OCZ Rally 2 Turbo 4GB Flash Drive Review

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Today we are taking a look at the latest flash drive from OCZ called the OCZ Rally 2 Turbo 4GB. This is one of the fastest flash drives that I have ever tested and it performs very well.

If you are looking for a fast flash drive with lots of storage space the Rally 2 Turbo is a great choice. The drive is also thin enough that it easily fits into a crowded USB hub. Read more

Posted on Fri, 8 Feb 2008 14:07:29 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Japan gets Windows XP Asus Eee PC 4G-X

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Asus launches the Asus Eee PC in Japan. For some reason Asus is only offering the Windows XP version of the Asus Eee PC.

Japan is the first market where Asus is rolling out the Windows XP Eee. The first customers today also received a WL-330g Wi-fi access point for free when they bought a Eee PC 4G-X at major Japanese retailer Bic Camera. The price for the XP Eee is 50,000 Yen (~$464). Read more

Posted on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:00:39 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Crucial 4GB (2GB x 2) DDR2-6400 800MHz SODIMM RAM Review

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Today we are looking at 4GB of PC2-6400 SODIMM RAM from Crucial for use in a notebook computer. To get the full benefit from 4GB of RAM, you need to have a 64-bit OS.

However, if you don’t have a 64-bit OS you can still use 4GB of Ram and get in the area of 3.5GB useable memory. This RAM kit is for use in notebook computers and I am testing in a Dell XPS M1330. Read more

Posted on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:43:48 CST | by Shane McGlaun

SanDisk Announces 4GB Cruzer Titanium Plus for CES 2008

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SanDisk announced today that it will be showing off it's latest flash drive in the Cruzer family at CES 2008 next week. The SanDisk Cruzer Titanium Plus has 4GB of storage capacity and adds an automatic online backup function to the Cruzer family of products.

SanDisk says that users can gain access to their backed up files from any internet connected computer in the world. This allows files to be retrieved in the event the flash drive is lost, stolen, or forgotten. Read more

Posted on Wed, 2 Jan 2008 13:16:10 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Samsung P2 4GB MP3 Player Review

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The team over at our review partner tested the stylish Samsung P2 portable music player.

Quote from the review: "Samsung’s new flagship portable media player, the P2, is sleek and svelte enough to catch the eye of potential iPhone or iPod Touch buyers. Read more

Posted on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Insignia Pilot 4GB MP3 Player Review

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Today we are looking at the Best Buy Insignia Pilot 4GB MP3 player. This player has many features at a competitive price.

Bluetooth compatibility lets you stream music wirelessly to Bluetooth stereo headphones and the player has a built-in FM tuner as well. Memory expansion is via standard SD cards and the device can read up to 16GB cards. Read more

Posted on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:24:01 CST | by Shane McGlaun

SanDisk Sansa TakeTV 4GB Review

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Sandisk introduced the Sansa TakeTV in October. The Sandisk TakeTV is a USB flash drive that comes with a cradle that you can connect to a TV and watch the videos stored on the flash memory.
Our review partner Digital Trends published a review of the TakeTV. Read more

Posted on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

PNY IronKey 4GB Flash Drive Review

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If you are a user of flash drives for transporting data that is sensitive or personal in nature, you should consider an encrypting flash drive like the PNY IronKey 4GB flash drive we are testing today.

This flash drive is encased in an attractive brushed aluminum case and features always on hardware encryption that encrypts everything you save to the drive as it is written. The drive also feature secure web browsing software. Read more

Posted on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:27:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Green Asus Eee PC 4G Surf appears and ships

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An unannounced green Asus Eee PC 4G Surf is apparently shipping in Taiwan. We reported about a spring colored Asus Eee 2G Surf to be hitting the shelves in early 2008. A colored 4G Surf Eee PC was unknown.

Two Taiwan based sellers offer the green Asus Eee PC 4G (4G SSD and 512MB RAM) on the German eBay. Read more

Posted on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:31:19 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus Eee 4G Surf on Sale

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NewEgg started offering the lower end Asus Eee PC 4G Surf for $349.99.

For the $50 less you have to pay for the Asus Eee PC 4G you have to do without the integrated video camera and the more powerful batteries. Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:18:13 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung 64GB SATA II SSD

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Samsung is the first company in the industry to sample 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch 64GB solid state drives (SSD) with a SATA (Serial ATA) II/native SATA interface.

The 64GB SATA II SSD sports a sequential write speed of 100Megabyte per second (MBps) and sequential read speed of 120MBps. Samsung aims the FlashSSD drive towards notebook PCs, corporate servers, and other high-performance storage applications. Read more

Posted on Mon, 5 Nov 2007 03:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Yet another detailed Asus Eee PC 4G Review

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The Asus Eee PC 4G is available at retail in the United States since this week and more review of the highly anticipated mini Linux notebook appear. Now Hothardware published an excellent review with interesting performance tests and dissected Eee PC photos (see also this Asus Eee PC dissection report).

