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

Rolling your own Car PC

Published on June 22, 2006 to Desktop Computers

In-Car PCs are something you generally see fitted into the Humvees of the rich and famous, allowing them to play MP3s, navigate via GPS and watch movies all in one neat package. However with a bit of do-it-yourself work, you too can have a CarPC! Read more

Play Your iPod In The Car

Published on December 19, 2006 to Home Theater

You can get tiny FM transmitters that sound good, mid-size transmitters with better quality, or full-size combination transmitters and charging units, where the convenience and quality is worth the price. But iPods have the advantage, because the sound quality from a dock connector is noticeably better than that from a transmitter that plugs into the headphone jack. Read more

Eurocom's D900K F-Bomb Is The Monster Car of Gaming Notebooks

Published on July 11, 2006 to Notebooks and Laptops

Eurocom's D900K F-Bomb notebook is large, heavy and, when in the middle of a challenging game, noisy and hot. Still, even compared to Dell's powerful XPS M1710, the computer delivers very good performance and has the kind of cachet associated with the best of the monster gaming machines. Read more

Hot Import Nights: The Religion of Car Modding

Published on April 8, 2005 to Desktop Computers

In case you didn't know, car tuning aficionados care a whole lot about glowing lights, cool paint jobs and fan coolers - not unlike the PC case modding crowd. THG was on hand for Hot Import Nights, one of the more testosterone-charged car shows that would do any LAN party proud. Read more