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by Jordan Grodecki on November 30, 2009
Anyone been desperate to use Apple's new touchy feely Magic Mouse on their windows PCs? I can't imagine it's that many if I'm honest, but perhaps there's one or two of you out there.
Well, now you ...
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by Chris Matier on October 2, 2009
When HP says that their new Premium Photosmart printer is an all-in-one machine, they are are not kidding. The printer is a copier, printer, fax, scanner, and it is WiFi enabled. You don't even ne...
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by Chris Matier on August 7, 2009
I call them button monkeys. They are the poor sole who is caught sitting next to my laptop or in the front row when I have a presentation to give. They are the person who gets stuck pressing the arrow...
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by Chris Matier on July 22, 2009
With a name like "Wall Warts", you know the device is not popular. The fact is that "Wall Warts", or the large transformers on many power supplies, are a royal pain. They are ofte...
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by Chris Matier on July 20, 2009
I was cleaning my desk out earlier this summer, and when I picked up my keyboard, I heard rattling. I thought it was a rock or a screw, but I was not that lucky. It was a piece of peanut butter and j...
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by Chris Matier on April 16, 2009
I have always thought that wireless USB (WUSB) has fantastic potential. The ability to stream any USB data over the air (including video) is fabulous. There have been some manufactures that have embra...
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by Chris Matier on April 3, 2009
Tablet computers are a must in my world; I absolutely need one on a daily basis for my teaching career. Unfortunately, tablet PCs are much more expensive than their standard brothers, and the quality ...
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by Chris Matier on March 30, 2009
Thanks to my job, I do quite a bit of travel. Some hotels have nice, free WiFi access, but often times there is nothing but a wired-Ethernet port. In fact, it often seems that the nicer the hotel, the...
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by Chris Matier on March 5, 2009
Sometimes I think there is a vast conspiracy between between HDMI cable makers and the makers of Band-Aids. I don't know how many times I have scraped or otherwise destroyed my knuckles trying t...
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by Chris Matier on February 24, 2009
Ok, suppose for a moment that you weren't living in a world currently melting down economically. Also, pretend that you were the kind of person to spend $1000 on a watch. You would want that watc...
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by Chris Matier on February 11, 2009
Lord knows that the Apple iPhone has crummy Bluetooth support; there is no A2DP support or file transfer support. Because of that, I have no real use for the Dell Wasabi PZ310 ultra-mobile printer, wh...
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by Chris Matier on January 6, 2009
Let's be honest, backing up your computer's data is really not that hard. It is a simple matter of remembering to do it or having the right tools. Why is it then that so many people forget? Da...
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by Chris Matier on December 23, 2008
Pico projectors are everywhere. While some are showing up on Time Magazine's top-ten lists, others are showing up in wine glasses. I know, that is a silly place to put a LED pico projector, but t...
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by Chris Matier on December 10, 2008
Desk space is always a priority for a computer user. There is just so much stuff lying around to clutter thing which is why we have invented things like wireless mice and keyboards. Well, what if you ...
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by Chris Matier on December 3, 2008
If I have said it once, I have said it a hundred times; take away my clutter and give my as many well-designed, multi-function gadgets as possible. I want people to make my life easier. Brando, the se...
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by Chris Matier on November 18, 2008
Multipurpose devices really are the way to go. The Swiss were onto something when they developed that little army knife of theirs. That is why it just kills me when some desktop gadgets are so single-...
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by Mark Rollins on October 13, 2008
The other day, I was watching an old episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and there was a plot twist that involved losing a floppy disk. I only bring this up because watching that episode from the lat...
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by Chris Matier on October 2, 2008
Imagine having a portable projector that is rechargeable and can play media without a computer. This dream projector would also have to have a high contrast ratio, a good resolution, and a small footp...
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by Mark Rollins on September 30, 2008
Targus has recently put out many laptop accessories that are designed to go with Apple Macbooks.
These accessories include a $50 Wireless mouse with a USB mircoreceiver, and there is also the $70 Bl...
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by Mark Rollins on September 26, 2008
My wife is an avid scrapbooker, and I think she would enjoy the HP PhotoSmart printer B8550 for its ability to print photos.
The B8550 is compatible with the PC and Mac, but it can also take an imag...
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by Chris Matier on September 26, 2008
If I am going to buy something, it better do more than one thing, and it better do them well. That's why I won't buy a digital photo frame, a waffle iron, or (until now) a fancy iPhone chargin...
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by Mark Rollins on September 22, 2008
I believe that I have reported on Brando products many times. They have put out some of the most gadgety-gadgets that I have ever reported on, and they have now put out the Super Tiny Keyboard.
The ...
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by Mark Rollins on September 16, 2008
Sure, we have TiVo and other DVRs to record our shows now, but we used to use a thing called VHS tapes. Assuming that we can't find all these shows online somewhere, it would be nice to view this ...
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by Mark Rollins on September 5, 2008
For those of you who want to look at stars, but don't want to deal with the whole telescope thing, you might want to try the StellarWindow.
The StellarWindow is a USB stick that comes with tilt ...
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by Chris Matier on September 5, 2008
For my younger readers, the object in this photo is a cassette tape. You see, in the olden days, people didn't buy music online, or even on CD; they used a cassette tape. Before that, cassette tap...
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by Chris Matier on September 4, 2008
The Space Invaders Pew - Pew, and the Pac-Man waka-waka-waka are sounds that will forever be part of my childhood. Classic games still hold a special place in my heart, and that is why I love this fle...
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by Mark Rollins on September 3, 2008
logitech has not one, not two, but three new keyboards.
The first is the one you see here, the Illuminated Keyboard, which will be on sale in October for about $80. It has to its credit broken the r...
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by Mark Rollins on August 20, 2008
The Zone ZUP8020 Multifunctional Mouse Pad is a pad that any mouse would be proud to live on. Seriously, if computer mice were celebrities, then you would definitely be seeing the Zone ZUP8020 on an e...
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by Chris Matier on August 7, 2008
When I sit down at my computer to work, I have a different mindset then when I sit down to play, and when I write I want a "creative feel." the Luxeed Dynamic Pixel LED Keyboard is an excell...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 18, 2008
One of my favorite keyboards of all time is the original IBM AT keyboards. They were built like a tank and clicked when you pushed the keys. Pity they don't make keyboards like that anymore.
Or d...
