Archive for October, 2007

Hot deal: Mechanical severed head for $68

A real head-turner

A real head-turner

(Credit: FrightProps)

Small children, folks of a delicate constitution, and persons suffering from PTSD: you may wish to stop reading now. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Perfect for your next Halloween party or reenactment of the French Revolution, this utterly disgusting severed head hangs …

Ergotron LX Dual Arm Desk Mount Review

Computer users who multitask have always run into the problem of how to get multiple computers or displays running on a small desk surface. LCD stands take up precious space, and notebooks take a big footprint compared to just a keyboard. One solution, besides a larger desk, is purchasing a device stand that will attach to a single point on your desk, and allow devices to move around suspended above the desk surface. The LX Dual Arm Desk Mount is one option offered through Ergotron.

Two Days Left to Win a ThinkPad Reserve $5,000 Notebook

The holidays are right around the corner, but wouldn’t it be nice to get an early present by winning a $5,000 ThinkPad notebook? There’s two days left to register and watch ThinkLive for your chance to score on this.

Systran - Systran 6 Home Translator 2007

quick and easy document and Web page translation on the fly: Most people have at one time or another found the need to translate text from a Web page or document into another language. Although there are free tools that can help, the most popular being Google…

Ascaron - Loki

mythological RPG in the Diablo mould: In days gone by, pen and paper role-players referred to a combat-oriented adventure as a hack-and-slash affair. With the success of Diablo, the videogame world received its equivalent; the click-and-slash, where the emphasis is on combat…

Sager NP5791 Review

The Sager NP5791 is a top-of-the-line 17-inch high performance notebook based on the latest Intel Santa Rosa platform. It is designed for gaming and features the latest high-end Nvidia graphics cards. Following is a full review.

Toshiba Tecra M8-S8011

Toshiba’s first 13.3-inch business notebook offers good battery life and strong wireless performance for an aggressive price.

With the Tecra M8, Toshiba’s first 13.3-inch notebook, the company claims to combine affordable mobility with the processor speed, graphics performance, and storage potential typically found in desktop replacements. The aggressively priced notebook features a Santa Rosa processor, 802.11n wireless, and is the first notebook in Toshiba’s business line to include a built-in webcam. You won’t get blazing performance from this system, which has only 1GB of RAM, but it’s a good lightweight productivity partner with very good battery life (view Tecra M8 photo gallery).

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Netropa Intellinav 3

A decent budget navigator that’s a bit behind the times.

What a difference a year makes in GPS navigation. Last November, the Netropa Intellinav 3 could have made a big splash in the value market with its low price and list of specs. But today the space around $300 GPS devices is crowded with more impressive entries from Mio, TomTom, and other big names.

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OQO model 02

With mobile broadband, an excellent display, and a speedy solid-state hard drive, the latest version of the OQO model 02 makes a case for the usefulness of the UMPC format.

We’ve been trying to find a good justification for the cool Ultra-Mobile PC category ever since the sleek designs started rolling out from Samsung and Sony more than a year ago. But the new OQO model 02, with its mobile broadband and new solid-state hard drive, is helping us broaden our thinking about the UMPC category. Its elegant design, improved usability, and excellent connectivity make it a compelling tool for road warriors, assuming you can stomach the steep $2,349 price tag.

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Toshiba Tecra M8-S8011

Toshiba’s first 13.3-inch business notebook offers good battery life and strong wireless performance for an aggressive price.

With the Tecra M8, Toshiba’s first 13.3-inch notebook, the company claims to combine affordable mobility with the processor speed, graphics performance, and storage potential typically found in desktop replacements. The aggressively priced notebook features a Santa Rosa processor, 802.11n wireless, and is the first notebook in Toshiba’s business line to include a built-in webcam. You won’t get blazing performance from this system, which has only 1GB of RAM, but it’s a good lightweight productivity partner with very good battery life (view Tecra M8 photo gallery).

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