Peripherals
Passport size external drive
Looking for some color in your life, then check out Western Digital’s Passport series of external drives. The Passport series has just been updated to include; Glossy Red and Vibrant Green along with the subdued but equally nice; Glossy White and Glossy Black.
The Passport external drive comes in 120, 160 and 250GB and measure in [...]
Portable Visioneer Strobe XP 220 Scanner
Lots of people will buy this scanner for its small size and portability. The Visioneer Strobe XP 220, however, is special among small scanners for the Kofax Virtual ReScan (VRS) module that’s integrated into the driver. Until recently, the VRS module was available only for document scanners with much higher prices. The 1.5-pound XP 220 [...]
100 GB Blu Ray Disc
Although this is just a prototype, we must think that it will eventually become a reality. We are faced with a drive that is capable of playing 100 GB of data from just ONE 4 layers optical disc. There are also hints at the possibility of inventing a 200 GB disc based on 8 layers. [...]
Laptop Battery that last 30 years without recharge
What would you say if I told you that thanks to the US Air Force Research Laboratory we could have laptop batteries that would last for 30 years without the need of a recharge? You would say I am crazy but this is exactly what we need to talk about now. They invented a special [...]
D-Link’s Green Ethernet
D-Link has released the NWA-556 and DWA-643, where the former enables you to hook up to a wireless network from your desktop via the PCIe slot while the DWA-643 targets laptop owners with a USB port to spare. Both devices are Draft N 2.0 compatible and boast a maximum theoretical performance of 300Mbps. Additional features [...]
10 seconds to get thumb drive auto destruct
Thumb drives are a convenient and cool way to carry around your data, and with drive sizes in the gigabytes, you can store a ton of photos, files, music, and video in a very tiny space. Unfortunately, due to their small sizes, they are targets for information thieves.
Think about it – all that personal data [...]
iLuv i199 Stereo System for iPod
Among this feature-heavy iPod speaker’s many talents is the ability to play MP3s from USB thumb drives, as well as dock and pump out tunes from iPods. It has a slot for regular and MP3 CDs, a radio, and even an alarm clock. The iLuv’s sound is pretty decent, too. It’s a shame that operating [...]
Sony Picture Station DPP-FP90: Snapshot Printer Deluxe
Although Sony’s small-format photo printers have excelled at speed and quality, they’ve had shortfalls such as high cost per print or limited acceptance of memory card formats. With the Picture Station DPP-FP90, however, Sony seems to have gotten it right. It builds on the best in previous models while adding features such as a big [...]
Toshiba 37HL67 REGZA finds itself low in Standard def
More pixels mean a more detailed picture – but only if those dots are driven by a capable video processor. Fortunately, Toshiba’s new 37-inch LCD HDTV offers a detailed and colorful picture that delivers an immersive viewing experience when displaying HD video. Still, during testing, distracting artifacts did crop up when I was viewing standard-resolution [...]
AMD Launches ‘Black Edition’ Athlon 64 X2 5000+
To complement the Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Black Edition, AMD has silently launched its Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition. All technical aspects of the processor are identical to its non-Black Edition counterpart; the only new feature is an unlocked multiplier – allowing overclockers to increase the frequency of the processor without the need to [...]