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NEC's 43 in., 31:10 curved monitor commands $8,000 price tag

If money is no object and total immersion is your goal, NEC's CRV43 -- a 43 in. curved display with a 2880 by 900 pixel resolution -- is paramount to your setup. The downside? The $7,999 price tag. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Price Tag, NEC Corp., Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, product photos, NEC, display, monitor, curved, Andrew Nusca

Image galleries 2009-06-04

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Jabra Stone

Not many Bluetooth headsets combine style and performance, and when they do, they stand out. Examples include the Aliph Jawbone Prime, the BlueAnt Q1, and the Plantronics Discovery 975. Jabra, a company that has been in the Bluetooth business a long time, attempts to come up with yet another headset...

Tags: headset, Jabra, Stone

Product reviews 2009-11-17

Toshiba Satellite E105-S1802

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.Toshiba's latest Blue Label laptop from Best Buy, the Satellite E105-S1802, is an exact replica of the company's earlier Satellite E105-S1602 model with one...

Tags: Notebooks, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite, laptop computer, satellite, battery

Product reviews 2009-11-16

Booq Boa Squeeze

A great laptop backpack has several important qualities: good protection, a comfortable feel, ample storage pockets, and ideally a design that transcends the staid world of computer bags. We may have found the perfect mix with the $100 Booq Boa Squeeze. In a compact frame, the Boa Squeeze has more...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop backpack, laptop computer

Product reviews 2009-11-12

Cricket Captr

Though touch-screen multimedia handsets and complicated smartphones are common these days, that doesn't mean there isn't a market for entry-level phones. The Cricket Captr is one such handset, with basic features and only a VGA camera. The photo quality isn't too good, but if all you want is a phone...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Instant messaging, Cricket, camera, phone

Product reviews 2009-11-10

Soccer Sketchpad 2.0.8 (Mac)

We built the Sketchpad for soccer coaches who teach the game. The goal was to build a sketch program that could produce and print a professional looking drawing in 4 minutes. We believe we have succeeded. You be the judge. Here are the basic Sketchpad features: Add any number of...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Arrow, Font, Object, Desert Sand Software, Team Management, Management

Software downloads 2009-11-05

Samsung Caliber (U.S. Cellular)

We've seen plenty of Samsung touch-screen handsets come our way, but not many of them make it to U.S. Cellular, a regional carrier based in Chicago. The only one so far has been the Samsung Delve, which made it to the carrier's lineup late last year. Now another one has...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, U.S. Cellular, Samsung Caliber, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-10-29

Verizon Wireless Razzle

Though we sometimes question the outcome, we do like it when cell phone manufacturers take a different approach to designing a phone so it stands out from the rest. The Verizon Wireless Razzle is certainly one such phone, straddling the line between a messaging phone and a music phone with...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Verizon Wireless, Razzle, phone, Qwerty-keyboard, keyboard

Product reviews 2009-10-22

Photo to Movie 4.2.7 (Mac)

Photo to Movie 4 creates customized slide show movies from your digital photographs. Watch your photos come alive with Ken Burns-style motion effects. Show each person's face, one by one, in a family photo. Use a variety of transitions such as dissolves, wipes, or cubes to transition between photos. View...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Movie, Photograph, LQ Graphics

Software downloads 2009-10-15

Nokia BH-905

While we love the idea of cord-free portable music, stereo Bluetooth headsets are often maligned with poor quality audio. Or at least, that's how it was in the past. Nowadays you can find stereo Bluetooth headsets with excellent sound quality, rivaling that of dedicated wired headsets. One such example is...

Tags: Smart phones, control label, Nokia BH-905, Nokia Corp., earpad

Product reviews 2009-09-29

Denon AVR-790

Editors' note: This review is nearly identical to the Denon AVR-1910, as the two products are extremely similar. The only differences are slightly different cosmetics and the AVR-790 lacks IR inputs/outputs and the ability to drive "B" front speakers.The capability to upconvert analog video sources has become standard on midrange...

