04/14/04 |
How smart is Microsoft's smart phone?
Heard the one about what would happen if Microsoft made a phone? Wait a sec, it did. The Motorola MPx200 has its fans, but it's no Treo 600.
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02/09/04 |
The desktop's road to extinction
By ditching the desktop, the PC is looking for a new lease on life.
But that doesn't mean that desktop vendors are giving up. On the contrary,
they're hard at work growing a category of entertaining replacements for
the trusty PC workhorse. But what exactly is a "lifestyle PC"?
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11/12/03 |
A drive that's at home on the road or on a network
From DVD players to digital video recorders, no self-respecting gadget
goes out the door nowadays without an Ethernet jack in the back. Now you
can add hard drives to that list thanks to Ximeta's NetDisk, a stylish,
portable drive with a twist.
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08/27/03 |
Do-it-all DVD burners
Multiformat DVD drives are burning up the charts. New drives will soon add DVD-RAM to the mix.
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06/25/03 |
Must-see notebook PC
Who needs a couch? Become a portable potato with a laptop that's also a digital video recorder.
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06/05/03 |
HP plays hardball
The newly merged company has become number one in notebooks by stealing a page from Dell's playbook.
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05/20/03 |
Personal computer non grata
It's been a bad couple of weeks for the PC. Find out what John Morris thinks the industry needs.
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04/29/03 |
Tablet's true calling
These machines are designed for work, but John Morris discovers that they're really better suited for play.
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04/03/03 |
Era of the hot spot
Waiting for corporate WANs to kick-start the wireless era? You need to spend more time in your local Starbucks.
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03/20/03 |
Centrino reality check
Wondering what the Intel Centrino hubbub is all about? Columnist John Morris debunks some myths.
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02/11/03 |
Pint-sized printers
Sick of grainy inkjet photos? Columnist John Morris tells you why you need a snapshot printer.
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01/13/03 |
17-inch LCDs on parade
Jealous of the 17-inch iMac? Finally, PC LCD vendors have come around with their own wide loads.
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11/11/02 |
Round 8: AOL vs. MSN
The online heavyweights are locked in a title bout with new 8.0 versions. MSN floats like a butterfly, but will that be enough to sting AOL?
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09/20/02 |
Freeloading neighbors, be gone!
Microsoft's new home networking hardware boasts killer security. Should D-Link and Linksys be afraid?
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08/16/02 |
Moving to Mac?
You've seen the ads. But is switching really as simple as Apple would have you believe? It depends.
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07/15/02 |
Building bigger notebooks
Executive Editor John Morris zeroes in on a growing trend of large laptops. Find out what they have to offer.
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07/01/02 |
Call it MS Expo
How Microsoft managed to dominate TechXNY, which was once a hard-core hardware show, this year.
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06/17/02 |
Going on the grid with HomePlug
It's not as glamorous as wireless, but networks that use power lines could find a home in your home.
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06/04/02 |
Better Bluetooth products
Executive Editor John Morris evaluates a few Bluetooth products that actually work-some better than others.
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05/21/02 |
Better photo prints to come
Executive Editor John Morris explains how two new standards could improve the results you can get from your digital camera.
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05/06/02 |
DVD-recordable battle
It may still be too early to declare a winner, but here's why Executive Editor John Morris is betting on DVD+RW to overtake the competition.
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04/22/02 |
Second thoughts on security
Executive Editor John Morris never took viruses and other security threats seriously-until now. Find out why he changed his mind.
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04/08/02 |
Are for-pay music services worth your dime?
Why pay for digital music when there are so many free tunes on the Web? Executive Editor John Morris looks for the answer as he test-drives two new pay-to-play services.
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