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Modern Ovalia Chair: The Adjustable Computer Workstation

We all love the Ovalia egg chair. It's an iconic piece of furniture from the 60s. Since it hasn't been produced for over 30 years, it's hard to find these days. Previously, unless you could afford the...

15 Year Old Shocks Again
Upgrades Bedroom Office on Teenager Savings

click for more pics Remember that 15-year-old with the wicked bedroom office set-up? Well he just redecorated again! Lew needed a bigger desk and his TV was on its way out so he and his mom split the ...

MECO: Side Table Computing

The stealth living room PC. We don't know what's cooler, the fact that you have your home theater PC and associated equipment hidden away in a sleek package or what looks to be a motorized access door...

Close-Up: A Toronto Rental Gets an Overhaul
Before & After

click for more pics Jason Simmons recently moved into a 680 square foot apartment in Toronto and updated it with his own personal flare. As many of you renters already know, myself included, the amou...

EagleTec's Nano USB Devices: Incredibly Tiny and Small

USB drives and devices are all over the place. Sometimes, it's not easy to chose between the myriad of options. Luckily for some, smaller is better. That's why we think that if you love small devices,...

Green Ideas Somniloquy: Download While Your Computer is Sleeping

If you could save between 60 and 80% of the electricity you normally use through your computer, would you be interested? How about if you could download and IM while your computer was in sleep mode? T...

Tiny LEGO USB Flash Drives: Nano Scaled

We know you love them as much as we do: LEGO USB flash drives. The trouble is that you can't get a real one yet, so you have to made do with DIY ideas or buy them custom made. Nowadays, USB flash driv...

Thinking Beyond The Netbook: Is UMPC The Way To Go?

We recall not even a year ago, as netbooks started taking off, some PC companies started going after an even smaller market - ultraportable PCs. Computers that would literally fit into your pocket, br...

Mini Android Tablet Coming Soon, But Does It Serve a Purpose?

Tablet PCs are a type of laptop that haven't been really exploited enough, at least in my opinion. In the past, we've had tablets, but they were either very pricey or had limited functions. Personally...

MacBook Air Survives Airplane Crash!

It seems pretty obvious that if you are involved in any kind of crash, things will go bad for your gadgets. Things will go really bad for your laptop, since naturally, it's not wearing a seatbelt. Yes...

Look! Save Your MacBook's Life!

When your MacBook is running out of space, you need to save it's life, thanks to Dr. Hard Drive. It's either that, or your Mac is being overrun by a virus. No need to get all crazy, Dr. Hard Drive wil...

The Poor Man's Notebook: Touchscreen, Portable, Powerful and Highly Protected

click for more picsWith components for laptops, desktops and netbooks getting more minute in size and price, the opportunity to integrate a computer into various storage "cases" has expanded into just...

TechCrunch's CrunchPad: Your Own Tablet PC for $200

As more and more netbooks are released, the market is slowly becoming saturated with a ridiculous amount of mobile computers. You can now choose from netbooks, laptops, and desktop replacement noteboo...

Look! The Incredibly Detailed Wall-E Case Mod

Personally, I think that distinctive case modifications are great when they are well done. I mean, you can have a bazillion LEDs on there and it might still look bad. My own rig has a no-nonsense alum...

DIY Project: 20 Dollar Monitor Stand

click for more pics The bummer of working at an office, other than the commute and the occasional annoying co-worker, is that it's hard to make your cubicle really feel like your office space. Yes you...

Acer AspireRevo: The Perfect Home Theater PC?

When you are trying to find a computer for your home theater system, you try and find something that's pretty discreet and not too box-like and big. The trouble is that most computer cases are quite ...

Tech Tour: Geneva Estate Chock Full of Goodies

Name: WÃ¥gensjö / Herberger Location: Geneva suburb (France) Size: 2,368 sq ft + 40,000 square foot garden Years Lived In: Since March 2005 >> Enter Slideshow What originally drew us to WÃ¥gensjÃ...

MacBook Mini: Perfect Looking, But Fake or Leak?

Let's be honest. A lot of us want to get Apple computers, but in the end, they are quite expensive compared to similarly specced PCs. We call it the Apple tax. Then again, Apple users and fan boys wil...

Blast from the Past: What Was Your First Computer?

I didn’t get a computer until I was midway through high school – that was 1994. It was a hand me down from a family friend, a Macintosh SE/30. While I don’t remember the specs, I do remember it...

Shuttle's Handy New Computer: Nettop or Laptop?

Ever wanted to move your computer around in your apartment? It's not always easy. You've got to switch it off, unplug the thing and haul it around. Nettop computers are to desktops what netbooks are t...

Lenovo Pocket Yoga: The Netbook You've Always Wanted

Imagine that this is your little netbook, the one that actually fits in your pocket that you take with you everywhere. It's the perfect size to do some browsing, check up recipes in the grocery store,...

New Laptop Screens to Cut Battery Use in Half

When One Laptop Per Child was announced it was hard to know whether or not the technological advances from the non-profit would be used outside the struggling countries they were developed for. If yo...

Motion Computing's Rugged Tablet PC: A Whole Lot of Accessories

After initially coming onto the market for military, medical and corporate use, tablet PCs have always tried to get into the mainstream but have never truly succeeded. Ask around. How many people do y...

Dell's Studio One: An iMac Competitor?

I've always thought that all-in-ones are perfect computers for users having to deal with smaller spaces. Students and even multimedia artists work with iMacs. This means that having all of the tech in...

Our NetBook Dream Setup: Touch Book + JoliCloud

Unless you've been sitting under a 80286 processor for the last several years, you're very aware that it's not the newest Apple Nehalem Mac Pros or even Windows 7 that is really the most relevant news...