No relation Register.com says it completed an upgrade to its email system more than a week ago. But for some of its small-business customers, the upgrade is better described as a downgrade.…The power of collaboration within unified communications Full published article at: Read More »

The measure of success isnt whether you have a tough problem but whether its the same problem you had last year - JF Dulles RT @Read More »

This LiteOn DVD wants to protect your data discs with its 'Smart-erase' function. We see if it works and it its worth it. Full published article at: Read More »

The Factron folks have been doing their custom case thing with various Apple products for some time now, but they've truly outdone themselves with their new iPhone case, which not only boasts some stylish, rangefinder camera-esque looks, but a complete set of interchangeable (presumably functional) lenses. Those include fish eye, wide-angle, and close-up lenses, which range in price from $15 to $55, while the case itself will set you back a full $200. Quite a bit to pay for a case, to be sure, but a veritable bargain compared to the $800 that some of...Read More »

Video and stills cameras will be the newest big addition to Apple's all-conquering iPod range according to a leak from an Apple insider.   The unnamed source claims millions of components, costing Apple as little as $10 a pop, have been ordered from an Asian manufacturer and will be implemented in a new range of iPod touch, classic and nano players to be unveiled later this year.   - Apple iPhone 3GS review and video - Vote now and win in the 2009 T3 Gadget Awards   It is assumed that the technology would be similar to that deployed in the new iPhone...Read More »

Xbox LIVE has been leading the way in interactive gaming for quite some time now, so it seems natural to add your favourite TV game shows to the experience and put you at the centre.   The 1 vs 100 quiz show, usually seen on BBC's National Lottery show, will now have regularly scheduled online editions in which "The One" has to beat off all 100 members of  "The Crowd" for a chance to win prizes like cameras and MP3 players. Gamers can be selected as either The One or a member of The Crowd will the winners battling for the Ultimate...Read More »

Not interested in a do-it-all NAS / router / photo frame like D-Link's DIR-685? Then you may want to consider Synology's just-announced DS409Slim NAS, which keeps things nice and simple and, as you can see above, compact. Despite that size, however, you'll still get four bays for some 2.5-inch drives of your choice (up to 2TB total), along with some standard issue NAS specs like a 1.2GHz Marvell processor, 128MB of RAM, a pair of USB ports, and a single eSATA port -- not to mention the usual DLNA certification and support for UPnP, among...Read More »

The wild array of flash drives you see above -- a veritable cornucopia of bad taste, if you will -- has been put through some rather exhaustive paces by the freaks over at Test Freaks. That's right, they rounded up the finger tip, the tiny skull, the truly disgusting chicken foot, as well as a wide variety of fake edibles -- and poked and prodded them en masse until they came up with the answer we expected: most of these are actually pretty shoddily made. As if you buy a foul-looking shrimp...Read More »

Power test pass with a catch Getting IT vendors to agree to any standard, even one that they have a big hand in shaping, is almost impossible. And so it is with the new Energy Star specification for servers, supposedly embraced by server makers to show the energy efficiency of their metal.… Full published article at: Read More »

'Everything but the Shuffle' Apple may soon add video-capture capability to its ubiquitous iPods, if rumors that surfaced Monday are to be believed.… Full published article at: Read More »