Brinell Purestorage portable hard drive is purely elegant

When I saw the LG XD3 Slim HDD’s a couple of months ago I thought I already seen the most classy external drive out there. But when Brinell Purestorage cropped up, I have to say it is now the classiest so far.

The Brinell Purestorage from Germany is the most eye-catching portable drive out there that would match your chiq bag or diamond encrusted laptop.

There are three different designs, the "understatement series"with its black chrome-plated stainless steel frame and a genuine makassar wooden veneer bezel, the "elegant series" with its mirror-polished stainless steel frame and genuine nappa leather and, finally, the "engineered series",in which the bezel in the mirror-polished stainless steel frame is made of brushed stainless steel or constitutes a carbon designer surface with its characteristic structure.

It comes in either the cheque card (2.5”) or the pocket format (1.8”) with a capacity of 160GB or 500GB and starts at $280.

Fastest web browser for Windows 7

With the release of Windows 7, a lot of people have already migrated to the new and “faster” OS from Microsoft. With the new OS comes new architecture and it’s time again to see which browser works well with Windows 7.

Fortunately, Lifehacker already did the test using the popular browsers including the beta versions. If you’re interested in reading the whole test, head over to Lifehacker.

What struck me the most is how Firefox leads the pack when it comes to memory usage. I always encounter system stuttering when there are more tabs loaded on my Firefox 3.5.

Here are the overall scores based the speed and memory usage of the browsers tested on a Windows 7 system (higher the better):

• Google Chrome 4.0.223.11: 23
• Firefox 3.6 beta 1: 21
• Google Chrome 2 (stable): 19
• Firefox 3.5.4: 17
• Safari 4.03: 17
• Opera 10.01: 16
• Internet Explorer 8.0.7600: 13

The lightweight Google Chrome is still the best among the bunch when it comes to speed and memory usage. Trailing the list is the “supposed-to-be” improved version of IE 8.

I am still a Firefox user mainly because of its AdBlock plugin. But I’m still longing for a built-in incognito or private browsing mode for it.

[Lifehacker]

Wall of Sound… literally

Here’s another post about speakers. This time it’s the Wall of Sound by Brothers which is probably the world’s most powerful speaker.Not only is it the most powerful speaker for your iPod with 28 elements but it’s probably the biggest as well measuring 37.4 in. x 49.2 in. x 11.8 in. and has a weight of 102kg.

The Wall of Sound is handmade giving it the high quality that is needed to achieve graceful mids and crystal clear highs. It has a frequency response of 40Hz to 20000kHZ and requires 125Watts of amplifier power.

It is the perfect music statement for any bachelor pads out there and will set you back $4,495. It’s pretty expensive but the first batch of the Wall of Sound is already sold out!

Genius SW-Flat speakers is affordably slim

A couple of posts back I wrote about the ultra-thin home theater speaker by JVC. Well it seems that slim is going to be the design of the future for speakers thanks to NXT Technology which makes it possible for high-fidelity loudspeakers to be fabricated in virtually any size and shape.

Genius incorporated this NXT Technology into their latest 2.1 speakers, the SW-Flat 2.1 800. Its stylish super slim design is sure to complement your flat monitor and minimalist desktop space.The SW-Flat 2.1 800 has a wired control to adjust volume, bass and power. There is a line-in jack which you can use to connect to other audio devices. There's also a headphone jack when you prefer private listening.

You can check out this speaker at the Genius concept store in SM Megamall Cyberzone where it is selling for P1,990.