Month: May 2014

Newegg offers the factory-refurbished ASUS 802.11ac Wireless Gigabit Router, model no. RT-AC68R, for $164.99. Coupon code “GRADSDADS10″ cuts it to $148.49. With $4.99 for shipping, that’s $7 under our March mention and $62 less than the lowest total price we could find for a new unit elsewhere. It features data […] Read the original post…

Apple’s decision to splash out $3 billion for the privilege of owning Beats Electronics has raised more than a few questions about what the deal means for streaming music services users. But you can bet that Pandora, Spotify, and other major players are asking questions of their own […] Read the original post by James…

The BenQ MH680 projector offers 1080p (1,920-by-1,080) resolution with near-excellent quality for data images. It’s a solid choice if you need to show fine detail in your data presentations. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

The Acer TravelMate TMP645-MG-9419 is an excellent high-performance business ultrabook that emphasizes raw power over mass appeal. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

Constructed with premium materials and a Quad-HD display, the Dell Precision M3800 is a high-end mobile workstation for the on-the-go graphics artist, architect, or engineer. It’s a solid choice for detail-oriented workers. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

Imagine this, if you will. You’re sitting in a recliner listening to Electric Light Orchestra’s Time , and just as Prologue gives way to Twilight — nothing — and then music. Read the original post by Engadget

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Those WWDC 2014 banners keep going up and the latest looks a lot like El Capitan in Yosemite. Does that mean we’ll be seeing OS X 10.10 Yosemite come Monday? With Apple nothing is certain until it’s certain, but it’s certainly a California landmark and a fitting choice of name […] Read the original post…

In advance of WWDC next week, Apple is continuing to outfit Moscone Center with signage for the developer-focused event. Following the placement of outside banners and interior iOS 8 signage earlier this week, the latest shots of the venue, obtained by The Verge, show the OS X 10 banners going […] Read the original post…

The Asus P2B Projector follows a familiar design: a WXGA (1,280-by-800) DLP chip paired with an LED light source that should last the life of the projector. It doesn’t offer any standout features, but it’s a perfectly reasonable choice if you need a portable projector. […] Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

The Fujifilm Instax Share SP-1 portable dedicated photo printer comes with a high cost per photo, but it’s small, prints high-quality images quickly, and is fun to use. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

Amazon EC2 is a reasonably priced, highly extensible platform to get your business into the cloud. But if you’re a newbie, you’ll get very little guidance, and there’s not much real support unless you pay for it. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

Rackspace is not as polished a cloud platform as some of its competitors, but its customer support is excellent and pricing is very competitive. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

Azure is a polished, peppy hosted infrastructure and platform service. Its tight integration with other Microsoft services, wizard-based setup, and across-the- board ease of use make it our Editors’ Choice for small business cloud services. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

Even if you’ve never cared about Warcraft, Hearthstone is a fun, fast-paced fantasy card game that shines on the iPad. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com