Archive for December, 2009 - Page 4

Those interested in USB 3.0-powered external hard drives may be put off by the price, for example, the Buffalo HD-HU3 costs over $200. For those people, Brando has introduced a low-cost USB 3.0 to SATA adapter dongle that will let you turn any SATA hard drive into a cheap USB [...]

Panasonic bought Sanyo just five days ago, but that hasn’t stopped Sanyo from unveiling a new product in their ‘eneloop’ line of cheap, green gadgets. The new eneloop Music Booster acts as a rechargeable battery for 9V heavy musical equipment.

The Lenovo Wireless Multimedia Remote was quietly released about a month ago. The remote is clearly intended for a Media Center PC as it’s packing a full QWERTY keyboard – as well as a  trackball. To top it off, it’s palm-shaped and can be used perfectly one-handed.

The creative Korean minds at DoDoNA have come up with the S-100, a cubic box MP3 player that’s only 50mm wide, 50mm tall and 50mm deep. DoDoNA makes small, Hello Kitty-like, cute little gadgets, like a small green cube-shaped digital camera, and the S-100 is just the latest in this [...]

Search giant Google has been making waves lately in the hardware market, where they previously had never step foot. First, the Nexus One (aka Google Phone) was revealed earlier this month, and now, specs have leaked of an upcoming ‘Google Netbook’. The netbook will run the new Chrome OS, and [...]

The Roku has been one of the more popular media streaming set-top boxes out on the tech marketplace. Not only does a Roku box let you stream media off of your home network, but users are able to enjoy a number of IPTV channels via the internet. Now, they’ll have [...]

eBook readers are a hit product which explains why everyone in the book business is interested in developing their own model. While the nook is a very hot such device, it’s Amazon’s Kindle that rules the market, for now at least.

It’s not every day that we see hotels here at TFTS, but a five star hotel in London that gets buried under a former golf course deserves our attention. After all, we’re talking about lots of technology involved into making an underground house accept guests.

We have closely followed the conversation between the FCC and Verizon regarding some of the carrier’s latest decisions including the already famous increased early termination fee for advanced devices. Verizon responded to all the questions asked by the FCC last week but that doesn’t mean the latter one has to [...]

It’s still too early to know the real name of Apple’s tablet but rumors say it’s going to be known as the iSlate. This is not the first time we hear that name so it might just prove to be the right one.