2004 December

Looks like Tom’s Hardware has decided to take the high-moral ground with the new GeForce 6200. After reading their reasoning behind their new approach to these rush-to-market cards, I have to give them a big thumbs up. What am I talking about, read all about it for yourself.

Having access to a mobile hotspot detector is cool, sure. But is this one being shown to Tom’s Hardware really all that it is cracked up to be? Personally, I think it is a little too big myself.

A good notebook PC is a must have for any geek that is on the move. For me, it is most handy when I am sitting in my easy chair eating dinner and trying to bust out my latest series of articles.
But notebooks for gaming, I don’t know. Tom’s Hardware has done a review [...]

I have to tell ya, I have a really hard time getting too excited about a silly mouse. Still, having access to one that will somehow make what you need to do easier, then cool! From what I am seeing here with the Diamondback is not something that I would buy personally.

Heck, I can answer that question! If you are someone that primarily prints documents with text only, then no, stick with the cheap printers. If quality of print is critical to what you do, then I say go for it!

Speaking as a Netgear man myself, when I first heard that D-Link was offering a router that would ‘end latency’ problems well, I must admit that I was a little suspicious. After reading over the review of the D-Link DGL-4300, I must admit that it does actually do wonders for ping times, as promised.

OK, this has to be taken right out of the page from the Twilight Zone book or something equally nuts. Today at ExtremeTech, they have given their readers a chance to gaze upon something of true beauty. Enter the PC motorcycle!

Sometimes an error that seems to be related to faulty hardware is actually little more than something really obvious that we happen to be missing. Take this instance with an Apple DVD Player cannot seem to open for some reason. The cause behind this mystery might just be the last thing that you would ever [...]

This trick to using a PowerBook as a DVD player on a TV could be pretty handy if you are camping or someplace where this is your only option got some of that DVD goodness that we all love so well.

To be honest, I just could not ever really get all that behind these combo-players. This one from GoVideo, seems cool I guess. But I still fail to see how CNET was able to get behind the review they gave it. Not my style I’m afraid.

Another person moves from TiVo to Windows Media Center. While I have been tempted to do the same from time to time, I am just not finding the need to make any sort of change yet. Besides that, I am still not falling victim to the TiVo fast-forward through commercial pop-up bit that I have [...]

Oh goody! It’s another set-top box for us to use and perhaps once again, throw into the corner. It seems that Sharp a new media streaming ‘toy’ in Japan next year. Personally, I am not convinced it will meet with any real success here in the states anytime soon though, what with the crazy new [...]

Man, this is not bad for a run of the mill HDD case! Designed with the average user in mind, the Alpha-Data battery-powered 2.5″ HDD case has to be one of the nicer cases out there for 2.5′ drives. One feature that I thought was pretty slick was the one touch copy button. That could [...]

What a novel idea! Epson has just had the honor of having their P-2000 Multimedia Storage Viewer reviews by the good folks at DPReview.com. Everything considered, it seems like a pretty dandy alternative for those needing to access their pictures away from their PC. With that being said though, there are still a few areas that [...]

While the tech-media has done a fair job at looking to see what the software-side of 2005 might bring, so far not too many writers out there have explored the possibilities of what up and coming hardware will look like. Well, until now that is…

Having the best mouse in the world is not going do you any good if the surface area it is floating over is not that great for constant movement. Enter Steelpad, a mouse pad that is designed to make other mouse pads want to cry.

In word, Netgear. Anything with Netgear on it has from my experience been a real pleasure to work with. This new wireless router from Netgear appears to be no exception from what I am reading. Besides that, it also features the convenience of a ADSL modem as well.

Man, 680w of pure power for your computer. Does it get any better than this? Eh, it is possible I suppose. For the most part though, having a power supply with this kind of kick must border on a religious experience.

Will new mini-hard drives inside of new lines of mobile phones end up making the iPod a thing of the past. It is beginning to look like a real possibility. After reading through this post from Things that … make you go hmm, I began to see that I might have been right about the [...]

For sometime now, there has been a fair amount of speculation regarding Wi-Fi enabled hardware being unsafe around pacemakers. While I can hardly attest to the validity of this, it seems that at least PDAs have been shown to be a safe bet in this area of concern.