EM Electronic Musician, December 2008

"10 Essential Software Apps for Every Studio" lists:
AudioFinder 4.8
Fre(a)koscope and s(M)exoscope
FreeG
MIDI Monitor
Music Math 4
pHATmatik Pro 1.52
Soundflower
Transcribe 7.5
VintageWarmer 2

Macworld, December 2008

Informative article, "Ultimate Gear Guide: 51 Cool Accessories for Your Mac, iPod, and iPhone."

Also has hands-on reviews of:
4G iPod Nano
2G iPod Touch
iTunes 8
Discusses pros, cons, price, OS X compatibility, processor compatibility, and links to a full review on the Macworld website.

American Photo, January/February 2009

Review of the Nikon D90

Fast Company, December 2008/January 2009

Article on the best gadgets includes:
Canon Vixia HF10 video camera
Panasonic TH-46PZ850 television
Blackberry Bold
Kingston MobileLiteSD Card Reader
Apple iPod Nano
Amazon Kindle

Popular Photography, January 2009

Two very different cameras are reviewed in this issue:

Canon EOS 50D
What's hot and what's not
Who is this camera for?
Specs,
Test results for image quality, resolution, noise, highlight and shadow detail, contrast, AF speed

Panasonic's Lumix DMC-G1
What's hot and what's not
Who is this camera for?
Specs,
Test results for image quality, resolution, color accuracy, noise, highlight and shadow detail, and contrast

PC Photo, December 2008

"2009 Editors' Choice Awards: 30 Cool Tools for Better Photos" includes:
Apple Macbook
Seagate Free Agent Go
Canon Powershot SX10 IS
Western Digital My Book
Epson Stylus Photo R2880

Wired, December 2008

This issue covers "The Best Gear and Gadgets of the Year" and it is quite an eclectic assortment.
Ergonomic chairs
Flip Mino
T-Mobile G1
Keurig Mini Brewer (for coffee lovers)
Amplifiers
Nikon D90

Two quite interesting finds are a baby (toddler) stroller that has an optional seat, Phil&Teds Vibe, and a measuring spoon scale that measures to the nearest tenth of a gram, the Admeior Digital Spoon Scale.

PC World, December 2008

Reviews & Rankings Section covers a lot of ground.

1. Mini-notebooks
Acer Aspire One
Lenova IdeaPad S10
Asus Eee PC 1000H 80G XP
Dell Inspiron Mini 9
MSI Wind NB U100

2. T-Mobile G1 Smart Phone
call quality
browsing the web

3. Photoshop CS4

4. Value PCs
Micro Express MicroFlex 82B
Polywell Poly i7050
Acer Veriton L460
Gateway GT5692
HP Pavilion Elite a6560T

There is also an article titled, "New iPod Nano, Zune Players Face Off."

Smart Computing & Consumer Electronics in Plain English

Reviews the media suite, Roxio Creator 2009, and tells what's new and what's not.

Reviews Google Chrome (Beta) for user interface, performance, and key features.

Smart Computing & Consumer Electronics in Plain English, January 2009

Reviews various internet security suites:
McAfee Total Protection 2009
Norton Internet Security 2009
Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 8.0.0.454
AVG Internet Security 8.0.196
Trend Micro Internet Security Pro 17.0.1224
PC Tools Internet Security 2009
Information discussed:
systems supported by each
scanning speeds
prices
contact information
URL
notable features

Videomaker January 2009

This issue reviews the Canon VIXIA HG21 high-definition hard-disk-drive, 120GB hard-drive space. It discusses strengths and weaknesses and gives all the technical specs.

Maximum PC January 2009

Maximum PC, January 2009
Lengthy article about 10 antivirus utilities which were tested and compared for:
e-mail scanning
spyware protection
rootkit protection
heuristics
firewall
identity protection
spam controls
parental controls
memory usage
The ten utilities are:
McAfee Total Protection 2009
Norton Internet Security
Kaspersky Ineternet Security 2009
AVG Internet Security 8.0
AVAST! 4 (home edition)
Avira AntiVir
Eset Smart Security
Frisk Software F-Prot Antivirus
AVG Free Edition
PC Tools Antivirus

Remember the Print

I'm creating this blog to share information found in many of the magazines that are current subscriptions at the San Antonio Public Library, 2nd floor collection. As I check in the magazines, I will look for interesting and valuable reviews of tech toys and anything else a customer might want to evaluate before making a purchase.