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Carry your PC in your pocket

Sure, you can assemble a number of individual applications and install them on a USB thumbdrive but Portable Apps Suite has done all the hard work for you. Unzip a single file and you're ready to roll. Well, OK. Technically, you'll want to do a bit of configuration to make...

Tags: thumbdrive, PC, USB ThumbDrive

Blog posts 2006-02-02

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Apple ads dodge the network coverage issues

Misleading advertising is in Apple's DNAWhy would their carrier be otherwise?RE: Apple ads dodge the network coverage issuesI saw the "What time's the movie" add last night. In the real world, it would not play out the way it is shown. The fine print at the end of...

Tags: Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, RSS, HTC Hero, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Apple Inc., advertisement, TELUS Corp., 3G, network

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Disintegrator Quitter 1.1 (Windows)

Quitter is a Twitter client that doesn't announce itself to the entire cube farm; it runs in a command window (or "DOS window"). There's no installer and no entries in the Start Menu; it will run from a thumbdrive. It's a single small EXE file (about 105k) and it stores...

Tags: Window, Microsoft Windows, Disintegrator Software, Quitter, Construction

Software downloads 2009-10-27

Lexar JumpDrive SAFE S3000 FIPS--photos

Lexar's new thumbdrive is secure from shock and physical damage, is waterproof, and has military-grade data encryption. by CNET News.com

Tags: Lexar Media Inc., Photograph, Lexar JumpDrive, Flash Memory, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-10-08

Eraser Portable 5.8.7 (Windows)

Eraser Portable is a secure data removal tool that runs directly from your iPod, USB thumbdrive, portable hard drive or any other portable media. You can plug it right into any Windows computer and use it just like you would on your own. It is a repackaged version of the...

Tags: PortableApps.com, Eraser Portable, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Music, Operating Systems, Digital Media, Software, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-08-31

Personal Data Security 0.020.01 (Windows)

Have you ever needed to enter a user/pass but didn't have it with you? Do you carry your authentication credentials on a unprotected thumbdrive, or worse, on a piece of paper in your pocket? Would you like a simple way to encrypt some of the files you have? If you...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Data Security, PDS, Productivity, Security

Software downloads 2009-07-05

Alpine CDE 102

The Alpine CDE-102 CD receiver is about as entry level as car stereos come these days. It plays CDs and that's about it, or is it?As it turns out, even an entry-level car stereo can hide a few tricks up its sleeve. For example, the Alpine can playback digital media...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Digital media, Digital music, Network technology, Alpine, Alpine CDE-102, faceplate

Product reviews 2009-06-25

ViewSonic DPG807BK - digital photo frame

Viewsonic is known for making LCD computer monitors, so it's no surprise that the company should offer LCD photo frames as well. The model reviewed here, the DPG807, is attractively priced at less than $80 given its 8-inch 4:3 (read: non-wide-screen) display with 256MB internal memory.Overall, the DPG807 is an...

Tags: Corporate communications, Flash memory, Monitors & displays, Memory, Digital video, digital photograph, ViewSonic Corp., image

Product reviews 2009-05-19

Sony 8-inch Digital Photo Frame (DPF-D80)

Easy to use and with a basic but solid feature set and above average display quality, the Sony 8-inch Digital Photo Frame appeals to both the technophobic and undemanding technophiles who won't mind spending a bit extra for it. Made of glossy black plastic, which is only somewhat fingerprint resistant,...

Tags: Digital cameras, Digital photography, Flash memory, digital photograph, D80, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2009-05-07

Kodak EasyShare P720 photo frame

Kodak offers several digital photo frames, including models that feature built-in wireless connectivity and even cutting edge OLED display technology. But its P720, a 7-inch frame, is about as basic as you get and sits at the entry-point of the Kodak line with a street price of less than...

Tags: Memory, Flash memory, Digital photography, photograph, Kodak EasyShare, Eastman Kodak Co., memory card

Product reviews 2009-05-05

Ceivalife Digital Photo Frame

Ceiva's been making digital photo frames for some time now and continues evolving its frames into high-powered, Internet-connected devices that deliver weather and sports scores as readily as photos from friends and family. Its Ceivalife frame provides impressive overall performance and its features are first rate. Plus, Ceiva goes out...

