Archive for May, 2010
Apple, Dell and HP Release Statements about Foxconn Suicides
We previously reported the suicides and terrible conditions at the Chinese Foxconn factory which supplies Apple, Dell and HP with a lot of their products. Since then the number of suicide attempts has risen with 3 more this week bringing the total number to 13 jumpers and 10 deaths. One of those attempts came after [...]
iHome iP90 iPhone/iPod Clock Radio Makes Cowbell Sound Great
A good alarm clock can be identified by two simple features: 1) It should be easy to use and 2) It should be easy to set up. iHome has a winner with it’s Model iP90 iPhone/iPod Clock Radio. The iP90 is an attractive, easy to use, excellent sounding, dock-ready clock radio. The iP90 packs a [...]
Doxie Review: Scan Straight to the Cloud
The Doxie scanner is a small USB powered scanner which like many similar sized scanners can fit nicely in a bag for travel, but unlike most other scanners it is designed to scan directly to the cloud so even if you lose your computer, you’ll have your scanned files. In any event, the ability to [...]
AViiQ Portable Laptop Stand Is Possibly the Thinnest
If you travel a lot and have a notebook that runs hot or just want a better typing angle, a laptop stand is almost a necessity. The angle of a notebook stand isn’t just more ergonomic, it also helps you see the screen in many settings and in turn get more done. Unfortunately most laptop stands [...]
NASCAR Nerds: Red Bull Racing Uses Tech to Get an Edge
This week I am getting to fulfill a NASCAR fan’s dream. I was invited to join the Red Bull Racing team as they prepare for the Coca Cola 600 in Charlotte, NC this Sunday, May 30. NASCAR has come a long way since the early years of racing stock cars on the beach of Daytona [...]
GeForce GTX 480M: Fastest Notebook GPU Announced
The fastest notebook GPU to date was announced this morning by NVIDIA. According to NVIDIA, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M GPU for notebooks offers many milestones including, “up to 5x more performance than any other GPU.” The performance boosts come thanks to a dedicated Tessellation engine that takes advantage of new features in Direct X [...]
Blue Label Toshiba E205 with Wireless Display Hands On (Video)
The first thing that strikes you when you take a look at the Toshiba e205 notebook, which is part of Best Buy’s Blue Label notebook selection, is wow that thin. This is an even bigger surprise when you consider that the notebook is an unmistakable deep metallic blue, powered by an Intel Core i5 processor [...]
Alienware M11x is getting CPU upgrade
The Alienware M11x is one of most powerful and affordable gaming notebooks available on the market. The Alienware M11x currently comes with the option of an Intel pentium SU4100 or Intel core 2 duo SU7300 processor, but gamers may soon have a new reason to smile; especially if they like a portable powerhouse. The Alienware [...]
White iPhone 4G and the Time of It’s Likely Announcement at WWDC Revealed
There are more pictures of the new iPhone from apple.pro which nearly everyone expects to be launched at WWDC on June 7th. This time the photos show the new model in both black and white bodies. What is interesting about them is not the color we’ve seen white on the iPhone for a while. It [...]
Wal-Mart to Sell iPhone 3GS for $97…Is it Worth It?
Wal-Mart will reportedly drop the price of the 16GB iPhone 3GS to just $97 starting today. That’s $102 in savings, but it might not be a smart buy since Apple’s expected to announce the next generation iPhone next month. While the $97 price tag might sound tempting, there are a few things shoppers should keep [...]
