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Berlind's Testbed Written by David Berlind

Chartered to protect the henhouse, has the FTC turned into a fox?

Posted by David Berlind

I rarely get e-mail from the USA Today's Byron Acohido (who from time to time interviews me for my opinions on tech). But today, Acohido drew my attention to a story that he has co-authored with Jon Swartz under the headline FTC under fire as credit bureaus sell consumers� data. . .more

New in Reviews

Samsung BD-P1400: Hold off The Samsung BD-P1400 delivers a mostly capable Blu-ray player at a relatively affordable price, but it's probably still better to hold off for newer models or a PlayStation3.
Apple MacBook - white (Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard) a top-tier choice Apple has been content to issue minor periodic hardware updates to the 13-inch MacBook, but the modest performance gains and new Leopard OS keep it in our top tier of laptop recommendations.
Asus GeForce 8800 GT (PCI-e, 512MB, 1.8GHz Clock) could do the trick Asus and Nvidia have teamed up for a compelling midrange 3D graphics card with this EN8800 GT. It doesn't completely dominate a less expensive card from ATI like we'd hoped, so players of certain games should stay away. But if you can find this card for a good price, we recommend it, especially if you intend to use two of them.
Magellan Maestro 4250 is a solid system Despite some minor shortcomings, the Magellan Maestro 4250 is a solid and accurate mid-level portable navigation system with a helpful voice-command feature.
Dell XPS M1530 (Intel Core 2 Duo T5450 1.66GHz, 160GB HDD, 2GB RAM) has got the looks Dell's turn toward a "design-first" philosophy continues to pay off with the XPS M1530, easily the best-looking 15-inch laptop in recent memory.
Samsung L830 (Black) too sluggish a shooter The Samsung L830 is a compact 8-megapixel camera that offers plenty of manual controls, but its sluggish shooting and disappointing picture quality hold it back.
Oppo HM-31 a good upgrade The Oppo HM-31 offers some nice upgrades for custom home installs, but competing models offer more inputs for less money.

Digital Cameras

Best gifts to buy for someone who already has a digital camera (part 1)

Still scrambling to get last-minute gifts for the hard-to-buy-for people in your lives? (I know I am!) Well you can't get them a digital camera every year, so here are some great accessories. Janice Chen

Hardware 2.0

Odd Firefox system requirements recommendation

Maybe I'm just focusing on nothing, but Mozilla�s system requirements recommendations for Firefox 3.0 beta struck me as odd. Why did they recommend XP over Vista? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Mobile Gadgeteer

2nd impressions of the HTC Touch Dual

I posted my first impressions of the HTC Touch Dual back on 1 December and only had a Nokia N95 to take video of the device in action. I have now been using the Touch Dual as my primary device for a couple of weeks and took an updated video using a dedicated digital camcorder so you can get a better feel for the device. Matthew Miller

The Apple Core

Apple releases patch for MacBook keyboard deafness

On 14 November I posted a piece from the PowerPage about a "keyboard deafness" bug on MacBooks and MacBook Pros running Leopard. After installing Mac OS 10.5 Leopard numerous MacBook and MacBook Pro users' keyboards and trackpads would spontaneously stop responding to user input. Jason D. O'Grady & David Morgenstern