Category Archives: reviews

Intel Modular Server

I’ve been very impressed with what I’ve been learning about the recently introduced Intel Modular Server as late. With the ability to house six server blades and fourteen Serial Attached SCSI drives it’s a datacenter in a 6U box (or horizontal pedestal if you prefer).
The management software is intuitive and easy to use, and [...]

Free & Cordless Skype

Unless you are living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about Skype offering free calls to the US and Canada for the rest of this year. While I think that open systems, based on SIP, like Project Gizmo are going to be the winners in the long run, you can’t beat free. With [...]

My review of Lightspeed’s Total control

It’s been a while since I talked about my demo of the Lightspeed box, and I wanted to give my take on it.
The demo unit I evaluated came as a 1 U rack server, and setting it up was as easy as connecting KVM cables and three ethernet There are several different ways you can [...]

Buslink USB GPRS/WiFi adapter

Interesting gadget from Buslink provides GPRS and WiFi via USB:
Quick & Easy to connect: Simply plug into any PCs w/ USB port for Wireless LAN connection or slide in your cell phone’s removable SIM card
- Features Wireless Network connection, allowing networking where other 802.11b devices may be present
- for use on your wireless cellular carrier’s [...]

StompBox - Mobile 3G/WiFi Router Project

The StompBox (Mobile 3G/WiFi Router Project) caught my eye as being one of those projects that is truly cool and makes a huge difference in the creator’s use of technology. I can’t wait until there is an $80 Linksys device that does this like the creator speculates. That and unlimited mobile data not being $80/month, [...]