DHS Introduces Rules for Airport Laptop Checks 06/09/2010 | kalum
 DHS has unveiled a revised set of rules for laptop checks at border control.border control. There's nothing more annoying than doing the security dance with TSA
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TV Card - GADMEI TV5821E LCD TV Box 17/08/2010 | kalum
 TV5820E Combo TV box adopts progressive scanning technology. It is the upgrade model of TV5788E. Its refresh rate increase from 50Hz to 60/75Hz and resolution rate reaches 1280*1024 / 1024*768. It is compatible with both LCD monitors and CRT monitors. The picture is VERY CLEAR AND STEADY. TV5820E Combo TV box also has PIP function and a highly effective noise-redu [ ... ]
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Kingston's 256GB USB Flash Drive is ,108 20/02/2010 | kalum
 Living in the U.S. and in search for a USB flash drive with massive capacity? Kingston is finally shipping its 256GB drive to the United States with data transfer rates of 25MB/sec. read and 12MB/sec. write.
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CES 2010 – Netbooks, Netbooks, Everywhere! 05/01/2010 | kalum
 Anand and Ryan are running around Vegas, but lucky for me I get to cover the show remotely - it's a lot less stressful and at the end of the day my feet don't hurt. With the recent launch of Intel's Pineview and Arrandale processors, we expect to see a plethora of new laptops,
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The Asus UX30 Notebook is Under 1'' Thick 05/12/2009 | kalum
 Akihabara News points the way to a new, ultra-thin notebook called the UX30. Hitting Japanese store shelves tomorrow for 99,800 yen (just over 00 USD), the device is only 0.77-inches thick and weighs around 3.1 lbs.
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Intel Core i7-975 Extreme And i7-950 Reviewed 26/10/2009 | kalum
 Intel doesn’t need to launch a pair of new CPUs today. Its thousand dollar Core i7-965 Extreme is already the fastest chip out there by a comfortable margin.
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DDR3 Memory Scaling On AMD's Phenom II X4 26/10/2009 | kalum
 DRAM prices have come down in the past few months, making capacities of 4, 6, or 8 GB very affordable. You can get 4 x 2 GB DDR2 memory kits starting at only , and even DDR3 is no longer unattainably
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Old Laptops Are More Trouble Than They're Worth 08/10/2009 | kalum
 We all love shiny new computers, which is never more true than when it comes to laptops. Unlike with desktop machines, a laptop is a complete package that typically evolves as a whole.
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Samsung 933SN 18.5-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor 06/10/2009 | kalum
 I mainly bought this monitor as a spare, but ended up replacing an Acer monitor that I was using mostly for reading. It has better contrast and  brighter white than other monitors. Other LCD monitors I have appear more yellow than white. I have it mounted on a movable wall mount so I didn't use the cheap pedestal mount. The friction mount feels and looks cheap, and [ ... ]
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Kingston 4GB USB 2.0 Hi-Speed DataTraveler 100 06/10/2009 | kalum
 With the price I was paying, I knew something had to be wrong. My assumption was confirmed when it took an hour to trasfer less than 500Mb of data. Â I gave it three stars, two for price, the other because it hasn't failed yet. I would have expected better transfer speed from a usb flash drive from Kingston, but I guess this is what you get on their low end hardwar [ ... ]
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Windows Vista Business with SP1 Upgrade 06/10/2009 | kalum
 I run a tiny IT department where we now have about 60 machines running Windows Vista and we are down to about 40 machines still running  Windows XP. My impression is that Windows Vista is clearly superior to Windows XP in just about every respect and the overwhelming majority of our people who have switched, prefer Windows Vista. Furthermore, we have simply not exp [ ... ]
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Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1 32-bit 06/10/2009 | kalum
 I was skeptical at first about upgrading to Vista from XP but now I'm confident with Vista+SP1's reliability, security, Â interface, and added automation of more complex tasks in Windows. I recommend it.
