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Coal Catalyst portable charger review

April 11, 2019

Whether you’re spending your day watching lots of videos on a remote island or on your commute to work, chances are your phone (along with your other electronic devices) will quickly run out of battery. You can...

Viotek NB32C Curved Monitor: The Blast Review

John M. Guilfoil

April 1, 2019

The curved display. Five years ago, excited and skeptical were all aflutter about a television or computer monitor that wasn't a flat rectangle. Skeptics argued that it was simply tech for the sake of tec...

5 Mice (and other input devices) for the 2014 computer

John M. Guilfoil

October 14, 2013

Oh good lord, computers are dying! Actually, no they're not, but that's a separate rant. Computers aren't dying. They're not going away. You're not all going to be using just iPads and Nexuses (Nexi?) and Su...

Astro A50 Review: You’ll never go back

Ivan Favelevic

October 21, 2012

A new bar has been set.

IRIScan Book 2 Review: Easily scan on the go

Giancarlo Saldana

August 23, 2012

Find out if this portable scanner is right for you.

Eclipse Litetouch Keyboard review

Scott Covit

March 14, 2011

Connectivity issues hurt otherwise solid keyboard

IDAPT i4 Review

Mike Preble

September 10, 2010

A perfect charging solution

LaCie XtremKey flash drives reviewed

Mike Preble

August 13, 2010

Drop it, run it over, dunk it

iPhone weekly recall

Matthew Schnitt

April 9, 2010

Upgrading the iPhone basics

Router roundup

John M. Guilfoil

November 29, 2009

Four network devices that take the cake

Seagate Replica backup “appliance”

John M. Guilfoil

September 27, 2009

As ease of use goes, it's as good as it gets

Kensington Washable Antimicrobial Keyboard

John M. Guilfoil

August 29, 2009

It's the perfect solution for an office or a computer user that just wants to clean up a bit.

OWC Mercury On-The-Go

John M. Guilfoil

August 12, 2009

An ideal storage upgrade situation.

Kensington Ci70 Wireless Desktop Set

Claude Strayer

July 7, 2009

An easy choice for anyone in the market for a wireless keyboard and mouse set.

A peak at Kensington’s summer netbook collection

John M. Guilfoil

July 1, 2009

...and on the left we have a lovely power adapter

iPhone 3GS and 3.0 OS: what you’ve been waiting for

Michael Kaufmann

June 8, 2009

Apple announced the iPhone 3GS; we've got the details on the new hardware and the 3.0 OS.

Apple updates, cuts price on entire notebook line

Michael Kaufmann

June 8, 2009

Well, Apple just finished its WWDC Keynote (or at least the notebook part "" we'll have more about the iPhone in a bit), and the Apple elves have dropped a bunch of new toys in our laps. First up are the n...

Kensington Expert Mouse optical trackball

John M. Guilfoil

March 1, 2009

Ah. Hello old friend. The Expert Mouse has been around for about 10 years. The first time I tested one was for ReviewCenter.com, and the trackball was "90s computer case beige" in color. It depended on mecha...

Kensington USB Dual Monitor Adapter

John M. Guilfoil

February 17, 2009

Kensington's USB display solution is a very simple product that does something very complicated. The device allows computers with single-display video cards to add a second monitor using only an available U...

BookEndz-es

Bradley Ouellette

February 2, 2009

Docking stations are nice if you use the laptop primarily at one location or have lots of things to plug into it that don't move -- input devices, webcam, monitor. This leaves the BookEndz with a good chance to...