Archive for January, 2009
Lenovo IdeaPad Y650 Introduced at CES 2009 (video)
Lenovo’s introduced the IdeaPad Y650, which is the world’s thinnest 16-inch entertainment notebook. Matt Kohut from Lenovo gave us a quick tour of the Y650 in Las Vegas. The Y650 is extremely thin and light for a 16-inch notebook. At 5.6 pounds it’s lighter than many 15-inch notebooks and on par with some 14-inch notebooks. [...]
CES 2009: Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds (video)
Lenovo’s ThinkPad W700ds is the world’s first workstation to have dual displays. Tom Ribble, director of ThinkPad marketing, explains the benefits of dual displays.
MacWorld 2009: iTunes Music Now DRM free
Apple’s killing DRM on its entire music library starting today and enabling music downloads on 3G iPhones. I’ve been using Amazon’s MP3 Store, but these changes will probably mean I’ll end up buying more music directly from iTunes Music Store.
ASUS CES 2009 Press Conference
The ASUS CES 2009 press conference is under way where they’re announcing new notebooks and talking about touch based computing.
Phoenix Hyperspace: Add ‘Instant On’ to Your Notebook (CES 2009)
Phoenix Technologies introduced Hyperspace today, which is an instant-on operating system you can add to any notebook. You now longer have to wait for Windows to boot if all you want to do is check your email or use a Web browser. Phoenix sent me a Lenovo IdeaPad S10 and a ThinkPad T400 with Hyperspace [...]
Macworld 2009: Skype Updates & Partnership (Video)
One of my favorite chat and VoIP services Skype announced their new release for the Mac. The Skype 2.8 beta should be available by the time this article is posted and features a couple significant upgrades. Watch the video for more.
Apple Intros Notebook With No Keyboard…MacBook Wheel
I’ve blogged about Apple’s crappy design choices before and the MacWorld rumor mill is predicting a that the new 17-inch MacBook Pro won’t have a removable battery. I stumbled across this gem of a video produced by Onion News Network that pokes fun at how Apple trades functionality for form and simplicity.
HP Pavilion dv2 Introduced, Features AMD Yukon Platform
HP’s introducing the first AMD Yukon-based ultraportable at CES this week. I got to spend some time with one and liked what I saw. Kevin Wentzel showed me a prototype of the dv2 in San Francisco a few weeks ago. Here are some videos and pics of the all new dv2.
HP Pavilion dv3 Introduced, Super Thin Display (video)
HP’s introducing the Pavilion dv3, a full-featured 13.3-inch notebook at CES this week. The Pavilion dv3 weighs just over four pounds and is relatively affordable.
HP Intros HP Mini Note 2140
HP’s introducing the Mini Note 2140, a business-ready netbook powered by Intel Atom technology. Designed for enterprise clients, the 2140 has many of the same features you’ll find in HP’s EliteBooks. I really like the design of the 2133, the 2140′s predecessor, but it’s VIA processor was underpowered. The Mini Note 2140 is highly configurable [...]
