Apple Magic Mouse Review

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The new Apple Magic Mouse has been shipping for a couple of days. Our review partner Digital Trends just tested the Magic Mouse and published this review.

Quote from the review: "Apple's history with mice looks a lot like GM's history with economy cars. It's kind of sketchy. Read more

Posted on Fri, 6 Nov 2009 02:47:36 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

LiteON iHAS424 Dual-Layer DVD Writer Review

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PCStats published a review of the LiteON iHAS424 Dual-Layer DVD Writer.

Quote from the review: "For a good example of the features a modern optical drive should have, look no further than the Lite-On iHAS424 DL-DVD burner. Read more

Posted on Thu, 5 Nov 2009 19:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Ricoh CX2 Review

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PhotographyBlog published a review of the Ricoh CX2 camera.
Quote from the review: "Just 6 months on from its already very capable predecessor, the Ricoh CX2 enters the competitive travel-zoom camera category with a new 10.7x, 28-300mm zoom lens. Read more

Posted on Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toshiba Satellite T135 Windows 7 CULV Notebook Review

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The Toshiba T135 CULV Windows 7 Notebook starts at $599 on Amazon.com.
Hothardware has tested the Toshiba T135 and published this review.

Quote from the review: "We're seeing more and more CULV notebooks hit the market these days. The growing sector of Consumer Ultra Low Voltage machines attempts to bridge the gap between lower cost netbooks and full-size notebooks, offering a more powerful chip than the ubiquitous Atom options we see in netbooks, but one that consumes less power than the mainstream Core 2 Duo processors we see in many full-size notebooks. Read more

Posted on Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft Courier Interface Details Leak

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I write about gadgets for a living. Since I'm a gadget nerd myself, that often means getting a bit excited about some of the cooler rumors, leaks, and product launches. I try to stay even handed and look at every side of any issue, but sometimes careful journalism like that is very difficult. Take the Microsoft Courier, a dual-screened tablet PC/electronic journal/e-reader. When news of it first leaked, it looked interesting. When a video of the UI leaked, it bumped up from 'interesting' to 'the #1 gadget I would commit unspeakable crimes in order to have right now'.

Today, the saga of the Courier gets a little bit deeper. Our friends at Gizmodo, who seem to have a source from inside Microsoft feeding them goodies, have produced scans of a document that explains in detail how the Courier works. Needless to say, this is going to be one incredibly hot gadget.

Posted on Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:08:12 CST | by Robert Evans

Droid Gets Reviewed By Mossberg And Pogue

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Celeb gadget reviewers Walt Mossberg from the WSJ and David Pogue from the NY Times have also filed their take on the upcoming Verizon Droid from Motorola.
Droid reviews have already been out since last week, but of course it is interesting to see what Mossberg and Pogue have to say about the Droid.
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Posted on Thu, 5 Nov 2009 08:46:01 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Seagate Cheetah 15K.7 SAS 2.0 6Gb/s 600GB Hard Disk Review

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Tweaktown tested the Seagate Cheetah 15K.7 SAS 2.0 6Gb/s 600GB HDD and published this review.
Quote from the review: "Seagate Technology released the first 15,000 RPM enterprise hard drive nearly 15 years ago, the X15. While the name was appropriate at the time, Seagate changed the name of the product line in the second generation to show generational updates; the 15K.2 was born. The second coming of the King of Enterprise Storage caught Seagate’s competitors off guard and for a year Seagate had the only second generation 15,000 RPM product on the market. This went on until the fourth generation, at that point competing products starting to perform and in some benchmarks overtake Seagate’s flagship drive. Read more

Posted on Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Tekken 6 Limited Edition Bundle for Xbox 360 Review

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The Tekken 6 Limited Edition Bundles for Xbox 360 and Sony PS3 have been shipping since the end of October. The Limited Edition Tekken 6 bundle contains a wireless fight stick crafted by Hori and collectible Art book in addition to the Tekken 6 game.
Futurelooks has tested the Tekken 6 Limited Edition Bundle for Microsoft Xbox 360 and published this review.

Quote from the review: "It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of fighting games and 2009 has been a good year for fighting game fans. We’ve been treated to Street Fighter IV, King of Fighters XII, Blazblue, and more. Read more

Posted on Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toshiba Mini NB205-N330 Windows 7 Netbook Review

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All the major netbook makers unveiled Windows 7 netbooks back in October. One of the more popular is the Toshiba Mini NB205.
Liliputing has tested the Toshiba Mini NB205-N330 and published this review.

Quote from the review: "The Toshiba Mini NB205-N330 is an interesting machine. It has an excellent, if somewhat quirky keyboard and the best touchpad I’ve used that doesn’t support multitouch gestures. Read more

Posted on Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Logitech G500 Mouse Review

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Our review partner Digital Trends tested the Logitech G500 gaming mouse and published this review.
Quote from the review: "Although Logitech's G500 Gaming Mouse is the cheaper cousin to the company's flagship gaming mouse, the G9x we reviewed in March, we much prefer this simpler rodent. It delivers nearly all the same features, and it's a better fit for our hands. It's not a perfect though: Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX1 Review

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The Sony Cyber-shot TX1 is supposed to take great photos in low light situations and features the new Party-shot option which automatically takes happy, smiling photos of your family and friends. The new Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX1 was unveiled in August.
PhotographyBlog has tested the TX1 and published this review. Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

HP DreamScreen Review

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One of the first gift tips in our Top 100 Gift Guide 2009 is the HP DreamScreen. Zatz Not Funny got their hands on the Facebook enabled photo frame and published this review.

