Articles on Tough

Grabbing a tough Netbook for your Dad - Jun 17, 2009

Crave Yes, we realize that stereotyping dads as tough father figures may be a little passe. After all, in some households it is the moms who hold the purse strings. But for ... Read story »

For Olympus, the proof is in the videos - May 27, 2009

Crave It's always nice when a company is willing to put up its products against its marketing claims. In this case, the strengths of Olympus' Tough series of digital cameras. Earlier this ... Read story »

NEC releases new 10-inch Netbook in white - Mar 4, 2009

Crave One of the things we disliked about the Versa N1100 was the design. The plasticky square chassis harkened back to early days when one could hardly tell between a laptop and ... Read story »

MacBook Air proves its mettle - Apr 17, 2009

Crave (Photo Despite its ridiculously slim profile, the Apple MacBook Air is apparently tougher than tough. According to a report by blogsite Macenstein, a survivor of the Turkish Airways crash in February ... Read story »

NEC showcases tough ultraportable for business - May 6, 2008

Crave During an event which showcased NEC's digital home entertainment strategy that saw the launch of two new desktop lines, the Japanese maker did not neglect business users and demonstrated its toughest ... Read story »

ASUS laptop toughens up - Jul 7, 2008

Crave Either the military is snapping up laptops faster than before, or consumers are bringing portables to inhospitable places. Just a few short months after NEC joined the rugged laptop race (previously ... Read story »

HP EliteBook gets rough - Jun 10, 2008

Crave HP laptops are not known to be tough, unlike Panasonic ToughBooks or NEC Versa S9100. Sure, its business models are hardier than the usual consumer fare, but put them out in ... Read story »

Who needs Gundam? Gigantor is complete! - Sep 30, 2009

Blogs If you've been feeling a little empty spot somewhere inside since the giant Gundam figure in Tokyo was taken down, Kobe's new Gigantor (or Tetsujin 28 go) figure is now complete ... Read story »

Toshiba releases its first Blu-ray player - Sep 4, 2009

Crave Seeing Toshiba and the Blu-ray logo on the same player makes us think "Photoshop", but the BDX2000 is a real product. Toshiba officially conceded the format war in February 2008, but ... Read story »

Sharp's LED-backlit LCD TV is affordable and consumes less energy - Oct 20, 2009

Crave LCD TV makers have always charged a premium for LED backlighting. In fact, the first LED-based LCD TV Sharp released, the inch-thick XS series, debuted last year at a cool US$11,000 ... Read story »

Casio debuts world's slimmest rugged shooter - Nov 19, 2009

Crave So far, only Panasonic, Olympus, Fujifilm and Canon have tough cameras. But today, Casio joins the fray with the Exilim EX-G1. At 19.9mm thin, the company claims this to be ... Read story »

Her Majesty may become a "Nintendo addict" - Jan 10, 2008

Crave In the US, their head of state couldn't seem to master the Segway, but Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is apparently quite the video game diva. The undoubtedly reputable UK publication The ... Read story »

How Nintendo can fend off Apple's gaming challenge - Nov 13, 2009

Blogs Way back in March, I wrote a post on here entitled On a collision course: iPhone vs Nintendo DSi. Since then a lot has happened. Most notably, back in September we ... Read story »

Intel Core i7 Mobile laptop chips to launch with Windows 7 - Aug 28, 2009

Crave Your order for Windows 7 is here--you want chips with that? Good, because that's exactly what you're getting--and not just any old chips, either. Laptop manufacturers are gearing up to release ... Read story »

How to get your free Windows 7 upgrade - Oct 26, 2009

Crave Now that we're past the official release of Windows 7, most new PCs should come with it preinstalled. But if you purchased a new computer with Windows Vista recently, or for ... Read story »

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