Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Logitech Speaker System Z623 Review

Computer technologies race forwards at dizzying speeds, but loudspeaker design hasn’t changed much in the past 100 years. It’s hardly surprising, then, that PC systems rarely include speakers, leaving you to choose your own or stick with your old ones.

Logitech Speaker System Z623 Review 
Logitech Speaker System Z623 Review
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Monday, January 17, 2011

SilverStone SST-FT03B

The interior of the chassis utilizes SilverStone’s unique stack effect cooling layout so a Micro-ATX motherboard is mounted in 90 degree rotation to take advantage of hot air’s natural tendency to rise. This design also enables the FT03 to support graphics cards that are as long as 13.7 inches without the chassis taking up similar room depth-wise. In addition, the chassis also supports three 3.5” hard drives with one capable of hot-swapping function and one 2.5” drive bay for excellent storage flexibility. 


Logitech Introduces Solar-Powered Keyboard

Logitech introduced the Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750, the company's first light-powered keyboard. The novelty powers itself itself through its integrated solar panel whenever there's light, even indoors. No batteries or charging cables needed.

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD Review


Creative Labs has to be one of the most well known audio companies in the PC audio world.  They pioneered many audio technologies related to gaming and for a very long time they ruled the PC soundcard market with no real opposition.

[via - Bit-tech]

Glasses-Free 3D Makes You Look Like You Have a Muscle Spasm

Filmmaker and visual artist Francois Vogel has developed the world's strangest glasses-free 3D solution. In technical speak, this "system works only on 120Hz monitor displays [and] simulates 3D Active Shutter Glasses." Video after the break.


Friday, January 14, 2011

myTV is an Adobe Air based cross-platform application designed to create a personal TV for directly accessing  YouTube channels. It can be used to subscribe to video channels and playlists by simply copying and pasting links from your browser. You can also organize favorite videos by category, channel type and links. Since myTv is an Adobe Air application, therefore it can be installed on Windows, Mac and Linux based OS.

Main Interface 

Dolby Setup Guide Fine-Tunes Your Simple or Serious Home Theater

Just because you've only got two speakers and a subwoofer doesn't mean you should just place the speakers wherever there's space. Audio firm Dolby offers an interactive app that shows the best speaker setups, angles, and distances for your living room.

Dolby Setup Guide Fine-Tunes Your Simple or Serious Home Theater 

Handbrake vs. Freemake: Video Converter Showdown

Handbrake is a very capable video converter, and while it's not the only option out there, it's one of the best. But that could soon change. A new video conversion utility (Windows only) is putting a spin on many of Handbrake's best features — and the results aren't half bad, either.
 
 

XBMC vs Plex vs Boxee: The Battle for Screen Supremacy

Like all things in the tech world, it started where you'd least expect. A group of programmers, using a leaked and illegal development kit, created one of the best media players we've seen to date. It was called Xbox Media Center, it ran on a gaming console, and it launched a new breed of multi-capable media suites that handled everything from YouTube streams to VCDs.


Skifta Streams Media to Your Phone or TV From Anywhere

Windows/Mac/Linux and Android: If you've been longing to stream your home media to your Android phone on-the-go, Skifta will do that and more. Not only will it stream to your phone, but will also stream to your friend's TV or stereo.



[via -Skifta]