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HP announces the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC

HP announces the HP 2133 Mini-Note PCLenovo Thinkpad X61It seems to me that lost in all the announcementshere of inexpensive laptops is the venerable LenovoX61 Thinkpad. I got one last November for about$800 after some digging on the Internet for a couponcode. Lenovo has these sales from time...

Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Processors, PC, keyboard, wide-Screen, Hewlett-Packard Co., Lenovo Group Ltd., HP 2133, HP 2133 Mini-Note PC, HP 2133 Mini-Note, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-04-08

Brother MFC-685cw

The Brother MFC-685CW is an inexpensive inkjet multifunction printer that jams a lot of features into a small space. Unfortunately, its middling print speeds and low-quality prints detract from its positive attributes. If you're strapped for space and your highest priority is consolidating the most functionality into one machine, the...

Tags: Printers, control panel, ADF, cassette, Brother MFC-685cw, fax, printer, photo tray, photograph, message center

Product reviews 2007-10-25

Altec Lansing InMotion iMV712 video speakers

In the last year or so, we've seen a handful of portable DVD players with integrated iPod video capabilities trickle onto the market (see the Philips DCP850, for example). Now we have the first digital minitheater for iPod, the Altec Lansing iMV712, a tabletop-style system with a built-in 8.5-inch wide-screen...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Consumer electronics, DVD, iMV712, Apple iPod, video, Altec Lansing

Product reviews 2007-05-10

Toshiba Tecra A6-EZ6411

The 14-inch Toshiba Tecra A6 strikes a nice balance between usability and portability--as well as price and performance. We reviewed the Tecra A6-EZ6411 model, one of three preconfigured models available; Toshiba also sells a configurable model (starting at $859) direct from its site, but it's important to note that the...

Tags: Notebooks, Toshiba Tecra, Tecra A6, Toshiba Corp., Tecra A6-EZ6411

Product reviews 2007-03-22

Fujitsu LifeBook S2210

Thin-and-light laptops are the preferred style for many business travelers, offering a delicate balance between portability and usability. Larger, 15-inch systems are too bulky for regular travel, and ultraportables feature screens and keyboards that are too small for everyday use. The $1,979 Fujitsu LifeBook S2210 (configurations start at $1,299) is...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, Fujitsu LifeBook, jack, Fujitsu Ltd.

Product reviews 2007-03-17

iPhone's pseudo-HD display

iPhone's pseudo-HD displayModify the pixels ?I don't care who you are, that there's funny...So what's the solution?Making the phone longer or narrower?Most of the videos I watch are either 2.21:1 or 4:3, so I'd get black stripes either way.You'd Still Have Black Bars...Even if the display was 16:9, you'd still...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, Apple iPhone, display, wide-Screen

Discussion threads 2007-01-18

Lenovo ThinkPad T60 (wide-screen)

Editors' note: Since original publication, the text and Editors' Rating of this review have been revised to reflect the results of additional testing.A little more than a year ago, Lenovo shocked the laptop world by announcing the first wide-screen ThinkPads. Apparently the new display was well received, because the latest...

Tags: Notebooks, Lenovo Group Ltd., IBM ThinkPad, ThinkPad T60, ThinkPad Z61m

Product reviews 2006-12-04

Asus PW201

There's a reason I never bought a combo cell phone/MP3 player. It's the same reason I never bought a TV with a built-in VCR: I didn't want to own a TV in five years that also included a broken or outdated VCR. I don't need my cell phone to play...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Cable, Consumer electronics, ASUS, Asus PW201, webcam, video

Product reviews 2006-09-13

Additional Resources

Mossberg's review of iPhone 3G: Newer, Faster, Cheaper

The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg has been testing the iPhone 3G for a couple of weeks and today posted his review. As you'd expect, he loves the "between three and five times as fast" 3G networking, "wireless synchronization with corporate email" and the App Store which gives iPhone 3G...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mossberg, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Kaminsky and Ptacek comment on DNS flaw

Well, well, well, what a day for security news! I got a chance to get the scoop word of mouth from Dan Kaminsky of IOActive (pictured above [image courtesy of quinnums]) and Thomas Ptacek of Matasano pictured below on the DNS flaw that's been all over the...