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Intel Core i7 08/09/2009 | kalum
 Anticipation for Intel's latest CPU architecture rivals the intensity for the original Core 2 Duo. It's not just that Nehalem is a new  CPU architecture. Intel's new CPU line also brings along with it a new system bus, new chipsets, and a new socket format. Today, we're mainly focusing on the Core i7 CPU and its performance compared to Intel's Core 2 quad-core CP [ ... ]
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See the Laptop With Two Full-sized Screens 31/08/2009 | kalum
 This could be the world's first laptop slider. For those of us who transition between a multi-monitor setup on our
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Dell and HP Back Microsoft in Word Lawsuit 31/08/2009 | kalum
 Dell and HP are supporting Microsoft's effort to have the Word injunction overturned. When Microsoft last week filed an emergency motion against the
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Laptop hunters, student edition? 28/08/2009 | kalum
 Laptop hunters, student edition? Apple computers have always been a bit of a hit in the education sector, but according to a study by consumer electronics site Retrevo,
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Asus to Launch Eee-book Reader 28/08/2009 | kalum
 It's got three times as many e's than the rest of them. Asus has thus fair been fairly successful in launching consumer-friendly computing
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Cooler Fan - Socket 775(LGA) 21/08/2009 | kalum
 I like this cooler/fan because it has screw on attachment rather than thos plastic  pins you have to turn. This makes for a strong connection to the CPU and motherboard. Don't screw to tight, though- you don't want to crack it. It comes with a bit of thermal paste on the bottom of the fan (be careful not to touch it). I installed it on a Pentium D 805 2.66 MHz CPU. [ ... ]
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N/W Switch 10/100 MBPS 24 Port,D Link 21/08/2009 | kalum
 DES-1024D 24-Port Desktop Switch The DES-1024D features a non-blocking  wire-speed architecture with a 4.8Gbps switching capacity, for maximum data throughput. It also features an integrated universal power supply, and per port diagnostics LEDs that make it easy to “spot check†for problems. With wire-speed filtering and Store-and-Forward switching, th [ ... ]
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Mouse A4 Tech Wireless G6-70D USB 21/08/2009 | kalum
 The 2.4GHz RF wireless technology is fine-tuned with 16 selected  channels; it offers precise and smooth wireless operation even in busy wireless environments. It allows many wireless devices to operate simultaneously in one area without interfering in the range about 10 meters.Note: Actual operating range may vary and depend 2.4GHz RF wireless is designed with [ ... ]
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Cartridge - HP 51645A (45) Black 21/08/2009 | kalum
 The cartridge supplied with the HP Deskjet 932C doesn't hold much ink, so when I Â purchased the printer 3 months ago, I bought a 2-pack of 45A -- I hate to run out of ink. I just ran out of ink in the small cartridge, and sadly found that both 45A cartridges had completely dried out. I sure wasted a lot of color ink trying to decide what was wrong! I went back to O [ ... ]
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Pen Drive - Imation 16GB USB 20/08/2009 | kalum
 The USB 2.0 Swivel Flash Drive is a very compact (1 ounce, 2� / 5cm) flash drive with an innovative swiveling cover. The cover can be slid as well as swiveled so  that it can be set in place firmly against either end of the drive. It is small enough to justify the use of the nicely designed quick-release necklace/lanyard that is included with it. Imation thoug [ ... ]
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Hard Disk - Samsung 250GB Laptop SATA 20/08/2009 | kalum
 The software we use for measuring hard disk drive performance, DiskSpeed32, performs really long tests, Â since it reads all sectors on the hard disk measuring the achieved transfer rate and plotting a graph. Normally the hard disk transfer rate varies according to the part of the disk that is being read. The disk transfer rate is higher at the disk's edge, lowerin [ ... ]
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Ribbon - Epson 7753 20/08/2009 | kalum
 The replacement ribbon cartridge is an accessory for the ActionPrinter L-1000 dot-matrix printer, ActionPrinter-3000 Â dot-matrix printer, ActionPrinter-4000 dot-matrix printer, ActionPrinter-5000 dot-matrix printer, ActionPrinter-5000+ dot-matrix printer, EPSON LQ-200 dot-matrix printer, EPSON LQ-300 dot-matrix printer, EPSON LQ-500 dot-matrix printer, EPSON LQ-510 [ ... ]
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AMP Netconnect network cable 20/08/2009 | kalum
 Tyco Electronics offers a full array of AMP NETCONNECT high performance products for data centers and storage  area network applications. All designed for fast and easy field termination with minimal field training. Combining pre-tested, pre-terminated cable assemblies and cassettes makes installation as simple as: mounting the cassettes, pulling or placing the cabl [ ... ]
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