15 Business Diamonds in the Consumer Electronics Rough

15 Business Diamonds in the Consumer Electronics Rough

The DigitalLife consumer electronics show Sept. 27 to 30 at the Jacob Javitz Center, New York, and the associated ShowStoppers and Pepcom Holiday Spectacular” events, might be better associated with debuts of the latest Guitar Hero or Roomba,

15 Business Diamonds in the Consumer Electronics Rough – ZoneAlarms ForceField

ZoneAlarms new ForceField runs IE and Firefox in a virtual environment, so all personal information is erased after a Web browsing session. Other protection includes anti-phishing and Zone Alarms Spy Site Blocker. Registered users will be able to downlo

15 Business Diamonds in the Consumer Electronics Rough – Notebook ExpressCard/PCMCIA Adapters

Want to use an ExpressCard, but youve got a PCMCIA-slot notebook? Make it work with Duel Systems DuelAdapter Cradle ($49.95), a driverless PCMCIA adapter cradle that connects an ExpressCard to your PCMCIA slot. Duel Systems DuelAdapterexternal adapter

15 Business Diamonds in the Consumer Electronics Rough – SoundID Bluetooth Headset

SoundID is joining the high-end Bluetooth phone headset league, applying hearing-aid technology to its SM 100 Ear Module ($129.00), which includes three sound profile settings, an in-ear approach (with option earpiece), and pass-through for ambient so

15 Business Diamonds in the Consumer Electronics Rough – Use Your cellphone via Cordless Handsets

Cell phone coverage not good enough inside your office or house? Theres a growing number of solutions, ranging from expensive signal-repeater/boosters to WiFi/VOIP bridging services. The GE 28128EE2 DECT 6.0 Cell Fusion ($179) takes a simple, sensible ap

15 Business Diamonds in the Consumer Electronics Rough – A Cell Phone For Dirty, Bumpy Environments

Do you abuse your cell phone — drop it, take it to construction sites or harsh environments? Try Sanyos SCP-7050 rugged mobile phone that meets the Military Standard 810F for dust, vibration and shock ($99, for Sprint users only, with a two-year contra

15 Business Diamonds in the Consumer Electronics Rough – Kensington sd200v Notebook Docking Station with Video

If you use your notebook at a desk and on the road, connecting peripherals can be a chore, especially if youre using an external monitor. Kensingtons new sd200V Notebook Docking Station with Video ($139.99) lets notebook users do it with a single USB c

15 Business Diamonds in the Consumer Electronics Rough – Lenovo’s Green Desktop

Lenovos new ThinkCentre A61e ultra small form factor (USFF) desktop not only saves on desktop space, its eco-friendly in three ways — low-power (theres even a solar-power option), use up to 90 percent reusable/recyclable materials, and 90 percent recy

15 Business Diamonds in the Consumer Electronics Rough – Get Your Voice Mail in an E-mail or Text

Getting your voice messages as e-mail or as text messages makes a lot of sense… Three of the latest means:

• CallWaves Vtxt “GIST” service delivers key words and phrases, based on voice recognition, and works with any handset, numb

15 Business Diamonds in the Consumer Electronics Rough – Hard Disk Manager Suite

Hard Disk Manager 2008 Suite from Paragon Software Group ($79.95) adds defragmentation, including boot-time defrag of the master file table and new features such as partitioning, backup/restore, bootable Recovery CD, and in the corporate editions, secure

15 Business Diamonds in the Consumer Electronics Rough – HughesNet Satellite Internet

If Cable/Telco broadband or WiMAX still havent reached your neck of the woods and youve tired of dial-up, try satellite. HughesNet Satellite Internet service is now bi-directional instead of a phone-return. More than 350,000 users in the

15 Business Diamonds in the Consumer Electronics Rough – Diskeeper 2008

With Diskeeper 2008, to be released this year (Premiere $99, Professional $49, Home $29), defragging has never been easier and more flexible. Insanely low on free space? Use the Extreme Defrag feature. Diskeeper now includes several defrag

15 Business Diamonds in the Consumer Electronics Rough – Talk Hands-Free In/Out of the Office

Use the Plantronics Calisto Pro Series wireless headset and handset ($279.95) for your landline, VOIP and cellular calls. Charging base uses WiFi-friendly DECT 6.0 technology and a USB port for easy VoIP/PC connectivity. Wireless handset works up to 300

15 Business Diamonds in the Consumer Electronics Rough – One-Button Switching Between Calls and Music

The Bluetooth-enabled Plantronics Voyager 855 ($149.95) provides one-button switching between phone calls and music and uses stereo earbuds and AudioIQ noise reduction.

15 Business Diamonds in the Consumer Electronics Rough – OQO Computing In Your Pocket

Smart phones and handhelds have their uses, but for real computer power in your pocket, you need an UltraMobile PC. The OQO Model O2 ($1,299), running XP or Vista, includes a 160GB hard drive or 32GB solid-state hard drive, 1GB RAM, and buil

15 Business Diamonds in the Consumer Electronics Rough – Duracell AA Recharger

Fully charged AA cells and devices are the key to mobile happiness. To maintain mobile happiness Duracell’s 2 or 4-cell Mobile Charger will also do USB charging and for speed refills, try the slightly larger, but remarkable, Duracell 15-Minute Charg

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