Buffalo USB 3.0 harddisk first to make an appearance

As capacities start hitting multiple terabytes, the USB 2.0 is showing its age with a maximum transfer speed of 480Mbps. Though the eSATA standard was supposed to be the answer, the fact is that other than mid- to high-end laptops, the majority out there do not come bundled with this port.

The new USB 3.0 standard, on the other hand, not only allows for a much faster 4Gbps transfer, it is also backward-compatible with older USB standards. One of the first peripherals supporting this new port is the Buffalo SuperSpeed USB 3.0 DriveStation HD-HXU3 external harddisk. Available in 1TB (US$199), 1.5TB (US$249) and 2TB (US$399) capacities, US-based Microcenter store will be selling this product from December 7. If your PC does not come with this port, Buffalo will be coming out with a PCI-E USB 3.0 connectors for desktops and we can expect ExpressCard versions for laptops as well. We can expect the USB 3.0 drive to hit Asia Pacific next year.

BenQ's LED monitor actually lets you grow a garden

LED monitors were the new hotness at CES last January, but it wasn't until the Samsung SyncMaster XL2370 debuted that we really started to believe in them.

That was the first monitor that really seemed to live up to what LED monitor manufacturers' have promised.

That was the first monitor that really seemed to live up to what has been promised by LED monitor manufacturers'.
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Forget screen size, curvy monitors are the way to go

Curved screens are not new as they have been around for industrial applications such as flight simulators. However, these screens have been prohibitively expensive, till now.
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An ErgoMotion mouse a day keeps wrist pains away

I switched from mice to trackpads and trackballs years ago after my wrist started getting all janky on me after a few hours a day of work. That's because see-saw mouses like SmartFish Technologies' ErgoMotion laser mouse didn't exist back then.
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Don't expose your Apple machine to second-hand smoke... or else

Here's one for the books. We've all encountered cases where the vendor would refuse to honor the warranty by claiming wear-and-tear or water damage. But this is the first time we've heard of the coverage being void because a PC was exposed to second-hand smoke.

Two Apple users, one from Iowa and the other from Oklahoma, sent their machines in for repairs, only to be told that since their computers had been exposed to second-hand cigarette smoke, the components were contaminated with nicotine tar.
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