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Nyko Action Pak (Wii)

When we first laid eyes on the Nintendo Wii's controller, visions of light gun games danced in our heads. The unique design of the Wii remote surely lends itself to such a genre, but when played in practice, it isn't necessarily a satisfying experience in its own right. Since...

Tags: Games, Nintendo Wii, Wand, Wii Remote, pistol

Product reviews 2009-09-17

Nyko Wand (Wii)

Back at CES 2009, a relatively nonexistent gaming presence was rescued by the Nyko Wand, a third-party Wii remote control that promised a complete overhaul of the Nintendo original. Most exciting of all was the device's Trans-Port technology, which allows for button commands to be transferred through the Nunchuk...

Tags: Engineering, Wand, Nintendo Wii, Nyko Wand, Wii Remote

Product reviews 2009-05-29

Wireless ad hoc networks

Irish researchers are using collaborative learning techniques to develop a routing protocol for mobile ad hoc networks MANETs. In these networks, which can integrate any kind of WiFi-enabled computing devices such as laptops, smart mobile phones and handheld devices, the "mobile nodes collectively learn and self-organize to exploit any fixed...

Tags: network, WAND

Blog posts 2006-03-15

Additional Resources

MOBY 7v5 (Mac)

MOBY helps you consolidate your ordering, customer database and cash register into one unified system. MOBY is streamlined to make short work of your most repetitive tasks, while improving consistency and reliabililty of the results. Ordering can be based on actual sales, holds, requests and reordering thresholds. MOBY transactions are...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mouse, Item, Bitter End Systems, MOBY, MOBY Transaction, Mice, Keyboards, Sales Strategy, Hardware, Peripherals, Sales

Software downloads 2009-10-27

MacSpice 2.10.21 (Mac)

MacSpice simulates and analyses electronic circuits that can range in complexity from a single resistor to an integrated circuit comprising tens-of-thousands of devices. It has users who range in experience from school-age enthusiasts to retired integrated circuit designers. It is used at various universities internationally for research and teaching. Circuit...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Integrated Circuit, Circuit, Charles D.H. Williams, MacSpice, Circuit Simulation, Simulation, Semiconductors, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-18

Sharp LC-52LE700UN

Photo gallery: Sharp LC-LE700UN seriesLCD TV makers have always charged a premium for LED backlighting. In fact, the first LED-based LCD TV Sharp released, the inch-thick XS series, debuted last year at a cool $11,000 MSRP for the 52-inch model. LED has become a lot more mainstream since...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Engineering, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Sharp Corp., Sharp LC-LE700UN series, Sharp LC-LE700UN, LCD, light-emitting diode

Product reviews 2009-10-16

Sharp LC-40LE700UN

Photo gallery: Sharp LC-LE700UN seriesLCD TV makers have always charged a premium for LED backlighting. In fact, the first LED-based LCD TV Sharp released, the inch-thick XS series, debuted last year at a cool $11,000 MSRP for the 52-inch model. LED has become a lot more mainstream since...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Engineering, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Sharp Corp., Sharp LC-LE700UN series, Sharp LC-LE700UN, LCD, light-emitting diode

Product reviews 2009-10-16

Sharp LC-46LE700UN

Photo gallery: Sharp LC-LE700UN seriesLCD TV makers have always charged a premium for LED backlighting. In fact, the first LED-based LCD TV Sharp released, the inch-thick XS series, debuted last year at a cool $11,000 MSRP for the 52-inch model. LED has become a lot more mainstream since...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Engineering, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Sharp Corp., Sharp LC-LE700UN series, Sharp LC-LE700UN, LCD, light-emitting diode

Product reviews 2009-10-16

FantasyLens 2.2 (Mobile)

With FantasyLens, you can turn anyone into an astronaut, the Mona Lisa, or a gigantic jumbotron ad on Times Square... all without any prior photo editing skills. To get started, browse through the photo template gallery and pick one you like. There are 30 fun templates to choose from in...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Photograph, Widgetize, FantasyLens 2.2

Software downloads 2009-10-08

Wizardbrush 6.7.5.8 (Windows)

Wizardbrush, a great natural-style paint program, has been much improved with its new multilayer feature. You can work as effectively as a professional. The program comes with many tools, including a pencil, a Magic Wand, an oil paintbrush, and a watercolor brush. The application gives you the power to undo...

