Category: Reviews

Blueant SuperTooth 3 Car Kit

I ordered one of these because I spend a lot of time in the car, on the phone, and on the phone in the car. I’ve gone through about 5 bluetooth earpieces, and was despairing that I could get something that worked, and simply.   It’s great. I tried turning it off and on every time I left the car

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iPhone Software v3.0

I have one of the original iPhones, imported for me by a customer (thanks Urs!) and it’s been interesting to see the development of the hacking tools that go with the software updates. I tend to update infrequently because of the difficulty- it’s like hitting yourself with a hammer- it feels so good when you stop. So I upgraded to

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Drobo!

We’ve recently been testing the Data Robotics Drobo Data Storage Robot. They call it a robot because it handles all of the complex stuff behind making a RAID. It’s a black box with flashing lights, some of which work as a capacity indicator, and it looks very cool. It’s a struggle to get people to back up at all (less

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Hacintosh!

During the Christmas holidays last year I decided to attempt to install Mac OS X on standard PC hardware, and this is what happened. I started by looking at compatibility lists on the internet, then proceeded to buy a bunch of hardware. I wasn’t too concerned at this stage to plan things down to the last bolt, as I figured there

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