Tags: Flash memory, Ceivalife Digital Photo Frame, Ceiva, photograph

Product reviews 2009-05-05

Windows 7 RC ready for public download

Windows 7 RC ready for public downloadIt's the most highly anticipated OSIt's the most highly anticipated OS so it had to happen. However downloads aren't being interrupted :)RE: Windows 7 RC ready for public downloadI'm downloading now and I seem to be getting near my max speeds on a 7megs...

Tags: Operating systems, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Microsoft Windows 7, public download, Windows 7 RC, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-05-05

Samsung BD-P1600

Photo gallery:Samsung BD-P1600Samsung was the first manufacturer with a standalone Blu-ray player, but in 2008 it often felt like the company was struggling to keep up with Panasonic. When Panasonic released the first Profile 2.0 player, Samsung was still shipping Profile 1.1 players, with promises that future upgrades would make...

Tags: Samsung BD-P1600, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-03-31

Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player (WDAVN00)

There's an interesting new niche market developing in the media player arena as storage companies like Western Digital, SanDisk, and Iomega look for a way to tap the growing number of consumers who have multimedia files stored on their computers and want to bring them to their TVs without the...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Media players, Corporate communications, Digital media, Digital music, Western Digital Corp., TV, WD TV, media player, WD TV Media Player, HDMI, video

Product reviews 2009-02-13

Microsoft seeking Win 7 testers for netbooks?

Microsoft seeking Win 7 testers for netbooks?Garbageware 7Install Fedora 10 and be done...Gee, end users being the QC department? Status quo since 1995, then...Even if bugs are found, they may not be fixed until the next product release. (if that's true for application software, it's undoubtedly true for the...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, MS obviously, netbook, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Discussion threads 2009-01-22

Hannspree SD7021

It seems odd that a category such as digital photo frames would have an entry level, but that's just what Hannspree's SD7021 seven-inch digital photo frame is. You won't find a remote control, fancy slide show options, multimedia playback, changeable faceplates, Wi-Fi, or even an abundance of internal storage for...

Tags: Digital cameras, Digital photography, Flash memory, Memory, Hannspree SD7021, photograph, display

Product reviews 2008-12-15

Creative Vado HD

Things are heating up in the mini camcorder space as Kodak, RCA, Flip Video, and now Creative all have HD models. Flip Video leads the market with its popular Mino HD camcorder, but Creative has done some interesting things with its Vado HD to make your choice that much harder....

Tags: Corporate communications, Flip Video, Creative Vado, camcorder, video, Vado HD, Flip Video MinoHD

Product reviews 2008-12-09

2009 Chevrolet Cobalt SS

Photo gallery:2009 Chevrolet Cobalt SSAll of the other automotive journalists were talking up the 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt SS, but we remained skeptical. Car and Driver calls it "freaky fast and fun on a twisty road." Road and Track thinks it might be the "most underrated car in the world". According...

Tags: cabin tech, car, Cobalt Networks, Chevrolet, torque steer, Chevrolet Cobalt, Chevrolet Cobalt SS, Cobalt SS, steer

Product reviews 2008-10-29

D-Link Xtreme N Dual Band Gigabit Router DIR-825

The Xtreme N Dual Band Gigabit Router DIR-825 is D-Link's latest router on the market. We view it as a worthy successor to the DIR-655 for the addition of true dual-band capability (simultaneously supporting 5GHz and 2.4GHz frequencies) and SharePort technology that turns the router's USB port into a networked...

Tags: Routers & switches, Home networking, Network technology, NETWORKING, Xtreme N Dual Band Gigabit Router DIR-825, router, D-Link Systems, DIR-655, SharePort, USB port

Product reviews 2008-10-27

Zyxel NSA-220 NAS

The empty, two-bay Zyxel NSA-220 NAS device has solid overall performance, a good Web interface, and can be found online for a reasonable cost of $220. Aside from an FTP server, media server, iTunes server, and print server, the NSA-220 also has the capability to keep track of RSS feeds...

Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, Printers, Zyxel NSA-220, hard drive, ZyXEL Communications Corp., NAS, RAID

Product reviews 2008-10-09