icube Play@TV reviewed

Published on July 14, 2004 to Networking

There's a lot of multimedia locked in many computers, yearning to be viewed and listened to in the comfort of the family couch potato patch. icube's Play@TV is capable of doing the trick, but we found it to be undistinguished in an increasingly crowded field. Read more

Combining Work with Play: Asus M6000N Notebook

Published on April 7, 2004 to Notebooks and Laptops

With its M6000N Series, Asus wants to prove that its new business notebook series delivers for work and play. Equipped with ATI's Mobility Radeon 9600 graphics card and a 15.1" or 15.4" TFT high-resolution display, our tests showed how and if it's possible to offer the best of both worlds. 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

What's Windows Vista Worth? Play Guy's Guesstimating Game.

Published on September 14, 2006 to Notebooks and Laptops

Guy Thomas is a computer consultant and writer with attitude and a great sense of humor. Here Guy, who lives in the UK, puts dollar values on the various features of Microsoft's coming Vista operating system to determine if it's worth the company's likely asking prices. Read more