Category Archives: Reviews

New Post on MakeUseOf: Ditch Your Cable Company With Free, Legal Alternatives 1

I started writing for MakeUseOf, which is a blog for web application and other free, useful programs! I just posted an article on Ditching your cable company with free, legal alternatives.
Summary:
Ditching your cable company has never been more viable than it is today. The rise of online, streaming TV shows allows you to save on [...]

Dell SP2008WFP 20″ LCD Widescreen Monitor /w Webcam Review 9

For Christmas my wife and I decided to replace our aging circa 1998 19″ CRT with a new LCD Monitor. After searching the web and reading numerous reviews, I decided to purchase the Dell SP2008WFP LCD Monitor. Some of the major features of this monitor are:

20″ Widescreen HD LCD Monitor
2000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio
1680 x 1050 [...]

Pictomio – Image Catalog Software uses 3D Accelleration Comments Off

Adobe take note – you need to add 3D acceleration to your software. I’ve just checked out Pictomio and it really has a kick-ass GUI which utilizes your 3D accelerating video card to view and zoom photos. This provides a much better viewing experience than my current image library software, Adobe Photoshop Elements. Photoshop [...]

Opera 9.5 alpha “Kestral” – I’m Impressed 2

The Opera team has announced that Opera 9.5 Alpha is now available.
I haven’t been an Opera user in the past. However, I’ve used their Mobile (Opera Mobile and Opera Mini) and their Wii browser and have been impressed. I’ve been missing out!
Opera 9.5 is nice – if you haven’t tried Opera lately I would give [...]

Review: Crossbar MediaCaster Comments Off

Here is the problem: you have a DVR/HTPC hooked up to your TV downstairs, but you have other televisions in your house you wish to use to access the HTPC. How do you distribute the Audio/Video signal to these other television sets?
One solution to this problem is Crossbar MediaCaster, which was kindly provided to [...]