The Acer Aspire One 532h has a 10.1-inch LCD that is LED backlit with a screen resolution of 1024 x 600. The netbook has 1GB of RAM and a 250GB HDD. Other features include a memory card reader, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, integrated web cam and a 6-cell lithium ion battery. The processor is the new Intel Atom N450 and the machine runs Windows 7 Starter. The machine starts at only $299 with a 160GB HDD, my test unit has a larger HDD so it will cost a bit more than the starting price. At the time of writing, the netbook isn't on the main Asus website....more

I don't test a lot of storage devices here, but with SSDs coming down in price to the point where many enthusiasts can now afford to add one as a boot drive, I thought I would give the OCZ Agility SSD a go. I am not going to get all hard core with benchmarks and will instead look at some real world usage of the drive with my apps and run a few basic benchmarks to give you an idea of what you will really see by moving to a SSD rather than a HDD....more

The film is easy enough to install, but my fear with anything that includes a second sheet is that it won't stick for long. At first glance the film adheres well and the film seems thick enough to prevent any scratches. The film is much more ridged than the invisibleSHIELD product that I reviewed before. The ridged film also doesn't stick to the surface of the screen as well as the invisibleSHIELD film. Despite how thick the Mirror Protective Film for the iPad I, the touchscreen functions perfectly. I like the mirror sheen the film gives the iPad and my wife liked using it to brush her hair. When the iPad is on the mirror doesn't block any of the resolution or clarity of the screen from being seen....more

I don't like to wear in-ear style earphones with the cables going over my ear; I find the cable to be bothersome while exercising. The lightweight of the Ultimate Ears 700 Noise-Isolating Earphones and the small size of the earphones allowed me to wear them without putting the cable over my ear no matter what I did. Several other sets of earphones I use routinely fall out of my ears from the jostling about that occurs during exercise and yard work, this was not a problem with the Ultimate Ears 700....more

After going through the benchmarks it's clear that the AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE offers a lot of bang for your buck. The AMD part won't best many of the Intel CPUs that sit in the high range, but it competes very well with Intel parts in its price class. Priced at a bit under $250 the AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE is a steal and a part that gamers shopping in the middle of the market will want to seriously consider....more

The Acer Aspire 5738DG-6165 has a 15.6-inch TriDef 3D screen, Windows 7 Home Premium, Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 processor, 4GB of RAM, 320GB of storage, and graphics via Mobility Radeon 4570 GPU. The machine also has built-in WiFi, memory card reader, webcam, and a modem. The Acer Aspire 5738DG-6165 was subjected to my Battery Eater Pro test, iTunes encoding test, and my Windows Media Encoding tests. Battery Eater Pro showed that at maximum performance the machine was good for 77 minutes of run time per charge. With the screen turned down to 50% brightness the battery lasted 82 minutes....more

The BlueAnt S1 is a hands free device that connects to the sun visor in your car. The S1 supports Bluetooth v 2.0 and has coverage of up to 10 meters. The battery inside the device is a rechargeable lithium ion unit and has talk time of up to 15 hours and a standby time of up to 8 hours. The device takes 3 hours to charge. Other features include multipoint allowing two phones to connect at once and the one that rings gets answered on the BlueAnt S1. Full DSP noise cancellation is included as well as echo cancellation. The BlueAnt S1 support voice dialing if you handset does....more

The Logitech Squeezebox Radio has 802.11b connectivity along with a wired Ethernet port for connecting to the Internet. The device supports MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, and WMA formatted radio streams. Audio formats supported include MP3, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, and Apple Lossless. The wireless connection supports multiple types of encryption and security and the device has a 3.5mm input jack on the rear. A single 3-inch driver with a 3/4-inch tweeter produces the sound. The device measures 5.12" x 8.66" x 5.04"....more

It wasn't so long ago that projectors were large devices that were very expensive to purchase. Anyone who traveled with a projector knows how bulky they could be. Today we are going to look at the new and very compact BenQ Joybee GP1 Mini Projector. The little projector is considerably smaller than many of the projectors on the market. The BenQ Joybee GP1 uses DLP technology and has a SVGA resolution on 858 x 600. The little projector offers 100 ANSI lumens of brightness and a contrast ratio of 2000:1. The aspect ratio is 4:3 or 16:9 and is user selectable. The display can show 16.7 million different colors. The zoom ratio is fixed and the projector can throw an image from 15-inches to 80-inches. ...more

One of my all time favorite arcade games is Big Buck Hunter. I'm not into killing real animals, but I will shoot me some virtual deer and other types of varmints. Today I am going to check out the home version of Big Buck Hunter Pro. The game is a plug and play style game from Jakks Pacific. The game is lots of fun and if you are a fan of the arcade version, the home version may be just what you want. The Big Buck Hunter Pro TV Video Game is a plug-and-play video game that has no cartridges and is powered by AA batteries. The cam connects directly to your TV via RCA jacks and works on CRT, Projection, LCD, and Plasma TVs....more