Author Archive for Tomas Ratas

Review of Comic Reader Mobi app for iPad

Music, movies, books and other forms of media have all gone digital with one market left behind – the comic book industry. Sure there were PC solutions for reading digital comics, but they never replicated the feel of sitting back…

Review of Things for iPad

Things from Cultured Code is one of the first programs that I install on all my Macs. This task management software helps organize my busy and somewhat hectic life. If you keep a “To Do” list on you all the…

Review of 1Password for iPad

With this past week’s release of the iPad there has been a large influx of new apps for the device. Today we will be looking at the first of several new programs designed specifically for the iPad. 1Password for the…

Review of Apple iPad 32 GB Wi-Fi

This weekend many witnessed the release of Apple’s iPad; an event that could be equated to the premiere of a summer blockbuster movie. James Cameron’s Avatar and Apple’s iPad have more in common than most can imagine. There were lines…

Review of Puget Echo I HTPC System

The introduction of the low voltage Intel Atom Processor has led to a new phase in the evolution of the Home Theater PC (HTPC). More specifically the Atom in combination with the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M chipset dubbed the Ion platform…

Review of Seagate FreeAgent DockStar

When I first came across the FreeAgent DockStar at last year’s Pepcom show I thought it was a unique device with lots of potential. Now after testing it out and playing with it I am even more impressed. This device…

How to Install Windows 7 on a Mac

So you picked up your shiny new copy of Microsoft’s latest OS offering – Windows 7 and want to install it on your (cue dramatic music)…….. Intel based Mac. Mac fans will view this as blasphemy and Windows lovers will…

The Apple iPad – Steve Job’s Roid Rage?!?!?!

As  the resident Testfreak Apple aficionado I felt it was time to sway in with my opinion on Apple’s latest “revolutionary” device – the iPad. Like most people prior to the announcement I was like a kid at Christmas; awaiting…

Verbatim Tuff N Tiny 8GB Flash Drive

At technogog we have a rather strange affinity for USB Flash Drives as seen here, here and here. So when Verbatim offered us the chance to test out the Tuff N Tiny 8GB Flash Drive; we couldn’t refuse. Verbatim a…

Best of 2009: GPS

Having a reliable GPS (Global Positioning System) is important, especially if you don’t know your surroundings at all. An old GPS or one without current maps may put you in a position like this couple. GPS units have come a…