Tags: Denon, Denon AVR-790, receiver

Product reviews 2009-09-29

Graphs Made Easy 1.3 (Windows)

Graphs Made Easy Basic is a free, easy to use program to make line, bar and pie graphs. It has a simplified, self-explanatory user-interface, and allows date values on the X-axis. There are no data grids or set-up wizards - just enter the data. GME Basic allows easy data entry...

Tags: GME Basic, Standard Version, GME, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-15

Samsung WEP870

Even though stereo Bluetooth is now more widely accepted, there are those who just want a simple mono headset to make and receive calls. But there's no reason you can't have both; there are a few headsets out there that can convert from mono to stereo and vice versa, like...

Tags: volume rocker, lanyard, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung WEP870, headset, ear bud

Product reviews 2009-09-14

Apple iPod Touch (third generation, 8GB)

Editors' note: The rating of the 8GB iPod Touch is slightly less than the 32GB and 64GB models because of slight differences in processor speed and features.Photo gallery:Apple iPod Touch third generationNow in its third year, Apple's iPod Touch has evolved so many features and uses beyond media playback that...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Keyboards, Apple iPod Touch, Apple iPod, Apple Inc.

Product reviews 2009-09-12

Twelve South BookArc Desktop stand for MacBook

Apple has created a monster. No, we're not talking about growing iPhone sales or the success of its imposing chain of retail stores. We're talking about the almost oppressively beautiful design of the product packaging and marketing of Apple products. In addition to the acclaimed look of Apple products themselves,...

Tags: Notebooks, desktop, Apple MacBook, laptop computer, BookArc Desktop Stand, Apple Inc., MACBOOKS

Product reviews 2009-09-03

LTB-Light 8.0.0.28 (Mac)

LTB-Light is a Mac OS X application that permits natural and artificial lighting calculation with a color radiosity method applied to a finite elements plan. LTB-Light runs under Apple Macintosh and implements OpenGL. Data management take places through an internal powerful CAD system, directly in a perspective view. It is...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, LTB-Soft, LTB-Light, CAD, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-08-21

PageFocus Draw 4.30 (Windows)

An easy-to-use, yet powerful drawing, and desktop publishing program. Supports multiple page document, speller, vector drawing, import and export of image files, multi-column and curved text, and tables. Works with open source Ghostscript for importing and exporting PDF files. Great for creating brochures, e-book, graphics, charts and patterns. Supports double-byte...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Creative Stars, Desktop Publishing, E-books, Software, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-08-15

Logitech Rechargeable Speaker S315i

Logitech is no stranger to the world of iPod speakers, churning out both desktop and portable units since shortly after the time of the player's inception. The company hasn't varied sharply from its formula over the years, mainly making evolutionary changes to up the quality and functionality of the devices....

Tags: Engineering, Logitech S315i, Logitech, battery

Product reviews 2009-08-14

2009 Volkswagen Touareg TDI

Photo gallery:Volkswagen Touareg TDIWe've seen dramatically good mileage in diesel cars, such as the BMW 335d and the Volkswagen Jetta TDI, but the 2009 Volkswagen Touareg TDI doesn't meet the possibly unrealistic expectations given to us by these other cars. This SUV shows diesel's ridiculously high torque, while delivering the...

Tags: Touareg TDI, Volkswagen AG, car

Product reviews 2009-08-13

Pharos Traveler GPS 127

The smartphone space has become really competitive, especially in the past year, and it's packed with wide variety of great devices. However, as far as GPS-enabled smartphones go, Pharos is trying to outdo the competition by including navigation software on the handset, so you're not required to sign up for...

Tags: Keyboards, Smart phones, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Monitors & displays, GPS, Pharos, smart phone, Pharos Traveler 127, Traveler 127

Product reviews 2009-08-04