Archive for August, 2010
HP EliteBook Mobile Workstations Essential for IndyCar Race Team (videos)
We joined the deFerran Dragon IndyCar team at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma to take a look at how the team uses technology in a very demanding environment. The team is sponsored by HP, which provides the technology necessary to run complex simulations and make split-second decisions. IndyCars are powered by 650 horsepower Honda engines and [...]
iPhone 4 Battery Case from MiLi
MiLi is offering an a case that not only protects your iPhone and solves the antenna problem, but also extends the battery of Apple’s latest iPhone. The MiLi Powerspring iPhone 4 case will put a dent in a buyer’s bank account at about $85 (55 pounds). It has enough power to add the following: Standby [...]
Acer Ferrari and Asus Lamborghini Sports Car Inspired Netbooks Get Upgrades
If you’re a fan of sports car themed notebooks you’ll be happy to know that it looks like the Acer Ferarri One mni-notebook, will be getting an update to the latest AMD Ontario processor and the Asus Eee PC Lamborghici VX6 will be powering up with a new dual core Intel Atom processor as well [...]
DIY Standup Desk: Stand Up for Ergonomics
For the past few months I have had incredible back pain that has led to many trips to the chiropractor. Even after adjustments the pain would return by the end of the next day as I slowly hunched closer to my computer. The pain lessened when I stood and worked at a countertop so I decided [...]
Acer Aspire 5745PG Hands On and First Impressions (Video)
The new Acer Aspire 5745PG notebook is a sleek and sexy looking notebook on the outside, but like so many things in life it’s what’s on the inside that really counts. In this case it’s not just the Intel Core i5 processor and the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M GPU with 1GB RAM and CUDA — [...]
Google’s Call Phone Service in Gmail is Good Enough
Google is in the process of rolling out the ability to make calls to land lines and cell phones from within Gmail, according to our sister site GottaBeMobile.com. But the real question is — is the service good enough to make me leave my paid VoIP service? When I read about the new feature at [...]
Microsoft Office Web Apps Upgraded: Printing, Charts and more
Today Microsoft announced an update to the Office Web Apps that brings several much needed features to the free service. If you aren’t familiar with Microsoft Web Apps it is a free service that provides users with the ability to create and view Word, Excel and PowerPoint files online as well as store up to [...]
Kensington iPhone 4 Charging Docks Announced
Kensington has announced a trio of new charging docs for the iPhone 4, that are also compatible with previous generation iPhones and iPod Touches. The first is the Kensington Charge and Sync Dock. With it a user can both charge the phone and sync it with a computers. The dock looks similar to charging docks [...]
LIBOX lets you take your music, movies and pictures with you
Keeping all of your media with you at all times is a challenge. No matter how hard you prepare it seems as if the one set of images you want to share, the one video you want to see or the favorite song that’s stuck in your head is trapped on a different device. While [...]
New Kindles Shipping in Record Numbers Today
Amazon’s newest Kindle is now shipping. If a buyer ordered on the first day of pre-orders, he or she will receiver shipment soon as they are going out today. Amazon announced that the newest version of their popular eReader is the fastest selling version. They did not divulge actual numbers but did say that they [...]
