| Cracking Open the Sony PlayStation Portable | | | Cracking Open the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) Although Sony has announced plans to launch a thinner, feature-enhanced PlayStation Portable (PSP), the current model is still a handheld wonder. With its brilliant screen, Wi-Fi support, and multimedia capability, the PSP has the foundation of great device. But what makes Sony's PSP tick? Come along as we crack open the handheld's plastic shell and see the hardware that lurks inside the PSP. -- Bill Detwiler, TechRepublic Content Development Manager | | More TechRepublic Cracking Open Galleries... | | Cracking open the iZ3D 22-inch LCD monitor TechRepublic has been testing and reviewing the iZ3D monitor for about a month. After creating a First Look gallery, we felt it was time to crack it open to see what was inside. | ........................................................................................................................................................... | | Cracking open the SMC NAS TigerStore storage device NAS storage is quickly becoming a common component of small business networks as well as the home office. To understand what goes into such a device, we cracked open the SMC TigerStore NAS device. | ........................................................................................................................................................... | | Cracking open an external DVD burner External USB-connected CD and DVD burners present a simple method for expanding PCs and adding valuable functionality. Just what's inside those black and beige boxes so many users have added to their systems, though? | ........................................................................................................................................................... | | Cracking open Microsoft's Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 Ever wonder how one of the most common wireless notebook mice is put together? Check out this Cracking Open image gallery to learn just what's inside Microsoft's Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000. | ........................................................................................................................................................... | | Cracking open the Logitech QuickCam Orbit MP Webcam The QuickCam is a strange looking Webcam, but it offers some pretty cool features like motorized pan and tilt. In our endless quest to discover how everything works, or at least say we tried, we are cracking open the Logitech QuickCam Orbit MP. | ........................................................................................................................................................... | | | | | | Perennial Gallery Favorites... | | Convicted for endangering their computers? Just because you can take your laptop into the bathroom, doesn't mean you should. Unfortunately, users often ignore common sense and place sensitive computer equipment in harms way. | ........................................................................................................................................................... | | Inside the Altair 8800 vintage computer If not the first home computer, Ed Roberts' Altair 8800 was definitely the first successful one. Erik Klein, vintage computer collector and Webmaster of Vintage-Computer.com, takes you inside the Altair 8800 as he restores one of these classic machines. | ........................................................................................................................................................... | | Transforming Windows XP into Windows Vista You don't have to wait for Vista to ship to experience what Glass is going to be like. Using the Vista Transformation Pack, you can emulate Aero Glass on just about any workstation that can run Windows XP. | | | Copyright © 2007 CNET Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. TechRepublic is a registered service mark of CNET Networks, Inc. CNET Networks, Inc., 235 Second Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, U.S.A. | | | |