Philips sent out a review sample of their new Hue lighting system, a set of three Hue lights with the Hue Bridge that allows you to remotely control the lights. Besides being able to turn the lights on or off, the big claim to fame of the Hue is that you can set the lights to a variety of colors, or you can even program them to cycle through colors. Home automation systems are often proprietary and can be quite expensive, so the entry of Philips into this market (albeit in a limited fashion) with their Hue lighting system has the potential to shake things up a bit. The lights have colored LEDs, and while the initial pack only includes three of the Connected Bulbs...
The Boxee Box Review
Content aggregation has been instrumental in the development of the web. In the early days of the web, destinations held all the power. If you wanted news or reviews...
44 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Ganesh T S on 11/23/2010
Netgear Roku XD: Streaming for the Masses
Today I have in my hands the Netgear Roku XD media streamer, the latest media streaming solution for the living room to get retail store distribution by allying itself...
27 by Alan Lueke on 11/12/2010
Corsair HS1 Gaming Headset
At the risk of sounding like a puff piece and marketing drivel, Corsair has been essentially synonymous with quality hardware for a while now. If you were having trouble...
38 by Dustin Sklavos on 11/4/2010
Asus WiCast: Wireless 1080p to your TV
Intel's been making a decent amount of noise with their Intel Wireless Display, or "WiDi" technology, something our own Vivek Gowri is a big proponent of. But WiDi has...
38 by Dustin Sklavos on 11/1/2010
Western Digital WDTV Live Hub Review
Western Digital has become a noted player in the media streamer market over the last two years. Instead of resting on the laurels received for the WDTV, they have...
53 by Ganesh T S on 10/26/2010
Zotac ZBOX Blu-Ray HD-ID34 Review
Zotac has become quite popular in recent times for their entry level products in the mini-ITX motherboard, Atom / ION nettop and nVidia GPU space. Their mini-PC lineup started...
40 by Alan Lueke on 10/19/2010
Compro Technologies IP540 PTZ Camera
There are currently many choices in IP cameras for those looking to monitor their homes and business locations. Today we are looking at an IP PTZ (Pan-Tilt-Zoom) camera offering...
36 by Cameron Butterfield on 10/12/2010
The Apple TV (2010) Review
The new Apple TV is a lot like the old Apple TV, at least functionally. You get the same limitations and the same plays-well-with-others* behavior (if by others you...
36 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/4/2010
The Apple TV (2010): Dissected
Honestly, Roku's price drop and yesterday's announcement of Hulu Plus coming to the platform probably stole much if any remaining thunder from the imminent arrival of the new Apple...
23 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/29/2010
Context-aware Computing, Intel Paints the Future of Devices
Traditionally a large focus of IDF is looking at future computing trends. For the longest time the name of the game was convergence. The shift to mobility highlighted many...
23 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/15/2010
Moorestown Preview: OpenPeak Tablet Benchmarked and Impressions
In IDF’s technology showcase, we got a chance to catch up with OpenPeak, makers of the OpenTablet 7, a 7” Android tablet running atop the Moorestown Atom Z6xx SoC...
8 by Brian Klug on 9/14/2010
Apple's iPod Touch (2010) Review, Not a Poor Man's iPhone 4
Last week Apple announced a complete overhaul of its iPod lineup including a new Shuffle, a new Nano (with multitouch screen) and a new iPod Touch. While the nano...
89 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/9/2010LG Optimus Series Smartphones to Feature NVIDIA Tegra 2 in Q4 2010
LG was one of the first companies to demonstrate a Moorestown based phone as recently as earlier this year. Just one hour ago however LG announced that starting in...
25 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/6/2010
Samsung Epic 4G Review: The Fastest Android Phone
This one has been a hotly requested item from you all: a review of the Samsung Galaxy S. Samsung sent us their newest Galaxy S phone, the Epic 4G...
98 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/6/2010
Netgear AV Series Set for Expansion
The first half of 2010 saw Netgear get started on their AV Series product line. Their intent was to create a set of products to enhance the consumer's home...
27 by Ganesh T S on 8/25/2010
Powerline Networking with the Western Digital Livewire
Almost all CE devices sold in the market today have some sort of connection to the Internet as well as the home network. The consumers' need to transfer data...
32 by Ganesh T S on 8/24/2010
The Dell Streak Review
The iPhone has an unusual problem. Its UI is fast and smooth enough that you want to browse the web on it. However the device is cramped enough that...
52 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/15/2010
Dropcam Echo : Home Security Meets the Cloud
The last couple of years have seen the introduction of many security cameras aimed at the consumer market. However, mass adoption remains elusive due to complications in getting the...
24 by Ganesh T S on 8/11/2010
Apple's iPhone 4: Thoroughly Reviewed
I'm not sure how this keeps happening. The first year I waited at a mall for 5 hours to get the original iPhone. The following year my friend Mark...
285 by Brian Klug & Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/30/2010
The Sprint HTC EVO 4G Review
For the past couple of weeks I've been playing with an absolute beast of a phone. With a 4.3" diagonal screen, 800 x 480 resolution and a 1GHz Qualcomm...
98 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/28/2010