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Looking back, the conversion of GPS from a military weapon to a ubiquitous consumer gadget is one of the defining technologies of the last twenty years and Magellan has been at the forefront of GPS technology since 1986, so it knows a thing or two about getting from A to B. Andy McCaskey gets some pointers on the direction of
Steve Stanzione of D-Link shows off a couple of their latest products to Andy McCaskey, including the Boxee Box. First up is the Whole Home Router 1000, an 11n wireless router with an interesting design - it's a black cylinder. The design isn't just a pretty face, it encapsulates six aerials that create a steerable array that can focus the
Solid-State Drives (SSDs) haven't ousted spinning hard drives from the average PC, but they have made significant inroads in the netbook market where the performance of the SSD compensates for the weaker performance of the CPU. Andy McCaskey talks to Larry O'Connor, founder and CEO of Other World Computing (OWC) on how OWC got started, what makes OWC special and
Andy McCaskey invites Ian Collins of Clickfree into the booth to talk about ClickFree's automatic backup solution. I think all of us know that we're supposed to backup our hard drives and memory cards, but how many of us actually do it? Not many going by the number of times friends have phoned me up to see if I can
Andy McCaskey investigates Debbie Shuey from Cernium Corp and the Archerfish Solo, an intelligent video surveillance system. Most video surveillance systems can detect motion, but they do it indiscriminately. Trees blowing in the wind are as likely to trigger an alert as a burglar scaling a fence. This is where Archerfish Solo is different, in that it can identify the
Tom Newman clocks in with Mike from Casio, who were demonstrating low-power Bluetooth in a watch. As you might expect, low power drain is highly desirable in a watch as, unlike smartphones, it's not normal to recharge them every night. Most people would expect a watch to last several years between battery changes and fortunately, Casio expects the battery in
Andy talks with Anthony Scarsella, Chief Gadgets Officer at Gazelle, purchasers of previously-enjoyed (second-hand) gadgets. Now over 4 year's old, this is big business with over 250,000 gadgets models available for trade-in. When compared to ebay or craigslist, Gazelle simply gives a superior customer experience. Free shipping is included, boxes are sometimes provided and there's no question about whether the