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- M-Audio Studiophile AV20
- We recently auditioned the M-Audio's Studiophile AV 40 stereo speakers, and found a lot to like. Those big, beefy monitors were great for audio from a PC or any other stereo audio source. However, with 4-inch woofers and speakers weighing 14 pounds each, the AV 40s required a design and...
- Tags: speaker, M-Audio Studiophile AV20, Studiophile AV 20
- Product reviews 2008-08-22
- Ion Desk Rocker USB speakers
- The Ion Desk Rocker USB speaker system makes short work of getting impressive sound both in and out of your computer. It's not the most attractive or best-sounding system we've tested, but at an affordable $99, the Desk Rocker delivers big sound with a extensive set of features.The Ion Desk...
- Tags: USB, Desk Rocker, speaker
- Product reviews 2008-07-30
- Bose Companion 2 Series II (graphite)
- Bose makes a few different computer speaker packages, the least expensive of which is the Companion 2 Series II at $100. The package includes two compact speakers measuring 7.5 by 3.2 by 5.8 inches; both are angled slightly upward so the sound is aimed toward your head when you're sitting...
- Tags: Arcade Fire, speaker, Bose
- Product reviews 2008-06-20
- Bose Computer MusicMonitor
- If you're thinking about upgrading from the speakers that came with your computer and small size and high style rank among your biggest concerns, you're probably the ideal customer for the Bose Computer MusicMonitor stereo multimedia speaker system. Its minimalistic design severely reduces clutter, eliminating the need to mess around...
- Tags: minimalist styling, speaker, MusicMonitor, Bose
- Product reviews 2008-04-01
- I'd suggest Linux - but..
- I'd suggest Linux - but..just as we thought it was getting so much betterAfter installing the last couple of Ubuntu distributions I had reached the same conslusion: Linux is becomming for everyone. When I saw the multiple changes in the user interface of Vista, without getting any noticeable enhancements, I...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Web
- Discussion threads 2007-12-07
- Swans HiVi Multimedia Speakers
- Big, small, noisy, or clean, the market is flooded with choices for external computer speakers. Unfortunately, even a great set of computer speakers will often have about as much design flare as an office pencil sharpener. The Swans S3W HiVi speaker system didn't blow us out of our seat with...
- Tags: Swans S3W HiVi, speaker, amplifier
- Product reviews 2007-07-25
- The "money no object" desktop PC
- The other day I took on the challenge of putting together a spec for a budget $500 PC. The result was a 2.0GHz dual core system with 1GB or RAM and a 160GB hard drive. Not a bad system I'm sure you'll agree, and you have the advantage over a...
- Tags: Components, DIY PC, Hardware
- Blog posts 2007-05-31
- Why you should try VMWare's free virtual machine runtime
- Virtual machine VM technology has been around for PCs for a long time. For me, it's been one of those technologies that I've heard about, wrote about, and even seen in demonstrations for almost as long as I can remember. But it wasn't until I recently started...
- Tags: virtual machine
- Blog posts 2005-10-25
- Response to some readers' questions about my Ferrari testbed
- Some of ZDNet's readers are asking questions about my first impressions of the AMD Turion 64-based Acer Ferrrari 4005 that I'll be using to test the 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows Vista. Here's some Q&A so far:What's the battery life like compared to the IBM T40? I haven't...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Ferrari, AMD Turion, processor
- Blog posts 2005-09-02
- Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks Pro offers solid video conferencing camera for travelers
- The Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks offers business travelers a solid video conferencing camera, but it has minor caveats you should consider before breaking out your wallet. For business travelers who need a reliable laptop video conferencing camera, the Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks Pro offers solid video and...
- Tags: Notebook, Video Conferencing, Logitech, Camera
- Download resources 2005-07-01
- Good notebooks ergonomics: Going, going, gone.
- This one just in from the "They don't make 'em like they used to" Department. On a daily basis, I come into contact with three notebook computers. Sitting on my desk is a 12-inch PowerBook G4 and and an IBM ThinkPad T40. Looking like John Tesh in front of his synthesizers,...
- Tags: IBM ThinkPad, keyboard
- Blog posts 2004-11-17
- Apple: "For our next trick, we're going to make your system disappear."
- Although I can fry an egg and my legs on its underside, I'm playing around with an Apple Powerbook G4 again to see if I can use it as my primary system (right now, I'm using a Thinkpad T40). When I first got the PowerBook, I was bowled over by...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Apple PowerBook
- Blog posts 2004-08-31
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In this Super Techies interview, larger-than-life techie Marc Canter talks with ZDNet's Editor in Chief Dan Farber about his career as a multimedia pioneer.
We need to get back to freethinking and innovation that is core to our roots. Companies like Intel were founded on thoughts like the famous quote from Robert Noyce - "Don't be encumbered by the past, go out and do something wonderful."
