Up until the moment I decided to try an SSD for myself, on a regular basis (namely on my home desktop computer), I didn’t realize just what a boost of performance such a storage solution brings to a normal system, especially as far as boot times and application loading are concerned. However, SSDs tend [...]

Boy, if it’s not car dashboards, it’s thermostats — you just can’t get away from touchscreens these days. The latest 7-inch temperature regulator from Silverpac comes with a bunch of extra goodies to entice the touch control-loving generation into the energy conservation game. With WiFi built in, the Silverstat 7 can pump data out [...]

Las Vegas—Favi Entertainment announced two LED-based pico projectors, one a bright business projector (the RIOLED-Q), the other a WiFi-enabled consumer model with integrated Web apps (the RIOLED-V) that’s really a hybrid projector/media player. Both include an SM/MMC card reader as well as built-in memory. The company is also introducing a projector that’s larger than [...]

We’re not sure why you’d want to spend $1,799 on a 5.1-channel receiver with an integrated Blu-ray deck when you can mix-and-match plenty of terrific 7.1 receivers and BD players separately for far less, but hey — it’s CES and Denon’s introducing the S-5BD in case you do. Sure, it’ll do BD-Live and do [...]

Typically, gadget hounds shy away from getting their gadgets near water. We all know if you get your laptop or other electronic device wet odds are the thing has had it. M-Edge has unveiled a new case for the Amazon Kindle that encourages you to get the device wet called the Guardian.
The case is [...]

Pure’s always had a knack for crafting elegant, oftentimes unorthodox looking radios. Problem is (at least for you Yanks), they’ve been marketed and sold exclusively across the pond. In our humble opinion, there’s no better time to change that than here at the International Consumer Electronics Show, and sure enough, Pure is making itself [...]

Consolidation of the boxes littered around our TVs is one trend we’re happy to see, and for its part, Sherwood is getting onboard with network connectivity. Following the lead of the company’s R-904 NetBoxx, the RD-7505 also got a dose of Verismo’s VuNow tech for accessing content from DLNA, Hulu, YouTube, CinemaNow and internet [...]

With product names like “Endorphin Rush,” “Freedom,” and “The Tiger Eyes” for its headphones, it’s always been clear that Jaybird strives for a little bit more when it comes to the image associated with its listening devices. So naturally the imaginatively named “SB1 Sportsband” set of Bluetooth headphones would bring one of the classiest [...]