Tags: Eusoftware, Scanners, Tablets, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-21

EximiousSoft GIF Creator 5.75 (Windows)

EximiousSoft GIF Creator is an easy and powerful tool for creating high quality and impact GIF animations. Which provides more than 40+ effects to build cool animations or impressive banners within short times. By adding shadows or outlines, you can make more effective animations. Whats more automatic optimization delivers the...

Tags: GIF, Animation, Microsoft Windows, Tool, EximiousSoft, EximiousSoft GIF Creator, Productivity

Software downloads 2009-09-21

Sony Bravia KDL-46W5100

Photo gallery: Sony KDL-W5100 seriesThis year most major TV makers are using interactive features to distinguish themselves from the others, and unlike differences in black level performance and off-angle viewing, it's easy for shoppers to tell the various interactive add-ons apart. Whether they actually want said add-ons is...

Tags: Performance management, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Sony Corp., W5100, Sony KDL-W5100, Sony KDL-W5100 series

Product reviews 2009-09-08

Poetry Book - Hide and Seek 1.0 (Windows)

Parekh's earliest collection of verse. Written in unparallelled fervor, this collection is a delectable blend of topics from 'love' to 'death', probing into countless infinitesimal aspects of existence which make a significant impact to it. The beauty of this compendium lies in its magical brevity at places and in the...

Tags: Life, Poem, NikhilParekh, Parekh, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-08

Remote control overload

RE: Remote control overloadI feel the same way! We have a lot of electronic devices and have tried pretty much everything. We got a nice "touch screen" type of universal remote once which was sort of nice but as you stated many of the features of the previous...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Bidirectional, touch screen

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

Philips 47PFL6704D

Photo gallery: Philips PFL6704D seriesHaving the option to input the correct settings can go a long way toward improving the picture on an HDTV. Some TVs, such as the Philips PFL6704D series, have fewer settings than others, and despite relatively accurate picture quality after choosing the right presets,...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, menu system, Philips Electronics N.V., Philips PFL6704D, picture quality

Product reviews 2009-07-21

Philips 32PFL6704D

Photo gallery: Philips PFL6704D seriesHaving the option to input the correct settings can go a long way toward improving the picture on an HDTV. Some TVs, such as the Philips PFL6704D series, have fewer settings than others, and despite relatively accurate picture quality after choosing the right presets,...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, menu system, Philips Electronics N.V., Philips PFL6704D, picture quality

Product reviews 2009-07-21

Philips 42PFL6704D

Photo gallery: Philips PFL6704D seriesHaving the option to input the correct settings can go a long way toward improving the picture on an HDTV. Some TVs, such as the Philips PFL6704D series, have fewer settings than others, and despite relatively accurate picture quality after choosing the right presets,...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, menu system, Philips Electronics N.V., Philips PFL6704D, picture quality

Product reviews 2009-07-21

Exorcist 1.1 (Mobile)

Exorcist is a new engaging puzzle game that employs the iPhone's touch and accelerometer in a genuine gameplay that has never been done before. Use your iPhone or iPod Touch as a magic wand and complete spells in a challenging race against time. In Exorcist, your goal is collect different...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Component, Mobile, Exorcist, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-07-16

Pocket Artist (Mobile)

delivers the powerful features you'd expect from desktop image editing software in an easy-to-use artistic solution for Windows Mobile Pocket PC devices, including Windows Mobile 6 Professional, Windows Mobile 5.0, Pocket PC 2003 and Pocket PC 2002 devices.With Pocket Artist, you can edit and retouch photos and images, add text...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, GIF, Mobile, Image, Tool, Productivity, Mobile Operating Systems, Pocket PC, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Software

Software downloads 2009-07-10

Scientists envision inflatable alternative to tethered space elevator

An inflatable free standing tower could one day carry equipment and tourists 20 kilometers above Earth, and it could be completed much sooner than a cable-based space elevator, say researchers at York University in Toronto, Canada. They envision a giant tower assembled with a series of modules made up...

Tags: Elevator, Kilometer, Team Management, Cable, Nanotechnology, Network Technology, Management, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Emerging Technologies, Networking, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-06-17