Gizmo Ave

Technically any keyboard can be used for video editing if you’re handy with shortcuts, but the Greditor GR100 from CodeAct makes it slightly easier with a built-in jog/shuttle wheel and dedicated editing buttons to the right of the numeric keypad.

Buffalo’s LinkStation Quad is not just a box with up to 8TB (8,192 gigabytes) of hard disk space for every networked computer in your humble abode to use. It’s also a fully functioning Time Machine backup device for your Mac. We’ve been testing one at home for a few weeks now, having OS X backing [...]

Liquids and electronics don’t mix. Some of us have learned that the hard way. If you’ve got an Apple MacBook, look to iSkin’s new lines of ProTouch keyboard protectors to keep liquid, crumbs, and germs out of your circuitry. All three lines fit MacBooks, MacBook Pros, and MacBook Airs. They’re made of silicone and include [...]

Gesture-recognition technology, such as that seen in Project Natal, has changed the face of gaming, but Microsoft’s Craig Mundie (pictured) believes it will also transform the office. In a demo at Microsoft’s financial analyst meeting in Redmond, Washington, the company’s top research and strategy officer showed how the desktop computer of the future will use [...]

Apple will have a tablet computer available in time for the holidays, but has not yet decided on a sales model.

eMachines comes out swinging with the EZ1601-01 all-in-one PC. The “EZ” stands for “easy on the wallet” — I should have been in advertising — as the machine is priced at just $399. The company apparently saved a bunch of money on the above product image with the weird GIF outlines and is passing the [...]

Vintage USB drive. (Credit: Bertrand Planes) If you’ve a thing for nostalgia, this antique music box has a pretty modern spin–a USB drive. What we couldn’t figure out was whether this Music Box USB is capable of producing any tinkles, digital or otherwise, or if it’s just a husk. All that the literature onsite says [...]