Archive for July, 2010

iHome iP46: Portable Audio for iPod and iPhone

iHome iP46: Portable Audio for iPod and iPhone

| July 27, 2010 | 2 Comments

The iHome iP46 is a versatile, portable, and battery-powered set of good quality speakers for your iPod or iPhone. Long battery life and good quality sound make these speakers perfect for taking your tunes on the road. The line-in port on the back and size adds to the design making this a great addition to [...]

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How To Disable and Enable Aero Peek In Windows 7

How To Disable and Enable Aero Peek In Windows 7

| July 27, 2010

Windows 7 comes with bunch of new features including Aero Peek, an x-ray like tool that lets you peer past your open windows to your desktop which is why some people refer to it as ‘desktop preview’. If you are using a computer with limited resources you may want to disable Aero Peek to use less RAM and get better [...]

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Back to School Notebooks from Toshiba

Back to School Notebooks from Toshiba

| July 27, 2010 | 1 Comment

For students heading back to school, now’s the time to start looking at new notebooks which have been designed with students in mind. The best part about these offerings from Toshiba is that they aren’t just designed with what students need to do, but also with the price range of students as well. The Toshiba Satellite T200 series [...]

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Tiny SanDisk Cruzer Blade USB Drive Introduced

Tiny SanDisk Cruzer Blade USB Drive Introduced

| July 27, 2010

SanDisk officially introduced the Cruzer Blade, the company’s smallest USB drive to date, in the U.S. previously available overseas, the Cruzer Blade is about the size of a paper clip and weighs about the same as a penny, making it an incredibly compact way to tote around 16GB of data. There’s a small cutout in the [...]

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Lenovo ThinkPad X201i with Core i3 Appears

Lenovo ThinkPad X201i with Core i3 Appears

| July 27, 2010 | 1 Comment

The Lenovo ThinkPad X201i, a cheaper version of the ThinkPad X201, is now available for ordering at Lenovo. The new version of this popular notebook is $200 cheaper thanks to the less powerful Intel Core i3 processor; but otherwise retains the same specs as the X201. The primary difference between these models is the lack [...]

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Apple: Legally Jailbreaking iPhones Still Voids Warranty

Apple: Legally Jailbreaking iPhones Still Voids Warranty

| July 27, 2010

Yesterday the Library of Congress ruled that jailbreaking phones is indeed legal, but that doesn’t mean you should rush out and jailbreak your new iPhone. Apple’s letting it be known that doing so will void your warranty. Apple’s tightly controlled the iPhone experience since day one to provide a consistent user experience. However, some users [...]

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Let Colorware Liven Up Your Mac Mini

Let Colorware Liven Up Your Mac Mini

| July 27, 2010 | 2 Comments

Colorware recently added the new Apple Mac Mini to their assortment of customizable electronics. Available in 46 different colors, or a unique color of your choice, a Colorware Apple Mac Mini will set you back $250 for the paint job, alone. Colorware has been adding custom paint jobs to the latest electronics for years now, [...]

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How to Use Ustream to Provide Mobile Video Updates

How to Use Ustream to Provide Mobile Video Updates

| July 27, 2010 | 1 Comment

Ustream.tv is a website dedicated to giving average people an online video voice. While there are shows for almost any category you can imagine, I used the service along with my iPhone to inform the members of our church on the progress of our mission trip to Madison, WI this past week. I chose to [...]

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HP EliteBook 2540p Hands On

HP EliteBook 2540p Hands On

| July 27, 2010

HP was kind enough to send over an HP EliteBook 2540p for review. The unit is nicely configured and is the kind of notebook that road warriors yearn for. This is truly a professional-grade notebook and while we’re working on a full review we thought we’d give you our first impressions of the 2540p. From [...]

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Lenovo Y460 Review: Switchable Graphics & Display Shine

Lenovo Y460 Review: Switchable Graphics & Display Shine

| July 27, 2010 | 4 Comments

The Lenovo IdeaPad Y460 is a 14″ consumer notebook from Lenovo with style and powerful processor as well as a few special touches aimed at increasing your productivity. Overall, the Y460 delivers on its promise of portable entertainment even though there are a few areas of concern. Lenovo IdeaPad Y460 Quick Specs: The Lenovo IdeaPad [...]

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