Quote from the review: "However, I understand that some folks need non-stop access to their friends’ status updates, and the DreamScreen gives you that. You cannot send out Facebook updates from the DreamScreen, but you can read the incoming stream. Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

ZAGG Offers invisibleSHIELD for Droid

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The Motorola DROID will go on sale this week on Verizon Wireless. To keep your future DROID safe without having to hide its good looks inside a case, ZAGG has announced it is now offering the invisibleSHIELD film custom cut for the DROID.

The film will ship around the 16th of this month and is available for pre-order now. Two kits are available for the DROID with a full body kit covering front and back for $24.99 and the screen cover only for $14.99. Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Best Buy Launches On Demand Movie Service

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Best Buy announced an on-demand movie and entertainment service today that will be powered by Sonic's Roxio CinemaNow and will allow consumers to have access to buy or rent a vast library of premium content.
Best Buy has entered into a multi-year agreement in which Best Buy plans to license and deploy Sonic's Roxio CinemaNow technology and services platform to make on-demand digital content delivery a standard feature on connected consumer electronics devices sold by Best Buy.
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Posted on Tue, 3 Nov 2009 12:54:59 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Kingston and Paramount Digital Entertainment Team Up for Movies on Flash Memory

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Kingston and Paramount announced today that the two have teamed up to deliver Paramount movies on Kingston flash memory products. The partnership will deliver full-length movies to consumers as a bundle package sale.

Neither company divulged when the partnership will launch its first products or how the products will be packaged. I bet it will be along the lines of the Godfather flash drives we have seen before with the movie on a drive carrying logos from the film. What movies will be seen first is unknown as well. Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Nov 2009 12:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Thrustmaster Ferrari Wireless Gamepad 430 Scuderia Review

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Today I am looking at the new Thrustmaster Ferrari Wireless Gamepad 430 Scuderia. This is a limited edition Ferrari branded product with cues from the exotic automobiles.

The controller is designed to allow for more precise control on driving and racing games, but will work for all genres of games. The device supports both the PC and the PS3. Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:49:01 CST | by Shane McGlaun

HTC Imagio Review

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The HTC Imagio is a new Windows 6.5 smartphone available on Verizon Wireless, but it is totally overshadowed by the upcoming release this week of the Android 2.0 running Motorola Droid. Our review partner Digital Trends still spent time testing the HTC Imagio and published this review.

Quote from the review: "If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Apple had better be blushing at the sight of the HTC Imagio. Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:31:54 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Lowe's Black Friday 2009 Deals Get Previewed

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Lowe's Hardware store has apparently released a 25 item preview of their Black Friday sales. According to BFAds the full Lowe's list of Black Friday deals will be available this Thursday.

The 25 Black Friday deals from Lowe's mainly include tools like a Laser level, LED flashlight and various tool sets. Update: Lowe's Black Friday 2009 Advertisment Scans released.
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Posted on Tue, 3 Nov 2009 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Motorola Droid Review

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The Motorola Droid will launch on Verizon Wireless this week and comes as the Motorola Milestone to Europe. Our review partner tested the first Android 2.0 smartphone and published this review.
Quote from the review: "Each new Android smartphone seems to improve on its predecessors. But Motorola's latest, the Droid from Verizon Wireless, is a veritable quantum leap well beyond recent peers such as the Samsung Moment and the HTC Hero, both from Sprint - and even the Motorola Cliq (available on T-Mobile). Thank three advantages that the Droid possesses over all other previous Android phones: Its gorgeous 400,000-pixel 16x9 3.7-inch LCD touchscreen, the largest available on a cell phone; the handset's status as the first to run the Android 2.0 operating system; and its pedigree as the first Android phone for Verizon, which arguably operates the nation's best 3G network.
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Posted on Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:38:39 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

ASUS G51VX-A1 15.6-inch Gaming Notebook Review

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Tweaktown also tested the new ASUS G51VX-A1 15.6-inch Gaming Notebook. Read our Asus G51VX review here.
Quote from the review: "Back again with a new notebook and this time we are checking out the ASUS G51VX gaming notebook. It is a very nice change of pace to see a full on gaming notebook sitting on my desk rather than another netbook. ASUS is certainly more known for its netbooks than anything else, but the company knows how to build a nice gaming notebook, too. Read more

Posted on Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Blackberry Curve 8520 Smartphone Review

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Tbreak published a review of the the Blackberry Curve 8520.
Quote from the review: "The Blackberry Curve 8520 launched by RIM recently is probably the best Blackberry for someone looking to get into the Smartphone/Blackberry market. Read more

Posted on Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr