Archive for June 2009
Posted on June 30, 2009, 10:19 pm, by Abhijit Kamal.
The Syncmaster 2033SW is a 20-inch LCD monitor from Samsung with a unique screen resolution of 1600×900 pixels. It’s a good looking monitor, with an all-black glossy exterior: screen bezel and stand. It has a stylish curved bottom bezel, with a transparent plastic stip accentuating the design, and a blue LED indicator placed at its [...]
Posted on June 30, 2009, 5:02 pm, by Abhijit Kamal.
At the very outset, what makes the HD 4770 special is that is the world’s first card manufactures on a 40nm process. This means that the card runs on lesser power and is cheaper to manufacture. It is smaller than both the HD 4830 and the HD 4850. It has a silent-running fan over the [...]
Posted on June 30, 2009, 4:10 pm, by Abhijit Kamal.
The Intel X25-M-80GB drive is meant to be the mainstream drive that brings SSDs to mass market. It has a 2.5-inch form factor similar to latop hard disks. Enthuasistswould take to this drive right away considering that it makes no noise at all and doesn’t heat up. It helps conserve power too, with its rated [...]
Posted on June 29, 2009, 12:07 am, by Abhijit Kamal.
THE IDEACENTER A600 is Lenovo’s premium all-in-one desktop PC. It attempts to blur the line between your PC and TV, and has an impressive combination of features and performance with a price tag to match. It has no seperate cabinet, and the Ideacenter A600’s centerpiece is its slim screen. It’s glossy, 21.5-inch wide and supports [...]
Posted on June 28, 2009, 8:09 pm, by Abhijit Kamal.
CTIA (aka the Wireless Association, aka the acronym that lost its underlying name) held its annual trade show and exhibition of wireless products in early April in Las Vegas. As usual, great looking handheld devices flooded the convention floor, and cell phones were at the center of the excitement. Here are seven of the coolest [...]
Posted on June 28, 2009, 4:39 pm, by Abhijit Kamal.
These days, you can document your travels by sorting your digital photos by location. Many cell phones and a few specialty cameras can geotag your location, embedding the data in your pics. If you don’t have such a camera, you can use a GPS imaging accessory, like Sony’s $150 GPS-CS3KA, to add location into after [...]
Posted on June 28, 2009, 3:55 pm, by Abhijit Kamal.
You’re now able to make free phone calls via Internet on Apple’s iPhone using a new Skype application. But if you own a second-generation iPod touch, you can also make free calls, even though the Touch technically isn’t a phone. Skype’s iPhone app will function with any second-gen touch as long as you use a [...]
Posted on June 28, 2009, 3:17 pm, by Abhijit Kamal.
A famous torrent file sharing website has claimed that Pirated copies of Microsoft’s Office 2010 have leaked over the Internet with a fake label of a technical Preview. However, still unfinished Windows 7 and Visual Studios latest version was also released previously before the overhyped Microsoft’s test release. Searches on several torrent site tracks the [...]
Posted on June 28, 2009, 2:50 pm, by Abhijit Kamal.
With technology playing a crucial role in today’s world, the Mobile, the PC and the web have become inseparable. However, the biggest fear that perhaps haunts any mobile user today is not the loss of his hi-tech cell but the valuable data! To help solve this issue, Microsoft launched its My Phone service that enables [...]
Posted on June 26, 2009, 11:50 pm, by Abhijit Kamal.
Chrome 2 comes with a claimed 30 percent speed boost for browsing thanks to the revised V8 Java Script engine that processes downloads from multiple pages but allocated resources to most used items. “Web applications are becoming more complex,” wrote Google software engineers Mads Ager and Kasper Lund. “An increased number of objects puts additional [...]
Posted on June 26, 2009, 10:21 pm, by Abhijit Kamal.
A laptop bag is a must for travelers. However, not all bags offer you protection as efficiently as this one does. The Otterbox 7030 laptop case is meant for people who want to protect their laptops from bumps and drops. Not only that, this laptop case is also waterproof. This means with your laptop in [...]
Posted on June 26, 2009, 9:05 pm, by Abhijit Kamal.
With prices of storage heading south, it really makes sense to invest in a portable drive to keep a safe backup of your files and multimedia needs. The Adata CH91 is a good looking 2.5in portable storage drive that is available in various colours and capacities. The one reviewd here features 250 GB of storage [...]
Posted on June 26, 2009, 7:29 pm, by Abhijit Kamal.
This gaming headset provides optimum comfort so that you would have no problem to wear it hour long gaming session. The FATAL1TY is the typical head-the-head style headphone with a cup design for the earpiece. The design is really comfortable to wear; each cup and the headband has a thick padding that does a good [...]
Posted on June 26, 2009, 5:28 pm, by Abhijit Kamal.
The lid of the ASUS Bamboo U6V is made of bamboo, which gives this laptop a unique artistic feel. Once you open the lid, the palm rest as well as the trackpad are both made of bamboo. Though there is a slight noticeable difference between the wood used on the palm rest and the track [...]
Posted on June 26, 2009, 4:28 pm, by Abhijit Kamal.
The Studio XPS 16 sports a 16 inch screen, with a Core 2 Duo T9400 processor, and an ATI HD 3670 GPU. By default this laptop comes an Intel Core 2 Duo P8600, but Dell allows you to upgrade to the T9550. The back of the lid has a strip of leather, aluminium and plastic, [...]