Tags: DNS, Flaw, Nate, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-08

A Modest Privacy Proposal

The Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee is holding a hearing tomorrow on Privacy Implications of Online Advertising. Appearing before the committee headed by long-time Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) are lawyers for Google and Microsoft, as well as Facebook's chief privacy officer -- and Robert R. Dykes, the chairman...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Internet Service Provider, Service Provider, Internet Service, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Business Services, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Deskless Workers, Useless Services: Microsoft Online Misses the Mark

I spend a lot of time tracking the deskless souls who inhabit the workworld, the factory workers, nurses and others who spend more time on their feet and less time on their butts than the rest of us. So I was all ears as Stephen Elop, Microsoft's latest Business Division...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Worker, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Geek Sheet: Configuring Synergy2 to Share Keyboard, Video and Mouse

It's time again for another Geek Sheet. This time, we're going to show you how to share keyboard, mouse, and video click for short demonstration between multiple desktop computers, using different Operating Systems with a free Open Source program called Synergy2. Are you geeky enough that you...

Tags: Mouse, Video, Synergy2, Client, Screen, Mice, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Web 3.0 - the future of social networking

Note: re-posted after withdrawing post a few days ago; no changes made since then. I would put this very much on par with a past Scoble moment, as I've been lucky enough to see something which actually impresses me. I've seen a lot over my life, the...

Tags: 3D, Web, Facebook, Network, Web 3.0, Scene, Vivaty Scenes, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Review: Samsung Blackjack II running Windows Mobile 6.1

I've had the opportunity to check out Windows Mobile 6.1 on a couple of Professional aka touch screen devices (the HTC Advantage X7510 and HTC Touch Diamond), but after seeing the Microsoft announcement at CTIA it seemed like the Standard (non-touch screen) devices had the biggest changes in the user...

Tags: Panel, Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., AT&T Corp., Samsung Blackjack, Key, D-Day Application, Applications Folder, Microsoft Voice Command 1.6, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-07-08

NVIDIA: Let's spread the blame far and wide

Last week I blogged about a problem that had emerged relating to a "significant quantities" of older mobile GPUs suffering premature death due to heat exhaustion. Well, since then the company's stock has taken a serious battering, and the company doesn't seem to be willing to talk about the problems...

Tags: NVidia Corp., Notebook Computer, OEM, Supplier, GPU, Notebooks, BIOS, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-07-08

PlateSpin Launches PowerConvert 7.0

PlateSpin, a recent acquisition of Novell recently announced PowerConvert 7.0, The company was quick to point out that this is the first product launch since the acquistion. Why would they go to such great lengths to mention that? They want to convince the market that PlatSpin will continue to be...

Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Data Center, Migration, PowerConvert, Aragorn, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Document Management, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-08

IMHO, PhlatLight LEDs from Luminus are pretty phat

LED screens in notebooks are becoming fairly common, if not standard, not just because of the energy issues but because people are craving smaller, lighter laptops. But what about an LED in your HDTV? Enter Luminus Devices of Billerica, Mass., which has developed an LED chip...

Tags: Home Theater, DLP, Light-emitting Diode, Luminus Technology, Engineering, Home Entertainment, Personal Technology, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Ticking bombs in enterprise land

I believe the enterprise software industry is heading for major problems. It started when I read Francine McKenna  where she talks about what she sees as a doomsday scenario for at least one of the Big Four audit businesses. Francine's focus is on questioning the effectiveness of current methods for...

Tags: Software, Audit, Francine, Tools & Techniques, Financial Accounting, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-07

C to be the next browser scripting language... wait, what?

First off, I hope that everyone's fourth of July was as good as mine.  There's nothing quite like spending time with family and friends over the holidays to put your work-life relationship into perspective of what's important.   In any case, the security news didn't stop for the...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., C, Web Browser, Scripting Language, Flash, C/C++, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-07