you’re [...]
Can Vendors Really Get Along?
The industry struggles for sales and profits as manufacturers and the distribution channels continue to work against each other. Hardware and software producers as well as VARs and integrators are going to have to put their adversarial positions aside if the industry is to return to a healthy growth condition. The most serious problem threatening [...]
Twitter World
We see the value in Earth Day. We recognize the importance of World Peace Day. In deference to our wife we think even Mother’s Day is OK. But Twitter Day? Somehow Oprah coming online and saying “Hello Twitter World.” (or whatever) is not quite up there with the wizard of Menlo Park (Edison) calling one of [...]
Social Media: The Hunted Become the Hunter
“Nothing in those files makes their sacrifice worthwhile. You have to let go. We’re professionals, when an operation goes bad, we tie it off. “ – Ward Abbott (Brian Cox) – The Bourne Supremacy (2004) The world of new media – widgets and social applications – looks like a beautiful marketing hunting grounds. It’s like [...]
Bigfoot Xeno Network Card First Look
Every person on the internet has experienced lag… the feeling of frustration while waiting for something online. It’s not that big a deal when waiting for a download or web page, but can be absolutely critical when playing an online PC game. Humans can perceive less than 16 milliseconds of delay (60fps is equal to 60hz, [...]
Technology and the World Recession
Not since l990 have we seen a downturn in the economy as we have in recent months. The vision of a turnaround has been pushed out until at least next year and most indicators point to the bottom of our double-dip and mild improvements will begin. We won’t begin to “feel better” until possibly the [...]
Shrinking Computing: Processors, Laptops and Phones
Bright Idea – Just so no one missed the fact that Intel’s Craig Barrett was talking about another bright idea that the company’s engineering teams had developed the events folks put him in front of a light bulb. It didn’t work because we could barely see the itty-bitty device he held in his hand at [...]
Vantec NexStar MX Dual Hard Drive Enclosure
If you’re looking for a slim compact SATA drive enclosure, the Vantec NexStar MX is one to consider! Vantec has hit a homerun with this simple, easy to use 2 drive enclosure. The enclosure is barely thicker than 2 drives stacked on top of each other, and only slightly longer. The enclosure is designed to operate as 2 [...]
INEO I-NA305J JBOD external enclosure
iNEO has introduced their I-NA305J Dual Bay JBOD Storage System for SATA Hard Disk Drives. This hard drive enclosure has these useful features: Aluminum Alloy Casing with a powerful adjustable fan. Front Blue LCD Panel that indicates power and hard disk drive access activity. USB 2.0 Transfer Rates. Supports SATA I and SATA II Drives [...]
Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick Review
Recently I was handed a Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick to use on my new Dell Desktop. At first glance, I was amazed that you can tune HDTV signals with a USB device that was so small. The Pinnacle HDTV Pro Stick comes with the following items in the package: If you have a laptop, then [...]
OCZ ATV 4GB USB Flash Drive Review
In America we know that excess is never enough. The technology industry provides us with portable solid-state disks that can hold every Atari 2600 cartridge ever created, and that still isn’t enough. We take these little gadgets with us everywhere, and I should know as I’ve destroyed more USB drives than the company’s Quality Control [...]
Next Generation DVDs: BluRay and HD-DVD
Ten years after its introduction, the installed base of home DVD players has finally – almost – replaced VHS players. No matter how much the PC, CE industry wants people to replace today’s technology with tomorrow’s…it takes time. At the same time people have been wringing their hands that two high definition disc formats (Blu-ray [...]
Verbatim 12GB Store’n'Go HDD
Flash drives have been getting larger and larger, and our need for portable storage is only getting greater. It wasn’t long ago that we reviewed Verbatim’s 2GB U3 flash drive, and we thought that was plenty of space for all of our portable data needs… but we quickly found ourselves starving for more data. I [...]
DVD Formats Explained (Bluray, HD-DVD, Plus, Minus)
The number of different formats available in DVD drives can be confusing to anyone in the market for one. The list is much longer, but to address a few of the common formats, we have DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM ,DVD+R DL and DVD±RW. Wow! This list of common formats is long enough, no [...]
Verbatim Store’n'Go 2GB U3 Smart Drive
Portable apps are all the rage these days! For about the same price as a regular USB key, you can get a smart drive that support U3 or Ceedo application technologies. You can download pre-packaged all-inclusive programs to your smart memory stick, and run them on any modern PC: without the need to install the [...]
Verbatim Store’n'Go 4GB USB HDD
It’s hard to imaging a portable device today without some sort of flash memory. They are ubiquitous among technology consumers, and enthusiasts use them to transport files between home and work. Now “portable apps” are starting to emerge, whereas you can run an all-inclusive program from a flash device on any PC. All the configuration [...]
Mad Dog Multimedia 39-Inch UV SATA Cables
In the past few years, increasing hard disk transfer rates have forced the ATA interface to be continuously updated beyond its limits. Consumers have adopted new uses for their computers, which require vast amounts of storage for digital audio and video, file sharing, and other data-intensive transfers. Serial ATA (SATA) was developed to overcome the [...]
Xbox 360 VGA Cable Review
Back when the original Xbox was new there were only a few ways to connect it to a display. Many Xbox gamers were also PC enthusiasts, so a VGA cable was a coveted commodity and was rare. Only some manufacturer no one had ever heard of from DingChong, China were selling them, so they were [...]
Girl’s Gift Guide for the Geek Guy 2005
My wife tells me I’m incredibly hard to shop for, and that if there’s something I want then I usually end of buying it myself… Women generally don’t know what to buy their men, or they want to buy something “personal” or “meaningful”. Men would like something meaningful, too – we just wish you embraced [...]
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