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

Graphics power is key to playing HD videos on a PC

Published on July 28, 2006 to Digital Entertainment Miscellaneous

Games may not be the only applications anymore that create an incentive for buying a faster graphics card. HD DVD and Blu-ray videos require enormous processing power to decode codecs and overwhelm virtually all CPUs available today. So, how much does it take to make HD look good on a PC screen? TG Daily got a first impression at an exclusive meeting with Nvidia. Read more

Graphics Boost: Dell Inspiron 8600 Gets ATI MR 9600 Turbo

Published on April 21, 2004 to Notebooks and Laptops

What more can Dell add to its fast and furious Dell Inspiron 8600 notebook with a 15.4" wide screen display, 7200 rpm hard drive and Pentium-M 1.7 GHz CPU? The answer is ATI's MR 9600 Pro Turbo graphics processor. So does this notebook's 3D graphics capabilities get any better? Read more