Author: Mark Rudd

Move over EyeTV, there’s a new kid on the block! TubeStick Hybrid by Equinux, is a Mac solution which allows you to connect your over-the-air, cable, and even satellite TV signals to your Mac via USB. For all of you who like to consume your media when you want it, TubeStick gives you the freedom to record your favorite shows for viewing when you want and, with the newly added iPhone/iPod Touch Apps, where you want. Will the hardware and software measure up to the big boys in the space, read on my young Jedi Knight and discover if the Force is indeed with the TubeStick Hybrid.

Is there a budding podcaster lurking inside the deep dark recesses of your content saturated mind? Well here is your opportunity to let your inner Rock Star out to play for a while. The MXL Studio 1 Desktop Recording Kit provides you with the basic audio hardware for digitally recording those thoughts and opinions that have been aching to see the light of day.

In this busy world of deadlines and expense accounts, more and more weary travelers are choosing to take mobile scanners on the road and get those business cards and receipts into their personal data management programs. The ScanSnap S300M was designed by Fujitsu for this very purpose. Read on and find out if this little dynamo is right for the road worrier in you.

As the Bell of the 2008 Macworld Ball, MacSpeech could do no wrong. Their, then, new speech recognition program, Dictate 1.0, was all the rage. For years, the Mac faithful had been relegated to subpar speech recognition products. Dictate changed all of that by creatively adapting the Dragon NaturallySpeaking engine to Mac OS. The 1.0 version of Dictate had some glaring limitations. Here we are post 2009 Macworld and MacSpeech has introduced a shinny new version of Dictate. Will this new version make good on the promise of version 1.0? Or, will those in the Mac universe seeking to dance at the speech recognition ball be left holding the em… golden slipper. Read on for the rest of the story.

If you are looking for an iPod/iPhone audio solution for your car, the Griffin TuneFlex AUX with SmartClick might be a good fit. With the ability to cradle, charge, and route your audio through a line-out auxiliary port, your iPod/iPhone can now fill your car with all your favorite tunes. This new revision to the TuneFlex product line adds two important features. Griffin has added the Works with iPhone technology as well as SmartClick. How have these added technologies improved the TuneFlex? Stay tuned for the rest of the story…

The Altec Lansing T612 in one of the first audio systems to adorn the new, "Works with iPhone" logo. This logo indicates that the T612 is certified to work in harmony with the iPhone in accordance with the specifications and standards established by Apple. We have all experienced the cellular bleed through resulting from using an iPhone with a standard iPod audio system.

FIRST THINGS FIRST So many times we forget to see the forest and get caught up in the trees. Let’s get our collective eyes