2006 March

I will be the first to say, I figured that this SLI Notebook would have fared a lot better for overall performance. Oh sure, I have seen worse. But honestly I have seen better, too.

You know, this might actually be more pleasant to watch than true TV alternatives such as the video iPod or Sony PSP? Hey, I am just saying!

So you are done with ReplayTV and TiVo? Think you have what it takes to build your own PVR? Then I may have an article for you. Well, one to give you a step by step on how to get the project done without too many mishaps, that is.

Since it is Fri, I figured that some of you might be spending your weekend working on some PC building projects. So, just to get you into the right mindset I have located a great article about one man’s journey into this realm of building a PC on the cheap - the AMD way.

So there is a new platform ready for folks living in rural India. Aptly called the Community PC platform, it includes a budget Intel chip, specially designed motherboard and a some management software as well.

Let’s face it, not all NAS boxes are created equal. The same can be said about anything I guess, but reality dictates that only one can truly reign supreme.

Now that is one crazy looking keyboard! Yes, the MERC is probably not for everone out there. It is however, the perfect keyboard for those needing a gamer’s edge.

So, you think that you have a pimped gaming setup? Well, maybe you need to think again. Unless you recall spending upwards of 7 large on a system, chances are there is someone out there that might be able to one up you…

Poor Sony. It seems like everything they touch goes south, doesn’t it? Now with the poor press, shoddy business practices and other problems, we can now watch the demise of their UMD format as well.

Folks were not kidding when they said that the AMD Opteron chips are growing up. I the abilities of the chips today are certainly more impressive than they were just a short time ago. Boy, where does the time go…

You know, there are so many places where this device would pay for itself that it is not even funny! No kidding folks, this may be on a number of holiday wish lists coming up. Too bad it is not for civilians…

I believe that this will fall into the ‘like to have’ rather than ‘need’ category for most folks. Regardless, there is something ultimately cool about being able to use Holographic Drives and Media.

In a lot of ways, giving a MP3 player this kind of form factor can provide a number of advantages. Most obviously is that it is easy to connect to your PC!

Now that the land down under has frozen over (and I am not talking about kangaroo land, either) I suppose it is time to really consider whether or not Microsoft’s licensing strategies to be a threat or not. With the hardware sector, I tend to doubt it.

A company that I myself, have never had issues with, has been creating issues of their own with customers from all over. The BBB has alleged that the biggest collective issue is the sheer number of unanswered complaints. Then again, does anyone really believe that the BBB has any teeth left any more?

I can honestly say that something like a 200gb drive for a notebook would be pretty attractive to the common road warrior. So long as you avoid misplacing your notebook, the investment in a drive of this size might just be worth it?

With all that of the critical data that we trust with our hard drives, would it not make sense to have a firm understanding of how these machines actually work? Yes, I thought you might find this interesting. Therefore…

Oh come on, admit it! Don’t you just want to adopt the Epia-N Nano-ITX board and start taking it to baseball games and father and son cookouts? Um, maybe that is a little much. Regardless, the specs on this little turkey do appear to be pretty worthwhile for most needs.

On screen keyboards make me dizzy. Sorry, but I have to be clear about this. So the idea of having one for my Pocket PC does nothing to excite me all that much. Am I being too harsh?

Well this definitely qualifies as ‘different’! If you are still struggling with kicking the smoking habit, then perhaps this is a good option for you?