Find Our Latest Video Reviews on YouTube!
If you want to stay on top of all of our video reviews of the latest tech, be sure to check out and subscribe to the Gear Live YouTube channel, hosted by Andru Edwards! It’s free!
Latest Gear Live Videos
Microsoft Goes Viral With The Vanishing Point, And We Are In It
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Announcements, Features, Home Entertainment, Microsoft, PC / Laptop, Software,
Okay guys, something is definitely up at Microsoft as far as it pertains to the launch of Windows Vista. It looks like they are putting quite a bit of their marketing budget behind a very “outside the box” way of spreading the buzz - and we aren’t talking about full-page spreads in PC Magazine. Earlier today, DHL dropped off a ridiculously large box at the Gear Live headquarters in Seattle, WA. We opened it up, and found a brand new, Windows Vista-based Media Center PC. This particular one is made by Velocity Micro, and it’s loaded to the max.
Now, normally, this is nothing out of the ordinary, as we tend to get a multitude of deliveries each and every week that we review, unbox, and give our overall impressions on - but this was different, as a fairly cryptic note was included in the box that read:
Click to continue reading Microsoft Goes Viral With The Vanishing Point, And We Are In It
Gallery: Microsoft Goes Viral With The Vanishing Point, And We Are In It
Advertisement
Bleeding Edge 067: Vanishing Point - Loki Sends Us A Vista Media Center PC
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Features, Home Entertainment, Microsoft, PC / Laptop, Software, Videocasts, Videos,
|Download| - iPod-formatted H.264
|Download| - MPEG-4
Read More 
| The Bleeding Edge
Gallery: Bleeding Edge 067: Vanishing Point - Loki Sends Us A Vista Media Center PC
The Bleeding Edge 066: The Chris Pirillo and Ponzi Wedding
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Features, Misc. Tech, PC / Laptop, Videocasts, Videos,
|Download| - iPod-formatted H.264
|Download| - MPEG-4
Read More | The Bleeding Edge
Gallery: The Bleeding Edge 066: The Chris Pirillo and Ponzi Wedding
2006 Holiday Gift Guide: Sony NV-U71T
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Features, GPS, Family, Men,
It looks like Sony may have learned from it’s mistakes based on it’s first foray into the personal navigation market and have come back swinging for a second round of competition with the NV-U71. What features did Sony throw into this one to make us so impressed? Well, for starters, the Sony NV-U71 has a nifty Gesture Command interface that allows you to make Plam Graffitti-ish type gestures with your finger or stylus right on the screen. Different gestures tell the GPS to do different things - for example, give it an upside-down V shape, and it will navigate your right back to your front door. No need to take your eyes off the road and go through pesky menus. Of course, it also is small and has a 3D map interface featuring a birds-eye view, but they all have that nowadays, don’t they?
Price: $500 (Compare Prices)
Gallery: 2006 Holiday Gift Guide: Sony NV-U71T
2006 Holiday Gift Guide: Dyson DC17 Animal
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Features, Smart Home, Women,
Dyson promises that it’s DC17 Animal will never tip over, thanks to it’s low center of gravity. Of course, that isn’t all that this powerhouse of a vacuum boasts, as this beast is said to offer the most powerful suction on the vacuum cleaner market. Debris is sifted through it’s three nested chambers, and the air that is expelled contains about 150 times less bacteria and mold spores than our normal, everyday air - not other vacuum expelled air, we mean air in general!
Price: $550 (Compare Prices)
Gallery: 2006 Holiday Gift Guide: Dyson DC17 Animal
2006 Holiday Gift Guide: Apple MacBook Pro
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Features, PC / Laptop, Men, Techies,
In our opinion, it doesn’t get much better than the MacBook Pro when it comes to a portable computer. Why? Well, aside from the Intel Core 2 Duo processors that they house, they are lightweight and have batteries that last almost three hours under normal use and load. It has a built-in iSight webcam, FireWire 400 and 800 ports, and a backlit keyboard. The kicker here though, is that by using this with the Parallels software, you can run Windows 2000, XP, and Vista side-by-side within OS X. If you prefer a dedicated OS experience, you can use Boot Camp to run Windows on it’s own. That means that by buying a MacBook Pro, you get access to both the OS X and Windows operating systems with extreme ease. The same can’t be said for the PC side of things.
Price: Starts at $1,999 (Compare Prices)
Gallery: 2006 Holiday Gift Guide: Apple MacBook Pro
The Bleeding Edge 065: Sticks and Stones
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Design, Features, Mods / Hacks, Videocasts, Videos,
|Download| - iPod-formatted H.264
|Download| - MPEG-4
Read More | The Bleeding Edge
Gallery: The Bleeding Edge 065: Sticks and Stones
The Bleeding Edge 064: Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Features, Home Entertainment, Portable Audio / Video, Product Reviews, Software, Video Games, Videocasts, Videos,
|Download| - iPod-formatted H.264
|Download| - MPEG-4
Read More | The Bleeding Edge
Gallery: The Bleeding Edge 064: Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer
Five Great Online Stores For Finding Gifts For Geeks
Posted by Chris Cardinal Categories: Editorial, Features, Hot Deals, Misc. Tech,
If you’ve been following along with our Holiday Gift Guide 2006, you’re probably looking to pick up something unique and fun for someone you love or merely tolerate. Fantastic. But if you’re not looking to spend quite $100+ on them, because, perhaps they haven’t earned that much friend equity and hey, you’ve got a Wii to buy yourself, well, that’s just fine. The interweb is plush with amazing niche shops, terrific web stores that have all sorts of amazing and fun gadgets, toys and fun things for your desk. And with just two weeks left, it’s best to get cracking right now.
Our five favorite places to shop for cool people for under $30? Let’s see:
1) Wishingfish.com: With great desk toppers like Swiss Aromatherapy Pens and animal-shaped rubber bands, this diverse site has all sorts of goodies ripe for the taking. Pick them up a Smores Maker and they’ll be roasting marshmallows inside at what’s sure to be a very awkward, but soon tasty staff meeting in no time!
Click to continue reading Five Great Online Stores For Finding Gifts For Geeks
Gallery: Five Great Online Stores For Finding Gifts For Geeks
Tom Bihn ID Bag Review
Posted by Sparky Categories: Accessories, Wearables, Features, Product Reviews,
Tom Bihn recently released an update to their mid-sized messenger bag, the ID. The updated ID has several notable improvements and makes for a great everyday bag for anyone with lots of stuff to cart around. Gear Live took it for a spin and compares it to the Imago which we recently reviewed. Click through for the full review.
Click to continue reading Tom Bihn ID Bag Review
