The Intuit has captured the flagship position in the software market with the Quicken 2010 – a simpler and easier to navigate money management application. This application remains a better financial assistant and solid balance keeper than its predecessor. In addition, the company has also added some exciting features like visualization of monthly assets and budget. It is available in different configurations: $149.99 Quicken Rental Property Management 2010, $99.99 Quicken Home and Business 2010, $89.99 Quicken Premier 2010 for tracking investments, and $59.99 Quicken Deluxe 2010 for helping in savings for large purchase. We’ve reviewed the Quicken Deluxe 2010 in this review. We like that it makes it easy for calculating personal home finance operations and automatically categorizes the expenses. However, its second-tier tools are text-heavy and clunky for some users. In addition, it creates a lot of icons on the desktop and most of them remains useless.

You may remember the Sony Mylo – a small Wi-Fi messaging device. Now, Sony has released its successor - $299 priced the Mylo Communicator 2. It has a new look and more features such as direct downloads/uploads, widgets, camera, AIM, and YouTube app. It has a better design than its predecessor the Mylo. Will it be enough to attract you, especially youngsters? No as the cellular technology is not present there. However, Sony is not trying to provide a cell phone in form of the Mylo 2. You can buy the Apple iPhone, Helio Ocean, and T-Mobile Sidekick LX at the same price with calling and other more features. Then why should be buy the Sony Mylo Communicator 2? The Mylo 2 has various upgrades over its predecessor. If you are not interested in buying a smartphone, then you can buy the Mylo 2 with an entry-level cell phone. The 3.5 inches touch-screen of the Sony Mylo 2 has 800×480 pixels resolution. It is one of the greatest assets for the Mylo 2 as it exhibits impressive sharp pictures.  [...]

To manage the cost for beating cheaper pocket-sized HD 720p video camera, the standard-def mini-camcorders compromised on optical zoom and storage. $329.95 priced the JVC Everio GZ-MS130 features remote control, 16GB internal storage, SDHC/SD slot to accept 32GB cards, and 35x optical zoom; while the MS120 provides dual SDHC/SD slots without any internal memory for $50 less. The MS130 will also attract those who need a flip-style mini-camcorder especially for sharing their video at online Web sites. It has small and comfortable design as well as provides one-touch YouTube upload through its bundled software. However, it lacks optical image stabilization and its grip strap is thin. You will find a start/stop recording button on the back at battery’s right side. The snapshot button and the zoom rocker are located on its top. We like that you can take still picture even while recording video. The tiny switch on the left side gives access to snapshot  [...]

It is very difficult to find a cheap headphone with good sound quality. That’s why it is a pleasant experience to review the $19.99 priced MeElectronics M9 sound-isolating earphones for Apple iPhone and iPod. It has solid build and provides good sound quality. We like that the M9 earphones are shipped with case and cable wrap. However, it does not provide the richest sound. Still the MeElectronics M9 remains a good combination of acceptable audio quality, useful accessories and good design. It gives little jewelry appeal with its clear plastic cables. However, it is not comfortable to wear them for a long time. What’s more – you may notice some microphonics due to cable movement even while listening the music tracks. The MeElectronics M9 sound-isolating earphones comes with three standard sized and a double-flanged silicone tips. It has flexible and thick cord that bodes well for long-term usage. This cable feature rarely comes at such a low price.  [...]

You may remember a nice series in which a small girl falls down in a hole while sleeping then wakes up surrounded by talk animals in a small room. Yes, you are right to depict its name – Alice in Wonderland. Recently, you may have watched the similar titled movie by Tim Burton. Following the trend of making games of movies, the Alice in Wonderland game is now available for $39.99 for the Nintendo Wii. With this game, you can go through the similar experience of McGee Alice. The talking animals will engage you to play in the adventurous game while exploring the Underland, solving the puzzles and doing battle with enemies. The game stylishly renders the animals style, but there is a noticeable jarring effect while contrasting with their human counterparts. Your rolewill be of chaperone and protector of Alice. She may feel defenceless and hapless to offend the Red Queen’s army and Jabberwocky for avoiding the capture. Alice has to find the Vopral Sword for stopping the queen’s plan.  [...]

