Most booths at the Consumer Electronics Show are pretty bland, but Spectra International's booth stood out with several walls of eye-searing pink Hello Kitty electronics. The cat face with its trademark missing mouth, a symbol of international cuteness, was plastered on everything from phones to USB sticks. There were even Hello Kitty toasters and hair dryers on display. Read more
An estimated 1.6 million visitors will gawk at very expensive cars, eye-searing color schemes and beautiful show girls at this year's Thailand International Motor Expo held just north of Bangkok. The region's second largest car show - just behind the Tokyo motor Show - hopes to slow the region's slump in auto sales by adding some glitzy shows and great faces to the window shopping experience. Read more
A website vaguely describing what could be a handheld device is heating up rumors on the Internet, OrigamiProject.com, registered to Microsoft, is believed to outlined a new approach to generate a product category between the PDA and the Tablet PC, which appears to fit very well into Intel's description of a Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC). Read more
During the first unofficial day of Microsoft's TechEd 2006 conference in Boston, we got a first idea how programmers will be able to embed their own .NET functions, such as from Visual C#, directly in the new ribbon of Microsoft Office 2007 - one of Microsoft's first applications ever to completely replace the venerable menu bar. Read more
Recent price drops have made 4 GB DDR2 dual-channel kits affordable for even the most cost-conscious buyers. We pushed nine models to their limits to determine best value for a broad range of users. Read more
We tightened the budget on this month’s enthusiast-level system while loosening our belt for the low-cost gamer box by a similar percentage. Today we gauge the effect of these changes on performance and value and compare to last month's machines. Read more
On this, the second day of our System Builder Marathon, Don turns down the price tag of his mid-range build looking for a sweet spot just above the $1,000 marker. Let's see what sort of hardware he found for it! Read more
This month's System Builder Marathon is all about your feedback to us. We've revamped our entry-level and mid-range PCs with new price points. Let's kick things off with what we think is the best value at a $625 price point! Read more