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HIS Excalibur 9600SE Review

GotApex bundles up against subzero temps and posts up an icicle covered review of the HIS Excalibur 9600SE.

JAMO E855 Reference Tower Speakers Review

Jamoe charges into the North American speaker market with some compelling offerings. The JAMO E855 Towers look great, but do they sound great too?

Ximeta NetDisk 80GB External Drive Review

Mod The Box reviews the handy but affordable Ximeta external hard drive complete with integrated ethernet. Perfect for the small office.

Samsung SGH-E700 Camera Phone Review

The lucky guys over at the HardwareZone get a chance to review the very slick Samsung SGH-E700 camera phone. It looks like the SGH-E700 scores very high on the scale.

ATI All-In-Wonder 9800Pro Review

HardOCP takes ATI’s latest AIW based on the Radeon 9800Pro VPU for a spin and see how it performs in games as well as a look into the multimedia features this video card offers.

LobeMan FM Radio Review

The LobMan looks like a Bluetooth headset but it is actually an FM radio set that fits snuggly around your ear.

ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe Motherboard Review

ASUS further strengthens their nForce2 Ultra 400 position with the new A7N8X-E Deluxe. Can the enhanced motherboard for AthlonXPs keep pace with today’s speed champions?

HP iPAQ 4355 Pocket PC Review

For those of you who need a PDA with everything built in, The Gadgeteer says the HP iPAQ 4355 is for you.

Shuttle ST61G4 SFF PC Review

HardOCP reviews Shuttle’s latest Small Form Factor XPC using the new ATI 9100 IGP chipset. We compare and contrast it with the big guns.

Polk Audio Intros New LSiW Subwoofer

Polk Audio has just announced the introduction of the new LSiW high performance powered subwoofer.

Atlantic Technology System 4200

The THX-Select certified System 4200 features optional side panels and advanced room compensation controls for acoustic and aesthetic flexibility

Connect 3D Radeon 9600 XT Review

While not its more muscular bigger brother the 9800 XT in raw frames it does bring excellent performance to the table that the remaining 95% of us who can't afford the 9800 XT.

Ximeta Netdisk Review

Both Hard Extreme and The Tech Loung review the popular Ximete external hard drive. This is no ordinary hard drive as you can hook it up to your network for all to share - directly.

Siemens MC60 Review

The MC60 from Siemens represents their entry-level camera phone. it has enough bells and whistles on its spec list to get your attention, but does it live up to that list?

Crucial Radeon 9600 Pro Videocard Review

After some initial teething problems, Crucial now sells some of the best high end ATi videocards on the market. Team that up with Crucial's excellent level of

Eumax 5-in-1 MP3 Player Review

Is it possible for an MP3 player to offer 5 different features in one little device? You may be surprised, or not.

Lite-On LVD-2002 DVD player review

Only a handful of hardware manufacturers have actually offered support for DivX/XviD in home DVD systems and with the LVD-2002, Lite-On joined the rank and file.

HP to offer music service at Jan. 2004 CES

plans to introduce an Internet music store and portable music player next year, as early as 1st Quarter.

Sprint to sell Toshiba VM4050 camera phone

The PCS Vision Video Phone VM4050 by Toshiba lets customers instantly take and share videos directly from a mobile phone.

Sprint to offer Sanyo VM4500 video phone

Stylish, clamshell-style Sanyo VM4500 also offers camera and camcorder functionality, built-in flash/movie light, speakerphone, and 2.1-inch color LCD display.

NextBase Tablet DVD Player (SDV17-A)

The importance of the VCR can never be overstated when we take a look at the evolution of home and personal entertainment, however it appears that it is now time for a change.

China upgrades DVD to evade licensing fees

The China digital disk technologies community announced that it will promote an upgraded consumer electronic product, in place of DVD, in the coming golden sales season.

New Pen-Based Nokia 3108 phone

Nokia today added a new mobile phone with intuitive pen input and handwriting recognition capability optimised for messaging to its product portfolio.

Siemens CL55 phone for China

The CL55 was developed especially for China; in addition to a 65,000-color display, it also enables extra-long Chinese SMS to be written.

Samsung SyncMaster 213T review

Envy news reviews the good looking Samsung SyncMaster 213T LCD monitor.

Nokia sneaks out second Bluetooth headset

Nokia have unveiled a new addition to their range - the Wireless Boom Headset. The sleek silver headset operates via Bluetooth and fits either ear.

ATT to bring NFL football to your phone

Motorola and AT&T wireless bring NFL fans Pro Bowl voting via text messaging.

Samsung SyncMaster 213T review

Tweaknews review the new Samsung SyncMaster 213T 21" LCD monitor.

LG Electronics unveils 76-inch plasma

LG Electronics today announced that it has developed the world's largest-screen PDP TV.

SanDisk industrial grade SD cards

SanDisk has released new industrial grade SD cards designed for durability and flexibility.

Kodak stops making slide projectors

Eastman Kodak Company announced its intent to stop making and selling slide projectors by June 2004.

Garmin iQue 3600 PDA is also a GPS device

The personal digital assistant has come a long way from the days when all it could do was maintain an electronic calendar and address book.

Ximeta NetDisk 80GB review

An external hard disk with a spin – USB 2.0 and 10/100 Ethernet connectivity. The ultimate network share.

Samsung intros new mobile phones in Germany

The Samsung Electronics’ new line of GSM wireless handsets, SGH-E700, SGH-X600, and SGH-X100 made their debut in Frankfurt on August 26 (local time).

New Samsung GPRS SGH-C100 phone

Samsung Electronics announced the launch of the dual band, GPRS SGH-C100, its slimmest colour screen mobile phone ever with a design philosophy inspired by Zen minimalism.

Samsung Syncmaster 192t LCD review

Samsung is famous for their LCD displays and the 192T is no exception. One of the neat things about the 192t is the ability to mount it to the wall.

IBM gets AS/400 running on PSone

Hackers have been able to run IBM's AS/400 enterprise operating system on a humble PSone.

Kirby creator leaves Nintendo

Masahiro Sakurai, the man who created Kirby for Nintendo and directed the critically acclaimed Smash Bros. series, has resigned from his job at Nintendo's HAL laboratories.