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Sonic Bomb Alarm Clock & Bed Shaker Review

When the folks at Sonic Alert reached out about a month ago and asked me if I would like to review the Sonic Bomb Alarm Clock and Bed Shaker I did so under one condition. That condition was that if it could get my  14 yr old out of bed in the morning, then I would declare it the best

A Second Look at the Roku XD|S

I've decided that I am going to start reviewing products after I have had them for awhile. I've noticed that most reviews are done when the person has just brought the product or they have gotten it for a review. After you have had a product for awhile, problems may come up that weren't there in the beginning. Also updates

My Two Month Review of the Original iPad

I have had my iPad for about two months, I decided to get the original iPad even though I knew iPad 2 was coming. There was nothing that the iPad 2 had that I wanted and I was able to get the original iPad for a reasonable price. Am I glad I got it, the answer is a resounding yes,

Poster for WebOS and the HP Palm Pre

As regular listeners to the podcast will know, the Geek News Central website is powered by Wordpress. Until now, I've always used the web interface to write posts. "It works" is about the kindest thing you can say about it. Browsing the Palm App Catalog, I came across Poster for Wordpress, an app that allows blogging from the Palm Pre

A Review of the Apple Magic Trackpad

So yesterday I headed down to my nearest big box store to pick up a new mouse. After looking around and playing with various mice and not being really happy with any of them. I started looking and playing with the Apple Magic Trackpad and I liked the way it felt, so I picked it up instead. I have had it for about twenty-four hours and so far I believe I have made the right decision. It was super easy to set up. Turn on Bluetooth in System Preference of the Mac, make the trackpad discoverable and within two minutes or less you are ready to go. You can set how fast you want the swipe and track to be. You have presets for one to four finger swipes,. which you can turn on or off based on your likes and needs. The available set up is as follows:

Netgear NeoTV 550 Review

About a month ago I received a Netgear NeoTV 550 for review.  I am an avid Media Center PC user, which meant I was immediately skeptical of any replacement for my beloved HTPC.  Initially I found my skepticism warranted, but over the past month that changed.  It changed for two reasons - one was my own network setup problem and

Nokia E5 Smartphone Review

The Nokia E5 is a non-touchscreen smartphone with a split personality, bringing business features to the social networking crowd.  It's an interesting idea but are the features let down by lack of touch?  Let's find out. The E5 is a candy-bar phones with a 320 x 240 2.4" screen above an alphanumeric keyboard.  Separating the two is Nokia's trademark arrangement of