Computers have now evolved into a media centre in which you can listen to music, watch movies, and even play games.  With this is mind, having a good set of speakers can make the difference in your media centre experience.  Decent-sounding speakers can make music much more enjoyable as well as games more immersive.  Today, I will be reviewing Altec Lansing's MX5021 multimedia speakers.  This is a 2.1 speaker configuration (2 satellite speakers and a subwoofer) aimed at users looking for full and accurate sound.  Since these speakers are also THX certified, you can probably expect that these speakers will sound just as great when watching movies. 

I’ve spent about 3 months with arguably the best-connected ultra-portable notebook in the world, most of that time on the road and all of the time the Flybook being the only computer I worked with. How did that go? Have my enthusiastic first impressions (see our July 21 review) mellowed or did I discover the Flybook is for keeps? Follow me as I put my traveling companion to work. 

Logitech has been able to consistently impress consumers with their mice.  With the MX700 mouse, Logitech created a mouse that seemed to be the first wireless mouse that did not have the common flaws of ordinary wireless mice.  It was a rechargeable mouse which had little delay in tracking surfaces.  In addition, their MX510 series mouse has been popular among gamers due to it's extremely high 5.8 Megapixel per second tracking rate.  Now, Logitech has released a revolutionary product that combines aspects of those two series and more.  This product is labelled the MX1000 Laser Mouse.

Just wondering: how many folks are really interested in reviews that aim to analyse and portray all performance aspects of very similar performing products when price is probably the most important buying factor? We’re looking today at more memory cards from the leaders in this field, SanDisk and ATP, but, unlike our last foray into this area, we’ll leave out the benchmark charts this time and just make some observations on flash memory cards. 

The JetAudio CW300 was a successful model due to its small size, it’s 30 hour playback on a single AAA battery, and its incredibly high sound quality with a 95db signal to noise ratio.  There were also additional features such as a built-in FM tuner and a voice recorder.  JetAudio now continues the iAUDIO series with its latest MP3 player.  Rather than naming the next device the CW400, it is simply called the iAUDIO 4.  The iAUDIO 4 boasts new features such as what they call ‘Color Sound’ as well as sound enhancements such as BBE and Mach 3 Bass ( I will talk more about these later in the review).  Let’s find out if the new iAUDIO 4 has what it takes to be a worthy successor to the CW300.

Do you have a need to access your company computer from home or any other computer away from your office? You’re lucky if your company, like millions of corporations, runs Microsoft  Exchange because KeyComputing has just the device for you to get hold of your vital documents and emails in the most secure way possible. It looks like an ordinary USB flash drive but it’s a deceptively simple, secure USB-based personal server. This little beauty includes a 32-bit microprocessor, a cryptographic engine, a database, a client for Microsoft® Exchange, flash-based storage, a Java application server, and a variety of applications for delivering data and security. So what does it all mean? It means that if you’re after a cheap, standard USB drive, read some of the other reviews here. If you need the ultimate in secure after-hours access to your office computer, read on.

There are tons of multimedia stereo speaker systems available in the market to choose from. Stereo multimedia speakers generally refer to either just two satellite speakers or two satellite speakers and a subwoofer.  Although consumers can choose from other speaker configurations such as 4.1 or 5.1 channel speaker systems, most stereo speaker buyers either just want decent sound coming from their computer or just find more than two satellite speakers unnecessary to them.  Altec Lansing has released a product that seems to be in its own niche.  With a MSRP of $299.99 according to Altec Lansing's website, Altec Lansing has released the FX6021 speakers.  These multimedia speakers consist of two satellite speakers and a subwoofer. One might wonder why would someone want to pay nearly $300 dollars for these speakers when they consider other products such as Logitech's Z-5300 or even Z-680 speakers.  At $300, I would expect near audiophile quality.  This review will be an interesting one because we will find out if the FX6021 has what it takes to deserve to sit near your computer.  From my experience, Altec Lansing is known to make high quality multimedia speakers for your computer so I can expect to some degree that these speakers may just be worth it. 

DVD recordable drives are starting to really take off in terms of the features available and the speed of the drives. Today, I will be reviewing two DVD recordable drives from a company called Lite-On.  One has a maximum recording speed of 8X and the other has a maximum speed of 12X.  Ever since DVD drives have been released, things have been a bit more complicated.  There are more numbers to examine as well as the different technologies used in the drives.  This review will help demystify the confusion involved when buying a DVD recordable drive as well as what to look for.  Since most people buying a DVD recordable intend on using it mainly for creating DVD’s rather than CD’s, the review will focus on the DVD performance of the two drives.

Scanners are very popular in the market.  They are mainly used to obtain a quick digital copy of some portion of a book, magazine, or other documents.  In order to use a scanner, you are usually bound to a computer or some other large machine.  How many of you wish that you could just scan something right then and there without the hassle of finding a copy machine that could be ways away? Today, I will be reviewing a device that allows you to do just that.  It is called the DocuPen by Planon System Solutions.  Just as the name implies, you can scan a document with a device that is nearly the size of a pen.  This device is really a one of a kind device since there aren’t any others like it. In this review, we will take a look at this scanner and see how well it does in terms of scanning and its portability. 

Ever since reviewing Logitech’s 5300 and Z-680 multimedia speakers, Logitech has proven to be more than competent in making speakers considering that they specialize in quality mice and keyboards. This time I will be reviewing Logitech’s lower end speakers called the Z-3 multimedia speakers.  The Z-3 is a 2.1 configuration consisting of 2 satellite speakers and a subwoofer.  These speakers are intended for individuals who can’t quite afford Logitech’s higher end speakers and are on a budget.  These speakers retail for about $100 according to Logitech’s website.