Tom Solari

Senior Associate Editor

Melbourne

Tom Solari is Senior Associate Editor for TECHGEEK.com.au. He covers the gadget and hardware beat, with a passion for tinkering and choosing the best hardware. Unashamedly tech savvy, he also is a programmer and runs servers.Disclaimer: he is part of GetMyVPS.

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By Tom Solari on January 8th, 2011

Sennheiser expand noise-cancelling headphones with the CXC 700

Sennheiser, who are known for their top quality audio gear, have added another addition to there noise-cancelling headphone range, the CXC 700′s. The CXC 700′s feature Sennheiser’s exclusive NoiseGard™ digital noise cancelling technology which allows the users to select one of three modes designed to reduce low, medium and high frequency noise.

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By Tom Solari on January 7th, 2011

Xi3 Unleashes Their Z3RO Modular Device

When we speak of computers today, you picture a massive box, with 3 to many optical drive spaces and enough intakes to cool a hall. Well that was not what the people from Xi3 pictured, because they have produced something that it totally opposite. The Z3RO, pronounced ’zero’, is a low-profile, low-cost modular device that allows those of us who aren’t power users to dramatically reduce the energy consumption by allowing up to four people to connect to the Xi3 Modular Computer at once.

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By Tom Solari on January 6th, 2011

Sony introduce three new Bloggie HD Cameras

With an ever growing market for pocket video cameras, Sony today released three new models, the Bloggie, the Bloggie Duo and Bloggie 3D, which the latter is a world first. These cameras enable you to capture those moments in Full HD for video or 5MP for stills.

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By Tom Solari on January 6th, 2011

Sony releases laptop with 3D capabilities

Sony today unraveled their new 3D capable laptop. The VAIO F Series 3D laptop features a Full HD 16″ LED display, Blu-ray and 3D capabilities. This laptop is said to offer “unparalleled, immersive entertainment experience on their terms- in the living room, on–the-go, wherever.”

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By Tom Solari on January 5th, 2011

AMD Brings Out Fusion APU Chip

A day before CES launches, AMD have announced their new Fusion ‘APU’, which is a new chip design and combines CPU with GPU. The new family of chips using this technology is the AMD Radeon™ HD 6000M series which is AMD’s lastest, highest performing notebook graphics.

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By Tom Solari on December 31st, 2010

The Year in Review 2010 : The Gadgets Highlights

Who would have known by the end of this decade, we would have an Apple phone, eBook readers and tablets all around us? Or even having devices that are better and smaller than the PCs of 2000. This year there have been many leaps and bounds, like the up and coming tablet war, the broad range of Android devices released, the new iPhone, all those eBook readers and not to forget, Windows Phone 7. We started the year at CES 2010, which was very Android and eBook focused, which has shaped the year that has followed.

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By Tom Solari on December 9th, 2010

Review : Logitech MK710 Wireless Desktop

Logitech, one of the leading computer peripheral companies, has brought out their new MK710 Wireless Desktop. This combo features Logitech’s new Incurve Keys (TM), has a three year battery life and we have been given it to test and use with our up and coming TECHGEEK.com.au Computer.

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By Tom Solari on October 23rd, 2010

Top novels for tech geeks

Are you into reading techy/sci-fi books, or just overall geeky? Well here’s a something for you. Online College Courses have put together a list of the Top 50+ novels for tech geeks including titles like The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Series, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, The James Bond Series and much more!

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By Tom Solari on October 11th, 2010

Sony Ericsson bring out LiveView display for Android

Today, Sony Ericsson, the company which brought you the X10 line, announced their new device, the LiveView, which despite it looks is not an iPod Nano competitor.

Instead the LiveView is a micro display for Android phones with the ability to be a remote control. This device is like many other concepts out there, allow you to read new text messages, see incoming calls and keep up with the latest Facebook and Twitter news plus more.

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By Tom Solari on September 4th, 2010

Review: Arctic Sound P531 Headphones

Headsets are important, especially during multiplayer gameplay and podcasting. But which one out of all are better than the others? Are the newbies any better than the top brands out there like Logitech and Sennhesier? TECHGEEK.com.au’s Tom Solari takes the Arctic Sound P531 headset for a spin.

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By Tom Solari on September 3rd, 2010

Samsung releases their version of the iPad

Good news, Samsung’s tablet, the Galaxy Tab, was officially released last night though It was not like we didn’t know that it was coming as it was spotted on a Sydney Train around a week ago. Samsung said that the tablet is planned for release in Q4 of 2010 and should be available before Christmas.

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By Tom Solari on August 17th, 2010

7 inch iPad on the way?

RUMOUR MILL: We have been hearing rumors that there might be some sort of a smaller iPad on the way but now these rumours are starting to seem more true. A DigiTimes article says that this smaller iPad is due to be realised around the end of the year and is set to feature a 1024×768 pixel 7″ IPS display, be powered by a Cortex A9 processor paired with 512 MB of RAM.

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By Tom Solari on August 12th, 2010

NBN 100x Faster than Originally Anticipated

When the National Broadband Network was announced, we were told that it would reach speeds of 100 Mbps but now NBN Co. has come out saying that the NBN will reach speeds of 1 Gbps meaning that the NBN will be 100 times faster than originally planned and just under 170 times faster than the average ADSL connection.

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By Tom Solari on August 11th, 2010

Apple Peel 520 goes white before iPhone 4

You have all heard of the Apple Peel 520, right? Well its a silicon case for the iPod touch which actually contains the parts from the iPhone that are not in the iPod touch in order to turn you iPod Touch into a makeshift iPhone. Well the Apple Peel 520 is now being made in white which has beaten the white iPhone 4 which has currently been delayed.

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