We previously reviewed a few options for an HTPC. So what is an HTPC? It stands for home theater personal computer and can have different requirements based on your needs. Some may also refer to it as a TV computer or a media center PC. Regardless what you call it, [...] Read more »
VIA Nano X2 U4025 Review
The ZBOX nano VD01 is the most difficult system to review. Inside the only mini PC we tested from Zotac is a VIA Nano X2 U4025 processor with VX900 / Chrome9 graphics (pictured on right). On paper it looks very promising with CPU specs that should outperform the Intel Atom [...] Read more »
AMD E-450 Review – Linux HTPC
Inside the ZBOX-AD04-U is an AMD E-450 APU with onboard Radeon HD 6320 graphics. We plan to compare it with Intel’s finest Atom processor (with Nvidia graphics) and see which wins as a media center computer. Read more »
Intel Atom D2700 – HTPC Review
The ZBOX-ID80-U sports an Intel Atom D2700 processor and onboard Nvidia GeForce GT 520M graphics in a small package. Does the latest and greatest Intel Atom work well as a Home Theater PC “HTPC” or Media Center computer? Let’s take a look at the “ZBOX” package, the technology inside, and [...] Read more »
Nokia Lumia Comparison – Lumia 710, 800, and 900
Features they have in common: Nokia is making a new run at the US market with the Windows Phone 7 “Mango” OS. While Nokia is very well known in other countries for building quality phones, it has been awhile since they have had an impact in the states. We are [...] Read more »
Symbian Belle experience on Nokia 701
Importing Contacts from Android: Nokia only provides directions to copy contacts over from another Nokia phone. However, importing contacts by other methods is quite easy. Here we are using a generic .vcf import that works well coming from an Android device. Liberating your contacts from Google First, make sure your [...] Read more »
Asus RT-N56U review
Features: 802.11n, dual-band (2.4 and 5 GHz), gigabit ethernet ports, and high throughput. With enough 802.11n products around the house (laptop, tablet, and phone) it was time to update the router. After reading many reviews the ASUS RT-N56U won the honors. It is capable of extremely high total simultaneous throughput [...] Read more »
VMware vs VirtualBox – Running Windows 7 on Linux host
VMware Player 3.1.4 and Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0.10 – An initial review of two free virtual machines. A virtual machine allows basically any guest OS to run within a host OS. In this case running Windows 7 (guest OS) inside Ubuntu 10.04 (host OS). It can also be useful for [...] Read more »
Memories without much Memory
Unless you feel nostalgic and want to take a ride down memory lane, stop reading now. This post is just reminiscing on old computers from the past. Read more »
Mobile Processor Snapshot
The goal here is to break down the main differentiating features of recent, new, and upcoming mobile processors. ARM-based processors lead the superphone and tablet market. I will break-down and quickly explain fabrication and number of cores plus touch on the graphics engines each mobile processor uses. Let’s dig in. Read more »