Archive for February, 2010
Why I love Evernote (part 2) – Evernote as a Digital Filing Cabinet
If you missed it, see Why I love Evernote (Part 1) Cross-Platform Availability Continuing my series on Evernote, we’ll be looking at using Evernote as a digital filing cabinet. What makes Evernote perfect as a digital filing cabinet is that digital information storage has a lot of flexibility over the old school real life filing [...]
Logitech MK710 Keyboard and Mouse Claims 3-Year Battery Life
Logitech just announced a new desktop keyboard and mouse combo called the MK710 which it claims can last 3 years on the same AA batteries. To put this in perspective my Logitech MX Revolution mouse which is a around 3 years old needs charged at least once a week; whereas the MK710 set would just [...]
Rugged Samsung NB30 Netbook Unboxed
The Samsung NB30 netbook that was revealed at CES 2010 was one of my show favorites. Internally the NB30 has similar spec to the variety of Intel N450 powered netbooks that have come out over the past month, but the NB30 has some really cool features for an on-the-go netbook that make it perfect for [...]
Apple releases fix for Mac Pro audio issues
Apple released today a fix to an audio issue that has been plaguing Mac Pro users for some time. This issue is with Nehalem-based Intel Xeon Mac Pro systems. Whenever a user plays any audio through one of these systems, it causes a 20 percent performance hit to the system. It also causes the system [...]
Watch Lectures on Your Favorite Subjects From Top Universities
While I was going to school for Engineering, one of my dreams was to study at Harvard, MIT or Stanford University. Although I couldn’t fulfill my dream, I’ve always looked on the internet for video courses that interest me from top notch universities. Fortunately there is a lot of information available online, you just need [...]
How to Find Out When Windows Was Last Shutdown
There are times when you might want to find out the last time you shut down your computer. There could be many reasons you’d want to know this. Maybe you want to see when you shutdown your computer during the last week, troubleshooting a Windows issue or to keep an eye on the usage of [...]
JooJoo Tablet Begins Production, Specs Revealed
The long talked about JooJoo tablet, which used to be the CrunchPad, is finally available for pre-order. The JooJoo can be pre-ordered right now for $499, and a $29 stand is also available to be included in your order. The JooJoo won’t ship for another 6-8 weeks which means that it will be coming out [...]
Your Guide to the Upcoming Slate Computers
You are looking for a good slate! You waited for Apple to launch the iPad, but that didn’t help and you’re even more confused. With the iPad, the HP Slate, JooJoo, the Lenovo Hybrid UI and numerous Android powered slates coming out this year it’s tough to choose, and for that matter, know what the [...]
Lenovo Announces the G455 and G55 AMD Powered Notebooks
Lenovo has announced two new AMD powered notebooks, the Lenovo G455 and G55, which will sport a 14″ screen and a 15″ screens, respectively, and run Windows 7. These new notebooks are expected to start at $449 when they are released in March and claim to offer a reliable and versatile computing experience. In addition to [...]
Macworld: Microsoft announces Office for Mac 2011
And ,in news from Macworld 2010, Microsoft has announced a new version of Microsoft Office for Mac 2011. So what is new in this version? New co-authoring tools and web apps– this means users can collboratively work on MS Office documents and then share them over the Internet with one another Office for Mac Ribbon [...]
