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RHA SA950i Review: The Perfect Pair of Cheap Headphones

Life is better with great headphones, but some of us—especially those who tend to lose or break things—just need something that's cheap and good enough. For those listeners, the RHA SA950i headphones deliver a level of quality, design and portability that's way out of proportion to the product's pricetag. Read More >

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LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt Review: The Best Thunderbolt Hard Drive

If your computer has a Thunderbolt drive, odds are it's been pretty neglected. Some external storage options are good, but nothing is a no-brainer. Until now, that is. LaCie's vivid orange drive is the best way to back up files, superfast. Read More >

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Sony Xperia Tablet S Review: Better, But Still Broken

Last year's Sony Tablet S wasn't perfect, but it was refreshing. It was a sign that Sony could still innovate, and that it wasn't afraid to try something different. The new Xperia S tablet is an improvement in every way. But it's still hung up on those same Sony snags. Read More >

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Fitbit Zip Review: The Tiny Anti-Flab Motivator

I've been walking around with a Fitbit Zip in my pocket for the last week, most of the time forgetting it's there. Then remembering, looking, and realising how lazy I've been. Is this activity-monitoring gadget the kind of thing that can get you into shape, or is it just more junk in your jeans? Read More >

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Nintendo 3DS XL Review: Bigger Screen, Better 3D, Still Kinda Clumsy

When everyone's already got a smartphone in a pocket, what good is a portable game console? Figuring that out is one of the toughest challenges for traditional game makers right now. Read More >

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Dyson DC44 Animal Vacuum Review: Small, Sure, But It’s All About How You Use It

We live in an age of robot cleaners scouring our floors for us with virtually no intervention. It takes a special vacuum cleaner to make you want to go back to using your arms again. But the DC44 Digital Slim vacuum is worth a look if you're considering a Roomba — because this vacuum might actually be a better solution. Read More >

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Apple EarPods Review: Better! (But Still Garbage)

Pretty soon millions—tens of millions!—of suckers will own a pair of Apple EarPods. If you hated the old Apple buds because they sound terrible and don't fit, good news is that these are better. And they still come free with a device. The bad news is that they're still a pretty poor way to experience music. Read More >

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Pioneer XW-SMA3 Review: An Awesome AirPlay Speaker You Can Take With You Anywhere

Most AirPlay speakers have failed at their central purpose. Life is not made easier. Your liberation from wires comes with a monstrous configuration headache. Read More >

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Sony X-Factor Headphones Review: I Somehow Love These Gross, Gaudy Celebrity Headphones

Sony X headphones are everything we hate: Ostentatious, overpriced gear that's nothing more than a cynical celebrity cash grab. In a world with justice and truth, such gaucherie wouldn't exist — but we kind of love these headphones anyway. Read More >

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Motorola Droid RAZR M Review: The Best Non-Giant Android Phone

Android phones have been getting bigger and bigger, and that's not everyone's cup of tea. As Motorola said at unveiling of the Droid RAZR M, "Some people just want a smaller phone." Does this phone, designed to fill that niche, still deliver on performance? Read More >

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SOL Republic Tracks Ultra Headphones Review: A Wall of Sound with No Depth

When SOL Republic launched the Tracks Ultra headphones, we took issue with the vague description of the product. And it wasn't just a lack of specs. There was no actual qualitative description about what made the sound of the Tracks Ultra different from the headphones' excellent previous iteration. Now that we have a pair for review, we know exactly what's distinct. Turns out, it's not much. Read More >

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Canon 650D (T4i) Review: The Best Budget DSLR Is Kind of a Bummer

More than two years ago, the Canon 550D aka the T2i set the standard for beginner DSLRs. The camera proved, for £700-odd, that you could get beautiful photos and slick HD video. It was incredibly popular, as was Canon's 2011 follow-up, the 600D (T3i). Read More >

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Bayan 7 Speaker Dock Lightning Review: Is Bigger Always Better?

For years, anyone in the market for a iPod speaker dock was faced with a stark choice: cheap and cheerful (i.e. tacky), or expensive and bloated with audiophile hyperbole. Has the gap finally been closed, now that Bayan has combined engineering and design with a reasonable price tag? Read More >

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Russound AirGo Outdoor Speaker Review: I Froze It. I Drowned It. It Would Not Die.

Russound makes speakers camouflaged as rocks to sit out by the pool at your mansion. Their tough outdoor products, it turns out, can also survive over five months on a Brooklyn fire escape. The sound might not be the greatest, and the product may be inelegant, absurd, and expensive, but the weird AirGo Outdoor Speaker is brutally tough and undeniably effective. Read More >

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Archos 101 XS Tablet Review: One Step Forward, Ten Steps Back

Think Microsoft Surface is the only one that gets to have fun with a keyboard hidden in the tablet's cover? Hell naw, quoth Archos. The 101 XS Tablet is bringing some old-style clickity-clack to the tablet game. If only they'd made it, you know, work. Read More >