Archive for April, 2010
NVIDIA: A Million Consumers a Month Can’t Be Wrong
Rene Haas is the General Manager of Notebooks at NVIDIA It was a little over a year ago that NVIDIA became the first GPU manufacturer to provide a notebook GPU driver directly to end user. It was a milestone moment for notebook users, solving a long standing problem that plagued notebook computers. Consumer demand for [...]
Hands On: Does Numbers Have Excel’s Number?
The third of the iWork apps for the iPad is Numbers, a simple but useful spreadsheet application. We have already reviewed Pages and Keynote, so far. Most people are used to editing spreadsheets with Excel unless they are already using Numbers in the Mac version of the iWork suite. I was not expecting much from the [...]
Microsoft & Facebook Take On Google Docs
Microsoft and Facebook are teaming up to take on Google Docs and other online office suite services with a new service of their own, Docs.com. This joint service is still in beta, but you can get a look at what the interface will look like. Sign in with your Facebook account and take a look at [...]
NVIDIA Announces 3DTV Play-Ready PC and Verde Driver Convergence
NVIDIA has announced that it will be converging future NVIDIA Verde GPU drivers across the desktop, notebook and Optimus optimized computers and will be releasing a notebook that is ready to be connected directly to a 3DTV. Beginning with release v256 the NVIDIA Verde drivers, notebook users with NVIDIA Verde compatible GPUs will be able [...]
Today Only: Acer Aspire One 10.1” Netbook for $219
Another solid deal from the good people at Woot. Today you can pick up a refurbished Acer Aspire One AOD250 for $219 (+$5 shipping). Remember, this deal is only good until 11:59 PM central time today (that’s how Woot works)! Check out the important specs below: Windows 7 Starter Intel Atom N270 CPU @ 1.6GHz [...]
Today Only: 17.3” HP Notebook for $479
From the great deal-a-day site network that is Woot, comes another great notebooks deal. Today only, over at sellout.woot.com, you can nab yourself a refurbished HP Pavilion G71 17.3†notebook for $479 (+$5 shipping). Remember, this deal is only good until 11:59 PM central time today! That’s how Woot works, one deal a day, then [...]
Free Wi-Fi Tethering Available for All Verizon Smartphones?
Last week my wife picked up a new Palm Pixi Plus as part of Verizon’s New Every Two upgrade plan. My wife visited the Verizon store to check out the phone offerings by herself so that I wouldn’t influence or persuade her decision. She wanted a phone that was easy to use, thin in design, [...]
iPad Camera Kit Brings USB Headset and Keyboard Functionality
The iPad Camera Kit was advertised as a way to import pictures from your digital camera onto the Apple iPad. The kit has two connectors that plug into the 30 pin dock connector on the iPad. One has a USB port for plugging in your camera while the other has an SD card slot so [...]
ThinkPad Edge 14 Video Overview From jkOnTheRun
James Kendrick from jkOnTheRun has posted a nice video overview of the ThinkPad Edge 14. This is the 14†version of Lenovo’s ThinkPad Edge series. ThinkPad has traditionally been an enterprise focused line of computers, but with the recent addition of the Edge series, Lenovo is aiming for more mainstream consumers. For anyone who is [...]
How to Switch to Gmail and Bring your Old Email and Contacts
Switching to a new email provider isn’t always an easy task, especially when have used your old email address for years! If you’re like me that means you have thousands of emails and too many contacts to count and the thought of losing the information or manually moving it is mind numbing; let alone the [...]
