Palm Zire 72
Finding your optimal personal digital assistant isn't easy.
First-hand experience shows how process modeling can help
If you've ever worked with process and business modeling software, chances are you've felt like a character in a Dilbert cartoon.
Travel light with a multifunction handheld
Handheld computers, like cell phones, have become work necessities, not mere niceities.
Plantronics M3000
Not too long ago I was driving in the District of Columbia when I noticed that the police were stopping drivers for using a cell phone without a hands-free headset. The district's law had just taken effect, and the idea of a $100 fine had just crossed my mind when my cell phone rang.
FujiFilm F700
If you're in the market for a new digital camera, the FujiFilm F700 is well worth a look. It is, hands down, the finest point-and-shoot digital camera I've ever used.
iCarPlay Wireless and iSpeaker
Car companies like Honda and BMW have started placing auxiliary ports in the dashboards of some models so users can play devices such as the Apple iPod through their car stereo speakers.
Toshiba IK-WB11A
The easiest way to confirm suspicions of wrongdoing is with visual proof, but installing surveillance cameras isn't easy'it can be expensive, time consuming and complicated.
Desktops blaze new trails
A brand-new, high-performance computer suddenly died in the GCN Lab this summer and messed up our reviews schedule.We'd planned to bring you our annual desktop PC review in June, featuring the new Intel 915 G/P and 925X Express chip sets formerly code-named Grantsdale and Alderwood.
HP releases desktop replacements
Hewlett-Packard Co. announced today the release of a desktop replacement that rivals many desktop PCs in speed and performance.
Nokia 3650 not in tune with Bluetooth headset
Swapping a wired cell phone headset for a wireless Bluetooth counterpart is a good idea for safe driving'but not with a Nokia 3650.
WordPerfect Office 12
Corel Corp.'s new version of WordPerfect is aiming to lure away Microsoft Office users by being more office-friendly.
NetMD Walkman MZ-NF610
If you have room for tunes during your daily commute, the NetMD Walkman MZ-NF610 from Sony Electronics Inc. of Park Ridge, N.J., can make for easy listening.
Mac attack: PowerBook performs with the best
Because benchmark results from the Mac OS version of the GCN Lab's Alterion Corp. benchmark software differ slightly from those of the PC version, directly comparing the PowerBook G4 with the other notebooks in this review would literally be a case of Apples and oranges.
Jacks of all trades
Most notebook PC users do a little bit of everything, so they need a workhorse that can plow all kinds of fields. And notebooks today are lasting longer, which raises the chances of having to host demanding new applications.
VOIP can save money, time
Voice over IP conversations used to seem like talking through a pair of coffee cans connected by a string.The last time the GCN Lab tested VOIP, we found that IP phones with browsing capability operated at a snail's pace and sometimes crashed. Connections sounded distorted at both ends. Service took a long time to set up. And when we placed an international call with '911' in the middle of the string, the call was forwarded to the police.
Security Products'Hardware: Kanguru's little device gives you sleight of hand security
Protecting confidential data is one of the hardest things to accomplish outside a secure area, particularly if you're always bringing data back from the road. It's one thing to keep your documents organized; it's quite another to keep them safe.
Desktop Clients: Profile 5's small size fits all
Space'specifically, smaller space'is one of the next frontiers in computing, and the Gateway Profile 5 pioneers this territory with power and performance that won't crowd your desk.
CorelDraw 12 draws faster
The GCN Lab has found that CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12 can perform several kinds of design tasks about twice as fast as previous versions.<br>
Database dressing: Find a program tailored for you
In a perfect world, a database program would fit its user like a glove. It would export and import data effortlessly and reshape itself to fit new needs.But that hasn't happened yet. Database administrators often encounter program glitches they cannot resolve and must do a lot of extra setup work because the software is not intuitive. Anyone who doubts how frustrating this can be should read some of the cries for help on forums such as <a href= "http://www.dbforums.com">www.dbforums.com</a>.
DisplayMate benchmarks project the best and the worst in DLPs
For this review, the GCN Lab generated images on each digital-light-processing projector and used image benchmarks from DisplayMate Technologies Corp. of Amherst, N.H., to pinpoint flaws in image uniformity, white saturation, and color consistency and accuracy.
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