Archive for July, 2010
iPad Magazine Subscriptions Held Up by Apple
If you want to read your favorite monthly magazine on your iPad with a more wallet friendly subscription you’re currently out of luck, but you’ll be interested to learn that it is not the publishers that are the bottleneck this time. It’s Apple, at least when it comes to Time, Inc. titles! Last month Time [...]
Toshiba NB250 On Video
Netbook News recently got the chance to test out Toshiba’s new netbook, the NB250, at Toshiba’s 25th anniversary press conference. The Toshiba NB250′s specs aren’t anything out of the ordinary for a netbook. However, there are a few features that make this particular netbook somewhat unique. Toshiba included DDR3 RAM, which is faster than the [...]
HP Teams Up with DAV to Help Disabled Veterans
HP has outfitted mobile operation centers for the Disable American Veterans (DAV) organization in order to help the group reach veterans who need assistance maximizing or gaining benefits. The DAV, which provides its services free of charge, uses these Mobile Service Offices that are outfitted with HP notebooks and printers to visit veterans face to [...]
HP Envy Beats by Dr. Dre Commercial
Dr. Dre and a slew of other artists have spent the summer promoting Beats Audio and the HP Envy line. Commercials are now airing on cable lifestyle channels, including MTV, FUSE and BET to raise raise awareness of notebook audio quality. HP’s Envy notebooks feature Beats audio, a combination of hardware and software that results [...]
Apple Updates Safari 5; Turning on Extensions and Adding Extenstions Gallery
In a press release today Apple announced that Apples web browser, Safari, had been updated to Safari 5.0.1 bringing extensions to the masses and including a Safari Extensions Gallery. The ability to use extensions, small plug ins that provide additional functionality like add-ons found in FireFox, were announced with the release of Safari 5 in June, so that developers could [...]
$99 Genbook74 Android Netbook Arrives at Kmart , caught on video
The $150 Android powered Augen tablet at Kmart has been making a lot of news recently, but it’s not the only new device to grace the store shelves. Kmart is also selling a $99 Genbook74 Android powered netbook. The Genbook74 is cheap, but when you look at the specs you’ll know why. The $99 Android [...]
Dell Streak Demo (video)
Here’s a video demo and some photos of the Dell Streak, a mobile device based with a large 5″ display that runs on the Android. The Dell will be available soon direct from Dell with AT&T phone and 3G data service. The Dell Streak is quite large. This is great if you often watch mobile [...]
How to Use Online and Mobile Tools to Shop for a New Car
Having access to the Internet and car buying guides while looking for a new car can help save you hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Sadly, I had to learn that the hard way this week. But thanks to my iPhone, iPad and Verizon MiFi, I had information at my fingertips to help make an [...]
HP Pavilion dv6z Hands On Video
As part of the most recent refresh to the popular Pavilion line of notebooks HP has released the HP Pavilion dv6z, an AMD powered notebook that includes a sleek looking metal alloy lid. The new HP Pavilion dv6z includes switchable graphics with an island style keyboard and starts at $579. HP loaned us a review [...]
Student Discounts on Essential Back to School Software
With the Fall semester lurking right around the corner, now is the time for college students to start looking into essential software for their new computers. Seeing as the new school year is so close, many companies offer back to school promotions for students. Below is a round-up of software that college students may want [...]
