Hard Disk Drive Video Players Hit The Mainstream

Published on August 29, 2005 to Networking

Until now, DVD players with DivX support have been a good alternative to the noisy living room PC. Now the first multimedia boxes based on hard drives have arrived. They can store hundreds of gigabytes of video and play it directly from the hard drive, yet are hardly bigger than a paperback novel. Read more

Help MobilityGuru Redesign Psion's Iconic, Ultrasmall 5mx

Published on October 5, 2006 to Smartphones

We'll publish an update to this story the first week in January 2007. After looking at the Psion 5mx of the late 1990s, we begin designing a modern version of the highly ergonomic and most iconic back-pocket sized clamshell computer ever. We haven't answered every design question and hope you can help us get everything right. Read more

One GPS With Built-In Luxury Car, Please

Published on July 7, 2006 to Smartphones

Bruce Gain explores the world of GPS receivers from tiny portables to the ones built into fancy cars. Some of his conclusions might surprise you. Read more

The Psion 5mx Redesign Project, Part 2: Your Input

Published on January 3, 2007 to Smartphones

Your response to our October 2005 article on redesigning the Psion 5mx was overwhelming: over 100 e-mails and 100 pages of Forum discussions. Tiago Pascoal has distilled your input and, along with his own thoughts and those of our staff, he discusses the components to be used to build the Psion 20xx. Read more

AMD's CPUs Help Put The Magic In Lucasfilm's Special Effects

Published on May 18, 2006 to Notebooks and Laptops

As Chief Technology Officer of Lucasfilm and Industrial Light and Magic, Cliff Plumer is responsible for bringing together the people and computers behind the spectacular special effects we see on the big screen and in games. AMD CPUs power virtually every stationary and mobile graphics workstation and server at Lucasfim. Read more