Help Me, LAPTOP: I Need a Durable, Lightweight Notebook For Under $600 By Eric Chiu Published 27 August 10 Computers and cars have a lot in common. We go out the store and put down lots of cash for the best looking one we can find--sometimes, if we're lucky, we can get years of good service out of them. Bu...
Kindle Light Face Off: Belkin eBook Light vs. Octovo Solis By Eric Chiu Published 9 August 10 The newest Kindle has a light bundled with its case, but there are plenty of eReader owners still stuck in the dark, unless you find yourself a decent light source. There are a couple options availabl...
Gateway Introduces Compact LT32 Netbook, Starts At $449 By Eric Chiu Published 7 July 10 It's only been a few weeks since Gateway announced its 10-inch LT23 netbook series, but today, the company introduced a new addition to its LT family of netbooks. The LT32, announced today, features a...
Hands-On With the Philips Sound Bar: Big Sound, Small Package By Eric Chiu Published 12 July 10 Outside of the occasional desktop replacement, speaker fidelity doesn't tend to be the best on most notebooks. Unless you invest in a model with decent speakers, audio playback is usually plagued by l...
Top Back-to-School Note-Taking Tech By Eric Chiu Published 20 July 10 If your child’s heading off to school in the fall, chances are that—in between hanging out with friends and playing Ultimate Frisbee on the Diag—they’re going to have to take some notes in cla...
How-To: Root and Install Android 2.2 Froyo On the HTC Droid Incredible By Eric Chiu Published 19 July 10 (Update 3: If you've already gotten the OTA update to Android 2.2 for your Incredible, the latest version of Unrevoked will still give you root access--as of right now, it's been pulled down, but ther...
Help Me, LAPTOP: I Need A Notebook For Music Production and Web Development By Eric Chiu Published 30 August 10 With summer finally winding down, many students are getting ready to head to school for the fall. Reader David L won't be going to college until net year, but he's already on the hunt for a good noteb...
FrontFace: Make Windows 7 Tablets Work Like Tablets By Eric Chiu Published 23 August 10 When it comes to usability, tablets like the Apple iPad and Android have gotten most of the hype. But lest any Windows 7 users feel like they've been left behind, German developer Mirabyte might be ab...
Hands-On With Ping, Apple's (Not Very) Social Network By Eric Chiu Published 3 September 10 Realizing that sites such as Facebook aren't going away, Apple is now beefing up music discovery capabilities in iTunes via its new social networking engine, called Ping.Like Facebook, Ping will let i...
Hands-On With Gmail VoIP: Gmail Adds The Kitchen Sink By Eric Chiu Published 26 August 10 When Gmail rolled out its chat sidebar back in 2006, it seemed like a pretty wild curve ball for a company that's made such things their bread and butter.It's a similar situation with Gmail's latest u...
Hands-on With FaceBook Places: Location-Based Service Feels Like a Ghost Town By Eric Chiu Published 24 August 10 Last Wednesday, Facebook rolled out Places--the Foursquare-esque service that allows users to publicly check-in to any given location. Like with most new features that Facebook has launched as of late...
Zalman ZM-NC2500 Plus Review By Eric Chiu Published 9 July 10 $69.99 This solid notebook cooler cuts down the heat and makes room for an extra hard drive.
Livescribe Echo Smartpen Review By Eric Chiu Published 19 July 10 $141.74 Livescribe's newest smartpen makes note-taking even easier and provides access to plenty of apps.