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Electric bikes (eBikes) have been a growing trend in both Europe and Asia over the past couple of years. They are just beginning to find a market in the US. From July 2012 to July 2013 the number of units sold in the US more than doubled from 70,000 to 159,000 units. One of the main manufactures of electric bikes
Panasonic debuted a number of new products at CES, ranging from tablets to home-ware for your kitchen, and also new home theater gear. Perhaps the latter is one of the most interesting of the launches. The company is showing off three wall-mountable home theater systems. The SC-HTB880, SC-HTB580 and SC-HTB8 are all expected to hit retail later in 2014. "The SC-HTB880, SC-HTB580 and
There are times when only hard copy will do but anyone who has tried to print from a tablet will know that it's not always easy. The main ecosystems from Apple and Google have their own printer strategies with AirPrint and Cloud Print respectively but support is spotty at best. Several printer manufacturers have gone so far as to create their
Does your business require a landline number but you want the convenience of a mobile phone, well Swissvoice may have a solution for you. Swissvoice is showing off the Voice Bridge at CES 2014. SwissVoice's Voice Bridge links traditional land line telephones and mobile device. It allows you to carry on a call that comes in on your landline phone
It seems like we had all barely managed to completely move our home networks to the 802.11n standard when suddenly we began hearing about the next big WiFi thing. That is 802.11ac, and plenty of hardware makers are showing it off this week in Las Vegas. TRENDnet is one of those companies, as it has unveiled a USB adapter for your
Home security is very important. We all want to ensure that our families, homes, and “stuff” are safe. Those of you who are considering getting some home security devices this year may want to take a look at iSmartAlarm. They have not one, but two, brand new products at CES 2014. Each of them can be used to extend the
HP has announced the second generation of its Z1 high performance all-in-one workstation, with a 27" ten-point touchscreen running Windows 8. The Z1 G2 is aimed squarely at power users, featuring 4th Generation Intel Xeon and Core processors, and RAID storage options paired with the latest NVIDIA Mobile Quadro GPUs for the best graphics performance. It also comes with Intel Thunderbolt
ion has come out with something that, at first, made no sense to me. A Cassette Bluetooth adaptor. But, then, I remembered that I still have a car in my fleet that has a cassette stereo in it and thought to myself. "Hmmm... that does make sense!". The Cassette Bluetooth adaptor transforms you car's cassette deck into a bluetooth music
Griffin Technologies has a great looking new toy (or tool) for those who want to record on their iPad, iPhone or Macintosh. it's called the StudioConnect HD. It's a neat little piece of hardware that plugs into your device and give you 2 1/4" or XLR inputs for microphones, guitars, basses or keyboards (Banjo's too?). It can record multiple tracks
Between Google TV devices and Chromecast, it would seem there are enough options to get Android into your living room. However Netgear has plans for one more for you, and this one is very much like the Chromecast produced by Google itself. The device is called the NeoMediacast and it's a pocket-sized HDMI dongle. With NeoMediacast, service providers can develop and
Philips is set to debut it's new 28 inch 4K Ultra HD monitor at the 2014 International CES in Las Vegas. The PhilipsUltraClear Display has a 4k (3840x2160) resolution and 1.07 billion colors. The 28-inch monitor (model 288P6) is also ideal for those seeking superb on-screen clarity and color accuracy. It also includes built-in stereo speakers for multimedia. Prices start
Lately we have been seeing an increase in the number of 4K monitors hitting the market, including ones recently unveiled by Dell. Content for these screens has been a bit slower to appear, though Netflix has recently pushed the trailer for the upcoming House of Cards season out in Ultra HD quality. Today, Toshiba became the first to unveil the new technology in
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