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Mac|Life: Budget Headphone Roundup

Ray — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:53:59 +0000

We’re in the age of the celebrity headphone. Everyone from Jay-Z to Quincy Jones to, um, Snooki has headphone deals now. Those celebrity endorsement deals don’t come cheap, which is why it’s common to see certain brands costing several hundred dollars. But not everyone wants to drop several bills on a pair of cans. So we rounded up some more moderately priced headphones and put them through their paces. And the results were surprising.

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TabTimes: 5 Essential iPad PDF Productivity Tips

Ray — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:00:05 +0000

If you spend large chunks of time working with PDFs on your iPad, consider these five tips essential reading.
The iPad has been criticized as being mainly a device for content consumption. But as use of the iPad in business settings skyrockets, it’s clear that there are a lot of iPads out there that are taking care of business. Here are five of our essential tips for getting things done on your iPad.

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Mac|Life: BungeeAir Power Wireless Security Tether

Ray — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:47:50 +0000

We all know what happened when that iPhone 4 prototype got left in a Silicon Valley bar. A journalist’s house got raided, two guys got a year of probation, and an Apple employee ended up with a lot of ’splainin’ to do. The whole situation could have been avoided if Apple had used Kensington’s BungeeAir case.

BungeeAir is billed as a wireless security system. There’s the case itself (which also includes a 1500mAh battery), a keychain fob, and the free companion app for your iPhone.

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Mac|Life: Sifteo Cubes

Ray — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:04:52 +0000

Don’t get me wrong. iOS games are great. But sometimes all the tapping and dragging leaves us wanting some old-school gaming–moving stuff around and actually interacting with physical objects. Sifteo’s cubes bridge that gap, bringing tactile sensations back to digital gaming. The cubes have little color screens on top, but gameplay isn’t all virtual. Onboard accelerometers sense motion, and the cubes also register their positions in relation to each other. You’ll be tilting, flipping, and moving these cubes all over to win.

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Tech Radar: HTC Rezound Review

Ray — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:00:17 +0000

The Rezound by HTC is first US handset to feature Dr. Dre’s Beats Audio technology. That’s probably what catches your eye first, but with its 720p HD display, super-fast 4G data, and speedy dual-core processor, the Rezound is certainly more than a one-hit wonder.

The phone features a 1.5Ghz Dual-core Qualcomm MSM8660 Snapdragon processor, backed by 1GB of RAM. On the storage end, the Rezound features 16GB of internal storage, plus a bundled 16GB MicroSD card. The 4.3-inch 1280×720 screen supports full 720HD resolution. The Rezound connects to Verizon’s 4G LTE network for blazing fast data speeds.

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