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Posted Mar 4th 2008 9:55AM by Darren Murph
Filed under: Laptops
If the bargain priced Cloudbook was just a touch too small for your tastes, open wide for Everex’s 15.4-inch VA1500V. Available now at NewEgg, this 5.3-pound rig features a 1.5GHz VIA C7-M processor, WXGA+ (1,440 x 900) resolution panel, half a gig of DDR2 RAM, a 60GB 5400RPM hard drive, DVD combo drive and a lackluster integrated graphics set. As expected, you’ll also find the firm’s gOS v2 “Rocket” operating system, an Ethernet port, 802.11b/g WiFi, three USB ports, VGA out, audio in / out and a 3-cell Li-ion sure to last an eternity. Still, you can’t kvetch too loudly for $399.99, now can you?

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Looking for a new way to piss off your landlord or co-op board? How about adding a new room to your unit without a contractor or any silly permits?

That’s the opportunity afforded by the "backpack house," a folding, pref-fab cube meant to attach to the side of any dwelling, adding about 80 square feet of living space. It weighs about 2 tons, so anyone above the ground floor is likely to need a crane to get it into position.

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Iomega has a brand new portable hard drive for you to perform all your backups, and it is known as the Iomega REV 120GB Backup Drive. Being the third generation of its kind, it targets small and small and medium-sized businesses, remote work groups and others. It will be launched worldwide this April in two form factors - an external USB 2.0 and internal SATA interface model, with plans for a REV 120GB ATAPI interface model to come sometime in the middle of this year. is planned for mid-year.

According to Tom Kampfer, president and COO, Iomega Corporation, “With a REV install base of 350,000 drives and 2,000,000 disks, tape backup for small business has worn out its welcome. Iomega’s removable REV platform is a proven technology that delivers performance and ruggedness that no tape product can match. Compared to entry-level tape products like LTO-1 and DAT160 format tape drives, the new REV 120GB Backup Drive offers more native capacity, near instantaneous random access to files, faster backups and restores, and ruggedized cartridges - all at a much better drive price. In addition, REV drives offer today’s multimedia enthusiast a limitless storage solution for libraries of content with each 120GB REV disk holding approximately 48,000 photos, 2,000 hours of music or 12 hours of high-definition video.”

Some of the features found in this new REV 120GB Backup Drive includes a maximum data transfer rate of up to 35MB/s, superior third party software support and an estimated 30-year archival life, where in all probability, we won’t be storing data on a much different form factor/media by that time. Each REV 120GB disk comes equipped with an estimated one million rewrite durability, offering a similar kind of performance that tape backup products will never match. Best of all is, you don’t need any sort of head cleaning unlike tape products, and there is no need for expensive retensioning tape replacement regimes.

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One look at this is enough to give me a headache - as if there aren’t enough keys to type on the keyboard already! The Argosy Dual 15K-808 Keyboard Workstation features powder-coated steel legs, integrated rack modules, and internal cables which combine to offer a greater degree of utility to the user. It has more than ample space to hold the most popular brands of keyboard controllers, allowing the budding musician in your to work in relative peace without worrying about a messy desk. The Dual 15K workstation’s basic model retails for $2,075 and can only go upwards, depending on the modifications you decided to put in.

Now this project by Veloz is certainly one that comes from the heart, as he created it just in time for his wedding as a gift to his wife. The keyboard certainly doesn’t look too comfortable to type on, featuring old school typewriter keys, but this mac mini-powered system is definitely one-of-a-kind. Talk about a labor of love that has no price attached to it! Veloz has certainly set a very high standard for everyone else to follow.

Groove to all your tunes with the new in0car Mp3 player by Solam. The SL-828 in-Car mp3 player comes with a full-frequency FM wireless transmission at a range of 87.5MHZ ~ 108.0MHZ, an OLED display, 1GB or memory storage, a built-in battery, in-car charger and USB connectivity. Get yours today for.
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Posted Mar 4th 2008 9:43AM by Paul Miller
Filed under: GPS
Navigon is hitting CeBIT with some new and fairly expected hotness: the 8110. With a 4.8-inch WQVGA screen, full 3D maps and some sexy brushed metal looks, this one’s going to turn some heads — just promise you’ll try and keep your eyes on the road, will you? There’s a 533MHz processor under the hood, along with a independent graphics accelerator to handle the 3D. 512MB of ROM and 128MB of RAM round out the specs, which won’t exactly make this your second computer, but should handle media from SD cards just fine. TMC Pro is also included for higher quality traffic info. The 8110 should hit Europe at the end of April for €449, no word on a US release yet.

Posted Mar 4th 2008 3:01AM by Ryan Block
Filed under: Peripherals, Storage
If you just thought to yourself Holy crap Iomega is still around? And they still make the Rev drive? Wasn’t that introduced almost four years ago?, well, you aren’t alone. Apparently the company is introducing a new backwards compatible version of the drive in 120GB capacities, which is sure to be ignored just as roundly as every other non-optical product the company’s made since peoples’ Zip and Jaz drives started going click in the 90s.

Are you a big Apple fan but you don’t have money for a new Mac? The solution is to buy a used Mac or use a PC. Of course you don’t like PC so the only solution is a used Mac. This is a common problem and can be a real challenge to buy a used Mac from eBay. So is a good idea to buy from a online shop specialized in this kind of business.

We search and we found DV Warehouse shop (DVWarehouse, Inc. founded in 2001 and headquartered in Southern California). They stock a wide selection of the most popular used mac, Power Mac G4, Powerbook & iBook laptop Computers, iMac & eMac, Power Mac G3 and , what is important, all the used mac carry our 90-Day Warranty and are in stock for immediate delivery. If you do not find the apple macintosh model you are searching for in the their list, you can contact them directly by toll free call ((800) 463-1322, locally (323) 463-5005) or email (sales@dvwarehouse.com) and DV Warehouse claim that they can locate for you any Mac models.

About Pre-Owned Mac: DV Warehouse’s technicians do their best to restore each system to their factory specifications. This includes replacing any parts that have failed, restoring factory software, cleaning the units and insuring that they function properly. DV Warehouse warranties every Pre-Owned Mac they sell for 90 days. As with any used product, some minor scratches, dings, or imperfections may be present, and these minor cosmetic defects are not covered under the 90 day warranty. Manuals and system discs are not included.

Having problems with the strength of the WiFi signal on your big house? The router isn’t good enough? Have you tried using the Hawking Hi-Gain Dish?

The special Dish can improve the wireless signal by 300% which means that… in theory there won’t be anymore problems to use a laptop and browse some websites, while being far away from the router/signal.

The dish connects to a computer via USB, and costs $62.

The built-in LED signal strength indicators provide network signal information to pinpoint the strongest signal available within your area.

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