Archive for May, 2007



Shuttle Design PC’s: Powerful Beauty

UK-based Computer Shopper magazine just got it right: “Shuttle PC’s are an excellent choice”. Not just if you are looking for a eye-catching design, but power: The Shuttle XPC Barebone SD39P2 for example, a new PC the company calls the first small form factor computer to support quad-core processors. Computer Shopper mag positively noted the [...]

HP W2207: Almost too beautiful …

Almost to beautiful to just work on is Hewlett-Packards newly designed 16:10 TFT-Screen W2207. And this 22-inch beauty queen is not just pretty, it is also very powerful and fast: According to HP, the W2207 can also play Movies encoded with the HDCP copy protection. Also, the new screen features a fast response time of [...]

Canon Pixma iP90v: Not cheap but super portable printer

If you are constanly on the go and must have a tiny inkjet, you’ll be pleased with the Pixma iP90v’s print speeds and quality. The iP90v’s is an upgrade to the Canon iP90 portable ink-jet printer. Both compact printer models are very similar in functionality and are small enough to slip into pretty much any [...]

Sony: Bend it like Beckham …

… your TV that is. Sony has demonstrated a flexible TV screen that displays color video on curved objects. A combination of organic thin film transistor (TFT) and organic light emitting diodes (OLED) technologies, the screen is paper-thin and displays better color and clarity than other so called electronic papers. It bends like a [...]

Unlocked iPhone, anyone?

The knock-off contest for iPhones must have started a while ago. This one from Chinese vendor Wyne looks, well, close. It has a 3.5-inch TFT-screen (304×420 pixel), plays MP3 audio and full-screen MPEG4 video. Dual SIM cards. GSM (900/1800Mz), GPRS and Wifi access. Hands-free phone function, voice recording and browser. Still, not quite an Apple. [...]

Toshiba MK1011GAH: Super slim 100GB Laptop-Harddrive

Mobile computing can be such a pain. Notebook batteries are notoriously flat, screens and keyboards are to small to work long hours and hard drives tend to be constantly to small for professionals on the go to move around large data such as video files, sound files or digital photos. Thanks to Toshiba’s new super [...]

Reviewed: Opening the Pandora’s Box for about an hour…

With Pandora getting to integrate with Sprint phones (like the popular the Samsung Upstage)and Sonos offering 30-day free trial of Pandora with their new software, I thought I go and check out Pandora.
So is the radio dead? Will people throw away their ipods and buy Sprint phones and Sonos home systems?

The smart way to work: LCD and Laptop Tablet arm

If you have a flat-panel monitor or a notebook, you can easliy suspend it to a more comfortable viewing position with the Innovative Office Products new EVO Tablet Arm. With just a movement of your fingertips you can align the arm to just the right spot, taking your screen to a way more comfortable position [...]

Wi-fi Guitar Hero

Activision has officially announced that Guitar Hero III will feature wireless guitars when the game is released this Autumn for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii.
Whether your guitar playing is game controller, air or for real, you’ll no doubt want to beef up those wrist and fore arm muscle to avoid injuries. [...]

Reviewed: Ruff Rider Ruff Grip Callus Builder

I bought my Ruff Rider Ruff Grip Callus Builder at amazon.com before a long trip to the east coast on which i wasn’t going to have my guitar. I got oddly paranoid about losing my calluses and thought “What the hell?”.  This is a total waste of money. aside from it attracting unwanted attention during [...]