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VIA Eden X2-packing AMOS-3002 dual-core Car PC Price VIA is planning to get some serious mileage out of its Eden X2 processor — in the most literal sense possible. It’s now producing the AMOS-3002, a Pico-ITX-sized PC intended for in-car infotainment and other situations where an embedded PC needs to have a little more juice for media tasks. The Eden X2 in question comes in a dual-core 1GHz flavor that’s completely fanless, but it’s fast enough to show 1080p video (when your [...]

2012 iHome iP76 LED color-changing speaker Price Music just isn’t the same without a host of flashing colors to go with it, right? iHome, at least, seems to think so. Its first Glowtunes speaker tower, the new iP76, comes packed with LEDs in seven different hues that can fade, pulse or strobe as your playlist requires. The three-foot iP76 sports a dock for your iPhone or iPod and packs four speakers with Reson8 technology. There’s also Bluetooth for streaming from other devices. The [...]

Acer Ivy Bridge TravelMate P243 Notebook Price, Review Needless to say, Ivy Bridge is here to stay — at least until Intel takes us on a different road. That being said, Acer just announced a business-oriented machine of its own with Intel’s latest chips onboard. Part of the outfit’s TravelMate lineup, this 14-inch (1366 x 768) P243 rocks some pretty standard features, including a Core i5, Ivy Bridge processor, an HD webcam for all those Skype calls and a USB 3.0 port. As expected, [...]

LG Optimus 4X HD Smartphone Price, Review LG’s latest 4.7-inch wunderphone may not have penned in an official release this side of the Atlantic, but that doesn’t mean the Feds aren’t putting it through its paces. A global version of the LG Optimus 4X HD made its way through the FCC test labs recently, revealing a quad-band GSM / EDGE radio with 3G support over AT&T’s 1900 / 850 bands. In other words, feel free to import an unlocked slab when they hit Europe next month. [...]

Dell Precision R5500 one PC Price Workstations aren’t normally our focus, but when Dell shows off a new Precision system that lets four media pros share its graphics hardware at once, you can be sure the company has our attention. If your IT chief springs for a Precision R5500 with four Quadro 2000 cards, each of those cards can take advantage of a graphics pass-through in Citrix’s virtualization to render 3D models at speeds much more like what you’d get if the Quadro were sitting [...]

Samsung’s Galaxy S III Phone Price, Review Wondering how the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S III is going? According to the Korea Economic Daily, an unnamed Samsung executive revealed that the followup to its previous fastest selling phone has already racked up nine million pre-orders around the world. That would put it nearly halfway to the 20 million Galaxy S II’s Samsung reported shipped back in February, and all without even officially moving a unit in the US yet. It’s not [...]

2012 Silicon Micro Display Price It may still be some time before you can take Google’s ambitious wearable computing project for a spin, but there’s certainly no shortage of head-mounted displays out there for those looking to blaze a trail of their own. You can now add Silicon Micro Display’s new ST1080 glasses to that list, a full 1080p display that will handle both 2D and 3D content (in a variety of formats), and also allow you to see through the glasses for augmented reality [...]

BMW 335i Sedan Car Price, Review 2012-2013 BMW’s 3-series sedan has long stood at the top of the luxury sport sedan segment for a variety of reasons. To begin with, its size has always been just right – not too small, not too big. Aesthetically, it’s always been pleasing to most eyes – not something that could be taken for granted during chief designer, Chris Bangle’s tenure. But mostly, what has made the 3 a benchmark is its well-rounded performance. Let’s face [...]

Lincoln MKS AWD Car Price, Review 2012-2013 The Lincoln MKS is a modern interpretation of the American luxury sedan. And if you were to compare it to a traditional American luxury car from the not-too-distant past, it would be clear that the MKS is a vastly improved version of the species. Performance - Acceleration: Adequate at best, but befitting its class – really should have a V8 - Handling: Brisk is as fast as you’ll ever want to go – doesn’t do the hustle - Braking: [...]

MINI John Cooper Price, Review 2012-2013 Performance - Acceleration: Hang on to the wheel and prepare for torque steer! – goes impressively quickly, though, feeling faster than it is - Handling: Playful rear axle makes this one of the most fun front-wheel-drive cars available… once you turn off the stability control system - Braking: Brembos don’t have to struggle when they’re charged with slowing just over 2600 lbs of car Design - Exterior: Conservative redesign of the first [...]