The Blackberry and iPhone may be the most mainstream technologies of the "small computing" movement, but laptop computers have started to make a move into that arena as well, most publicly with the ASUS Eee PC. Yet while the Eee PC has garnered most of the attention, 3K Computing has released its own mini notebook, the RazorBook 400, and from the time we've spent with it, the RazorBook definitely holds its own. The 3K RazorBook 400 Mini Notebook PC is designed first and foremost, at least according to the company's own CEO, to be a "low-cost …
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Skullcrushers. The name sounds more like a medieval torture device or a fantasy-game clan than it does a desirable headphone system, and the first half of that equation is probably true. Folks in the Middle Ages likely weren't big fans of bass, opting instead for lutes and harps rather than drums and rhythm, so to slip on a headphone system that absolutely glorifies every ounce of bass in a song would probably send serfs into a drumline-induced coma. But here we are, in the year 2008, a decade and century seemingly defined by big beats and …
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Much to the chagrin of portable music-player companies, Apple and its iPod have cornered the market on personal audio devices. Sure, there's the Zune and a host of other MP3 players, but the name "iPod" is as synonymous with "personal music player" as the name "Google" is with "conduct a search online." So it's not surprising that ifrogz has created an entire line of cases for the various iPod iterations, including the new 3G iPod, to let consumers feel a little less stressed about banging their iPods around in the pockets. The ifrogz …
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As we unveiled in our news section earlier today, Corinex has used CES to debut a pseudo-wireless Internet product geared specifically toward gamers. We say "pseudo" because the new product, called GameNet, doesn't use any Cat-5 cables or routers to connect consoles to the Internet. But it doesn't use a WiFi connection, either. So how do Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii gamers use GameNet to play games online? By plugging GameNet into an electrical outlet. The thing is, that's it. All you do is plug it in. And you still get a 200 Mbps connection. GameNet …
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CES may be home to thousands of home electronics and technological gadgets, but two trends are really distancing themselves from the pack this year: new HDTV technology and new iPod speaker systems. Among all the iPod docking stations and speaker systems at CES 2008, few stand out like the Tannoy i30. The i30 iPod speaker system is the first digital consumer speaker system from Tannoy, which is known in the UK and even here in Las Vegas for for its high-end commercial installations (The Bellagio and Hard Rock Hotel use Tannoy, for instance). …
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