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• Buffalo Technology's AirStation 54Mbps Wireless USB adapter reviewed*
  Saturday 18 October 2003 – 08:09
  After a longer-than-expected wait, 802.11g / USB 2.0 adapters are finally hitting the shelves. The first one to hit the SmallNetBuilder test bench was also the first announced - Buffalo Technology's AirStation 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter. We put it through its paces and our RapidReview will tell you whether you have to sacrifice any speed for the convenience of its USB 2.0 connection.
• Hawking Technology Hi-Gain Wireless USB adapter reviewed*
  Tuesday 28 October 2003 – 06:00
  Hawking Technology's Hi-Gain Wireless USB adapter puts a new twist on an old product category. We found its 802.11b wireless adapter and hi-gain directional antenna to be a compelling combination for overcoming weak signal problems.
• 3D Stereo Technology: Is it Ready for Prime Time?*
  Monday 2 May 2005 – 07:00
  3D stereo technology has made major strides in the past few years, so we felt it was time to take a look at the state of the industry and several different 3D stereo technologies that are available. We include a discussion of autostereoscopic displays, which allow a viewer to watch 3D images without the need for 3D glasses or other aids.
• Terrific Tablet Technology - An Attempt to Deliver on the Promise of True Portability*
  Friday 26 July 2002 – 06:00
  PaceBlade enters the tablet PC market with the Transmeta Crusoe driven PaceBook. We will see it the Crusoe processor can deliver on the well known promise of longer battery life and find out if the promise of tablet PC technology is not a reality.
• USB Technology: Multi-TT Hub Goes Head-to-Head With Single-TT*
  Tuesday 9 September 2003 – 07:00
  A USB hub is a must-have if you want to run several external devices. However, in order to use USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 devices at the same time, your hub will need a so-called transaction translator - or TT for short - to handle the different data flows. In our test, a classic hub with only one TT squares off against an advanced model with multiple TTs.
• VPU Technology Preview: The Wildcat VP Series From 3Dlabs*
  Monday 24 June 2002 – 07:00
  Pure 3D chips or GPUs are out! This is the year of the Visual Processing Units (VPUs). 3Dlabs rushes ahead of NVIDIA and ATI to the market. The OpenGL cards of the Wildcat VP series are to position themselves alongside the NVIDIA Quadro4 and ATIs FireGL 8800.
• How the 'freeze-the-field' rule led to NASCAR's Mobile Technology Center*
  Thursday 10 August 2006 – 10:11
  Last May, NASCAR premiered its Mobile Technology Center, a million-dollar, 52-foot Freightliner constructed with the help of AMD, HP, and Featherlite. The story of this truck is the story of a tradition that almost got a man killed in front of thousands of spectators, and how a sport came to accept the need for modernization. It's also about one really cool truck.
• VIA Technology Forum 2001: Ultra ATA/133*
  Monday 3 September 2001 – 06:00
  Today VIA commenced its VTF with a press conference in the Regency Ballroom of the Grand Hyatt Taipei (my home away from home). VIA's CEO Wenchi Chen and his right hand Richard Brown spoke the opening words. Wenchi radiated more self-confidence than we have ever seen of the Taiwanese core logic and processor maker before.
• Technology Meets Porn*
  Friday 31 August 2007 – 11:09 in Consumer Electronics
  It’s no longer a dirty little secret. In fact, it’s no secret at all: a lot of new technology we’ve come to rely on in the past 30 years has been fuelled by the adult entertainment industry. Trace the evolution of many new advances in home entertainment,
• Who Needs Technology Anyway?*
  Friday 28 July 2006 – 09:26
  If Batman had to bring a PDA/Smartphone with him everywhere he went, would he have been a better superhero? And what happens to Gotham when the PDA runs out of battery?
• ATi Takes Over 3D Technology Leadership With Radeon 9700*
  Thursday 18 July 2002 – 07:00
  Microsoft's upcoming DirectX 9 with its huge set of new 3D specifications may still be months away. Still, the Canadian 3D chip maker ATi leaps forward to present the first product that doesn't only sport all those fancy DX9 features, but which is capable of crushing current 3D performance leaders in today's games just as well.
• ATi's New Radeon - Smart Technology Meets Brute Force*
  Monday 17 July 2000 – 07:00
  ATi's new Radeon chip has been released a bit ahead of schedule, and now it will have to show if it's smart HyperZ technology is able to beat NVIDIA's forceful GeForce2 GTS. The card with the most new features will have to stand up against the gladiators from 3dfx and NVIDIA. Will shrewdness win over pure muscles?
• UPDATE: Microsoft to reveal APIs, DRM technology to RealNetworks*
  Tuesday 11 October 2005 – 08:47
  In a conference call to investors late this afternoon, RealNetworks chief financial officer Roy Kimball revealed that Microsoft had agreed to disclose key elements of Windows technology, including security, Windows Media, and other Windows APIs, plus access to Microsoft's protected media path for Windows Media Player.
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• Wallace & Gromit's Close Shave With Technology*
  Tuesday 11 October 2005 – 07:00
  For the first feature-length film, Nick Park used various CGI techniques to make his dynamic duo come alive. Here is our inside look.