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JavoEdge's Editor Axis case for iPad improves on a good thing

A few months ago I wrote about the JavoEdge Axis case for iPad. Because I'd been looking for cases that combine decent protection with the ability to prop your iPad up at various angles--and that includes placing the iPad in a portrait or landscape position--I thought it was one of the best iPad cases out there. But I also said it wasn't perfect and had a few small issues. Well, the company took that feedback--and the feedback from customers--and redesigned the case, calling the new version the Editor Axis case.

On the JavoEdge blog, we found this recent post: … Read more

Off-Axis Watch makes my brain crooked

I like watches. I'm wearing a particularly attractive watch right now. It's great because it tells time, and it looks good doing it. Then my editor sent me this Off-Axis Watch designed by Eric Janssen for Areaware and now I want to throw my computer out the window.

It's not that it's not an attractive watch--it's minimalism is quite stunning, actually--it's that the twelve o'clock position is not where I'm used to seeing the twelve o'clock position. Nor is the one at the usual one spot or the nine at the … Read more

Is this the best iPad case?

A few of us here at CNET have been fiddling around with various iPad cases, trying to find ones to recommend to readers. I've been personally looking for cases that combine decent protection with the ability to prop your iPad up at various angles--and that includes placing the iPad in a portrait or landscape position.

While the JavoEdge Axis series isn't quite perfect, there's a lot to like about it. For starters, the model I tested, the Fiber Axis, has a clean, modern design that's eye-catching (it at least impressed editor Dan Ackerman, which is hard … Read more

Seagate joins the network storage community with Maxtor Central Axis

Seagate announced today its newest device to join the network attack storage (NAS) community: the Maxtor Central Axis.

Slated to be available in North America next month, the Central Axis promises to be a central space that hosts regular data files as well as digital content for home users. The Device supports the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) standard, meaning it will work very well with DLNA-compliant devices such as the popular games consoles Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3.

The Central Axis will also come with an easy backup solution that backs up data from any computers within … Read more

Accelerometer shows the world how you drive

Long before before $4 a gallon became the national average, many newer cars already included dashboard instruments that gauged fuel consumption. But it's the older gas guzzlers that arguably needed them more, to show how much money was being wasted models manufactured in the pre-hybrid era.

That's why the K.A.T. Matrix 3-Axis accelerometer may come in handy as a reminder of how much careless driving costs at the pump, depending on one's performance in horesepower, G-forces, quarter-mile speeds, and 0-60 clock time. Or, as Dvice says, it can be a badge of honor for those … Read more