Archive for January, 2008
Green Gear: Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB 3.5″ HDD
Western Digital recently introduced a line of “GreenPower” hard drives that “deliver power savings as the primary attribute.” A typical hard drives takes up 13.5 watts of power in your PC. The Caviar GP drives cut that down to a nice 3.3 watts (with the 500GB model) for PCs that need reliability and reduced energy [...]
Packed with power: Audioengine A2 Desktop Speakers
Typically with home computer speakers you have two speakers and a subwoofer sitting on your desk and the floor. Sometimes this combination can take up quite a bit of room depending on the speakers, but today, that’s about to change with the Audioengine A2 desktop speaker system.
Eye-Fi, the world’s first wireless memory card, tested.
Before, when we wanted to get our pictures off our digital camera we would have to get our digital camera, the USB cable or card reader, and plug it into our computer - until today. The Eye-Fi is a wireless memory card that allows you to wirelessly upload your photos to your computer or favorite [...]
Sprint Ovation U727 by Novatel - Is it better than the U720?
EVDO is a godsend, and helped many people this past month at both the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, and Macworld Expo 2008 just this past week. More and more EVDO modems are being introduced, whether they be USB, ExpressCard, or PCMCIA. I recently got my hands on the Sprint Ovation U727 by [...]
New iPhone / iPod touch Icon for ConnectReviews
The iPhone 1.1.3 update that was released on Tuesday at Macworld added the functionality to add webclips to your home screen of your favorite websites and web applications. We’ve added our own icon to the mix, which will automatically be detected when adding ConnectReviews as a webclip.
In addition to adding the icon, ConnectReviews is also [...]
Lenovo’s ThinkPad T61 - power and portability, combined.
Lenovo bought IBM’s Think line of computers in 2005 and has released new iterations of their notebook computers, the ThinkPads, over the past few years. Today we are taking a look at their latest road warrior, the ThinkPad T61.
Macworld Expo 2008 Coverage at MacSpark This Week!
Our sister site MacSpark will be covering Macworld Expo 2008 in San Francisco later this week, starting with our Steve Jobs keynote coverage on Tuesday at live.macspark.net. They’ll provide you with photos and commentary on the latest Mac and iPod products from the expo floor.
Our regular review coverage will continue on Wednesday with a review [...]
The small business-oriented Fujitsu LifeBook V1010
The Fujitsu LifeBook V1010 is a budget-priced, mainstream, 15.4″ notebook aimed at the small business market. It is packed with a Core 2 Duo processor and Windows Vista Business, but how does it stack up? Read on for more details.
Amazon Kindle wireless reading device, reviewed.
Kindle is Amazon’s new product that lets you read books anywhere, at any time. I was sent a Kindle review unit before the holidays and have been using it ever since. The experience starts with the revolutionary display.
The screen uses electronic paper, which provides easy to read, sharp text and doesn’t give eye strain like [...]
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