Archive for November, 2008
Stocking stuffers for your MacBook — two new Targus Mac mice reviewed
Need a quick stocking stuffer for the Mac addict on your holiday gift list? We just reviewed a pair of new mice from accessory maker Targus that are specifically being pitched for use with MacBooks, iMacs, and other Apple computers.
A healthy side industry has popped up for accessories that …
Orginal post by Dan Ackerman
Nikon hits 24.5 megapixels with D3X
The Nikon D3X’s body is identical to the D3.
(Credit: Nikon USA)
Though nearly everything you need to know about the new Nikon D3X leaked last Friday, the 24.5-megapixel dSLR Nikon dubs its “extreme professional” model formally debuts today, November 30. What didn’t leak was the price: $…
Orginal post by Lori Grunin
A Netbook that can handle games? We analysis the Asus N10J
We may think of Atom-powered Netbooks as the most basic of computers, good for Web surfing and e-mailing - but what would happen whether someone stuffed a discrete graphics chip into one of these low-power, low-price systems?
It took Asus, the guys who pretty much created the Netbook market with …
Orginal post by Dan Ackerman
Belkin’s FlyThru checkpoint-friendly laptop case flies first class
We’ve seen more than our share of new laptop bags that adhere to TSA guidelines for getting through airport defense quickly. nearly all follow the same basic premise of a two-compartment bag that butterflies open to lie flat on the X-ray machine conveyor belt. The separate compartment that holds …
Orginal post by Dan Ackerman
Nokia wants to prepare your home much smarter
(Credit: Ubergizmo)
Wouldn’t it be nice whether you could manage all your home appliances, electronics, entertainment, and safety measure, plus your climate control system, from your mobile phone? That is precisely what Nokia is promising with its Home Control Center solution.
The beauty of that Linux-based platform is its comprehensive …
Nikon D3X: the “X” is for lots of pixels
The D3X as it appears in Nikon Pro
(Credit: Nikonrumors.com from Nikon Pro magazine)
Thanks to a campaign of print BIG teaser ads (which may not even have been about that camera, but sparked the hunt for info) and a premature posting on Nikon’s Web site, in addition …
Orginal post by Lori Grunin
Hewlett-Packard Tries To Compete With Cisco
When Mark Hurd took by as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard in 2005 and started looking at the company’s businesses, he found a neglected little unit called ProCurve that made networking gear, which is used to connect computing systems on corporate campuses.
ProCurve had been stifled under Carleton Fiorina, his predecessor as chief executi…









