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Loewe's new 3D TV is a true Individual

A walk through a major electronic store these days would show you just how far HDTVs have come in the style department. But if there's one thing they lack, it's customizability.

The latest 3D TV from Loewe, called the Individual 3D, gives owners a plethora of design options. These include the shade of the TV chassis, the color accents on the sides of the bezel, various matching speaker options, and some swanky-looking TV stands.

Just how much customization is available? The chassis comes in three colors--black, silver, and white--while buyers can choose from seven default shades for the color accents on the sides, with a custom option for fussier home A/V buffs to choose a specific hue. Loewe even makes several matching TV stands and speakers that include a pair of 3.7-foot-tall electrostatics, which reproduce sound using static electricity. … Read more

Pictures, proper

Acumen Business Systems' Multiple Image Resizer .NET, or MIR .NET, is a free tool designed to help digital camera owners manage their saved pictures. It can resize single images or automatically resize whole folders full of huge digital snapshots at once. It's compatible with a wide range of image file formats and includes useful features, such as the ability to select image output resolution in dots per inch. Different methods of resizing images allow for different levels of image quality, which we like for the ability to resize a lot of different images to fit, say, a Web page, … Read more

Poorly designed downloader

The Internet contains an abundance of entertaining and educational content in both audio and video formats, and sooner or later almost everyone finds themselves wanting to download such content for later use. Fortunately for all of us, many programs have cropped up in recent years to help us with this task. HiDownload is one such program; but, we're sorry to say, it's not nearly as user-friendly as some others we've encountered.

The program's interface is plain and doesn't offer a whole lot in the way of direction. Some of the features were pretty easy to … Read more

Compatibility program

MB Astro Compatability Test Software allows users to look at the potential ability to pair up with another individual. While entering some of the details can be a chore, the results are quick and mostly easy to read for novices.

This program's interface is an interesting mixture of simplicity and astrological jargon, which makes it slightly confusing for newcomers. However, the program is easily navigated from its input screen and its results screen, which makes it manageable. The Help file showcases program details, but nothing about astrology. Inputting birthdays and places of birth was a simple matter of filling … Read more

Trend watch: Individual desserts

Little did we know that the cupcake craze was actually a symptom of a much larger desire for individualized desserts. Sure, we've always had tartlets, creme brulee, and pudding. But lately we've noticed a couple of ideas for turning normally communal desserts into single-serving affairs.

For example, why bake a whole pie when you can bake individual slices in one of these pans? The 2/3-cup, wedge-shaped stoneware pan, which we first saw on Baking Bites, bakes a perfectly sized slice of pie (or other pastry) so you don't have to worry about the crust falling apart … Read more