The Lenovo ThinkPad x200 series offers high-end performance in a compact fram. In contrast, the Lenovo ThinkPad X100e has low-voltage single-core processor – AMD Athlon Neo and low-level ATI graphics. It features matte screen, sturdy build, and phenomenal keyboard. The starting price of the Netbook is $449, but our test model costs $579. Its battery life is low as compared to other Netbooks its class. The X100e is underpowered as per its price tag. 11.6 inches matte screen has 1366×768 resolution that is better than for a 12-inch screen. The Web pages, the pictures and the office applications does not look crowded with their upper toolbars. It provides good clarity and readability for icons and text all around the screen. The videos and pictures may not look crispy, but remember the X100e is a business machine. We are disappointed that the viewing angle performance for the screen is mediocre. The six-cell battery pops out from the back instead of bulging at the bottom. We like  [...]

New York. April 12, 2010. Adobe System has finally announced to launch its Creative Suite 5 in May 2010. Not only the Photoshop 5 automatically corrects the lens distortion, but it also straightens the lines in fish-eye shot. In addition, you can also fixes vignetting and the chromatic aberration. The Adobe Photoshop 5 has high-end features for the professional broader designer, and photographers. The Automatic lens correction is based on the Adobe’s testing and close measurements of the camera, especially on their lens kits versions. The Photoshop 5 will ease the barrel and pin-cushioning distortion removal, chromatic aberration for colored fringes along the edges and vignetting the darken corners. You can also create the basic profiles, show their results and share them on the Internet. Adobe has improved the support for (HDR) high-dynamic range photography that allows combining the images of different exposures to produce the required appearance of the composite. As per Adobe,  [...]

The Lexmark Interact S605 printer has touch-screen interface that is very quick and easy to use. The small business and home users will definitely appreciate its professional text and graphic printing quality as compared with laser printers. The Lexmark has completely redesigned the Interact S605, but its chassis looks similar to that of the Impact S305. If you are wishing to buy the best photo printing quality then you have to look elsewhere. On the back side, the folding paper tray feeds the papers into the Lexmark Interact S605 and exits out to the extendable tray at printer’s bottom lip. The paper input tray can adjust the media sizes including letter, legal, and envelope due to its adjustable arm that collect the incoming sheets before feeding to the printer. The Lexmark Interact S605 has 4.3 inches touch-screen located in the center of control panel and occupies most of the space. The PictBridge USB port and the media card reader slot are on the right side. It is important  [...]

The Western Digital My Passport Studio is a nice portable external hard drive with 640GB storage and customizable electronic label that works even when the drive is not plugged in. It is one of the most portable and full-featured Western Digital hard drives. The Studio drive only offers USB 2.0, FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 connections. On the down side, it does not support USB 3.0 standard and needs improvement in its FireWire performance, especially for Windows. Actually, $200 priced 640GB the Studio is preformatted for Macs and can also work on Windows computer. You can also get its 320GB and 500GB versions for $150 and $180 respectively. Noteworthy that My Passport Studio drive is available in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. The electronic label can show any 12 characters long message that is enough for depicting name of owner or drive content. It also displays available storage amount and storage gauge. The Western Digital My Passport  [...]

You can easily find the speakers for your MP3 player or iPod. The companies have manufactured the pocket-size speakers to large one. In contrast, it was a bit difficult to find tiny speaker with inbuilt MP3 playe. Now you can find such a gadget - X-Mini Happy Speaker MP3 player. It is a portable stereo speaker with inbuilt music player that easily fits in pants pocket. $74.99 priced X-Mini Happy also has some impressive features and definitely worth your consideration. You can pop the X-Mini Happy Speaker MP3 player to reveal the subwoofer that increases the bass. There are several ports and controls on the base of each speaker. You will find an integrated patch stereo cable on the bottom that can connect with any audio source having 3.5mm standard headset jack. The LED light glows static red when speakers are powered on and blue while charging. It will flash red while playing songs via internal memory. The X-Mini Happy Speaker MP3 player has inbuilt  [...]