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Reviews January 26, 2013

8Gadget Pack Review – Bring Back Sidebar Gadgets to Windows 8

I know not everyone is enamored of the Windows Sidebar and Gadgets, but I use them all the time, on every computer I own. I like the CPU monitoring as well as Hard Disk monitoring, so that I can easily see at a glance if my computer is doing something in the background, or if [...]

The Leap Motion Controller Is a Tiny Gadget Poised to Change Computing

The Leap Motion Controller is small but powerful. It has yet to ship but, if it works as advertised, it will change computing forever. That’s not hyperbole. I mean, seriously, the Leap promises to let you scroll by simply waving your hands, use your finger as a gun while playing a first person shooter or [...]

Panasonic Expands Toughpad Enterprise-Grade Tablet Line

There’s no question that the tablet market is really starting to rev up. If you’ve been watching the news, you know that aside from devices like the Kindle Fire and the Barnes and Nobel Nook, plenty of other folks are following Apple in introducing tablets. I’ve long been interested in the tablet platform, when [...]

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News January 7, 2013

by Douglas Moran

Lenovo Intros “Rip and Flip” ThinkPad Helix and First Multimode Mini-Ultrabook

It’s hard to hear the CES buzz all the way back here from my home office in Austin, and yet I still do a wee bit. And one of the things that seems a little buzzy is Lenovo and some of their new PCs. And I have to admit that, Mac guy though I currently [...]

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Events, Reviews January 6, 2013

by Carly Z

Toshiba Portege Z930 Ultrabook Ultrabook First Impressions

I am off to CES in just a few short days, and had originally planned to bring my long-in-the-tooth-but-still-going-strong Chromebook as a laptop solution. Then Gear Diary was invited to review the Toshiba Portege Z930 Ultrabook. The result? I will be blogging with a great deal more power and features during the show! We’ll have a full review soon, but I wanted to make [...]

Best Buy Tech Service Gone Awry; a GM’s Customer Service Saves the Day

I came home a few weeks ago to find my almost four year old Gateway desktop rig powered completely off. I tried turning it back on, only to find out that it had decided that it didn’t want to at all. That could only mean the power supply, since it had been on and working [...]

Slacker App for Windows 8 Launched and Will Livestream ABC Election 2012 Coverage

For those individuals like me who have just started using the latest Microsoft OS incarnation that is Windows 8 on their PCs, Slacker announced the official launch of their music service supporting Windows 8. The free Slacker app is designed such that it takes advantage of the new tiling and UI aspects of Windows 8, [...]

CyberpowerPC Announces Two Ultrabooks

While it isn’t the most popular option, I have always been a fan of the diminutive netbook style computer. I love their super portable nature, but they aren’t really known for their power. That’s where the ultrabook comes in, and CyberpowerPC has released two that they hope will be home runs in terms of price, [...]

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News July 26, 2012

by Dan Cohen

With Dragon 12 Voice Recognition Gets Smarter… and Faster

The global voice recognition in Apple’s new Mountain Lion operating system is already by far my favorite feature. It is incredibly fast, quite accurate (when I speak slowly and clearly in a quiet room), and it’s so easily accessed (you hit Fn twice) that it makes voice recognition something you don’t even need to think [...]

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Reviews June 19, 2012

by Dan Cohen

Sonos SUB Reviewed; It Brings “Soul-Shaking Sound and Heart-Pounding Design”

If there is one line of products with which I have been totally enamored it is the Sonos system I purchased a bit over a year ago. To recall my experience with Sonos: I had long been interested in the company and their wireless audio system, but I had never actually seen or heard one [...]

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News June 18, 2012

by Francis Scardino

Microsoft Announces Surface Tablet In Both Standard and Pro Attire

Image courtesy of Microsoft It’s been some time since Microsoft came out with a decent piece of hardware. Short of the Xbox and Kinect I think the hardware team has been sinking to the lower end of the giant’s revenue stream. Well, after seeing highlights from today’s live event, I think that is about [...]

Gammatech’s 12″ Convertible Durabook (U12Ci) Gets the Ivy Bridge Treatment

Image courtesy of GammaTech Last year we were able to get a hands on review of both the GammaTech U12C and the S15C2 ruggedized notebooks and both measured up pretty well to the Durabook name. The newest tablet to the Durabook ruggedized comes by way of a U12C refresh. The U12Ci is an updated version [...]

Splashtop Enables Windows 8 Metro Experience on Android Tablets

I don’t talk about it a lot, but I am not a big Microsoft fan. I came into the industry just as Microsoft was achieving their dominance and stomping their competitors (including Apple!) into the dust, and aside from their mercenary attitude, I’ve never been particularly enamored of their software. It’s dull and workmanlike and [...]

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News, Rants and Raves June 6, 2012

by Bryan Eley

Did Google Pick Up Quickoffice for Integration with Google Docs/Drive?

When I first migrated from Windows Mobile to Android, my Android phone had a lite version of Quickoffice pre-installed and as a result I became a frequent user of the software suite. Right now I have Quickoffice for Android, WebOS and iOS, to maintain a semblance of consistency across my multiple platforms, so I therefore [...]

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News June 1, 2012

by Francis Scardino

Windows 8 Consumer Preview; Official Download Available for the Masses

The official Windows 8 Public Preview is available for download directly from the software vaults at Microsoft. I am not really sure what is different from the previously available beta but assume some of the updates and fixes have been implemented. So far the verdict on Windows 8 has really been hit and [...]

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