TV’s and Keyboards and Mops! Oh My? Digital Family Advisor’s Curious Tech News Round-up
By Katharine Czechowski... Yahoo! and Samsung Make the Jump across the Pond All You Need Is Sun: Logitech’s Solar Powered Keyboard A Chore is Still a Chore No Matter How You Spin it: Spin & Go Mop Schlage’s Phone Managed Security Blanket Orb’s Acclamation Plan for Internet TV LG’s Vortex Eliminates Dialing with your Face On-Demand Movies on PS3: Sony Expands Entertainment Offerings with VUDU Sew 3D: Brother’s 10 Needle Embroidery Machine
Read MoreSmartShopper
By Livia Bergovoy… Just when we thought we had every imaginable gadget, the SmartShopper was placed in the reviewers’ bins, here at Digital Family Advisor. So we began to examine it. It looks “old fashioned.” It has an old fashioned LCD screen, it’s big and clunky looking. We pressed the “Record” button and the old […]
Read MoreRichard Sherwin’s Consumer Tech for November
Again and Again Microsoft Shows It’s Not A Consumer Company While the major and minor consumer electronics companies unveiled their holiday joys, like 3D televisions, home networking products that really work, mobile phones that replace just about everything and accessories that kind of sneak into prominent position in living rooms, Microsoft disappointed its followers twice […]
Read MoreDocument Management and the Fujitsu ScanSnap
By Livia Bergovoy… Journal entry – Nov. 1, 2010: We got our Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 Scanner and got so busy scanning (then shredding said scanned) docs, we didn’t have time to tell you about it. Until now. Paper hoarders listen up: Get yourself a ScanSnap, scan your papers. The automatic document feeder (ADF) scans both […]
Read MorePhiaton Headphones / Ear Candy
By Livia Bergovoy… These Phiaton MS 400 headphones are comfortable to wear with clever swivel-in-every-direction ear cups. The ear cups are not totally noise canceling (which this reviewer is actually happier with). It interprets the mp3s we sampled to wonderful full natural sounds. They are cool-cute, even if a bit bulky-nerdy. The band and ear […]
Read MoreRIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet Unveiled
The new BlackBerry® PlayBook tablet was unveiled during the keynote at the Adobe® MAX Conference, Mike Lazaridis, RIM President and co-CEO, joined Kevin Lynch, CTO of Adobe, on stage to showcase . Check out this video to see what they demo’d on stage. 7″ LCD display, 1024 x 600 screen resolution 5.1″ x 7.6″ […]
Read MoreThe Best Answers to Your Toughest Questions
By the staff of Digital Family Advisor… Question: I was told that I could solve some of my standard two line phone interference problems by switching from a standard two line phone to a DECT phone. But I also was amazed that very few warehouse stores and even office supply stores sell two line phones […]
Read MoreArtison Masterpiece LCR Speakers
By the Digital Family Advisor Staff Artison’s Masterpiece LCR speakers work flat panel displays and claim to significantly enhance both the viewing and listening experience with state-of-the-art audio performance. They attach directly to displays as thin as 8mm. Included are:
Read MoreAnother WEB TV? Or a Real Merger of Technologies?
Our Reporter on the Scene tries to find out.. By Livia Bergovoy The long awaited introduction of Sony’s version of Google TV (with Intel inside) was promising at best. And, at the same time confusing at worst. Presented by Bob Ishida, Sony's Head of Worldwide Home Entertainment Business, Sony officially said it was going after a younger generation with this initiative, but if you're like I am, you are watching more and more of your TV shows on line via
Read MoreAre You Smarter Than your TV?Google and Logitech Try to Help
By Richard M. Sherwin Google + Logitech + Intel Corp. = Your TV The set top box uses a Google browser to access almost any Internet material... Available accessories will include a TV styled web cam which...
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