Bill Machrone

Youve doubtless seen the iPod Hi-Fi, Apples supposed boom box, by now, and youve probably also realized that its nothing of the sort. Its a tabletop audio system, less likely to venture outdoors than a New York City house cat. Why would Apple want to make a boom box anyway? Youll recall that in their […]

ZIFFPAGE TITLEAt A Glance > Full Review If you regularly make phone calls from noisy places, the Aliph Jawbone headset is a must-have accessory. The Jawbone uses military-inspired technology to remove background noise from your side of the conversation, sampling the background 500 times per second and continually adjusting its filters for the sounds it […]

Backup has gotten personal: Small drives that match your lifestyle have changed the face of storage and backup. Add-in drives are out of the question now that notebooks are steadily replacing desktops. Fast interfaces such as USB 2.0 and FireWire have made plug-and-play external drives practical, and skyrocketing capacity and plummeting costs have made them […]

AOL caused a stir among users when it introduced AOL Instant Messengers most recent update, version 5.5. This version installed WildTangent, which most security programs identify as spyware, yet companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Gateway deliver it preinstalled on many of their machines. The WildTangent site (www.wildtangent.com) says that its Web Driver platform is merely […]

ZIFFPAGE TITLEAt a Glance Company:Iomega Corp., www.iomega.comPrice:$399.99 list with one cartridge; additional cartridges, $59.99 each; four-pack, $199.99Spec Data:Capacity: 35GB uncompressed, 90GB compressed; Interface: USB 2.0 (interoperable, but slower, with USB 1.1); Cartridge Size: 3.0 x 2.9 x 0.4 inches; Drive Size: 6.0 x 4.3 x 1.3 inches Pros:Small, fast, high-density disks; easy installation and operation; […]

Why would I waste your time writing about a product that doesnt work? Because there is, however small, a need for it. And maybe some enterprising soul will create one that does work, and support it properly. The device in question is called CompuSafe. You plug it into your keyboard port, and your keyboard into […]

New York, December 3, 2001–Inventor Dean Kamen this morning unveiled his invention, variously known as “Ginger” and “It,” ending a full year of speculation. He demonstrated the device on ABCs Good Morning America. Was It worth the wait? It depends on what your definition of “It” is. An electric scooter is a bit of a […]

The majority of business travelers, telecommuters and small-business employees still use it. Homes too far away from the central office or with unsophisticated cable systems do, too. Broadband Internet access is out of reach for the majority of Internet users, either technologically or financially, and that isnt going to change soon. The market for dial-up […]