Woman Exposing Her Breasts Highlights Privacy Concerns Of Google Street View
Published on May 16, 2008 to Using the InternetThe European Union’s data protection supervisor Peter Hustinx has joined the growing chorus of calls on Google to beware the pitfalls of its street-level photographic mapping service for Google Maps. Read more
LCD TV And Monitor Makers Trimming Shipment Targets, Says CPT
Published on July 31, 2008 to Display Panels and MonitorsChunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) vice president Brian Lee has revealed the company is seeing branded LCD monitor and second-tier TV vendors trimming their shipments targets. Read more
Monitor Prices To Increase In April
Published on March 28, 2008 to Display Panels and MonitorsIn order to cover rising quotes for monitor panels in April this year, monitor vendors are planning to increase their ASPs (average selling prices), according to sources at monitor vendors. Read more
Prices For Monitor And Notebook Panels Drop
Published on January 22, 2008 to Display Panels and MonitorsAverage selling prices (ASPs) for LCD monitors and notebook panels continue to be affected by the slow season in the second half of January, according to research firm WitsView Technology. Amid... Read more
Dell's Curve Monitor Is Something To Drool Over
Published on January 9, 2008 to Desktop ComputersLas Vegas (NV) - Dell’s Alienware Curve monitor is definitely a sight to behold. Crowds at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show lined up to see Crysis being played o the 3-foot wide curved... Read more
Quick View: GIGABYTE GN-A17GU 802.11g Wireless Access Point
Published on June 29, 2004 to NetworkingGIGABYTE Technology has decided to join the ranks of companies trying to eke out a decent business pursuing the rapidly decreasing margins in consumer Networking products. Their GN-A17GU 11g Access Point turned in decent performance, but left us wondering how GIGABYTE plans to gain market share with me-too, hard-to-find networking products. Read more
Quick View: SanDisk SD Wi-Fi card w/ Zire 71 support
Published on June 24, 2004 to NetworkingIt took eight months, and two backpedals on schedule and supported OSes, but SanDisk finally has added PalmOS support to its SD 802.11b card. The good news is that it works. The bad...well, you'd best read our Quick View to find out the whole story. Read more
Quick View: PCTEL WiFi Seeker
Published on May 4, 2004 to NetworkingPocket-sized WiFi network detectors may seem like a dumb idea at first. But if the size and features are right, they can be a real time-saver for seeing whether it's worth it to pull out the ol' notebook. PCTEL's WiFi Seeker seems to succeed where previous devices have failed. Read our Quick View review and see if you agree! Read more
5.1 Surround Sound on the Cheap
Published on December 17, 2004 to Digital Entertainment MiscellaneousThe 5.1 surround sound experience is a growing must-have for gamers and film buffs who demand life-like resonance for gun shots, explosions and the like during Doom III or DVD play. We look at three entry-level systems to see if a quality 5.1 speaker listening experience can be had for less than $100. Read more
A Billion Colors: HP's DreamColor Monitor
Published on June 10, 2008 to Display Panels and MonitorsHP's $3,499 monitor is for the creative class: People who don't think color should be subjective. The DreamColor comes packing a 30 bit capability (meaning it can show off a billion colors), an RGB LED backlight, and the promise of accurate colors. Read more




