Feb. 1, 2008 1 Comment
Without question, the PowerCube Plus ACS48 was one of a few product releases by Altec Lansing, Labtec and a few other companies that changed computer audio forever. Ten years ago, soundcards were starting to get better, but speaker offerings still largely consisted of two-piece, unpowered sets that sounded like cheap headphones. The PowerCube Plus ACS48, [...]
Feb. 1, 2008 Leave a Comment
Shinywhitebox’s iShowU screen recording software really packs a lot of power for a low price. I just recently upgraded to a Macintosh computer, and have been looking for a great screen-recording program that can capture both audio and video, but my choices have been quite limited. I’ve tried a few free-based programs such as Jing [...]
Feb. 1, 2008 Leave a Comment
This review originally appeared on Reviewcenter.com and Sharewarejunkies.com in 1998. It was rock-solid software that still exists today. By John Guilfoil Command Software pretty much created a winner with this one. Command Antivirus with F-PROT Professional is an affordable, high quality mercenary that will set out and battle any fiendish viral vermin that threaten your [...]
Jan. 9, 2008 1 Comment
4D released a revision, which offers users a new set of Internet tools while providing user-friendliness and better functionally. Essentially 4D’s Web 2.0 Pack v11 is an online Internet application, which allows business users access to use a simple drag and drop interface, essential to perform a variety of tasks like: the ability to create [...]
Jan. 1, 2008 Leave a Comment
iSkin’s Cerulean line of products is a handy collection of Bluetooth accessories and earbuds for iPod’s, laptops and other audio devices that let’s you go cordless. They work with laptops, iPods and mobile phones for hands-free calls. They come in a wide variety of packages and configurations. In a nutshell, there are three main Bluetooth [...]
Dec. 31, 2007 Leave a Comment
When it comes to converting PDFs to word documents for editing, your software choice options are very limited. Docudesk, a company, which specializes in PDF software solutions, announced it’s deskUNPDF Professional that essentially converts PDF’s into various other formats like spreadsheets, websites and various image formats. Formats include: Open Document Format (.ODT), Excel (.XLS), Comma [...]
Dec. 26, 2007 Leave a Comment
This review originally appeared on Reviewcenter.com and Sharewarejunkies.com in 1998. It was good DOS software that seems to have slipped through the cracks of time. We can’t find a download link for it anymore. By John Guilfoil PC Desk is a Personal Information Manager for DOS. It is a very handy and smallin size utility [...]
Dec. 20, 2007 2 Comments
The Microsoft Sidewinder Mouse is the most complicated consumer computer input device ever made. It’s also one of the best. It’s a mouse, designed for gaming, that Microsoft says was inspired by the Master Chief from Halo and the Mazda Senku Concept Car, among other futuristic muses. “Microsoft Hardware conducted research with hundreds of gamers [...]
Dec. 15, 2007 1 Comment
Here’s a review for the savvy reader. Are you frustrated with the off the shelf routers you can buy in the store? Does your hardware crash on you at the worst possible moment? Does your Best Buy router not have the option to stop your room mates downloads from slowing down your internet? Well, one [...]
Dec. 7, 2007 Leave a Comment
The Bluetooth Audio Transport is an all-in-one earbud wireless audio product that works with cell phones, stereos, iPods and any other audio source you can think of. Though there are some considerations to make — this isn’t a good idea for an iPod or another portable MP3 device. The way the Audio Transport works is [...]
Dec. 3, 2007 Leave a Comment
Moonsoon Multimedia’s HAVA Gold is their response to the popularity of the Slingbox and other place-shifting video devices. The device allows users to view and control live television on networked computers via broadband and mobile phone service. It’s novel technology and priced right. The new product has made an impressive splash since its summer arrival [...]
Dec. 3, 2007 Leave a Comment
iHome’s new iH85B takes the earbuds out of your ear — and that’s one less distraction when you’re riding a bike. With all the bad press plastic bottles are getting lately, the iH85B, designed with a bike mounting bracket is a great replacement. It takes four AA batteries or an AC adapter for home listening. [...]
Dec. 2, 2007 Leave a Comment
After months of what seemed like torture following the release of the iPhone — and listening to consumers, technology experts, news anchors and my peers bragging about it — I must admit that I was tempted buy one. But I had to weigh a huge termination fee on my existing wireless plan in addition to [...]
Nov. 27, 2007 1 Comment
The Call of Duty 4 Bradygames official strategy guide is one of the more impressive guides out there right now. It’s almost 270 glossy, full-color pages long and includes just about everything you could imagine out of the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC-CD variants of the game all in one. The guide contains all [...]
Nov. 27, 2007 1 Comment
I was really impressed with Palo Alto Software’s Marketing Plan Pro. There’s a ton of people trying to be entrepreneurial and being their own bosses, and they (we) can’t always hire PR people and a team of marketing pros. In our case, a marketing class from Northeastern took us on as their semester project and [...]
Nov. 19, 2007 Leave a Comment
As YouTube videos become better and better (shockingly…the videos are getting better, the photos are getting better, but now if only as many people would learn where commas and semicolons go…) and high-definition video cameras come down in price, we are starting to see amateur and small-business video rise in production value. That’s why software [...]
Nov. 1, 2007 1 Comment
In an electronics store, Anthony Gallo speakers the usually the ones in the demonstration room that sound amazing but look like something off the space shuttle, and are sometimes the same size. The A’Diva Ti satellite speaker system isn’t nearly as mammoth. It’s another in a series of trendily tiny speakers with big sound — [...]
