Archive for March, 2010
iPad Pre-orders are a Go: What you need to know!
Last week Apple announced that they would start taking orders for the new iPad on March 12th. Pre-orders started this morning around 5:30 and it’s been the topic of conversations in offices and online all morning. Shoppers are comparing sizes, asking who spring for the 3G model and trying to find out if their friends are going to [...]
Contest – Add Another Monitor with DisplayLink
If you haven’t yet experienced the joys of working on 2, or even 3, monitors you’re missing out. Dual displays used to be the standard fare for geeks and security guards, but lately it has become more common for all types of home and office users. Most notebooks can add a second display with the [...]
Web Browsers Reviewed, Compared and Ranked
With so many browsers available for surfing the web choosing the one that fits you isn’t an easy task, especially if you aren’t familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of the numerous popular browsers. Some people want a blazing fast browser while others might be more concerned with security and still others will be concerned about [...]
MSI Unveils the X-Slim X360 Notebook
After releasing the MSI Wind U230 and MSI Wind U160 MSI didn’t waste any time and announcing a new slim notebook called the X-Slim X360. The MSI X-Slim X360 comes with a powerful Intel Core i5 processor with turbo boost and hyper-threading technology, Intel HM55 chipset, Windows 7 Home Premium, Intel HD Graphics, 1.3 MP webcam [...]
Sony Vaio W Eco Series Review
At CES 2010 Sony announced a refresh of its Vaio W notebooks and included in the new lineup is the Sony Vaio W Series Eco Netbook, or as Sony likes to call it a mini-notebookâ€. The model we have is the Sony Vaio W Eco Series VPCW212AX. The new green mini-notebook from Sony isn’t just [...]
Sony VAIO S Series Reviewed
You might be wondering why you can’t find anything about the Sony VAIO S series on Sony’s official site. Well, interestingly enough, the S series is a Best Buy ‘Blue Label’ exclusive. Best Buy has partnered up with a few computer makers to bring exclusive offers to their customers. Laptop Mag has picked up the [...]
ASUS Announces the Eee PC 1005PR Netbook
March is a popular month for netbooks to be released and with new models coming out every other day it’s hard for a company to really stand out but that’s what ASUS has done with the new Eee PC 1005PR which comes with 500GB of free online storage and a hardware/software package to playback HD [...]
How to Turn a Hoodie into a Notebook Bag in 20 Seconds
Gizmodo pointed us to this cool video that let’s you turn a hoodie into a notebook bag in 20 seconds. If you use a ScotteVest Hoodie you’ll even have a pocket for a power adapter!
MSI Wind U230 Netbook Now Available
MSI has just announced that two new MSI Wind U230 netbooks are now available for purchase at Newegg.com. These two netbooks break from the traditional netbook specs with a 12.1″ screen, 2 GB of RAM, Windows 7 Home Premium and Athlon Neo processors including a Dual Core X2 processor option on the Wind U230-040US model. In fact, [...]
LG’s Ultra Thin, Ultra Light Notebook Coming this Month to Asia
LG announced the availability of its new ultra portable notebook, the LG X300. This ultra thin, light weight LG X300 first will be available to Asia in March, followed by Middle East and South America. It is very likely that the US version will be called LG X30 since the
