Archive for December, 2009
Netbooks obsolete already? So says the BBC
Netbooks were one of the hottest gifts this Christmas season. Netbooks were a hot topic for 2009. Netbooks have a long future says everyone in the technology industry. But now, according to the BBC, experts are saying that netbooks have peaked and we need to look on to the next new idea/technology. Many contemporary netbook [...]
Which ION powered Netbook is the best?
Picking the right netbook isn’t an easy decision and thanks to the inclusion of Nvidia ION technology in more netbooks it hasn’t gotten any easier. The inclusion of an ION GPU to the typically underpowered netbooks has made it possible for users to watch HD video, edit images at a reasonable pace and yes, even [...]
Educated Macbooks Get a Limited Time Price Cut
Educators are known to get a price break on hardware and software from time to time. It’s a nice benefit for those people who work tirelessly to educate our children. This time, the price break is from those folks at Apple. Apple is known for giving great deals to educators and students, from software discounts [...]
Recover Your Lost Laptop with the Help of Free Software
Losing your laptop has the potential to ruin your personal identity. If you’re the kind of person who stores your banking information, passwords, tax returns and other sensitive material on your personal laptop you could be in serious trouble if it’s ever lost or stolen. These days laptops have become an integral part of our [...]
Amazon.com’s Year End Sale Highlights: Video Games
Amazon.com is ending the year with a collection of special deals to help you start 2010 right. Though there are savings on all of Amazon’s different products, it’s worth highlighting that only some of the discounts are actual real money savers. Keep an eye out for several more posts pointing out the real deals in [...]
Our future – SixthSense Technology
Can you imagine clicking photos with your fingers, playing games on a piece of paper, watch movies on news paper, playing games on your tiffin box or having a calculator on your palm? Well, I saw the glimpse of the future when I saw Ted’s Pranav Mistry video. Maybe this is how my son will [...]
EyeOS enters cloud computing foray
In the battle for cloud computing operating systems, first there was the Chrome OS, then there is Jolicloud..and now, there is a newcomer called EyeOS. From their web site: “The idea behind eyeos is that the whole system lives in the web browser. The client must have only a web browser to work with eyeos and [...]
Crackdown- airport security and electronics
It wasn’t the airline industry’s best few days. With the terrorist attack on Northwest Flight 253 into Detroit, and the other alarms going off on the airlines and airports this weekend, the TSA is looking to tighten up their regulations even more. What does this mean to us gear toting geeks? We could see a [...]
Google Chrome Netbook Specs Revealed — ARM, TEGRA and SSD
Since the Google Chrome netbook from Google was outed in mid-December we’ve been wondering exactly what will power the Google branded device when it hit’s homes in late 2010. Well, the wait is over if the IBTimes’ source is correct the specs for Google’s Chrome netbook have been determined from a request for proposal which [...]
Deal Save up to $545 on the HP Pavilion dv6t Quad Edition Series notebook at HPDirect
HPDirect is offering up to $545 on the HP Pavilion dv6t Quad Edition Series Customizable Notebook PC. This notebook comes with a powerful Intel Core i7 Processor, 15.6†diagonal HD Display, Window 7 Home Premium, 4 GB RAM and Nvidia GeForce GT230M graphics with 1GB of memory. This notebook also comes with an HDMI port [...]
