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Posts tagged “computers”

T3's Readers Help Shape the Ultimate Netbook Tablet

Our friends over the pond at tech magazine T3 sent us this heads up about a project they've been working with their readers in the goal of designing the "best cutting edge smartbook/notebook", sport...

Roundup of Tiny HTPC's
Which would you choose?

Last week's announcement of Dell's Zino HD was exciting, adding another choice to an expanding market of powerful but small computers capable of running full screen HD (in the right configuration). ...

The Teeny Tiny RAID NAS: Perfect to Start Backing Up

If you're like most people, you probably don't do many backups. Sometimes it just seems ludicrous to do so. But since computer hard drives can easily malfunction and burn out, using a NAS HD is probab...

A Music Lover's Impressive Home Theater
Close-Up

Klaas Jan Guchelaar loves music. So much so that he's found a career as a concert photographer in the Netherlands. When he's not snapping priceless moments at Living Colour concerts he's sitting back...

Technicolor: Brown

Brown has been used in electronics as far back as we can all remember. Our homes all had giant speakers with wood grain veneer wrapped around them. Thank goodness the brown and wood grain electron...

PC Drawer Makes Use of Empty Media Slots

If we had an unlimited cash flow, we'd always have the newest gadgets. But sometimes we're left with tried-and-true hand-me-downs. If you're still rocking a beige and boxy PC tower, at least make the ...

Core Caseworks Wall Mount Computer Case

Core Caseworks has released the first in-wall computer case, a decor-friendly, space saving media center solution for those looking to use the power of those wily lanes of the information superhighw...

Lenovo C100 All-In-One: The 400-dollar iMac

Even though most of you are slowly getting on the laptop bandwagon, there is still a need for smart-looking desktops. As desktops go, the all-in-one format championed by Apple's iMac is hard to beat. ...

First Apple, Once Owned by Star Trek Creator, to be Auctioned

We can't even imagine how insane it would be to own the first ever Apple Macintosh Plus, serial number 0001. Auction House, Profiles in History, is starting the bidding wars for the historical piece ...

Tord Boontje Embellishes HP Mini 110 Netbook

We've always been fans of Tord Boontje's baroque intricate patterns, a playful merging of flora and fauna silhouettes that is all about form and shadow. He's taken that signature style and graced the...

All in One Desktops Roundup

The all-in-one desktop competition is heating up with just about every major computer manufacturer jumping on the band wagon. While they're still a bit slower than a full desktop, from a aesthetics ...

The Atari Laptop
Old School Computer Becomes Portable

With the new video gaming systems on the market, a lot of us still remember fondly where it all started. By this, we don't mean the NES, but actually Atari and Commodore computers. These were the firs...

Slick Home Theater Uses MacBook as Digital Library

We personally only watch TV through the Mac Mini plugged into our flat screen. It's seriously the best way to watch anything. No cable bills, no limits to what the networks are airing right now, it's...

Medion: Great Looking Multi-Touch Computer and HDTV

As full tower desktops become rarer and laptops become ubiquitous with modern daily life, it's apparent that desktops and HDTVs will become one functional device at a certain point. More and more all-...

Re(al)view: Firestone Fubar 111 USB DAC / Headphone Amp

It seems there is no end to the fabulous, tiny products from Firestone. We have talked a lot about them over the past few months and this week we audition the Fubar 3 DAC and headphone amp (which i...

gScreen Shows Off Dual Screen Notebook

We've posted about multi monitor set-ups a few times now. We know we need to jump on the bandwagon soon as blogging simply requires more screen space than our Macbook allows. A new laptop company, Al...

Platinum Plated 24-inch Apple iMac

As if Apple doesn't already have bad enough of a reputation for being an overpriced brand, computer customizing shop Computer Choppers is now offering a special edition 24" iMac, matching wireless ke...

Gold Leaf Adorned Gaiser High End Design PC

Despite slimmer pickings for many of us in this economy, it looks like luxury is still alive and kicking. Riding the fine line between sophisticated and gaudy (depending upon which design) these lux...

How To... Build a Baby Cam with a Mac Mini and iSight

Lauren Hirsch, a blogger for The Unofficial Apple Weblog, was on maternity leave when she realized her love of Apple didn't have to go on leave post baby. She decided to turn a standalone iSight and I...

Final Frame: Marlies Romberg’s Wooden Computer Workstation

Marlies Romberg’s Wooden Computer Workstation is a wood lover's dream come true, incorporating a desktop system into traditional furniture using a laser cutting system to create a working keyboard,...

Ford Work Solutions: The Home Office on Wheels

We are spending a lot of time in cars. It's just common sense to have some kind of mobile work integration, so that all those hours spent in gridlock can actually be used for a purpose, instead of jus...

Inspiration: Edelweiss If All Desktops Could Look Like This

One of the reasons that people are buying less desktops is basically because of the way that they look. Most desktops are just plain boxes of plastic, that are best hidden underneath your desk. Tangle...

BFG Phobos HTPC: Too Hefty for Modern Living Rooms?

Despite its shiny gloss finish, it's the bulk of BFG's Phobos home theater PC that becomes questionable here. We recall having a PC this size back in 1999 when using an extra desktop PC in the living ...

Disposable Technology: Cardboard Clones

Kyle Bean is at it again- he's recently introduced his comment on runaway consumerism. He made the gadgets to look like plain old cardboard to show that the advancement of disposable technology is ...

Computers and Home Decoration: Finally a Way to Make it Happen

It's true that most computers don't really fit into stylish living rooms. Usually, they tend to stick out like sore thumbs. As desktops get smaller and smaller, companies are trying to find ways of ma...