Buying a desktop computer need not be a traumatic experience. You just need to know your specifications and limitations. But, if you are like the majority, identifying the specs alone will prove to be daunting.

Purpose

One should decide the primary use of the computer. Will it be storage for thousands of audio and video files? Will it be used solely for encoding documents and spreadsheets? Or is it intended for a gam (more…)

Choosing a gadget can be a complicated task. There are a huge number of gadget retailers, both online and off, and they offer a numbing array of items. If you’re looking to buy someone a gadget, a lot of your decision will depend on how much money you plan on spending. There are gadgets for every budget, and for every season.

Here’s a few gadgets that may be of interest:

Smartphones: Smartphones are just that, phones with a (more…)

A portable CD/DVD disposal unit that plugs into the USB port. That’s what CD Destroyer from Vubest of Taiwan is. At the touch of a button, the device scratches circular patterns on CD’s readable surface rendering its contents useless in six seconds. It’s not very clear how the company’s claims that this is the eco-friendly and safest way to get rid of your optical media, but if you do not have the knack for physically snapping your CD into hal (more…)

2008 has almost drawn to a close and its time for the world as a collective whole to draw breath gather its thoughts and throw out those lists of changes in the year that made people sit up and take notice.

While the first half of the year could have been called a Mac(intosh) attack (first there was the Macbook Air, then the 3G iPhone) and the second half of the year was the approaching ecopocalypse there was still other news and ga (more…)

When I was growing up the most exciting toys I came across were conkers and marbles. However great these may have been they seem to have been shunted right out of the way with the wealth of gadget toys that are available these days. The range and variety of gadgets on offer is incredible. What’s even more incredible is the level of sophistication that goes into some of these toys.

The level of technology in some of the toys ava (more…)

With the advent of technology, life is becoming relatively easy to handle. In fact, so easy has it become such that we are now able to take control of ourselves and do some of the things that required that we hire professionals to do them for us. Remember those times that required you to hire a guard to provide security for your home? Well now, those days are long gone and now you can make use of high tech gadgets to protect your house, family (more…)