Barnes & Noble Taking An Aggressive Stance Against Amazon On The E-Book Front
With Amazon poised on becoming the dominant force in ebook content, the rest of the booksellers are starting to make their move. Last month, Borders UK rolled out its ebook storefront, which provides content for the Elonex reader exclusively for the UK market. This time, it’s Barnes & Noble getting in on the action, with [...]
Magix Movie Edit Pro 15 Review: Average Video Editor, Unique Multicam Editing
While Movie Edit Pro 15 isn’t the best video editor around, it brings one feature to the table that nothing else in the market can match – two-camera multicam editing. There are two versions of the software, Basic and Plus. We highly recommend going for the latter, which, despite its higher, features a number of [...]
Dell Inspiron 545s: Slim Frame, Good Expansion, No HDMI
As far as desktops go, the Dell inspiron 545s offers an affordable PC with capable performance inside a slim and stylish tower chassis. At the $569 price, it is an immensely great home desktop option, with sufficiently more powerful specs than many boxes around the same price range. Despite the attractive frame, it is a [...]
Haier America Ibiza Trainer: Ultra-Compact MP3 Player With Bundled Fitness Suite
There’s a huge market out there for fitness-oriented music players. In more ways than one, this particular niche is more competitive, with the iPod Shuffle still unable to prove as the indispensable choice the way they Apple has cornered other areas of the market. The Haier America Ibiza Trainer is another one in a long [...]
Palm Opens Up Mojo webOS SDK To The Public
Putting an end to the seeming endless waiting from restless developers, Palm has finally opened up Mojo, the official webOS SDK, to the general public. Arguably one of the easiest platforms to develop apps for (according to those who have tried it), it’s expected to spark a flurry of new entrants to the manufacturer’s still-fledgling [...]
Sony X-Series Walkman Review: High-End Audio Quality, Luxury Price
Positioned as direct competitor to the iPod Touch, the Sony X-Series Walkman is a high-end music player that has the potential to best every other device in its class. Does it succeed and will consumers take to it like they did with the iPod? Carrying a hefty price, it’s not unusual to have high expectations [...]
BattleField Heroes: Fun, Competitive And Free
On first glance, Battlefield Heroes looks like a TF2 clone, as many have alleged. While the claim isn’t unwarranted, a closer inspection will yield a game that has a look all its own, despite the obvious cartoon-like characters and general environment. Visually, the game is a stunner. The graphics are charming, the style wholly original [...]
Olympus Pen E-P1 Review: Shoots Like A DSLR, Handles Like A Compact
The latest digital camera from Olympus borrows its moniker from the Pen range of cameras that the company produced back in 1959. As one of the most successful lines in the company’s long history, it isn’t surprising that the new Olympus Pen E-P1 is generating the kind of buzz among camera enthusiasts. As Olympus’ first [...]
Kindle And The Book Industry: Not Exactly In Peachy Terms
With the Kindle being the most recognizable success in the still-fledgling ebook-reader market, it isn’t surprising that it’s ending up the butt of rumbling. As Amazon looks poised to take over the market the same way Apple has grabbed a hold of music downloads via iTunes, it leaves publishers worried. “The industry as a whole [...]
Toshiba Satellite L305-S5955: 15.4-Inch And $350
A full-fledged 15.4-inch laptop for $350 is an enticing proposition. The Toshiba Satellite L305-S5955, which is exactly that, gets you a large viewing display and a full-size keyboard for the cost of a netbook. While it’s technically a laptop, this entry-level machine doesn’t really bring much more in processing power compared to a netbook. It [...]
