Ah, the allure of free Internet. Let’s face it. Sometimes you’re just out of reach of that free WiFi hotspot. Sure, you could be social and join the net-surfing crowd in that coffee shop. But why do that when you can sit alone in the parking lot out back? And as if the [...]
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Tags: 802.11n, Mvix Solido, WiFi, wireless, wireless Internet 
3 Comments »Here’s a perfect example of a product being developed for no practical reason other than to prove that it can be done. Don’t get me wrong, 256GB of flash storage squeezed into a USB thumb drive is technologically cool and all, but in the infamous words of former Philadelphia Eagles’ running back Ricky Watters, [...]
Posted in Flash Memory, PCs and Laptops, Peripherals, Storage, USB Tags: Flash Memory, Kingston DataTraveler 310, USB thumb drive 1 Comment »As the only remaining high definition DVD format, BluRay is here to stay. And although its adoption has been relatively slow (but improving), more people are standardizing on the technology for storage uses beyond that of the high definition movie industry. With a 50GB capacity per dual layer disk and rapidly falling BluRay burner and [...]
Posted in PCs and Laptops, Peripherals, USB Tags: Buffalo Technology, external burner, storage, USB 3.0, USB BluRay burner 1 Comment »…a PrintBrush of course! Seriously, this has to be one of the coolest gadgets I’ve seen in a while. And while full scale production of the $200 device is tentatively scheduled for early 2010, there’s an amazing video to check out below. The PrintBrush could be the perfect accessory for business travel, allowing instant and on-the-spot document [...]
Posted in PCs and Laptops, Peripherals Tags: portable document printing, PrintBrush, PrintDreams, printers No Comments »Well it’s finally happening. Products supporting the much anticipated (and blazing fast) USB 3.0 standard are slowly trickling out. And while it’s unfortunate that Intel isn’t integrating support for the standard into its chipsets until 2011, consumers can upgrade their PC motherboard or add a PCI expansion card to take advantage of a few of [...]
Posted in Flash Memory, PCs and Laptops, Peripherals, Storage, USB Tags: bootable pen drive, Flash Memory, Super Talent, USB 3.0 thumbdrive, USB thumb drive 2 Comments »The user interface gap between Internet based media and traditional television viewing has been discussed here quite a few times. While the current generation of digital media players often offer proprietary interfaces that attempt to simplify access to the vast amounts of online content from sites such as Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, and Swarmcast, the result [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Gadgets, Home Theater, PCs and Laptops, Peripherals, TV and Video, USB Tags: digital media player, hdmi, home theater, TV 3 Comments »They say timing is everything. Given that, Vioguard has timed their most recent product release perfectly. With the recent media buzz surrounding potential outbreaks of the seasonal and swine flus and given that computer keyboards are typically infested with more bacteria than toilet seats, Vioguard’s self sanitizing UVKB50 keyboard is designed to kill these germs before [...]
Posted in PCs and Laptops, Peripherals Tags: flu, germs, keyboard, medicine, sanitary, Vioguard 2 Comments »
