Category: Peripherals
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Flash Memory Prices Slashed by Samsung and Toshiba
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCNET News.com reported that flash memory manufacturers Samsung Electronics and Toshiba have slashed prices in order to preserve their dominant market shares. These companies are under pressure from Infineon Technologies,
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Are Gadgets Shipped in the USA Inferior to Those Shipped Elsewhere?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFazal Majid asked an important question on Saturday in an entry on his weblog entitled Are Americans becoming second-class consumers? He cites several situations where manufacturers shipped products with the same name in two different markets, but the U.S. version had fewer features or lower quality components than the equivalent product…
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Canon i80: “A Great Deal for Mobile Professionals and Photo Enthusiasts with Limited Desk Space”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDylan Tweney of Mobile PC Magazine recently reviewed the Canon i80 Color Bubble Jet Printer and liked it a lot. He said: Unlike most portable printers, the i80 doesn’t ask you to compromise on print quality. Black-and-white text printouts are clear and crisp…. Text printed on general-purpose paper shows a little…
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Epson Stylus Photo RX500 is a Good Combination of Photo Printing and Scanning Features
Reading Time: 2 minutesI look at buying home photo printers from time to time, and I always end up coming back to the part of the market that offers photo printing, photo scanning, and light duty printing and copying. If fax capability comes in the feature mix, so much the better. CNET ran a review…
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Design Concepts Based on Toshiba 0.85-inch Hard Disk Debut at CeBit 2004
Reading Time: < 1 minuteToshiba’s Storage Device Division is displaying design concepts for devices that could be built based with its 0.85-inch hard disk drive at CeBIT 2004 in Hannover, Germany. Reportedly, the 0.85-inch drives will have a capacity of 2 to 4 Gigabytes and begin quantity shipment in the third or fourth quarter of…
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Tom’s Hardware Favorably Reviews Logitech Quickcam Orbit
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTom’s Hardware published a very helpful review of the Logitech QuickCam Orbit. I guess the reviewer really likes this webcam, because he begins the review as follows: Simply put, the Logitech QuickCam Orbit is a superb high-end Webcam which stands out from the rest thanks to amazing technical innovations, for less…
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QuickCam Orbit Now Available Via Amazon.com
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the early articles that appeared on Operation Gadget was Logitech QuickCam Orbit: Cool New Webcam that May Not Make It in Time for the Holidays. Well, I checked Amazon.com this morning, and the QuickCam Orbit is now available. So, if you’re interested, you could probably order it and receive…
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Logitech QuickCam Orbit: Cool New Webcam that May Not Make It in Time for the Holidays
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI just noticed a new webcam called the Logitech QuickCam Orbit that’s got an interesting feature set. It uses face-tracking technology to keep you in the field of view as you move about your desk. If you are the kind of person who likes to pace during conference calls, this may…