In the era of big screens and phablets, phones seem to be getting bigger and bigger. The all-new Desire 816 from HTC has the largest screen Virgin Mobile can offer yet. But does bigger necessarily mean better? Worried about keeping up with the Joneses? Virgin Mobile also offers the Samsung Galaxy S5 4G LTE. Read our review to find out which is right for you!

Thomas Fogel & Nancy Burlan, Posted 11/28/2014

With the ever-increasing availability of high-resolution downloadable music from labels large and small, listeners who want to get the most out of their music should start with a great, affordable DAC to use with their headphones. We tested the Audioengine D3 24-bit DAC/Headphone amp, and we give it high marks. Audioengine has built a reputation based on affordable, good sounding audio gear, powered speakers, and DAC’s and the D3 is their first entry into the portable USB DAC market. With the help of high-resolution audio releases from HD Tracks, including the latest Led Zeppelin titles, we put this pocket sized DAC to the test. For the full story, read our full review!

Harris Fogel, posted 11/13/2014

Without sounding like a broken record (if anyone still gets that reference), one undeniable fact is that our data storage needs are on a constant growth pattern, which means hard drives must be updated on a constant basis. For most consumers, this means ordering a consumer-grade drive that is large enough to hold them for the foreseeable future. In this article, part two of a multi-part story on storage, we test a pair of Seagate’s new 6TB Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 hard drives driven as a mirror by the recently upgraded and venerable SoftRaid 5 software. Should the word “enterprise” scare you? We don’t think so; in fact we think "enterprise" is the creative individual's best friend! Read on to find out the results of our tests.

Harris Fogel, with additional research by Frank Schramm, Ken Kramar, and John Mulhern III, posted 9/13/2014

Last December at the Pepcom Digital Experience show held in New York, one vendor’s table stood out. Instead of the usual plethora of black boxes, cables, headphones, computers, memory chips, or software, this table had glowing gardens of vegetables, flowers, and herbs - a beautiful refuge from the chill of winter. The source of all that greenery was a selection of small tabletop hydroponic gardens from AeroGrow, a Boulder, Colorado based company that has a strategic partnership with Scotts Miracle-Gro. Is an AeroGarden destined for your home or office? Read our full review to find out!

Nancy Burlan and Harris Fogel, Posted 9/14/2014