Category Technology

Freedom Optical

Logitech Cordless Freedom Optical

Blast from the past: originally published November 1 2002. This spring I was in the process of upgrading my multimedia PC that’s connected to my television and receiver. It was using a standard keyboard and mouse perched on top of my…

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LG 8120B CD Rewriter

Blast from the past: originally posted May 31 2001. It’s tough to review optical drives, like CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs. Once you get past the model number, it’s pretty much a look at some benchmarks and a picture of the front, top,…

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IBM Preferred Keyboard

Blast from the past: originally posted December 21 2000. We all have and use a keyboard. Almost all of us are using the model that came with our PC, whether it be from Dell, Compaq or a clone shop. It’s only when…

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Enlight EN-7150

Blast from the past: originally published April 5 2002. After my rant on finding the right case size, I grabbed a few micro ATX cases to see what’s what. First up for review is the Enlight 7150.(editors note: product is now…

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Enlight EN-7200

Blast from the past: originally published December 13th 2000. When you think of getting yourself a new computer case, first thoughts go to a huge tower with twelve case fans or a sleek and sexy mini tower with that cool…

American Conquest

Blast from the past: originally published June 17th 2003. Next up is American Conquest from CDV. Not a big name in North America, but they’ve has a lot of European hits like Sudden Strike and Cossacks. American Conquest is a real time…

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Resizing Images in GIMP

I’ve been looking after the back-end of Comic Book Daily, a website running on WordPress.  This is a comic book website so it’s very visual: one of the things people want is a lot of images.  For this we’re using…

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Microsoft High Definition AV Pack

Blast from the past: originally published June 17th 2003. I’ve finally started playing some games on my X-Box. A guy at work was selling his X-Box with two controllers and some games for a song, so I couldn’t pass up the…

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M-Systems DiskonKey

Blast from the past: originally published September 27th 2002. The concept is so simple it makes you wonder why it wasn’t thought of before. Take flash memory and put it into a compact size, small enough to fit on a keychain. The…