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Weekend Gadget Guidance: Avoid accidental copies in Windows: Ever use Ctrl+click to select files, make one wrong click and end up with a load of duplicate files on your screen? For power users like you and me, it happens all the time. Today's batch of guidance aims to fix that. The problem,...; Tags: Pixel, File, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-05-09
New Dell Inspiron consumer laptops leaked! (hint: thin): Those tricky people over at Engadget have gotten their digital hands on the next crop of Dell Inspirons, and it's safe to say that thin is in. The Dell Inspiron 1435, 1535 and 1735 mid-range consumer laptops seem to share the same basic design and have, as...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Spec, Laptop Computer, Dell Inspiron, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-05-08
HDTVs: How black is black?: An announcement comes today by way of Pioneer, maker of the ever-popular Kuro HDTV line, saying that its new Kuro sets are five times blacker than the Kuro line on the market today (which we reviewed as the TV with the deepest blacks out there). So wait...; Tags: HDTV, Image, Ratio, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-05-07
'In 2008, Vista will make mobile internet fun.' (UPDATED): ...that's what HTC head Peter Chou said this morning after introducing the Diamond Touch, a slick piece of smartphone that exudes all the right iPhone notes. The one-touch phone, of course, is worth talking about: Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional with Qualcomm MSM 7201A 528MHz processor WCDMA...; Tags: Mobile Internet, Mobile, Microsoft Windows Vista, Chou, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-05-06
Peripherals: This keyboard may outlast you.: ...at least that's what Mike Yamamoto at CNET's Crave blog thinks, who has discovered a peripheral that's almost indestructible. You know, in a reasonable way. Designed for the most violent (think frag, but taxes can apply, too) of computing, SteelSeries' 7G professional gaming keyboard claims to be...; Tags: Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-05-05

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Send a fax for free -- digitally: If there's one thing I cannot stand, it's the fax machine. In a world of e-mail and attachments and PDFs and perfect digital copies easily archived, the fax machine is a painfully archaic reminder that everyone hasn't quite hopped on the digital bandwagon just yet. ...; Tags: Fax, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-05-02
Stream PC content to every HDTV in the house via coaxial cable: In a similar vein to yesterday's post about wireless HDTVs, today's news arrives with a media streamer by ZeeVee that plugs into one's computer and sends on-screen content to every TV in the house over existing coaxial cable. In effect, the unit, called the ZvBox, enables users...; Tags: PC, HDTV, Cable, Computer, ZvBox, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Sharp to offer ultra-thin X-Series LCD TVs with wireless HD feed: Like big TVs? (Who doesn't?) How about without tangled up cables hanging out the back? If you've ever seen the Sharp AQUOS X-series -- just 1.35 inches deep and, according to Sharp, the world's thinnest LCD televisions in production -- then you know what...; Tags: IBM xSeries, LCD TV, Sharp Corp., Wireless, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Cable, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-04-30
More USB fun: Copy 60 USB drives simultaneously: The fine people at CNET's Crave blog always find the strangest things, and this adds to our growing archive of wacky-but-useful USB devices. The Virtual Console "USB Flash Drive Duplicator" can make digital copies of 60 -- that's right, as in six-oh -- 1GB drives in...; Tags: USB Flash Drive, USB, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Intel releases 2.5 GHz, 45nm 'Yorkfield' Core 2 Quad processor: In today's news, Intel has released a new sibling of the 45nm family of Core 2 Quad processors: the Q9300 "Yorkfield" processor, which comes in at 2.5 GHz with a 1333 MHz front side bus. The new chip breaks down like this: You get a faster front...; Tags: Quad Processor, Overclocking, Intel Corp., Q9300, Blogging, Processors, Internet, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-04-28
Weekend Gadget Guidance: Save on shipping online purchases: Ah, the bane of a Toybox reader's existence: online shipping costs. You've narrowed down which gadget you want to buy, you've found the most inexpensive vendor that's still trustworthy, you've put the item in your shopping cart and....wait, 12 bucks for shipping?! Highway murder!! ...; Tags: Coupon, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-04-25
Half a terabyte for hi-def at home, from Iomega: Don't multimedia lovers just love the "T" word? It evokes pictures of endless photos, video and music. Who doesn't want to house Led Zeppelin's entire discography by their desk-side -- nevermind a career-spanning collection of video and high-res photography? Iomega is releasing its "ScreenPlay HD Multimedia Drive"...; Tags: Iomega Corp., Video, ScreenPlay, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-04-24
How your HDTV is a sign of the economy: Think that shiny new box in front of your couch is a product solely of your meticulous online research and hard-earned cash? Think again. What if I told you it's a literal representation of the economy's latest downturn? (Yep, it's true.) ...; Tags: HDTV, LCD, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Monitors & Displays, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-04-23
Play drums? How about in the office -- via USB?: Sure, this isn't the most serious item on this blog, but for the office worker who moonlights as a rocker, this is big news. May the cubicle emancipation begin! Synesthesia Mandala has hooked up with Tool drummer Danny Carey, of all people, to create...; Tags: Pad, USB, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-04-22
Asustek to launch 10-inch Eee laptop: Coming over the IDG newswire this morning is news that Asustek is planning to launch a new version of the Eee PC -- this one with a 10-inch screen, according to the company's CEO. "The feedback we've received from users has been great. Many have asked us for bigger...; Tags: Screen, AsusTek Computer, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-04-21
Can solid state hard drives really improve system performance?: Or is it too early to see a significant difference? There's an interesting debate going on over at Slashdot this morning after one user made headlines by claiming that system performance bumps from SSDs are already upon us. And, according to some, the Lenovo Thinkpad X300 ultralight...; Tags: Hard Drive, Performance, Lenovo Group Ltd., Performance Management, Notebooks, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-04-18
Is Nikon preparing a 24-megapixel D3 replacement?: Does Nikon have a 24-megapixel D3 replacement in the works? That's what eagle-eyed viewers in the DP Review forums are thinking after one user found references to a 24-megapixel camera in the company's latest firmware update. How? By simply searching for the string "D3X" and finding the...; Tags: Nikon Corp., Firmware, Camera, D3, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-04-17
New high-def S3 graphics processor announced: ESC 2008 seems hot this year, and S3 Graphics just announced its 65-nanometer 4300E graphics processor this morning. The company claims that the 4300E outperforms its competition by as much as 30 percent, and is the only discrete high-performance HD video and graphics processor designed specifically to...; Tags: S3 Inc., Processor, Multimedia, Video, Graphics, GPU, ESC 2008, 4300E, Connectability, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-04-16
How to turn your iPod Touch into an iPhone (without breaking the bank): They might look the same, but word on the street says the iPhone is the real deal, while the iPod Touch is...an in-house phony. Ouch. Now that might not truly be the case, but there are plenty of iPod Touch users out there that...; Tags: Bank, Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-04-15
How to calibrate your HDTV: Have you bought a shiny new flatscreen HDTV to replace the old boxy clunker, get it all set up, and notice that the picture is, well, worse? The colors are wonky. The contrast is, too. You call this progress? The New York Times has...; Tags: Color, Code, HDTV, Digital Video Essentials, Datacolor, Service Menu, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-04-15