Weird and Wonderful Computer Furniture
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A B-52 ejection chair, a computer bed and a walking station: These and other far-out creations will make your workspace look anything but average.
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photo galleries Music player is a must-have, much-loved accessory. Will fanciful Media Center PCs fare as well?
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iMac, eMac, iBook, PowerBook, Power Mac and iPod compatible, with easy plug and play set up and convenient touch controls, Creature takes multimedia sound to another dimension.
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Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including the fastest gaming PC we've ever seen, beautifully styled speaker system and a Sony Handycam video camera.
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Cruising through the booths on the CES show floor, a few things catch our eye, though most are on the horizon, not available yet. A fuzzy keyboard, Dick Tracy "watch" and a sci-fi keyboard with mouse should be fun.
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&#147;This latest head turner manages to better its clever predecessor in design &#151; no small achievement,&#148; writes Edward C. Baig for Forbes.com. &#147;The back of the computer is elegant in its simplicity. You can loosen three captive screws to remove the cover to add, say, extra memory, or a wireless AirPort networking card.&#148; [Sep 30]
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Sparkling high-definition TV sets and sizzling Core 2 PCs may be high on wish lists this year. But sometimes, the most welcomed gift is one that makes a cherished tech toy work or look better. And these don't have to break the bank.
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Wood paneling and chrome dominate one of two sample designs for a new style of Media Center PC, commissioned by Microsoft's eHome division from One & Co.
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Get up close and personal with the curiously '80s-stylings of the Fujitsu UMPC
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A supposedly earth-friendly PC is being developed in Britain, featuring wood casing for keyboard, screen, and mouse.
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Design specialists dream up the unexpected to help Microsoft get a foothold in the living room.
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A closer look at the slim, sleek new all-in-one PC, which Gateway touts as an ideal centerpiece for the digital home.
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PC giant also wants to be your supplier of high-end home electronics. Also: How your desktop gets bolted together.
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Naming the iMac G5 one of its Best Products of the Year, Fortune writes, &#147;An engineering marvel, the new iMac tucks the computer and speakers inside the expansive flat-panel display &#151; &#145;an advance as welcome as the day that VCR/DVD players were encased in the TV monitor box,&#146; says Thompson [Paul Thompson, director of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum]. Built-in wireless technology lets you use a cable-free keyboard and mouse.&#148; [Dec 10]
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Look for more consumer electronics products and services from the PC behemoth. Also: SuSE Linux for Dell servers.
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It resembles a coaster on steroids - or a container for Wonder Bread. The familiar Apple logo is the only obvious sign that the handsome 2-inch-tall, white-with-silver-trim, square box on my desk is a different sort of wonder.
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In their weekly technology column for ABC News, Jonathan Blum and Dan Evans indicate that âthe latest version of Appleâs iMac desktop definitely deserves to be one of our picks of the week. It is impressive from both a technical and design standpoint.â iMac, they say offers âa tasteful combo of black and gray aluminum that will make even the dullest cubicle or home office look cool.â Whatâs more, they believe that any consumer âlooking to get going in the home media network thingâthat is, storing and routing music and movies to TV screens around the home using a digital networkâshould consider the new iMac.â