Quote from the review: "This full evaluation shows the Eee PC is built on Intel mobile Celeron technology and the 910GML Express chipset. Power consumption was measured at a miserly 15 Watts idle and 18 Watts under load with battery life in excess of three hours. Read more

Posted on Fri, 2 Nov 2007 03:36:10 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung 30nm 64GB NAND Flash revealed

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Samsung announced another milestone in flash memory technology. The company announced today that it has developed the world‘s first 64 Gigabit (Gb) multi level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory chip - using 30nm-class process technology.

A maximum of sixteen 64Gb flash devices can be combined to make a 128 Gigabyte (GB) memory card that can store 80 DVD resolution movies or 32,000 MP3 music files. Read more

Posted on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Asus eee PC 8G, 4G, 4G Surf and 2G Surf

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Today Asus updated their eee PC site and published a new naming scheme and new configurations for the upcoming highly anticipated eee PC low-cost notebooks.

Update:
Asus Eee PC 8G ships!

Update:
Asus Eee PC ships from NewEgg

Update:
Asus Eee PC Pricing Official

There are four eee PCs you can choose from. The xG refers to the size of the SSD size. The new top model is the Asus eee PC 8G featuring 8GB of SSD storage and 1GB of RAM. Read more

Posted on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:27:38 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

OCZ ATV Turbo 4GB Flash Drive

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Today we are looking at a new flash drive from OCZ called the OCZ ATV Turbo. This drive is very fast with excellent read and write speeds.

With its rubber case, it promises to be very durable as well. OCZ says the drive is water resistant but in testing, the cap was found to come off easily. Be careful with it and you will have one of the fastest drives around. Read more

Posted on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:01:42 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

TRENDnet YU-P1W 2.4GHz Wireless Presenter Review

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Today we are taking a look at the TRENDnet TU-P1W 2.4GHz Wireless Presenter. This device is ideal for people that give lots of presentations or media center computer fans looking for a mouse they can use without a desk from across the room.

The presenter gives you complete control of PowerPoint and Windows Media Player and is useful for navigating the Internet. Read more

Posted on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:06:57 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

2.4Ghz Baby Monitor with Night Vision Camera and Bedwetting Sensor

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Chinese company Goscam sent us information about their latest baby monitor. This baby monitor has a night vision camera with a range of 5m.

The images of your baby are transmitted via 2.4Ghz technology with a range of up to 100m.

The receiver has a 2.5 inch color screen with a resolution of 480x240px. Besides the camera there is of course also a microphone installed to transmit sound.
Apparently there are accessories for the Goscam (somehow a bad name: "go scam") that detect bedwetting or motion. Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Jul 2007 05:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

SanDisk Announces 4GB M2 Card

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SanDisk announced today that their hew 4GB Memory Stick Micro (M2) card is available at retail. This marks the launch of the highest capacity 4GB M2 card for use in digital cameras, hand held game players and Sony Ericsson mobile phones.

"Music, video, photos, games--these are the types of content driving the need for higher capacity cards such as the 4GB M2," said Jeff Kost, vice president and general manager of the Mobile Consumer Solutions division at SanDisk. "This trend is expected to grow as consumers embrace the mobile lifestyle and demand more storage-intensive features from a single mobile device." Read more

Posted on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Samsung 1.8 inch 64GB SSD in Mass Production

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Samsung announced that it has begun mass producing 1.8 inch solid state drives (SSD) at 64GB; the highest density SSD available today.

As you know SSD drives feature far greater reliability, faster boot times and faster application start-up times than hard disk drives. SSD can also improve battery life by up to 20% in notebooks.

The 64GB SSD consists of 64 eight Gigabit (Gb) single-level cell flash memory chips. Use of 51nm process technology permits fabrication of much smaller components, with each chip having circuitry 1/2500th the width of a human hair. Read more

Posted on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 04:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Mushkin 4GB XP2-8500 Review

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TechGage reviews the Mushkins latest high-end kit, which is also the fastest 2x2GB kit on the market.

Quote from the review:
"Mushkin is the only memory company right now to offer 4GB extreme performance kits, with their top-end offering on our test bench today. Read more

Posted on Wed, 9 May 2007 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

nMedia 2.4GHz Wireless Keyboard for Couch Potatoes Review

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Benchmark Reviews publishes a review of the nMedia MCESKB 2.4GHz Wireless Slim Trackball Keyboard.

Quote from the review:
"nMedia System has delivered with the MCESKB second generation wireless keyboard by using the 2.4GHz Radio Frequency (RF) wireless signal to improve the mobility of the new HTPC keyboard. Read more