Archive for March, 2010
Intel App Up goes Open Source with Moblin
It seems Intel is always in the news. Ever since their launch of the new Intel Core processor line, its been one new development after another. One of their largest projects this year is the Intel App Up program, a way for developers to get their applications out to the public, using Intel’s App Up [...]
iPad Guided Tours Available at Apple.com
Apple’s released a dozen guided tours to show off several applications that come with the iPad, as well as the three iWork applications. The iPad guided tours are easy to understand and non-technical. As of today, the following iPad guided tours are available: Safari, MAil, Photos, Videos, YouTube, iPod, iTunes, iBooks, Keynote, Pages and Numbers. [...]
NVidia posts new drivers for Nvidia Verde cards
In a nice little bit of news for the day, consumers with Nvidia Verde notebooks are in for a driver update. Why is this a big deal? Because the new driver adds more to the “gaming experience” and….will allow for connecting 3D vision ready displays to these notebooks. 3D is ramping up in a LARGE [...]
Acer announces Acer Aspire Ethos T5943G and 8943G Multimedia Notebooks
Acer has announced two new models entertainment notebooks; Acer Aspire Ethos T5943G and Acer Aspire Ethos 8943G. These entertainment focused notebooks are equipped with large 18″ and 15.6″ displays and a will be equipped with powerful Intel Core i5 or i7 processors as well as ATI Mobility Radeon HD5000 series graphics cards. Additionally, these notebooks will [...]
iPads Ordered Now Won’t Ship April 3
It looks like the Apple iPad may have sold out the first round. Orders placed starting today will not ship until April 12, more than a week after the first iPad orders start being delivered on April 3. Apple is no longer accepting orders for April 3 pickup at its retail stores.
iPad App Store Screenshots
AppAnnie, one of the many sites focused on finding Apple App Store apps for us to play with, has some screen shots of what the app store home page will probably look like.†Notice the qualifier probably†in that sentence. But they look authentic enough. What is the source? … we stumbled across the actual [...]
Intel Intros Low Cost SSD w/ Contest
For most netbook users the performance of SSD drives that are included by default fall short of the excitement that higher priced SSD drives bring to the market. Additionally, there is a growing demand for dual drive desktops which run applications and the OS off of an SSD drive and store files on a traditional [...]
Asus Putting USB 3.0 in Your Notebook
Asus announced support for USB 3.0 in both motherboards and notebook computers. The recently announced N-series of notebooks will be available with the higher speed ports as will upcoming Eee PC Netbooks, all-in-one computers and digital media players. The new USB 3.0 spec (also dubbed SuperSpeed) will include the following advancements: Faster speed at 10x [...]
HP USB Dock Station Review – One Plug To Rule All Peripherals
For mobile users who have a home base with loads of peripherals; USB hubs, a monitor, printer, Skype headset, external hard drives etc, a dock is a must have notebook accessory. Docks have been commonplace in work environments for many years, but most of the time they were tied to a specific line connecting through [...]
Installing Windows Without an Optical Drive
If you have a notebook computer without an optical drive and want to install Windows onto it, you have a challenge. But it is not impossible and with the right tools, it is doable. This can save you the cost of buying an external optical drive for your Netbook. But is it a cost effective [...]
