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Super Duper

Due to its bulky size and hefty weight, the Iomega Super DVD QuikTouch Video Burner isn’t the most portable of external DVD writers. However, its robust design ensures that the drive is capable of taking a few knocks, unlike some of the ultra-slim top-loading DVD writers available in the market. But what impresses me most… Read More »

Radio Ga Ga

Available in either white and chrome or graphite-metallic and chrome finishes, The Bug is the brainchild of PURE Digital (a leading manufacturer of DAB digital radios) and Wayne Hemingway, the original designer behind the Red Or Dead fashion label in UK. Their partnership led to the creation of a novel little digital radio, which bears… Read More »

Lord of the DVD

There seems to be a new way to watch, listen to, and record DVD media every day. The DVD+RW Alliance fired the first salvo with its 8x DVD+R. Matching its effort is Pioneer and the DVD Forum with their 8x DVD-R. The DVD+RW Alliance subsequently upped the ante with dual layer (DL) DVD+R. Again, Pioneer… Read More »

The Motorola of digital cameras

It’s easy to see why HP hasn’t captured a significant share of the digital camera market. Somehow, the company designs a camera as it would a PC. To say the Photosmart 945’s interface is unintuitive is therefore a bit of an understatement. The fiddly controls are enough to challenge average users, but for those who… Read More »

Not so fast!

Barely a month has gone by and we’re beginning to hear bold predictions befitting of the start of a new year. Ranking high up there is probably Bill Gates’ utterance at the recent World Economic Forum that spam will vanish in two years.The Microsoft chairman said his company was working on three different methods to… Read More »

Re: Merry Christmas

This year, after a decade-long harassment, Santa Claus finally responded to my emails. Apparently, Santa has been experiencing problems with his Exchange server due to a rash of virus infections.I’m not sure if that meant the slightly bloated man-in-red had been taken down by flu or something, as I imagined someone in those freezing conditions… Read More »