http://www.techiereviews.com Personal reviews of computers, computer accessories and other techie related stuff. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:58:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Do you have boxes and boxes of family videos on VHS tape that you would like to transfer to DVD without paying a fortune? If so, then the DVD Maker USB 2.0 may be the product you are looking for – just remember that you usually get what you pay ... http://www.techiereviews.com/computer-gadgets/dvd-maker-usb-20/ Being a fan of Bose products - owning both the Lifestyle and 3-2-1 Home Theatre Systems, Wave Radio/CD, Outdoor Speakers and Car Stereo System - you might expect to read a rave review here of their in-ear headphones. While it is positive overall, you won’t find me gushing over these, ... http://www.techiereviews.com/great-techie-gifts/bose-in-ear-stereo-headphones/ Ok, so I had Devo on the brain! Anyway, for some Christmas gifts, I bought a laptop Skinit for a geeky friend of mine (meant that in a good way, of course), and another one for my kid’s hand-me-down iPod, to give it a fresh look. Both gift recipients were very happy ... http://www.techiereviews.com/great-techie-gifts/skinit-skinit-good/ Ah, the iPod touch! The folks at Apple must have been reading my mind, along with the minds of thousands of other people who did not want to sacrifice their current cell phone service (not to mention contract cancellation fees) just to get their hands on the iphone – when ... http://www.techiereviews.com/great-techie-gifts/the-ipod-touch/ I purchased this program to migrate a ton of programs and files from my old computer onto my new computer. Being a novice at this kind of stuff, I wasn’t exactly sure what I needed, but found this little kit at a local Office Depot and decided to give it ... http://www.techiereviews.com/computer-gadgets/review-of-laplinks-pcmover/ Being a Tetris addict, my eyes were immediately drawn to the Tetris Tower 3-D game shown in this month’s (July 07, issue 15.07) edition of Wired Magazine. By the way, I just love this magazine! I look forward to receiving it each month and always go straight to the “Play” ... http://www.techiereviews.com/general-discussion/tetris-tower-3-d/ This overlooked, but extremely important little computer gadget has been sitting on my desktop for a while and deserves some recognition. Like many things in our everyday lives it goes unnoticed, or taken for granted until an emergency or some sort of situation arises. Take telephones for example, yes, I ... http://www.techiereviews.com/computer-gadgets/external-hard-drive-backup-a-must/ This was one of the best Christmas gifts I received this year! It is the Kodak Digital Picture Frame Model DPF800, which has a picture size of 4 x 6 inches and it has an Easel type stand for table-top placement, or you can hang it on the wall using the ... http://www.techiereviews.com/great-techie-gifts/my-take-on-the-kodak-digital-picture-frame/ I found this neat little gadget in a Sky Mall catalog while flying earlier this year - one of those magazines tucked into the seat pockets, along with the barf bags and airplane diagram cards.  I wrote their website down on one of the many receipts stuck in my bag, ... http://www.techiereviews.com/computer-gadgets/neatreceipts/